• IBMA: Leadership Bluegrass 2008 Graduates

    The International Bluegrass Music Association has just announced the graduating class of Leadership Bluegrass 2008. 2008 marks the ninth year IBMA has held the Leadership Bluegrass conference with more than 200 alumni now having participated. The program brings together 25 individuals

  • Living Room Roundtable: ASCAP, IBMA, RIAA, NMPA

    There is much uncertainty in the business of music these days. The continuing decline of CD sales, the steadily increasing, but not sufficiently so, sales of digital downloads, the continuation of illegal music downloads, and rising price of gas,

  • IBMA reminder – 2008 awards eligibility

    The IBMA reminds labels and independent artists that the organization will again prepare a list of eligible recordings for the 2008 International Bluegrass Music Awards which will be included in the first round ballots sent to IBMA members in June.

  • Bluegrass Painter creates IBMA Art

    Our friend Bob Yonke over at Appalachian Studio (and his blog The Bluegrass Painter) was commissioned last year to create a piece of artwork for this year's (2008) IBMA World of Bluegrass event. He emailed over the weekend and sent

  • IBMA theme song on iTunes

    We told you last fall about the new theme song for the IBMA Awards Show, The Road From Rosine, which debuted in October '07 at the show in Nashville. The song was written by Mountain Heart fiddler Jim VanCleve at the

  • IBMA ’07 report on Irish radio

    Niall Toner will be on Ireland's RT?â Radio 1 this week with the first two installments of his Nashville Sessions series, recorded while he was in attendance at the IBMA World Of Bluegrass convention earlier this fall. These shows will air

  • Bluegrass in the Schools

    IBMA's Bluegrass in the Schools program runs an annual lesson plan competition which encourages school teachers to submit the lesson plan they have developed to teach children bluegrass music. One of the winners for 2007 is Sally Stuart of Mayflower, AR.

  • Made it!

    Brance and I have landed at IBMA. There's plenty going on, and we even picked up some news to share. Look for some more posting shortly, once we have a bite to eat.

  • Bluegrass Today at IBMA

    Brance and I are on our way to Nashville this morning, heading for the IBMA World Of Bluegrass Convention and trade show which kicks off today. We won't be exhibiting during the trade show this year, and will be able