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  • Ian Tyson passes

    December 29, 2022 | by John Lawless

    Ian Tyson photo © Peter Scoular (used by permission) Celebrated Canadian folk singer and songwriter Ian Tyson has died today at 89 years of age. Though his career was focused on folk music, a number of Tyson's songs have been memorably recorded

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  • Entries due for 2023 Hazel Dickens Song Contest 

    December 29, 2022 | by Richard Thompson

    The DC Bluegrass Union Hazel Dickens Song Contest celebrates the life and muse of one of bluegrass music's most beloved songwriters.  Each year since 2014, the DC Bluegrass Union (DCBU) has extended invitations to songwriters in recognition of the enduring influence

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  • Inaugural Words on the Water songwriting workshop in 2023

    December 7, 2022 | by John Lawless

    Florida's beautiful gulf coast is the setting for the first ever Words on the Water songwriting workshop, scheduled for March 2-5, 2023. A joint venture between Lil House Songwriting Workshop and Laughing Penguin Publicity and Consulting, the three-day seminar is designed

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  • Songwriters Showcase at Lorraine’s Coffee House

    September 30, 2022 | by Sandy Hatley

    Lady of Tradition, Lorraine Jordan, took advantage of the talent in Raleigh for IBMA and invited a group of leading songwriters in the bluegrass genre to share their talents in her coffee house in nearby Garner, NC, on Wednesday night.

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  • Can’t You Hear It Callin’ wins Podunk Songwriters Contest

    August 30, 2022 | by John Lawless

    Earlier this month during the 25th annual Podunk Bluegrass Festival in Goshen, CT, the winners of their Podunk Songwriters Contest were announced for 2022. First prize went to Stan Keach and Jeff Trippe for Can't You Hear It Callin', a song

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  • IBMA announces Songwriter Showcase participants for 2022

    July 1, 2022 | by John Lawless

    Yesterday the International Bluegrass Music Association announced the 2022 participants for their annual Songwriter Showcase, as part of the Songwriter Track at the World of Bluegrass convention in Raleigh, NC this September. A total of ten writers are chosen to

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  • 2022 Don Gibson Singer Songwriter Symposium results

    April 26, 2022 | by Sandy Hatley

    1st prize winner Lindy Bryson with Stan Lowery at the Don Gibson Theatre - photo by Gary Hatley On April 2, the 12th Annual Don Gibson Singer Songwriter Symposium was held in the late country singer’s hometown of Shelby, NC, inside a

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  • I’ll Leave My Heart in Tennessee named as an official state song

    March 8, 2022 | by Richard Thompson

    Jamie Dailey, Karen Staley, and Darrin Vincent on the Dailey & Vincent television show Last month I'll Leave My Heart in Tennessee, written by hit songwriter and singer Karen R Staley, and performed by Dailey & Vincent, was named as an

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  • DCBU names winners of Hazel Dickens Songwriting Contest

    February 17, 2022 | by David Morris

    The DC Bluegrass Union has announced winners of the annual Hazel Dickens Songwriting Contest. The list contains a number of writers well known in bluegrass and Americana circles. First prize and $500 was awarded to John Cloyd Miller for the song

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  • Rick Lang Music Songwriter Scholarship permanently endowed

    January 3, 2022 | by John Lawless

    The IBMA Foundation is starting the year with some wonderful news. Their Rick Lang Music Songwriter Scholarship has been permanently funded, thanks to a generous $50,000 grant from Rick and Wendy Lang. Rick and Wendy operate Highland Hardwoods in Brentwood, NH,

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