Bluegrass Asociations News

In all the excitement of last Thursday's Special Awards ceremony in Raleigh, it seems we neglected to publish a report on the proceedings, or share any of Frank Baker's photos. The Special Awards are honors handed out to the non-musical parts

Cf Martin and the IBMA have teamed up to offer a new CS-Outlaw-2017 guitar at auction, with all proceeds going to the Bluegrass Trust Fund whose mission is to assist members of the professional bluegrass community in emergency financial need. The

When IBMA’s World of Bluegrass business conference kicked off Tuesday in Raleigh, attendees were welcomed to “the bluegrass capital of the world.” But one question was left hanging? For how much longer, since the agreement making Raleigh the host city is

Tonight's IBMA Awards Show is set to begin in about an hour. We will be posting the winners here as they are announced, so keep checking back, and refresh the page to see the latest information. We'll also post photos from

Here is a first batch of Frank Baker's images from World Of Bluegrass 2017. These were taken over the past two days, including a visit to the exhibit hall, and this morning's town hall meeting.

No matter how smoothly tonight’s awards show goes at the International Bluegrass Music Association’s World of Bluegrass, the finale is pretty much guaranteed to be rocky. On a night that organizers promise will have a number of noteworthy moments, the biggest

Seeing Joe Mullins work his way through the IBMA World Of Bluegrass, you get the impression that he's the right man, in the right job, at the right time. Their current Board of Directors chair brings an unusually specific set of

The IBMA presented their 2017 Momentum Awards this afternoon at the Raleigh Convention Center during a luncheon for attendees of the World Of Bluegrass Business Conference. Interspersed with the awards were performances by a trio of showcase acts that demonstrated

Bill Warren captured a few photos on Tuesday at the 2017 World Of Bluegrass convention in Raleigh. We have a lot more images coming up!

Rhiannon Giddens remembers being shocked when an aunt from what she calls “the black side of the family” called herself a hillbilly. Hillbillies, in the stereotyped definitions of the media and television entertainment, were white. And as the daughter of a