Author: John Lawless

Be sure to join us on Bluegrass Today for our live blog coverage of the 2009 International Bluegrass Music Awards! From 7:30 p.m. (CDT) until the end, we'll be announcing the winners live in real time from The Ryman Auditorium in

Just a quick reminder about tonight's (10/1) International Bluegrass Music Awards, and our live coverage on Bluegrass Today. Brance and I will be in the press gallery at The Ryman Auditorium, announcing the winners here live as they are announced on

Here's another gallery of Dean Hoffmeyer's photos, capturing many views of Wednesday at IBMA 2009.

For a change, I was able to stay for all three main stage acts at Wednesday's (9/30) lunchtime showcase, and I saw some very strong performances. Darren Beachley & Legends Of The Potomac were up first. That may sound like a

I wanted to add a few impressions to what Brance posted earlier... Mountain Heart: I thought that their showcase was brilliant, and was very interested to see how they would approach this "going over to the other side" vibe. When the

Here is a gallery of photos from last night's (9/29) IBMA festivities. We are very fortunate this year to have Dean Hoffmeyer shooting for us during World Of Bluegrass. He is a Pulitzer-nominated photographer with The Richmond Times Dispatch, and his

Monday morning, I was honored to participate in an IBMA seminar entitled State Of The Industry: Open Forum. It was moderated by Archie Warnock, and the panelists also included Brandi Hart of The Dixie Bee-Liners and Ronnie Reno, founder of

Again, the frustration of not being able to catch all the showcase performers... Downloading the Gold Heart photos last night, I missed Darin and Brooke Aldridge and Spring Creek, both of whom I had hoped to see. Darin and Brooke just

There is so much going on here all day at IBMA that there is no hope of ever catching it all. Brance and I had a great interview with Del McCoury (which we'll get up as soon as we can), but