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Tonight's IBMA Awards Show is set to begin in about an hour. We will be posting the winners here as they are announced, so keep checking back, and refresh the page to see the latest information. We'll also post photos from

Two premier bluegrass organizations, the International Bluegrass Music Association and the Foundation for Bluegrass Music will merge. The announcement, made Tuesday at the start of IBMA’s annual business conference, is aimed at strengthening the educational and fundraising efforts of the two

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

In this fun series we ask bluegrass music personalities, some famous, some not so famous, about some of their interests as well as about the music that they love.   Shelby Gold is the fiddle player and singer/song-writer in the family

Roy Odell “Speedy” Tolliver, a popular and beloved banjo and fiddle player in the greater Washington, DC area, passed away on September 18. He was 99 years of age. Speedy was born in southwestern Virginia into a large musical family. After

Legendary bluegrass mandolinist, vocalist, and songwriter Jesse McReynolds was rushed to the hospital this morning, where he is now undergoing surgery to repair a ruptured aneurysm. Doctors at Sumner Hospital in Gallatin, TN have rated his condition as serious. Now 88

Dudley Connell with The Johnson Mountain Boys playing his D-28 - photo by Peggy Detweiler Dudley Connell is best known for playing with two important Washington, DC bands – The Johnson Mountain Boys and The Seldom Scene. In a recent interview

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,

Late last month we published an article laying out some of the new rules in place for the 2018 SPBGMA national convention in Nashville. Typically held the first weekend in February, this event signals the bluegrass reawakening each year following

Rootchie Tootchie & the Ragtime Shepard Kings at Oldtone - photo © Tara Linhardt The Oldtone Roots Music Festival has once again dazzled its audience with great music and fun activities for an entire weekend. The festival is located on the