In addition to their national bluegrass awards, the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America has announced the nominees for their 45th annual Midwest Bluegrass Awards. Winners are to be announced at their 36th Midwest Convention in Jefferson City, MO
The Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America has announced the nominees for their 45th annual Bluegrass Music Awards. Winners will be announced February 3, 2019 at their 36th national convention at Nashville's Sheraton Music City hotel. And the
Don’t get them wrong, Bill and the Belles love the holidays. They live for gatherings of family and friends, snow days, sparkles and cheer, as evidenced by their fourth year hosting the Johnson City Jingle Bell Jamboree (a holiday roots
IBMA will have some big shoes to fill for 2019 and beyond. Kelly Kessler, the association’s director of communications and professional development, is leaving to become a faculty member at Middle Tennessee State University. Kessler, who has been with IBMA since
Frank D Ray, leader of the Ozark bluegrass band Cedar Hill, has been named as the 2019 SPBGMA Hall of Greats inductee. He has been playing in bluegrass bands since 1964. The mandolin player for the group, he sings the lead,
The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced their 2019 class for Leadership Bluegrass, an annual, three-day academy intended to generate future pacesetters in the bluegrass industry. Attendees are selected in a competitive process through an application process, and those selected
When celebrated singer, songwriter, and storyteller Grant Maloy Smith published his children's book earlier this year, he recognized that its story simply cried out for a song. So he wrote one, and since his target audience was young readers, he
With the rapid growth of home recording software and technology, it's never been easier to create your own album - or single - and get it to the online market. Most new computers ship with at least basic software for
The Purple Hulls are a pair of identical twin sisters, Katy and Penny Clark, in northeastern Texas who play and sing bluegrass and acoustic Americana music. Their latest album is a Christmas album, called A Christmas Album, which features a mix
As befits a city in the Bluegrass State, the Lexington Music Awards include a bluegrass category in their annual music industry awards process. Each year since 2015, both the general public in and around Lexington, KY, and a panel of local