The Bluegrass Music Association of Iowa hosted their second annual awards show on October 28 in Moravia, IA. Nominees and the eventual winners are selected by the membership of the Association, and any artists who perform at BMAI functions throughout
Author: John Lawless
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Bailey Coe to Sideline
Sideline has announced the addition of Bailey Coe to the band, taking the spot recently vacated by reso-man Brad Hudson, who has departed to pursue a solo career. Bailey is a native North Carolinian, like several other members of the group.
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The Grass Waltz show in Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia has long been home to many things. It's a vibrant cosmopolitan city with a diverse population that manages to retain it's southern charm. Measured with its surrounding suburbs, the population is close to 6 million people so if
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Time to submit for the 2018 KSMU Youth in Bluegrass Band Contest
2017 KSMU Youth In Bluegrass winners, The Sowell Family Pickers It's time once again for young bluegrass bands to get ready for the KSMU Youth in Bluegrass Band Contest, held each year at Silver Dollar City during their annual Bluegrass &
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Terrible news from Ernie Thacker
Very sad news today from Ernie Thacker. He has just been informed that the surgery he had been anticipating to spare his life from an aggressive bone infection can not be performed. The news was already dire, given that a double
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Carol Of The Bells video from Summer Brooke & Mountain Faith
Summer Brooke McMahan and the Mountain Faith Band are continuing with their ongoing mission to bring new followers into the bluegrass orbit with their arrangements of popular music. Their takes on recent pop hits won them millions of fans on
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Foundation for Bluegrass Music Grants Due December 1
Applications for the 2018 grants from the Foundation for Bluegrass Music are due at the end of this month. They award between $8,000-$10,000 each year in individual grants to organizations that support educational, literary, artistic, and historic preservation projects and
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Bluegrass Today announces alliance with AirPlay Direct
Bluegrass Today is proud to announce a strategic alliance with AirPlay Direct, the premier online radio distribution service for labels and independent artists. The company, founded by Robert and Lynda Weingartz, has found tremendous success in getting digital tracks directly to
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Nu-Blu Facebook listening party Friday night
Nu-Blu has a unique way of introducing their brand new Christmas EP, Shine, from Voxhall Records. They will be hosting a Facebook Live listening party Friday night (11/17) at 7:00 p.m. (EST). The bluegrass quartet from North Carolina features husband-and-wife Daniel
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Clay Hess to Pinecastle Records
Pinecastle Records has signed bluegrass singer, songwriter, and powerhouse flatpicker Clay Hess to the label. A new record with his Clay Hess Band is expected in 2018. Hess has been known as a guitar phenom for the past 20 years, hitting










