Events

We're live! It's 8:00 p.m. here in Nashville and the 2005 International Bluegrass Music Awards are on the air! The Issacs are launching the show with The Star Spangled Banner.

It looks like the show is about to begin. David Crowe is "prepping" the audience, making sure that everybody is on their best behavior. No speeches longer than 30 seconds, etc. We'll see how that goes...

Due to the higher than usual server load this week, we have been exceeding our available CPU resources, so to avoid service disruptions during the Awards Show, we are disabling the photo galleries for the next few hours. We apologize

As each award is announced, we will post the name of the recipient, along with the winner of our reader-driven Bluegrass Blog Awards Poll. It will be fun to see how many coincide. We will also include the official IBMA

Brance and I are here at the Ryman, setting up to post the results of the International Bluegrass Music Awards. The show is set to begin at 8:00 p.m. CDT, and we will post the results of each award as

This year looks to be a great one for Cherryholmes at IBMA. They are nominated for a number of awards, including the unprecedented combination of Emerging Artist and Entertainer Of The Year. Both Cherryholmes and Rhonda Vincent will be

The IBMA exhibit hall has been a busy place this past three days, with more than 120 businesses, bands and instrument makers on hand. The heavy traffic during the day made it difficult to grab photos, but we were able

This morning IBMA sponsored their Gig Fair, where bands had an opportunity for brief, one-on-one meetings with representatives from more than 30 major festivals and concert series. Though bands had been able to pre-set appointments in advance, anyone who attended

Here is another set of images that Tami Roth shot on Tuesday. She has a few from the official IBMA showcase, some from the after hours showcases and a couple of the impromptu jams she encountered.

Country Music television (CMT) will be sponsoring an open mic style Pickin' Party on Saturday (10/29) from 11:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. Everyone in town for Fan Fest is invited to "come on down," and free barbeque is offered to