The International Bluegrass Music Association has today announced Sarah Jarosz as the Keynote Speaker for the Business Conference portion of their upcoming virtual World of Bluegrass later this month. Jarosz has been celebrated in acoustic music since she was still in
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Virtual World of Bluegrass details for 2020
The IBMA staff in Nashville have been busy little beavers this past several weeks, learning new technology and investigating the best ways to implement their first ever virtual convention when World of Bluegrass 2020 goes online for the first time. Though
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More updates about the 2020 virtual World of Bluegrass
A lot of folks are wondering how the IBMA will host their major World of Bluegrass events this year, since COVID-19 restrictions have made assembling in Raleigh at the end of September impossible. They intend to go ahead with all
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Aaron Bibelhauser and Mike Finders show the value of WOB songwriter’s track
Here's an interesting story about how a chance meeting at World of Bluegrass 2017 put two experienced bluegrass songwriters onto a co-writing opportunity, that is coming full circle at the 2020 virtual event. Mike Finders and Aaron Bibelhauser saw their co-written
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IBMA Says: Send us your World of Bluegrass seminar suggestions
As we have reported several times, the 2020 World of Bluegrass will take on a very different character than what we are all used to seeing. Because of the shutdown restrictions in North Carolina, the IBMA was forced to cancel
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Moments in Bluegrass BG75 #3 – Becky Buller’s first IBMA
Following an invitation that the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) extended to its members that they share a memory from “75 years of bluegrass,” we thought that we would collect a few to share with you. Becky Buller, an award-winning fiddler,
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IBMA announces second round of Bluegrass Ramble artists for 2020
The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced a second round of invited showcase artists to be presented in their Bluegrass Ramble, held this year during their first virtual World of Bluegrass celebration. These showcase artists are selected from dozens of applications
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World Of Bluegrass goes virtual for 2020
The bluegrass world, already reeling from cancelled festivals and delayed recording plans, suffered another blow today when IBMA announced that the World of Bluegrass business conference and music festival would not be held in-person this fall in Raleigh because of
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IBMA announces first round of showcase artists for World of Bluegrass 2020
The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced the first round of artists invited to showcase as part of the Bluegrass Ramble during the 2020 World of Bluegrass convention in Raleigh, NC. The annual convention, which the organization calls "the biggest week
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IBMA delays kickoff for World of Bluegrass tickets, rooms
IBMA has announced that the first day to purchase tickets and obtain hotel rooms for World of Bluegrass 2020 in Raleigh has been delayed from April 7 until an unspecified date in early summer. The move had been expected because