• IBMA Special Awards nominees for 2006

    One other set of award nominees were announced at today's IBMA press conference, the ones officially designated as "Special Awards." The following awards are determined by special procedures and committees are enlisted to review recommendations, consider nominations related to the

  • IBMA Hall of Honor Inductees for ’06

    In addition to the nominees for the International Bluegrass Music Awards, this morning's press conference also announced the two inductees into the IBMA's Hall Of Honor this year. First to be announced is The Lewis Family, widely described as "America's First

  • IBMA Press Conference photos

    Our good buddy Dave Carney was with us this morning at the IBMA Awards Nominations press conference, and shot some photos of the proceedings. He got a few of The Grascals and Alecia Nugent performing, of Doyle Lawson and Rhonda

  • IBMA Press Conference Coverage

    This morning John and I find ourselves in Nashville for the IBMA press conference announcing this years award nominees. We'll be covering the conference in some depth and will publish a post immediately following the conference with the full list

  • Galax winners list posted

    You can find a list of the winners from this past weekend's Old Fiddler's Convention in Galax, VA on the official festival web site. This year was the 71st annual event held in Galax, a convention that draws thousands of

  • IBMA Awards nominations on Tuesday

    The IBMA will announce the nominees for the 2006 International Bluegrass Music Awards on Tuesday (8/15) at 10:00 a.m. Brance and I will be covering the press conference in Nashville, and will post a complete list of nominees, along with

  • Long live the Queen!

    Rhonda Vincent has been described as the Queen of Bluegrass Music on more than one occasion, but on September 1, it will become official. The folks who put on the National Old Time Country & Bluegrass Music Festival in Missouri

  • Vassar Clements Holiday Band DVD

    Alan Dalton wrote in recently to let us know about a DVD release of the last recorded performance of fiddle legend, Vassar Clements. The recording took place in Athens, Georgia on December 18, 2004. The performance featured Clement's Holiday Band;