Bluegrass Asociations News

The European Bluegrass Music Association has released some numbers on their recent European World Of Bluegrass events, which took place May 17-19 in Voorthuizen, the Netherlands. In this, their tenth annual festival, ticket sales were up by 20% over 2006,

Award-winning bluegrass photographer and author Stephanie Ledgin will see images from her most recent book, From Every Stage: Images of America's Roots Music, highlighted in a new exhibit which opens on June 21 at the International Bluegrass Music Museum in

ukbluegrass.com has first hand reports on the recently-concluded European World Of Bluegrass in The Netherlands. Two British bands traveled to Voorthuizen to participate in the EWOB, and each wrote of their time at the convention. Both EWOB veterans, The New Essex

The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced the list of acts which have been invited to showcase at the 2007 World Of Bluegrass convention in Nashville (October 1-7). Circuit Riders Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper featuring Audie Blaylock Grass Cats Grasstowne The Faris Family Carrie Hassler &

The International Bluegrass Music Association's marketing effort to bring new listeners into the fold, Discover Bluegrass, has a revamped web site, and encourages IBMA members to take advantage of some of the promotional opportunities offered via DiscoverBluegrass.com. The site now will

The European Bluegrass Blog has a post from Rienk Janssen this morning noting that submissions for the 2007 European World Of Bluegrass Guide must be received by March 15 to be included in the official publication. This would include European bluegrass

Rhonda Vincent has written an open letter to the bluegrass community where she shares some thoughts about trends she sees developing in the direction of the annual IBMA Awards Show. She served on the Awards Show Guidelines and Oversight Task Force

Students of the history of commercial country music in the United States have a special fondness for Bristol, TN and the story of the Bristol Sessions in 1927. It was in July of that year that Ralph Peer journeyed there

California photographer Tom Tworek has recently posted a gallery of images he shot at SuperGrass, the California Bluegrass Association's annual indoor winter festival, which ran February 1-4. These were taken from the stage, and are mostly close up, portrait shots of

The Board of Directors of the International Bluegrass Music Association has accepted a report from the recently formed Awards Show Guidelines and Oversight Task Force, which sets out their recommendations for Board supervision and responsibility for the annual awards presentation. This