Bluegrass Asociations News

Registration numbers for IBMA’s final World of Bluegrass week in Nashville are down slightly from last year, but Executive Director Nancy Cardwell is pulling out all the stops to try to finish on a high note before next year’s move

The International Bluegrass Music Association will announce the 8 winners of the initial Momentum Awards during this year's World of Bluegrass in Nashville. Awards will be announced during both the Tuesday and Wednesday night main stage showcases. These new awards honor people

The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced that interim director Nancy Cardwell has been named as the Executive Director of the organization. She has been serving in this role since Dan Hays left IBMA in March of this year. Nancy has

Doyle Lawson rose slowly to his feet, humbly taking off his trademark hat in response to the thunderously spontaneous applause that threatened to lift the Loveless Barn just outside Nashville off its foundation. It had just been announced that he

Nashville photographer Collin Peterson was on hand for yesterday afternoon's IBMA press conference. He grabbed these images as nominees for the 2012 International Bluegrass Music Awards were announced.  

The nominees for the 2012 International Bluegrass Music Awards have been announced. Awards will be distributed at the gala IBMA Awards show on September 27, held at the historic Ryman Theater in Nashville. Tickets are available now online. And the nominees are: Entertainer of the Year Dailey

Wednesday, August 15, the International Bluegrass Music Association will host a press conference at the Loveless Barn in Nashville to announce the nominees for the 2012 IBMA awards. We will have a photographer and a correspondent on site to capture the

Greg Cahill, President of the Foundation for Bluegrass Music, asked us to remind everyone that the 2012 deadline for special projects grant applications is looming. $8000 has been set aside to fund grants in the names of Earl Scruggs and Warren Hellman, a pair

2012 nominees for the Inspirational Country Music Awards have been announced, and are rife with familiar names for bluegrass fans. The annual awards are distributed by the Christian Country Music Association, with winners to be announced during ICM week in Nashville

We have written in the past about the new Momentum Awards, recently announced by the International Bluegrass Music Association, to recognize artists and industry folks in the early stages of their careers. The IBMA is working on a short horizon this