• Farewell Drifters on Says You!

    We just heard from Zack Bevill with The Farewell Drifters, who had a number of tidbits to share with our readers. First off, he mentioned that...

  • John Cowan – Comfort & Joy

    John Cowan has always been something of a maverick in, and on the fringes of the bluegrass music world. His first introduction to bluegrass fans came...

  • Send a banjo picker to college

    We got this note from Ivan Rosenberg, a respected resonator guitarist and clawhammer banjo player in the Pacific Northwest. He is hoping that readers of...

  • A few more Tuesday night reflections

    I wanted to add a few impressions to what Brance posted earlier... Mountain Heart: I thought that their showcase was brilliant, and was very interested to...

  • A Seminar Sampling

    One of the things that IBMA promotes heavily is education---the music, and about the music business. To that end they have a wide variety of...

  • IBMA: Tuesday night

    Just a quick update to say there is a ton of great bluegrass music being played this year. I saw three bands last night, all...

  • IBMA After Hours – Monday night

    The convention center was hopping last night for the late-night showcases, as it always is. It's impossible to see all the bands play, or even...

  • Josh Williams Band – powerful stuff

    Again, the frustration of not being able to catch all the showcase performers... Downloading the Gold Heart photos last night, I missed Darin and Brooke Aldridge...