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Each year during the annual IBMA World Of Bluegrass Business Conference, a variety of educational seminars are offered for the benefit of the professional membership. Topics are varied, and are geared towards the needs and interests of artists, event producers, bluegrass associations and songwriters. Topics this year included getting radio airplay for your CD (led [...]
Rebel Records has reissued the first two projects that The Forbes Family recorded for them in the mid 1980s, both as download-only releases via the iTunes Music Store. The two projects are Gleams Of That Golden Morning, and I'm Just A Pilgrim, which feature the four part harmony of Lori, Lisa, Homer and Jay Forbes [...]
Marijohn Wilkins, a long-time Nashville songwriter, passed away this past Saturday after a prolonged battle with heart disease. Among her many hit songs was one that has made its way into the bluegrass canon, Long Black Veil, originally recorded by Lefty Frizzell in 1959. She was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Foundation Hall Of Fame [...]
Baruch Wright, one of the bluegrass picking and singing Wright Kids of Rocky Mount, VA, is among the 20 finalists in Oscar Mayer's Sing The Jingle, Be A Star competition. This contest will award a cash prize to the top five finalists, along with a chance to appear in an upcoming Oscar Mayer television commercial. [...]
Next year's IBMA Business Conference may be 11 months out, but showcase applications are already being sought for the 2007 event. Bands that are selected will be prominently featured during the Business Conference, scheduled for the week of October 1-7, 2007, and have the opportunity to appear before major decision makers and influential members of [...]
We just heard from our friend Chris Stuart, that he will be teaching the songwriting class at next April's Sore Fingers Summer School in England. The camp runs April 9-13, 2007 and is held at the Kingham Hill School, located on the borders of Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire and Warwickshire. In addition to his songwriting, Stuart performs [...]
We posted last month about a shakeup in the ownership and personnel of Pine Mountain Railroad. At the time, we indicated that mandolinist Cody Shuler had assumed management of the band, and that banjo picker Kipper Stitt and guitarist/vocalist Jerry Butler would be leaving. During IBMA week, Nothin' Fancy announced that Eli Johnson would be [...]
That is the title of a new section on the European Bluegrass Music Association's web site, designed to offer some tips and guidelines for bluegrass bands considering the feasibility of a European tour. Included is information on obtaining EBMA's European Bluegrass Directory, and an quick overview of some of the logistical issues to be evaluated, [...]
The November/December issue of Bluegrass Music Profiles is in the mail, with Rhonda Vincent on the cover. Publishers Kevin and Lori Kerfoot tell us that this is their first Women In Bluegrass edition - an "all girls issue" - something they plan to make into an annual project at BMP. In addition to the cover [...]
We have made a few references here on Bluegrass Today to the various reactions that have been generated by the "patriotic theme" of last month's International Bluegrass Music Awards in Nashville. The IBMA Executive Committe made some changes to the content of the show a few days prior to its staging to both alleviate the [...]
