IBMA 2007

Brance and I are backstage at the Opry, getting ready to live blog tonight's International Bluegrass Music Awards. We just got word that Rhonda Vincent is feeling a bit under the weather, and won't be able to perform on the

The Awards Show evening has begun. We've set up backstage to blog the show and we're seeing a lot of bluegrass performers backstage heading to dressing rooms to get themselves ready. Kyle Cantrell at XM Satellite Radio has a dressing room

I've closed the voting in our Bluegrass Blog Reader Awards Poll. John and I will be blogging the award show live from the Grand Ole Opry this evening and tomorrow we'll compare the actual awards to your choices in the poll.

Thursday morning at IBMA and it's time for the Special Awards luncheon. This the event where IBMA awards a number of special awards that are not included during the evening's award show due to time constraints. Greg Cahill, IBMA president, started

Be sure to visit Bluegrass Today tonight for our live blog coverage of the International Bluegrass Music Awards from the Grand Ole Opry. Brance and I will be backstage, posting each new award recipient as they are announced. The show begins

Last night as John and I wondered the halls listening to jams and showcases, shaking hands, and visiting with old friends, I had the camera out and snapped a lot of photos. Here's a few photos for your viewing pleasure.                  

Here are some random photos taken in the IBMA Exhibit Hall yesterday afternoon. See anyone you know?                

As John mentioned just a few minutes ago, we attended the Mountain Heart showcase earlier this evening in the Rural Rhythm suite and they were every bit as good as I expected them to be. John snapped a few photos of

After dinner, we trekked back up to the Rural Rhythm suite to catch the newest iteration of Mountain Heart perform live. I had heard some live tracks of the band since Josh Shilling joined as a vocalist, but had not

Last night John and I purposed to visit several of the after-hours showcases and I found myself at the Jim Lauderdale show. Regular readers of Bluegrass Today will recognize that I'm a fan of Jim, and his latest CD The