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Long-time bluegrass broadcaster, Red Shipley, passed away October 6 in Charlottesville, VA after a lengthy battle with cancer. Red was the host of Stained Glass Bluegrass for 25 years on WAMU-FM in Washington, DC, and also in recent years on BluegrassCountry.org. We will have more on Red's career in bluegrass music shortly, but wanted to [...]
Jamie Daley will be doing a guest host shot on Sirius Bluegrass (Channel 65), this afternoon at 5:00 p.m. He'll spin some of his favorite songs on the Sirius playlist, and offer a few sneak peeks at his upcoming release with The Dailey Vincent Band. If you aren't here at IBMA in Nashville to see [...]
Here is another batch of Tami Roth's excellent photos from last night's IBMA Awards show, and the after party hosted by Del McCoury at The Gibson Showcase.
Despite a nagging sore throat, Rhonda Vincent is heading out for her shows this weekend. She has quite a bit of time in the bus, with shows in Missouri, Nebraska and Texas over the next 3 days. Darrell Webb will be in tow for the weekend, filling the guitar slot recently vacated by Josh Williams. [...]
Here is a set of photos taken at the IBMA Awards Show on October 4. They were taken by Tami Roth. We'll post some more photos in the morning. Zzzzzz....
The Chief, Sonny Osborne, is presenting the 2007 Entertainer of the Year award, which goes to The Grascals. Two in a row for the boys.
Chris Jones and Jim VanCleve are presenting the Album of the Year. Who writes this stuff? Oh my... it's a tie! The award goes to J.D. Crowe & The New South for Lefty's Old Guitar, and Fork In The Road from The Infamous Stringdusters.
Eddie Stubbs - "the lovely and talented" according to Sam Bush - is inducting legendary bass player Howard Watts into the Bluegrass Hall Of Fame.
Kathy Mattea is presenting the 2007 Male Vocalist of the Year award, which goes to Bradley Walker.
Blue Highway is presenting the Female Vocalist of the Year, and Tim Stafford is channeling Ralph Stanley. The award goes to Dale Ann Bradley. Yee hah!
