Bluegrass At Large

With the passing of Uncle Josh still fresh in our recent memories, artist/photographer Adam Carlos sent us this photo from the tribute performance that occurred last Saturday evening at the IBMA Fan Fest. Please remember his family during this difficult

Over the next few days, we hope to publish a number of brief tributes to Josh Graves from resonator guitarists whose own music was shaped in part by Josh's. This first comes from Mike Auldridge: Josh Graves influenced my life beyond mere

The list of winners in the 2006 Grand Masters Fiddle Championship has been posted on the Grand Masters web site. The competition was held during the IBMA Fan Fest in the Renaissance Hotel ballroom, adjacent to the Nashville Convention Center

We just received word concerning the funeral arrangements for Uncle Josh Graves. The funeral will be held at the Madison Funeral Home in Madison, TN. The visitation is today, October 2 from 2-8 pm and tomorrow from 10 am to 1

If you're going to be in southern New England this weekend, your presence is requested at a big event called BIG SUNDAY BLUEGRASS. There, you'll get to hear 3 terrific bands: Wildfire, Pine Mountain Railroad, and the Windy

While we were IBMA last week, Brance and I focused our attention on the activities at the Nashville Convention Center. Of course, many things ocurred elsewhere - in Nashville and beyond - and we'll catch up on them over

It was great seeing you guys at IBMA. As usual, it was I've Been Mostly Awake! Thanks for doing such a great job posting the pictures, I am really please with how they came out. This is

Dan Hayes, Executive Director of IBMA, was just by the booth here in the exhibit hall and was talking to John when his phone rang with the bad news. Josh Graves passed away this morning here in Nashville. Uncle Josh

A look at the stats from yesterday and this morning shows just how truly international the interest in bluegrass music is - at least based on our readership. Here's a visitor map showing where our most recent 2500 readers are located.

It was about 4:30 am on Thursday night after the awards show.  I was getting tired and about to pack it in for the night but decided with a few friends to go cruising the hotel one last time for