Bluegrass Asociations News

Our buddy Crawdaddy Dave (Dave Roye) will be posting photos and videos from the 2008 SPBGMA Convention in Nashville this weekend on his web site. He has already posted several videos from Thursday (1/31), including several hallway jams and a performance

We got a note recently from progressive banjoist Jake Schepps, letting us know that he and his Expedition Quartet are heading from Boulder, CO to New York City for this week's Arts Presenters Conference. The annual conference brings together performing

We told you last fall about the new theme song for the IBMA Awards Show, The Road From Rosine, which debuted in October '07 at the show in Nashville. The song was written by Mountain Heart fiddler Jim VanCleve at the

This inspriring story was written by the Rev. Belle Mickelson. She is an Episcopal minister who runs Dancing with the Spirit, an organization which teaches bluegrass to youngsters in the native villages of Alaska and Canada - and which could

The Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America (SPBGMA) has announced the nominees for their 2008 Bluegrass Music Awards. Unlike the awards handed out by the International Bluegrass Music Association - which are awarded based on several rounds of

November 3 will see four new exhibits unveiled at the International Bluegrass Music Museum in Owensboro, KY. Three will focus on the pioneering work of members of the IBMA's Hall of Honor: Pete Kuykendall - founder of Bluegrass Unlimited magazine Lance Leroy -

This Saturday (9/15), Radio Bluegrass International (RBI), an online radio service of the International Bluegrass Music Museum, will feature portions of their interviews with Jake Quesenberry, an important figure in west coast bluegrass, and a co-founder of the California Bluegrass

Our industrious British correspondent, Richard F. Thompson, is back with an expanded overview of a story Brance posted last month. Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs will be among this year's five new inductees into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, the

Ricky Skaggs and Bruce Hornsby will be performing on stage together during the 6th Annual Americana Honors & Awards show at the Ryman Auditorium on November 1. The event is part of the Americana Music Association's annual conference, which runs

The International Bluegrass Music Assocaiation has announced the nominees for the 18th Annual International Bluegrass Music Awards. Rhonda Vincent & The Rage lead the pack with 11 total nominations, split between the boss and her band members. Doyle Lawson &