Author: John Lawless

Bluegrass artist Ray Cardwell recently had the opportunity to collaborate with string students at the Ligon GT Middle School on an arrangement of The Whole World 'Round, written by Mitch Jayne and Joe Stuart. Ray's producer, Pat Flynn, arranged the

Thanks to Bryan Haywood for this clip of The Osborne Brothers reunion last night during the 2017 International Bluegrass Music Awards, which we suspect he captured from the live stream on Facebook. It was only the second time Sonny and

Frank Baker captured a great many images from last night's International Bluegrass Music Awards, including the on-stage reunion of The Osborne Brothers.

Tonight's IBMA Awards Show is set to begin in about an hour. We will be posting the winners here as they are announced, so keep checking back, and refresh the page to see the latest information. We'll also post photos from

Seeing Joe Mullins work his way through the IBMA World Of Bluegrass, you get the impression that he's the right man, in the right job, at the right time. Their current Board of Directors chair brings an unusually specific set of

The IBMA presented their 2017 Momentum Awards this afternoon at the Raleigh Convention Center during a luncheon for attendees of the World Of Bluegrass Business Conference. Interspersed with the awards were performances by a trio of showcase acts that demonstrated

As per usual, your dutiful Bluegrass Today staff will be on hand throughout the 2017 World Of Bluegrass week in Raleigh, NC. The IBMA's annual convention starts tomorrow (September 26) at the Raleigh Convention Center, running through the big Awards

So how did Indiana dobro man Andy Ruff score two gigs at the same time? The answer is less complicated than you might guess. Owing to a band sharing arrangement between Nathan Stanley and The Bluegrass Outlaws, Andy is now playing

We received this note today from Joy McReynolds, wife of bluegrass mandolin legend Jesse McReynolds. He was hospitalized on Wednesday suffering from severe abdominal pain, where doctors performed surgery to repair a ruptured aneurysm. The surgery is said to have gone

Mike Barnett was already a well-regarded musician before accepting the fiddle gig recently with Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder. His first album was released while he was just 14, and while attending the Berklee College of Music he was invited