• Internet Marketing Mentor Sessions

    If you're here at IBMA and would like to have a little help with your online marketing, be sure to sign up for the Internet Marketing Mentor Sessions. Starting tomorrow morning, Tuesday, September 30, at 9 AM, you can sign up

  • On the road again

    Brance and I are on the road, heading for Nashville and the IBMA World Of Bluegrass Convention, where our Richard Thompson is already situated. We hope to arrive around noon Nashville time, and will be spending the rest of the day

  • IBMA off site events

    With so many bluegrass folks packing up and heading to Nashville for the big IBMA week just ahead of us, we have put together a list of events not held in the Nashville Convention Center or The Renaissance Hotel. A

  • BluegrassCountry.org broadcasting from IBMA

    WAMU's Bluegrass Country will be broadcasting live from the IBMA World Of Bluegrass in Nashville next week. Nearly a dozen hosts of WAMU's online 24/7 bluegrass channel will be on hand sharing the microphone over six days on the air. Broadcast

  • Top stars to honor Bill Monroe

    Some of bluegrass music's top present-day stars will honor Bill Monroe on September 30 in the annual Bill Monroe Bluegrass Celebration, which will take place on Tuesday, September 30 at the Opry House in Nashville. The Bill Monroe Bluegrass Celebration, presented

  • Bluegrass Today at IBMA 2008

    Like so many others who work in and around the bluegrass music business, Bluegrass Today will be in Nashville next week for the IBMA World of Bluegrass convention. Both Brance and I will be on site from Monday September 29 to

  • IBMA Travelogue #1

    Our own intrepid correspondent, Richard Thompson , is on his way to Nashville from the UK to attend the IBMA convention next week. This will be his first trip to IBMA in 20 years, and we thought that his impressions

  • IBMA to offer health insurance to members

    The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced a partnership with Sound Healthcare and the National Business Associations to offer affordable heath care options to its professional members. Both group and individual policies will be available, tailored especially for musicians and

  • Bill Clifton inducted into IBMA Hall Of Fame

    Recently the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) announced the names of the two inductees to the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame for 2008. In the living performer category is singer/guitarist Bill Clifton, the first international ambassador for bluegrass music. Born

  • 2008 Bluegrass Blog Awards Poll

    Just for fun we decided to run an Awards Poll again this year. Like previous years, it mirrors the IBMA final ballot in structure and form. Five nominees in 17 categories. You may vote only once. We do require that you be a