• IBMA Awards Show returns to the Ryman

    Last month we told you about plans for the production of the IBMA Awards Show, with top bluegrass DJs Ned Luberecki and Cindy Baucom being entrusted with the task. We also mentioned briefly that the 19th International Bluegrass Music Awards would

  • Workshop opportunities at IBMA

    With the annual IBMA World Of Bluegrass convention coming up (9/29-10/2), a number of instructional workshops have been scheduled in Nashville during that same time frame. Students of bluegrass instruments can take advantage of these opportunities during their visit, especially

  • Dan Hays talking IBMA

    As many may be aware already, Kentucky-born Dan Hays is the Executive Director of the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) and has been in that position since August 1990. In a four-part collection of videos Hays discusses his career path, the

  • New IBMA Board Members

    The annual IBMA elections concluded recently with the addition of four new board members. Only professional members vote in board elections. Elected representatives serve for a period of three years beginning with their installment on September 29, 2008. Here are the four

  • Ned and Cindy do the Awards Show

    The IBMA has announced that Cindy Baucom and Ned Luberecki will be the producers for the 2008 International Bluegrass Music Awards show. They will be tasked with coordinating the artists who will perform and the many presenters who will announce

  • IBMA 2008 eligible recordings

    As the professional members of the International Bluegrass Music Association are already aware, the first round ballots for the 2008 IBMA Awards have been mailed out. In years past, a list of eligible recordings was included with this ballot, to aid

  • IBMA prez on Jerry Springer

    Word had reached us about a banjo player being featured in a number of recent episodes of The Jerry Springer Show - the notorious "reality TV" show based in Chicago. The banjo picking was intended not as a performance, but

  • IBMA Showcase Acts for 2008

    The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced the bands invited to be official showcase acts at their 2008 World Of Bluegrass Business Conference in Nashville this fall. The following bands have been chosen to showcase: Balsam Range Blue Highway Cumberland Gap Connection Dappled Grays Dixie Bee-Liners Farewell

  • EWOB 2008

    Pickers from all over Europe, as well as a few from here in the states, will be gathering the Dutch village of Voorthuizen next month for the 11th annual European World of Bluegrass Festival. The festival takes place May 1-3,