Events

We just heard from Mike Lawing with the International Bluegrass Music Museum in Owensboro, KY. Mike was passing along some details about the reprise of the IBMM Fan Feast during IBMA week in Nashville. This event was a fundraiser to

One of the highlights of the annual Roanoke Bluegrass Weekend each year is the Saturday evening faculty concert. The primary focus of this three day event is instructional seminars and workshops for students of bluegrass music, and these sessions are

Most of you who are IBMA members probably received this via email a day or two ago, but we felt it was worth publishing here. To the IBMA, I would like to thank you for the two awards that I received

Tickets for Merlefest 2006 go on sale to the general public this coming Tuesday at 2 PM EST. Advance ticket sales for reserved seating has now closed. the Box Office will reopen on November 8 at 2:00 PM EST to the

We just received this note from Casey Henry: The Nashville Metro Police department has recovered two stolen instruments. A banjo and a mandolin. If anyone wants to claim them they should contact Detective Mavity at 615-862-7611. The Nashville police must be somewhat

We had a brief discussion on Sunday with IBMA Executive Director Dan Hays about attendance at this past week's events in Nashville. As always, Dan was careful not to be too specific since final numbers aren't all in, but early

WARNING: Inside baseball follows. If you aren't an IBMA member or don't work in the business in some capacity, much of this lengthy post may not hold much interest for you. IBMA 2005 is now over. Most of us are home

Here, with our apologies for tardiness, is another gallery of photos that Dan Loftin took at the IBMA Awards Show last Thursday evening.

The recent IBMA Awards have been covered in the mainstream press here in the US, and we have posted links to a few stories that we found. This morning, we found one on the BBC News web site, originally posted

Well, it's Sunday morning, and Brance and I will be headed back home sometime today. We still have a great many photos to pore through, and get the best of them up on the site, but we have to tear