The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced the final batch of nominees for their Special Awards, and Momentum Awards, the proverbial awards given "earlier in the day," awarded during a pair of award luncheons on September 27 and 28. The Special
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Dale Ann Bradley to be inducted into the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame
The Kentucky Music Hall of Fame & Museum in Mount Vernon, KY has announced that bluegrass songstress Dale Ann Bradley will be inducted into the Hall as part of their 2018 class. Growing up in the rural southeastern part of the
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ETSU Bluegrass grads invited to showcase during WOB
The Bluegrass, Old Time and Country Music program at East Tennessee State University is inviting graduates to join them during the IBMA's Wide Open Bluegrass celebration in Raleigh next month. Bluegrass bands that feature ETSU alumni will be presented in
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Lifetime Achievement Award for David Davis
The National Traditional Country Music Association has announced that David Davis, bluegrass mandolinist from Alabama, will receive the organization's Lifetime Achievement Award at the 42nd National Old Time Music Festival on September 3. David is highly regarded in traditional bluegrass circles
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Bluegrass Museum launches Bluegrass Band Project
The International Bluegrass Music Museum in Owensboro, KY is launching a new initiative in coordination with Volunteer Owensboro to get local pickers and singers together and playing music together. Called the Bluegrass Band Project, the museum will be bringing 50
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Phil Leadbetter and the Bluegrass Trust Fund
Back in June, we wrote about The Bluegrass Trust Fund and the assistance they provided to Ashby Frank following the Nashville floods of 2010. His home had half a foot of water standing in the first floor as the Cumberland
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DC Bluegrass Union sets instrumental contest
Here’s an idea that’s long overdue: A writing contest that focuses on instrumental numbers in the bluegrass and old-time traditions. The DC Bluegrass Union opened entries today for the inaugural Mike Auldridge Instrumental Contest, which will go hand-in-hand with the organization’s
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Bluegrass Today press release on Distinguished Achievement Award
Below is our official press release about receiving the Distinguished Achievement Award this year from the IBMA. Other publications and organizations are free and welcome to use it as they see fit. Bluegrass music news website Bluegrass Today is among the
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2017 IBMA Award nominees announced
At a press conference earlier this morning aired on SiriusXM's Bluegrass Junction, the International Bluegrass Music Association announced the final nominees for their 2017 International Bluegrass Music Awards, along with this year's Hall Of Fame Inductees and Distinguished Achievement Award recipients.
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Handsome Ladies welcome bluegrass pickin’ gals in San Francisco
As more and more women get bitten by the bluegrass bug, we are seeing groups pop up around the country to assist them in learning to play the music. Murphy Henry hosts an all-female banjo camp this weekend in Winchester,