I got this note from Jan Johansson, the Swedish fiddle player and teacher who currently resides in Cary, a suburb of Raleigh, North Carolina. Raleigh is, of course, venue for the IBMA’s World of Bluegrass convention later this year (Raleigh
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IBMA announces Leadership Bluegrass class of 2013
The International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) has announced the graduating class of Leadership Bluegrass 2013. The intensive, three-day program, which was hosted at BMI, and Bone McAllester Norton PLLC in Nashville, Tennessee, and took place from Thursday through to Saturday, March
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More news from IBMA this afternoon
The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced that Taylor Coughlin will come onboard as Publications/Special Projects Director next week. This is the position previously held by Nancy Cardwell prior to her accepting the job of Executive Director in 2012. Caroline
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World of Bluegrass registration starts March 1
IBMA's World of Bluegrass registration and hotel reservations for 2013 in Raleigh, NC open on Friday, March 1. The event is scheduled to run September 24-28. On top of the new site, there are a number of other changes in store
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IBMA Announces 2013 Leadership Bluegrass participants
The International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) has released the following names of the attendees for the Leadership Bluegrass class for 2013, which will take place in Nashville, Tennessee, from Thursday – Saturday, March 7-9, 2013. Leadership Bluegrass, now in its 14th
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IBMA registration details announced
The International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) has announced that registration for IBMA’s World of Bluegrass Events and hotel reservations will open March 1, 2013, for bluegrass music’s annual industry gathering and family reunion which will, for the first time, be
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Songwriter to Songwriter – Jesse Langlais
Oops... here's one of David Morris' Songwriter to Songwriter interviews we recorded last Fall at World of Bluegrass, that hadn't yet been posted. This one finds David in discussion with Jesse Langlais from Town Mountain.
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IBMA moving across town
On top of last year's news about the World of Bluegrass convention moving to Raleigh, NC for 2013-2016, comes word that the International Bluegrass Music Association office is moving as well. But only a couple miles from their current location
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Job opening at IBMA
IBMA has announced a job opening for the office in Nashville, which will complete the changeover necessitated by Nancy Cardwell accepting the Executive Director position earlier this year. Cardwell was initially elevated to interim director in March of 2012 after the
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Giving Thanks (Bluegrass Edition)
While we count our many blessings, I want to take a couple of minutes to note some of the things I’m thankful for in the bluegrass world. For starters, I’m grateful that folks like Bill Monroe, Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs