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Colorado is well known for having a vibrant bluegrass scene across the state. Much of this is thanks to two events which took place during the '70s just a mountain range apart. In Denver, a group of bluegrass musicians and pickers

This morning the International Bluegrass Music Association has announced the nominees for their 2022 Industry and Momentum Awards. Both these nominees and the winners are chosen by select committees of IBMA members chosen for this purpose. The IBMA Industry Awards are given

The Crooked Road, the Commonwealth of Virginia's Heritage Music Trail, has announced that bluegrass singer and songwriter Johnny Williams will serve as their 2022-2023 Artist In Residence. Johnny has been a staple in the southwestern Virginia traditional music scene for more

Gabby Cameron, recipient of the Neil Rosenberg Bluegrass Scholar Award for 2022 from the IBMA Foundation The IBMA Foundation, the philanthropic and educational arm of the International Bluegrass Music Association, has announced today the recipients of their various college scholarships, many of

Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers have a new single today with Billy Blue Records, featuring the newest Rambler, Jeff Parker, on mandolin and lead vocal. It's a song called Big City - not the Merle Haggard country classic, but

Jeff Tuttle, popular bluegrass radio host on Nash Icon radio in the Toledo, OH market, has received a diagnosis of stage 4 pancreatic cancer, which is inoperable. Though Jeff is determined to fight, starting chemo treatments in early August, he

Authentic Unlimited has quickly become the "it group" of the summer, releasing two new albums with Billy Blue Records and hitting major bluegrass festivals all over the country. The band had one heck of a head start, with three of the

This morning in Nashville the International Bluegrass Music Association announced the nominees for their 33rd annual Bluegrass Music Awards. This yearly ritual grabs the attention of everyone in the bluegrass world, when fans, artists, labels, radio, pickers, singers, songwriters, and

Estonian grassers Curly Strings were announced today as the first recipients of the new IBMA International Band Performance Grant, designed to facilitate bands and artists from outside the United States traveling to perform at the annual World of Bluegrass convention

The highly-celebrated Will The Circle be Unbroken, the seventh and perhaps most consequential album released by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, will celebrate its 50th anniversary in November. To mark this Golden Anniversary, John McEuen is releasing a book that details