The IBMA Foundation has asked us to remind everyone that the deadline for applying for the 2023 Arnold Shultz Fund grants is January 31. These grants are designed to support activities that increase participation in bluegrass music by people of
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Kristy Cox wins Golden Guitar for Good Morning Moon
While back home in Australia to be inducted into the Hands of Fame in Tamworth, NSW, Aussie songbird Kristy Cox also took home a Golden Guitar trophy at the Country Music Association of Australia awards. This was her sixth Golden Guitar,
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Applications being accepted for Steve Gulley Memorial Scholarship
The Bluegrass Music Endeavors Foundation, a charitable organization managed by bluegrass touring group, Crandall Creek, is now accepting applications for their Steve Gulley Memorial Scholarship. Named in honor of the late singer, songwriter, and bandleader, Steve Gulley, who died from
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Walk on Faith video from King James Boys
Pinecastle Records has released a music video for their current single with the King James Boys, Walk on Faith, the title track of their latest project. Walk on Water was written by Paula Breedlove, Brad Davis, and John Mathis Jr, based
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2023 SPBGMA National Award nominees
The Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America (SPBGMA) has announced the nominees for their 2023 National Bluegrass Awards. These awards will be decided by voting that takes place during the SPBGMA National Convention in Nashville over January
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Song of the Mountains receives major cash grant
Big news last week for one of the few nationally-syndicated television programs that regularly features live bluegrass music. Song of the Mountains, produced this past 18 years in Marion, VA, was awarded a grant of $120,000 from the Virginia Tobacco
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Just As I Am video from Brothers of the Heart
Gaither Music is about to release Listen To The Music, a second album from Brothers of the Heart, the bluegrass gospel superstar singing group consisting of Bradley Walker, Jimmy Fortune, Mike Rogers, and Ben Isaacs. It is the followup to
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Grandpa Jones and Buck Trent to the Banjo Hall of Fame
The American Banjo Museum in Oklahoma City has announced the 2023 class to be inducted into their Banjo Hall of Fame. Among the five honorees this year are two of great import for five string fans, Grandpa Jones and Buck
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I’m Already Gone video from Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen
Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen have posted a new music video for their song, I'm Already Gone, the opening track from their current Compass Records project, Hold On. It's made up of live clips of the band on tour, on stage,
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Boston Bluegrass Union launches CampusGrass web site
Boston Bluegrass Union, New England's premiere source of bluegrass music, and promoters of the celebrated Joe Val Bluegrass Festival, has launched a new web site designed to offer resources and support for young people looking to start a bluegrass