Events

Friday Update - If you haven't already voted in our unofficial awards poll, we encourage you do so. The poll will remain open until Thursday Oct. 27 at noon. Please be sure to vote before then. Here is some analysis

With the IBMA World Of Bluegrass fast approaching, we want to take a moment to remind everyone that Bluegrass Today will be updated live at the event. We will be on site and posting updates frequently throughout each day. As

This is a follow up to my last post about the happenings this week in Nashville. Tomorrow night, Sept 9th, the Ryman Auditorium will host The Americana Honors & Awards show. Here's the line up for the show. In one unforgettable

Today is the start of The Americana Music Conference. I spoke via email with Mark Montgomery, president of The Americana Music Association and owner of Echo Music. Mark gave me the low down on what's happening this week at the

Bluegrass Today is proud to announce our first annual Awards Poll! Our poll mirrors the IBMA final ballot, but is completely unofficial and is in no way associated with IBMA or their official balloting process. We do require that you

This past weekend, I had the enormous honor and good fortune to perform at the 40th Anniversary Reunion of what has come to be described as the very first multi-day bluegrass festival, which had been promoted by Carlton Haney, and

Our good friend Dan Loftin has sent us some photos he took at the August 30th press conference announcing the IBMA Awards Nominees for 2005. Thanks Dan! The press conference was hosted by Ricky Skaggs and Rhonda Vincent, and included

The International Bluegrass Music Assocaiation has announced the nominees for the 16th Annual International Bluegrass Muisc Awards. Perennial favorote Alison Krauss & Union Station leads the pack with 14 nominations, followed by Rhonda Vincent & The Rage with 8, and

This award is for a performing act who displayed the greatest competence in all aspects of the entertainment field. Voters should give consideration to recorded and in-person performance, public acceptance, attitude, leadership, and over-all contributions to the bluegrass music image.

The award for a group who regularly performs together that has shown outstanding recorded and in-person performance in the area of instrumental performance. It is not limited to groups which only perform instrumentals. The award goes to each group member.