Today during the annual meeting of the IBMA Board of Directors, Joe Mullins was elected as the new Board Chair. Joe had served previously as the Treasurer of the organization, after having been elected to represent the Artists/Composers/Publishers category by the
Deb Miller of B Chord Photography was on hand during last weekend's Bluegrass Island Festival, held in Manteo on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. She shared a number of her images from the festival, including what was the highlight
Things got started this morning here in Raleigh, NC as the IBMA's 2016 World of Bluegrass convention swings into action. Multiple seminars are going on during the day, with a keynote address from Marian Leighton Levy of Rounder Records at
With October 7 set as the release date for Fiddler's Dream, Michael Cleveland's first solo record in ten years time, we took advantage of an opportunity to speak with Michael about the new album, and what has changed for him
Congratulations to Sons of the South who took first place in the Mountain Fever bluegrass band contest this past weekend at the Bluegrass Island Festival on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. As winners, they receive a booking at the 2017 festival
Brooklyn's Cricket Tell The Weather has a new album, Tell The Story Right, and a new performance music video for one of the tracks. It's for their recently grassified version of Sampson, Regina Spektor's piano/vocal telling of the story of Samson and
In the late 1940s through the '50s, a style of American jazz music emerged that came to be know as cool jazz, characterized by more restrained and subtle soloing, and less hectic arrangements than the be-bop era that had preceded
It seems most everyone in the bluegrass world is getting keyed up for the 2016 World of Bluegrass convention next week. There's lots of packing going on this weekend, and a lot of travel plans being checked for bluegrass music's
Carolina Blue has released a music video for Johnny Walker, one of the tracks from their current album, Goin' Home Today. It was written by mandolinist Tim Jones, a founding member of the group. The video was shot and edited by Corey
The Glenville State College Bluegrass Band will be performing in the school's annual bluegrass concert on October 8, held on the second Saturday of October each year in the GSC Fine Arts Auditorium in Glenville, WV. This event serves as
