Author: Tara Linhardt

Once again the Boston Bluegrass Union has put on a great festival with top notch bands on stages, around 50 workshops offering folks chances to learn techniques, histories, and to interact in an intimate setting with great players. They also

Here's Tara Linhardt's final gallery of images from last weekend's festivities at Wide Open Bluegrass.

I know that there will always be folks arguing that we need more straight traditional bluegrass, or that they would like to hear and open up the music to the various folks who play bluegrass, and also fuse and blend

Most folks think of IBMA and all the music being played on stages and in hallways and hotel rooms, but for folks taking a break from the music watching or playing, there are other fun options too, like their fantastic

Here's a group of videos captured at various venues here at Wide Open Bluegrass 2015 on Friday. Bud's Collective in the Marriott Hotel   In Jayme Stone's Lomax Project, he researched the tunes and songs from Alan Lomax's catalogs and brought them back

I have found that while what happens on the stages and showcases is definitely an important part of IBMA, but I think many folks will tell you that a lot of the magic happens here in small rooms and with

Here's a set of photos and a few videos from Wednesday at the 2015 World of Bluegrass from Tara Linhardt. Nessie Expedition on the Masters Stage... Lonesome River Band at the Momentum Awards... And The Church Sisters at the Momentum Awards.

I love coming to Raleigh for IBMA. The whole town is always done up so nice with all sorts of fun ways of welcoming us bluegrass folks - from the moment we arrive at the airport, to walking around the city,

This year at the Old Fiddler's Convention in Galax, VA we will be attempting to take back the Guinness Book World's record for the Largest Mandolin Ensemble in the history of the world to Team USA on Tuesday, August 4th on

Sunday of Grey Fox has a number of the events that folks have been building up to to conclude the festival. There are the raffle drawings for the instruments, more great bands, and the giant group photo of the staff