IBMA's Leadership Bluegrass alumni have announced February 21 as the date for their next virtual workshop, free to all online using the Zoom app. This one is dedicated to bluegrass vocals and is titled Everyone is a Singer: The Voice as
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Molly Tuttle to present at Grammy Premiere Ceremony
Molly Tuttle has been chosen as a presenter for the 2024 Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony on February 4. She has performed this service in the past, and must have done well as they have asked her back. The Premiere Ceremony is
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Powder Day video from Leftover Salmon
Andy Thorn, banjo man with Leftover Salmon, has written a song that serves as the band's next single, and as the theme of their current tour, which is billed as the 2024 Ski Tour. The tune is called Powder Day, with
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Ranelle Dietrich of The Arizona Wildflowers to make her Opry debut
15 year old Ranelle Dietrich, mandolinist with her family band, Arizona Wildflowers, has plans for the best 16th birthday party a young bluegrass musician could imagine. She is scheduled to make her Grand Ole Opry debut that day, August 31
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2024 Arnold Shultz Fund grant deadline approaching
The IBMA Foundation wants to remind everyone that the application deadline for their 2024 Arnold Shultz Fund grants in January 31. The Fund, named for early Bill Monroe mentor Arnold Shultz, exists to increase participation in bluegrass music by people of
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Will You Ever Be Mine hits from Bronwyn Keith-Hynes
Fiddle sensation Bronwyn Keith-Hynes takes another step in her new push to be recognized as a vocalist as well with the second single from her upcoming solo project, Will You Ever Be Mine. As a teen Bronwyn lit up fiddle competitions
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Announcing the OMMA Youth in Bluegrass Contest
For more than 20 years, Silver Dollar City in Branson, MO hosted the annual KSMU Youth in Bluegrass Contest, bringing young bands in their teens and younger, together to compete for serious cash prizes. The contest was the brainchild of
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C. J. Lewandowski to be a Spotlight Artist at Country Music HOF
The Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum in Nashville has announced the featured artists for their 2024 American Currents: State of the Music exhibit, which highlights significant artists from the previous year. Artifacts, photos, and music are typically included
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Blue Ridge Music Center in Galax asks for your vote
The Blue Ridge Music Center, a music venue and museum of Appalachian music in Galax, VA, is asking for your vote in the 2024 USA Today poll for Best Music Museum. Nestled among southwestern Virginia's beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains, the Center
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Michael Cleveland on MSNBC tonight (video added)
Due to a concentration of circumstances, bluegrass fiddle maestro Michael Cleveland will be making a last minute television appearance tonight (1/18) on MSNBC. Cleveland, in New York City for tomorrow's sold out performance with Tony Trischka at The City Winery, celebrating