SPBGMA 2013 is all over but for the unpacking, washing of clothes... and posting of video. Here's a final look at the scene on the ground from John Goad.
Events
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Silver Dollar City band contests
At SPBGMA over the weekend, we spoke several times with D.A. Callaway, Talent Coordinator at Silver Dollar City, and the reigning 2013 SPBGMA Promoter of Year for his work on Silver Dollar's Bluegrass & BBQ festival, held in May at
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2013 SPBGMA Award Winners
The winners of the 2013 SPBGMA Fan's Choice Awards have been announced here in Nashville at their 39th annual convention. Performances at the awards show included Nothin' Fancy, Darin & Brooke Aldridge, The Gibson Brothers, Rarely Herd, Randy Waller & the
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SPBGMA band contest winners
The winners of the 2013 SPBGMA Band Competition have just been announced here at the Sheraton Music City Hotel. Ten finalists were announced after yesterday's first round, and they all performed again this afternoon to determined the final order. And the winners
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SPBGMA video report
Here's our Very Special Bluegrass Correspondent, John Goad, with a report from the first day at SPBGMA. Get you some!
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Bon Voyage! Mountain Song at Sea sets sail
All aboooaaaard! All aboard, and bring your…banjos? About 2000 bluegrass fans, artists and press are taking to the high seas of the Atlantic today, February 1, on Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Sky, for the maiden voyage of Mountain Song at
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Bluegrass Weather Report – February 1, 2013
Here's your Bluegrass Weather Report for the big SPBGMA weekend in Nashville. There's snow on the ground this morning, and lots of music in the air.
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LocalGrass – Bluegrass on Broad
Sitting here in my Tennessee home tonight, with an ice storm having passed through the area today and being on our 3rd consecutive week of snow events that included “Thunder Snow” last week, the mind wanders to happier times when
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Bluegrass Today at SPBGMA 2013
Bluegrass Today will have a presence at this year's annual convention of the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass in America. There will be live concerts, showcase stages, a banjo workshop, a band competition, and the annual SPBGMA awards presentations over
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The MOB claims its first victims
"The MOB is on its way!” is what Don Rigsby of the Rambling Rooks had promised when they left the stage. He was talking to an excited crowd of onlookers at the Southern Kentucky Performing Arts Center (SKyPAC) in Bowling








