Events

It was the night you could have heard a pin drop. The night grown men cried. The night Tony Rice spoke, in a normal voice, for the first time in nearly two decades. There were many awards presented to many deserving recipients on

For those foolish enough to not be watching the IBMA Awards Show live, Tony Rice just demonstrated the results of attempts to reclaim one of bluegrass music's most cherished instruments: his beautiful baritone voice. It's not fully recovered, but the difference

At a crowded Irish pub in the heart of downtown Raleigh, bluegrass fans of all kinds crammed into this earthy venue to see "The Bluegrass Storyteller." A star-studded audience, including Noam Pikelny and Ken Irwin, were in for one of

IBMA members gathered for a well-produced Special Awards Luncheon on Thursday afternoon. Infamously known for running long, the luncheon was executed smoothly and efficiently. Jon Weisberger even noted in his closing remarks that this was the first Special Awards Luncheon

John Driskill Hopkins, bass player/vocalist with the Zac Brown Band, and Tim Surett, who fills that same role with Balsam Range, stopped by for a chat on Wednesday at World of Bluegrass 2013.  

David Morris caught up yesterday with Johnny & Jeanette Williams here at World of Bluegrass in Raleigh.  

Thanks to Becky Johnson, longtime bluegrass fan, photographer and radio personality, who has hatched a beautiful plan for World of Bluegrass attendees to pay respect to our newest member of the IBMA Hall of Fame, Tony Rice. Regular readers of

The convention center in downtown Raleigh is crawling with bluegrass fans and artists alike, all interested in attending the various seminars being held on site. Throughout the day on Wednesday, I had the opportunity to drop in on a couple