The International Bluegrass Music Association is now accepting applications for their 2025 International Band Performance Grant, which awards $5,000 to a non-US bluegrass act who would like to visit the United States and perform as part of the 2025 World
Tom Worley and Lorraine Jordan at Lorraine's Coffeehouse & Music (9/27/24) - photo © Bill Warren The week long IBMA World of Bluegrass is moving to Chattanooga next year, but that doesn’t mean that bluegrass is leaving the Raleigh area. It
Caroline Owens at IBMA Bluegrass Live! 2024 - photo © Jeromie Stephens Here's Jeromie Stephens' final contribution from IBMA week in Raleigh, NC, these from Saturday during the IBMA Bluegrass Live! festivities. We are deeply grateful for his fabulous photographs.
Jamming in the shadow of the Raleigh sign at World of Bluegrass '24 - photo © Jeromie Stephens When IBMA's World of Bluegrass pulled out of Nashville in 2012, I spent most of the 12-hour drive home, and many of the
Lilly Anne Svrlinga and JonPaul Sepulveda at IBMA Bluegrass Live! '24 - photo © Jeromie Stephens Here is a gallery of images Jeromie Stephens contributed from his various sojourns through the grounds of IBMA Bluegrass Live! 2024.
Exhibit Hall jam with Rhonda Vincent at World of Bluegrass '24 - photo © David Morris It may be IBMA's last year in Raleigh, but things are definitely not slowing down. The floor of the exhibit hall inside the Convention Center
Jeromie Stephens accepts the Photographer of the Year Award - photo © Frank Baker Thursday at the World of Bluegrass is always heralded as the biggest night in bluegrass, because of the main awards show, but the awards begin long before
Kids on Bluegrass at the 2024 IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards - photo © Frank Baker Frank Baker filled up several hard drives with images from last night's IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards. He captured the winners as they were announced, as well
Charlie Lowman in the Marriott Hotel lobby (9/26/24) - photo © Jeromie Stephens IBMA Bluegrass Photographer of the Year for 2024, Jeromie Stephens, spent much of Thursday prowling the Raleigh Convention Center, during World of Bluegrass, and in the adjacent Marriott
Stephen Mougin, Dede Wyland, and Dan Boner at World of Bluegrass 2024 - photo © Sandy Hatley The Thursday afternoon IBMA session description read, "Bluegrass vocals are a subject that all too often doesn't get the attention that it deserves in
