A whole lot of us picked up new hobbies or pastimes during the pandemic shutdowns starting in 2020. Everyone was stuck at home, and we weren't allowed to visit our favorite haunts. Some folks learned to cook, or garden, while
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Tim Surrett steps down as IBMA Board Chair
Tim Surret, Chairman of the IBMA Board of Directors, has resigned his position on the organization's Executive Committee. Surrett, who also works as bass player with Balsam Range and as a studio musician and producer with Crossroads Music, is recovering
Tim Surrett recovering at home
Tim Surret, bass player with Balsam Range and IBMA Board Chair, was released from the hospital on Friday afternoon after spending two days in for observation and testing. The band worked a man down this past weekend, giving Tim some
Tim Surrett hospitalized for testing
Tim Surrett, bass player with popular North Carolina band Balsam Range, and Chairman of the Board of Directors for the International Bluegrass Music Association, has been hospitalized near his home in western North Carolina. He was taken to the emergency room after
Having A Coffee with … Tim Surrett
This is fun series in which 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. Joining me this morning is Tim Surrett, a member
New IBMA Board officers elected
The Board of Directors of the International Bluegrass Music Association has elected a new slate of officers to lead the organization. According to board members who asked not to be identified, previous Director Jon Weisberger, who was eligible for another term, did not stand
A chat with Tim Surrett, IBMA Board Vice Chair
We caught up yesterday with Tim Surrett, bassist with Balsam Range, producer and worker bee at Mountain Home Music, and the new Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of the IBMA. He's also a dedicated husband and father, and
Hopkins and Surrett at WOB 2013
John Driskill Hopkins, bass player/vocalist with the Zac Brown Band, and Tim Surett, who fills that same role with Balsam Range, stopped by for a chat on Wednesday at World of Bluegrass 2013.
NewTown using pre-sale to help fund next CD
As NewTown prepares to start work on their first album for Crossroad Music's Pisgah Ridge label, the band is taking a slightly different approach with the now-familiar crowd sourcing formula to ask fans to help with recording costs. Pisgah Ridge is
Blue Ridge Artist Agency
Michael Davis, founder of successful Southern Gospel artist representatives, The Dominion Agency, has launched a bluegrass division. Blue Ridge Artist Agency will be based within Dominion's Waynesville, NC offices, with a number of bluegrass acts on board. Davis and his team of