Events

  • What did Alison Krauss call her grandmothers?

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    That's the question that's answered in the final installment of Wichita Rutherford's IBMA video clips. It's one of Wichita's great True or Rumor podcasts. If you just can't stay out the personal life of a bluegrass celebrity and have to

  • Festival reports in The B

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    There are two detailed festival reports recently posted in The B. The first comes from a user who goes by Lynyrd Banjovy, describing the Jerusalem Ridge Bluegrass Celebration in Kentucky. The other is from Ted Lehmann, and it's about the Farmpark

  • The IBMA Board – who are they?

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    IBMA has been on our minds, and on this blog a lot recently. Most of that due to the recent World of Bluegrass event held in Nashville, TN recently. Some of the discussion of IBMA though has sprung from the

  • Jerry Douglas’ IBMA Kenote Address online

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    One of the events we discussed here on Bluegrass Today during IBMA week in Nashville last month was Jerry Douglas' Keynote Address to the organization on September 25. As I mentioned in that post: His address seemed to focus on three basic

  • IBMA Controversy In The Blogosphere

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    The recent IBMA Awards Show in Nashville resulted in some controversy surrounding the performance of some patriotic material performed by the US Navy Band, Country Current. You'll find all the details in our previous posts here and here. There is

  • IBMA week interviews on GAC this week

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    GAC was present at IBMA's World of Bluegrass last month taping interviews that will begin running this week on Edge of Country, hosted Kylie Harris. The interviews were taped at the Awards Show and in the Exhibit Hall. John and

  • Bill Evans on Hardly Strictly Bluegrass

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    The following is a contribution from Bill Evans, well-known banjo picker, educator and semi-regular contributor here on Bluegrass Today. I'm just back - and completely exhausted! However, I wanted to share these pictures and relate a little bit of the magic

  • IBMA flap picked up by The Tennessean

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    This morning's edition of The Tennessean, Nashville's primary daily newspaper, has a story about the turmoil that has erupted inside the IBMA leadership over the performance by the US Navy band Country Current during last week's International Bluegrass Music Awards. I

  • Hardly Strictly Bluegrass on NPR

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    National Public Radio's Morning Edition program had a feature this morning on the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival, which takes place this weekend in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. This is a free, annual event which is undertaken as a gift

  • Cyndi Wheeler – A voice to be heard

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    The internet is all abuzz right now talking about the voice of Cyndi Wheeler. Cyndi played the pre-awards party at IBMA. The party was sponsored by BMI. Cyndi performed with Blue Highway, along with Sam Bush's rhythm section, as her