The International Bluegrass Music Association in Nashville has announced the addition of Casey Campbell to its staff, taking the Director of Communication position. Casey is already well known in Nashville and bluegrass circles as a mandolin prodigy. He has been received
The Crooked Road, Virginia's Heritage Music Trail has only been active for a decade and a half, but people in the southwestern part of the state have already seen and felt its impact. It's especially true among musicians, artists, and artisans
The now common term, Black Friday, referring to the day after Thanksgiving as the official start of the Christmas shopping season, seems like it has been with us forever, but it actually only dates back to the early 1960s. We
Now that David Parmley has laid down his guitar, at least for touring purposes, and has some more time on his hands, he has shared this lovely plaque he was presented by the California Bluegrass Association during the summer. It was
The nominees have been announced this morning for the 2020 Grammy Awards. As always, the gala press conference dealt with the glitzy pop and rap stars that get all the attention, but our eyes were immediately directed to the all-important
A gaggle of familiar names are among the winners of the 2019 Mike Auldridge Instrumental Composition Contest, sponsored by the DC Bluegrass Union. The first place song, Chapel Hill Deer Stalk, comes from George Jackson, a Madison, TN, fiddler who tours
The Roe Family Singers with their 2019 BMAI Awards The Bluegrass Music Association of Iowa gave out their 4th annual awards on November 2 on the final day of the Honey Creek Bluegrass Festival in Moravia, IA. Nominees and winners are selected
The Earl Scruggs Center in Shelby, NC will be the permanent home of a new exhibit created by Bernie Tapuin, entitled He Will Set Your Fields on Fire. Taupin, a renowned visual artist as well as a multi-award winning lyricist who
The International Bluegrass Music Association in Nashville has announced the hiring of Ethan Charles to serve as Operations Specialist on their full time staff. A recent graduate of Belmont University with a B.B.A. in International Music Business/Entrepreneurship, Ethan may be familiar
The DC Bluegrass Union has opened submissions for their 2020 Hazel Dickens Song Contest, held to honor the late former capitol area resident who pioneered the role of a female songwriter in bluegrass. Since launching a few years ago, this competition
