The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced that Claire Armbruster will serve as the producer of this year's International Bluegrass Music Awards. The show takes place on Thursday, September 28 at the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts in
The nominees for the 48th Dove Awards have been announced by the Gospel Music Association and, as always, several bluegrass artists have received a nod. The award that generates the most attention from grassers is in the Bluegrass/Country/Roots Album Of The
Texas Banjo Champion for 2017 Hudsen Doucette accepts his trophy - photo by Tina Boatwright With the conclusion of this past weekend's Texas State Banjo Championships in Pearl, the 2017 Texas Bluegrass Champions have all been announced. In prior years, the banjo,
The Rural Roots Music Commission in Lemars, IA has chosen When I Get The Money Made by Kody Norris as its Best Bluegrass CD of the Year for 2017. In collaboration with the National Traditional Country Music Association, the Commission exists
The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced the final batch of nominees for their Special Awards, and Momentum Awards, the proverbial awards given "earlier in the day," awarded during a pair of award luncheons on September 27 and 28. The Special
The Kentucky Music Hall of Fame & Museum in Mount Vernon, KY has announced that bluegrass songstress Dale Ann Bradley will be inducted into the Hall as part of their 2018 class. Growing up in the rural southeastern part of the
The Bluegrass, Old Time and Country Music program at East Tennessee State University is inviting graduates to join them during the IBMA's Wide Open Bluegrass celebration in Raleigh next month. Bluegrass bands that feature ETSU alumni will be presented in
The National Traditional Country Music Association has announced that David Davis, bluegrass mandolinist from Alabama, will receive the organization's Lifetime Achievement Award at the 42nd National Old Time Music Festival on September 3. David is highly regarded in traditional bluegrass circles
The International Bluegrass Music Museum in Owensboro, KY is launching a new initiative in coordination with Volunteer Owensboro to get local pickers and singers together and playing music together. Called the Bluegrass Band Project, the museum will be bringing 50
Back in June, we wrote about The Bluegrass Trust Fund and the assistance they provided to Ashby Frank following the Nashville floods of 2010. His home had half a foot of water standing in the first floor as the Cumberland