We have a team on the ground at the 2012 Summer NAMM show, being held this weekend in Nashville. This annual event is the mid-year convention of the National Association of Music Merchandisers, where manufacturers, suppliers and anyone doing business in
IBMA has announced that Laurie Lewis and Del McCoury will be the hosts of the 2012 International Bluegrass Music Awards show on September 27 in Nashville's Ryman Auditorium. The annual gala event features performances by the top artists in bluegrass music, along
The International Bluegrass Music Museum in Owensboro, KY has just won a major vote of confidence from the city government. After a presentation this afternoon from IBMM Board Chairman, Terry Woodward, Mayor Ron Payne and the City Commissioners voted unanimously to
IBMA's newly-announced Momentum Awards have generated a bit of confusion among the membership, and within the wider bluegrass community. That is partly due to the fact that these new honors (for artists, venues and business people who are just starting to
The International Bluegrass Music Association has a announced a new set of awards to be distributed during their annual World Of Bluegrass convention. These will be separate from the annual International Bluegrass Music Awards, and focus specifically on new artists in
Time is running out to submit nominations for special awards that will be presented at IBMA’s World of Bluegrass conference in Nashville this September. E-mail nominations must be received by this Friday, June 29. Nominations sent by U.S. mail need to
As the search for IBMA’s new executive director extends into the summer, it is increasingly likely that the position will not be filled before the association’s signature annual event – the World of Bluegrass business conference and FanFest in late
We just heard from Steve Martin, who shared this announcement about his annual banjo prize: Last March, the board of The Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass lost a founding member, the great Earl Scruggs. After brief deliberation,
Gary Hultman of Birchdale, MN has been announced as the winner of the Harlow resonator guitar raffle which was conducted recently to benefit the Fayette County Humane Society in Ohio. Joe Mullins drew the winning ticket at MyClassicCountry in nearby Xenia from among the
This is the third of a series of polls conducted by Bluegrass Today regarding the decision by the International Bluegrass Music Association to move its signature events, World of Bluegrass and Fan Fest from Nashville to Raleigh, North Carolina for the years
