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Birthplace of Country Music Museum

  • Women in Old Time Music exhibit coming to BCMM

    March 2, 2023 | by John Lawless

    The Birthplace of Country Music Museum in Bristol, VA has announced a new special exhibit for 2023, entitled I'Ve Endured: Women in Old-Time Music. It is set to open on March 23, and remain so through December 31. The exhibit will

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  • 20th Anniversary Banjo Gathering in Bristol next month

    October 22, 2018 | by John Lawless

    The Birthplace of Country Music Museum will host the 20th annual Banjo Gathering, November 1-4, in Bristol, VA. The Gathering is a unique event, dedicated to the instrument rather than any particular style of playing. It combines an academic conference, a

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  • Rare Stanley Brothers disc one step closer to restoration

    July 31, 2018 | by John Curtis Goad

    Farm and Fun Time transcription disc arrives safely at the NDCC in Massachusetts The folks at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum in Bristol, VA, are one step closer to their goal of digitizing a rare Stanley Brothers recording. As of

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  • Stanley Brothers audio retrieval update from BCMM

    March 30, 2018 | by John Curtis Goad

    The folks at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum have posted on their Facebook page a light-hearted update on the digitization process for the rare Stanley Brothers record that won a restoration grant from the Virginia Association of Museums last

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  • Grant received to restore Stanley recording

    February 9, 2018 | by John Curtis Goad

    Congratulations are in order for the Birthplace of Country Music Museum. The museum will receive a $5,000 grant from the Virginia Association of Museums (VAM) to help preserve a rare Stanley Brothers recording from the museum’s collection. The recording, a

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  • Vote to preserve rare Stanley Brothers record

    January 15, 2018 | by John Curtis Goad

    The Virginia Association of Museums (VAM) has selected a rare Stanley Brothers recording as one of its Top 10 Endangered Artifacts for 2018. The record is a live transcription disc from a Stanley Brothers performance on Farm and Fun Time,

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  • 90th anniversary Bristol Sessions symposium at BCM

    July 14, 2017 | by John Curtis Goad

    The Birthplace of Country Music Museum in Bristol, Virginia, is celebrating the upcoming 90th anniversary of the Bristol Sessions with a symposium focusing on the technology, impact, and legacy of the historic 1927 recording sessions at which Ralph Peer recorded

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  • Birthplace of Country Music joins with Airplay Direct

    December 10, 2015 | by John Lawless

    Though it may not be obvious to bluegrass consumers, those who work in the business from artists, writers, radio professionals, and record label staff, know what a major player Airplay Direct has become in the bluegrass world. Formed in 2005 by Robert

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  • Casting call for Bristol Sessions film

    November 10, 2015 | by John Lawless

    If you live in that part of the country where Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky and North Carolina collide - and can play an instrument and sing old time country music - here's an opportunity to be included in a new film

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  • IIIrd Tyme Out in Bristol

    September 7, 2015 | by Guest Contributor

    This review of IIIrd Tyme Out's CD release concert is a contribution from Jessica Boggs. When Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out walked on to the stage in the Birthplace of Country Music Museum’s Performance Theater in Bristol, Virginia, last Friday

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