Events

Pioneering bluegrass banjo player Eddie Adcock has been selected for induction at the 31st Annual Bill Monroe Hall of Fame & Uncle Pen Days Festival, held September 21-24, 2005 at the Bill Monroe Memorial Park in Bean Blossom, IN.

Our online poll mirrors the official IBMA Awards Nominations, and while completely unofficial and just for fun, it has been fascinating to watch the level of interest in the poll, as well as follow the voting trends for the two

Phil Leadbetter (founding member of Wildfire and former member of The New South) reports that he will perform California Cotton Fields from his Slide Effects CD on the IBMA Awards Show at the Ryman Theater in Nashville on October 27. Joining

As a part of it's 80th Anniversary celebration, the Grand Ole Opry will take a trip north later this fall for a rare show outside of Nashville. On Monday November 14, an official Opry concert will be held in New

Friday Update - If you haven't already voted in our unofficial awards poll, we encourage you do so. The poll will remain open until Thursday Oct. 27 at noon. Please be sure to vote before then. Here is some analysis

With the IBMA World Of Bluegrass fast approaching, we want to take a moment to remind everyone that Bluegrass Today will be updated live at the event. We will be on site and posting updates frequently throughout each day. As

This is a follow up to my last post about the happenings this week in Nashville. Tomorrow night, Sept 9th, the Ryman Auditorium will host The Americana Honors & Awards show. Here's the line up for the show. In one unforgettable

Today is the start of The Americana Music Conference. I spoke via email with Mark Montgomery, president of The Americana Music Association and owner of Echo Music. Mark gave me the low down on what's happening this week at the

Bluegrass Today is proud to announce our first annual Awards Poll! Our poll mirrors the IBMA final ballot, but is completely unofficial and is in no way associated with IBMA or their official balloting process. We do require that you

This past weekend, I had the enormous honor and good fortune to perform at the 40th Anniversary Reunion of what has come to be described as the very first multi-day bluegrass festival, which had been promoted by Carlton Haney, and