While we would like to think bluegrass people are all about bluegrass music 24 hours a day, it’s simply not true. Sometimes you have to take time away from the music to do other things – you know, like eat
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Bluegrass Today at World Of Bluegrass 2017
As per usual, your dutiful Bluegrass Today staff will be on hand throughout the 2017 World Of Bluegrass week in Raleigh, NC. The IBMA's annual convention starts tomorrow (September 26) at the Raleigh Convention Center, running through the big Awards
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Alternative string music at World of Bluegrass
Bluegrass is for old people, right? You have to have a five-string banjo and sound just like Earl Scruggs, right? When IBMA says “big tent,” they just mean when folks like the Lonesome River Band and Doyle Lawson use drums,
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Where to find bluegrass at World of Bluegrass
Since the International Bluegrass Music Association moved their pinnacle event, World of Bluegrass, to Raleigh, NC, we’ve heard plenty of complaints from the die-hard Blue Grass (as in Monroe) loving attendees saying “Where’s the bluegrass?” It’s certainly not gone away,
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Actual IBMA seminar schedule released for World Of Bluegrass 2017
Chris Jones' expert sleuthing efforts notwithstanding, the bona fide 2017 World Of Bluegrass seminar schedule is now available to view on the IBMA web site. The master schedule is displayed in a color-coded block grid that allows you to see every
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2017 IBMA Awards Show flap, part trois
This marks our third, and hopefully final, article about the flap between the IBMA and the original 2017 International Bluegrass Music Awards show producers that led to them resigning earlier this month. The simplest facts of the matter are these: Producer
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New producer named for 2017 IBMA Awards show
The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced that Claire Armbruster will serve as the producer of this year's International Bluegrass Music Awards. The show takes place on Thursday, September 28 at the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts in
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IBMA announces 2017 Special Awards and Momentum Awards nominees
The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced the final batch of nominees for their Special Awards, and Momentum Awards, the proverbial awards given "earlier in the day," awarded during a pair of award luncheons on September 27 and 28. The Special
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IBMA Awards show to switch producers for 2017
The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced today that they will be bringing in a new production team to stage their Awards Show, scheduled for September 28 in Raleigh, NC. The show is a gala event, hosted this year by
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Phil Leadbetter and the Bluegrass Trust Fund
Back in June, we wrote about The Bluegrass Trust Fund and the assistance they provided to Ashby Frank following the Nashville floods of 2010. His home had half a foot of water standing in the first floor as the Cumberland