The Briarhoppers, sometimes known as the WBT Briarhoppers, have been announced as among the 2020 inductees into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame. This legendary bluegrass and string music group has been performing in some configuration continually since 1934. That's
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Common Ground on the Hill Maryland’s newest Folklife Center
Common Ground on the Hill, home of many annual camps and workshops focusing on traditional arts and music, has been named as one of three new regional folklife centers by the Maryland State Arts Council. With this designation, they become
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IBMA Foundation announces 2020 scholarship recipients
The IBMA Foundation, the charitable and academic arm of the International Bluegrass Music Association, has announced the 2020 recipients of their Sally Ann Forrester College Scholarship and Rick Lang Music Songwriter Scholarship. These young students and musicians are the first class of
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2020 IBMA Industry and Momentum Awards nominees
The International Bluegrass Music Association has today announced the nominees for their 2020 Industry and Momentum Awards. Unlike the annual IBMA Bluegrass Awards, which are chosen by a ballot of the professional membership of the organization, these nominees are chosen
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More updates about the 2020 virtual World of Bluegrass
A lot of folks are wondering how the IBMA will host their major World of Bluegrass events this year, since COVID-19 restrictions have made assembling in Raleigh at the end of September impossible. They intend to go ahead with all
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IBMA Says: Send us your World of Bluegrass seminar suggestions
As we have reported several times, the 2020 World of Bluegrass will take on a very different character than what we are all used to seeing. Because of the shutdown restrictions in North Carolina, the IBMA was forced to cancel
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Moments in Bluegrass BG75 #3 – Becky Buller’s first IBMA
Following an invitation that the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) extended to its members that they share a memory from “75 years of bluegrass,” we thought that we would collect a few to share with you. Becky Buller, an award-winning fiddler,
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Earl Scruggs mural painted in downtown Shelby, NC
Shelby, NC, the birthplace of Earl Scruggs and the home of the Earl Scruggs Center, has set aside funding for murals of both Scruggs and country legend Don Gibson, also a hometown boy. Destination Cleveland County and Uptown Shelby Association announced
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2020 IBMA Award nominees announced
Earlier today in Nashville, the International Bluegrass Music Association announced the final nominees for their 31st annual IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards. Also announced were the 2020 inductees into the Bluegrass Music Hall Of Fame, and recipients of the organization's Distinguished
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IBMA Foundation announces Arnold Shultz Fund
Artist rendering of Arnold Shultz; Shultz with Pendleton Vandiver The IBMA Foundation, the charitable arm of the International Bluegrass Music Association, has announced today the establishment of a new endowment to support increasing participation from people of color in bluegrass music. Named