The proposed merger between the International Bluegrass Music Association and the Foundation for Bluegrass Music, announced during the World of Bluegrass convention in Raleigh this summer, has now been finalized. The IBMA will continue operating under the same name, while
Applications for the 2018 grants from the Foundation for Bluegrass Music are due at the end of this month. They award between $8,000-$10,000 each year in individual grants to organizations that support educational, literary, artistic, and historic preservation projects and
Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn have scheduled a series of concerts for the Nashville area in mid-December to benefit a number of regionally-based organizations that they support. Billed as Circle Round Home 2, the two banjo mavens consider it as
We are winding down, but still have some of Frank Baker's photos from the 2017 World Of Bluegrass convention and the weekend Wide Open Bluegrass festival and StreetFest earlier this month in Raleigh.
Mashtag on the Youth Stage at the 2017 Wide Open Bluegrass festival - photo by Frank Baker And here we have even more of Frank Baker's images from World of Bluegrass and Wide Open Bluegrass 2017 in Raleigh, NC. These include
Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts in Raleigh, decorated for the IBMA Awards Show - photo by Frank Baker Here is a hodgepodge of 2017 World of Bluegrass and Wide Open Bluegrass images, including some shots from conferences and workshops
Michael Stockton isn't just a dobro player extraordinaire, he's also pretty good with a camera. A point and shoot camera on a homemade selfie stick, to be exact. The Flatt Lonesome slide man went around this past week's IBMA convention videoing
Bluegrass 45 Reunion at the 2017 IBMA Wide Open Bluegrass festival - photo by Frank Baker Here's our first gallery of images from this past weekend's Wide Open Bluegrass Festival. Frank Baker captured images at the Red Hat Amphitheater, inside the
In all the excitement of last Thursday's Special Awards ceremony in Raleigh, it seems we neglected to publish a report on the proceedings, or share any of Frank Baker's photos. The Special Awards are honors handed out to the non-musical parts
Thanks to Bryan Haywood for this clip of The Osborne Brothers reunion last night during the 2017 International Bluegrass Music Awards, which we suspect he captured from the live stream on Facebook. It was only the second time Sonny and
