Last night in Nashville, the Gospel Music Association presented their 49th annual Dove Awards at Lipscomb University's Allen Arena. GMA welcomes and honors Gospel music in every style, and awards are presented across the genres. Two are specifically oriented towards bluegrass
The 2019 Hazel Dickens Song Contest, sponsored by the DC Bluegrass Union, is now accepting entries. Songs are considered in the bluegrass and Gospel categories, from songwriters for whom less than 50% of their income is derived from songwriting royalties. The contest
Paul Schiminger, IBMA; Paul Bailey, State Senate; Jerry Lowery, Hoyt Jones, Jim Floyd, Aldermen, City of Sparta, TN; Jeff Young, Sparta Mayor; Josh Swift; Doyle Lawson; Blake Williams; Denny Wayne Robinson, White County This past weekend in Sparta, TN, Josh Swift was inducted
The Brandywine Friends of Old Time Music, who have hosted the annual Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival since 1972, have recently donated their entire collection of audio recordings to the Bluegrass, Old Time, and Country Music Studies program at East Tennessee
Sunset falls on the Red Hat Amphitheater at Wide Open Bluegrass 2018 - photo © Frank Baker
The Band of Kelleys at World of Bluegrass 2018 - photo © Frank Baker We're still working our way through the myriad of images Frank Baker captured during IBMA week in Raleigh. He informed us today that he shot more than
Raleigh Convention Center at the 2018 World of Bluegrass - photo © Frank Baker Here is an additional gallery of photos from World of Bluegrass, capturing some of the non-musical aspects of the week in Raleigh. Frank Baker has shorts from the
Chatham County Line & Friends at the 2018 Wide Open Bluegrass Festival - photo © Frank Baker
Most everyone in the country has by now seen the dire and desperate images from eastern North Carolina, where flooding related to Hurricane Florence last month has caused literal devastation. Entire communities were underwater for days, and major highways and
John Cowan and Sam Bush join Leftover Salmon at the 2018 Wide Open Bluegrass Festival - photo © Frank Baker As the final day of IBMA week in Raleigh drew to a close, Frank Baker was prowling the grounds of the