This report on bluegrass icon George Shuffler is a contribution from Richard Thompson and James Alan Shelton. Crosspicking bluegrass guitar pioneer George Shuffler is to be inducted into Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Hall of Fame on Saturday, September 21, 2013, at a
We've written before about the Bluegrass Heritage Foundation and their instrument lending program for young pickers, Play It Forward. Bluegrass students aged 8-16 can have access to quality banjos, fiddles, mandolins, or guitars for renewable one year loans at no
The International Bluegrass Music Museum is auctioning an original painting of Bill Monroe by Aaron Kizer in auction to help raise funds for their new International Bluegrass Center in Owensboro, KY. The Center will offer the Museum more than 3 times the
During our second visit to Raleigh, NC to examine facilities for the 2013 World of Bluegrass convention in late September, we took the occasion to visit the camping facilities available during the International Bluegrass Music Association's signature event. The campground
The Kentucky Arts Council has recognized Owensboro's International Bluegrass Music Museum for maintaining an environment in which people can discover bluegrass music. In announcing the 2013 recipients of the award, the Kentucky Arts Council noted ………… “In 1985, the International Bluegrass Music
The International Bluegrass Music Association is advertising an opening in the organization's Nashville office. The position is listed as Technology & Office Systems Manager, which is actually a reconfigured job description based on current staff and task requirements. IBMA Executive Director Nancy
The Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame inductees for 2013 have been named. In seven categories, they are Lester Flatt (songwriter), Bluegrass Unlimited – Pete Kuykendall (Media and Scholar), Norman Blake (Sideman and Regional Musician), The Stoneman Family (Pioneer Artists),
The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced that Joe Lurgio will take on the responsibilities of Member Services & Convention Services Director on June 6. Joe is making the move to Nashville from his home in Boston to assume this new
Bluegrass Today's Terry Herd shared this profile of Karen Miller Porter, with whom he has worked for several years in her capacity as Executive Director of the Owensboro/Daviess County Convention and Visitors Bureau, a position she has just vacated. Bluegrass music fans have
The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced the acts invited to showcase during the 2013 World of Bluegrass convention in Raleigh, NC in September. Showcase performances will be scheduled at the Raleigh Convention Center during IBMA week (September 24-28), and at
