Bluegrass Asociations News

IBMA President and Chairman of the Board Stan Zdonik says improving IBMA’s financial health “will be the driving criterion” behind all decisions by the group’s board of directors “until we are again running in the black.” Zdonik’s comments came in a

The International Bluegrass Music Association has published job listings for two openings in their Nashville office. There is a full time, permanent position and a part time temporary one. Details, as provided by IBMA: Media and Administrative Assistant  Requirements: An associate degree and/or certifications

Long time IBMA staffer Nancy Cardwell has been selected by the organization's Board of Directors to serve as Interim Director until a permanent replacement for Dan Hays can be found. Hays resigned as Executive Director effective 2/29. Nancy has been with

Upper Midwest bluegrass pioneer Dick Kimmel has been inducted into the Mid-America Music Hall of Fame, along with his performing partner Jerilyn Kjellberg. Previously known as the Rock and Country Music Hall of Fame, the Mid-America Hall recognizes musicians of every stripe in

As events have transpired, the International Bluegrass Music Association will be technically leaderless until a new Executive Director can be found and brought aboard. Outgoing director Dan Hays has moved to his new position with The Franklin Theater, while the IBMA

Earlier this month, the nominees for the 43rd annual Dove Awards from the Gospel Music Association were announced. Bluegrass Gospel is always given its due from the GMA, with a pair of awards specific to our genre. Nominees for 2012 in

This report was shared by C.S. “Charlie” Robinson of the Southeastern Bluegrass Association. On the occasion of his 70th birthday at a performance on Friday (2/24) in Foley, AL, the SouthEastern Bluegrass Association (SEBA) honored Little Roy Lewis with the organization’s first

And we're not talking pizza, or anyone in the Corleone family. The International Bluegrass music Museum has announced a partnership with the H.L. Neblett Community Center in Owensboro for the Arnold Shultz String Music Project. Shultz was a musical contemporary of Bill Monroe,

Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of occasional articles about the future of IBMA. This story contains many more numbers than the one-four-five usually associated with bluegrass, and a more serious approach than we usually take at

Congratulations to Alison Krauss & Union Station for being awarded the Best Bluegrass Album at the 2012 Grammies for Paper Airplane. Well done, AKUS! Paper Airplane was also recognized as Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical, and Béla Fleck and Howard Levy Won