Saturday at Wide Open Bluegrass 2016 was a beautiful day full of histories, great stories about the people and instruments that created and formed bluegrass and its sound, and loads of great music, and things to do throughout the
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The Gospel Station adds bluegrass
The Gospel Station Network has announced two items of interest to lovers of bluegrass Gospel music. First up, they have added the Les Butler and Friends’ Radio Show to their online broadcast each Sunday at 2:00 p.m. (eastern). Butler created this new
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Till I’m Dead And Gone from Curtis Wright
Voxhall Records has released a second single to radio from Curtis Wright's self-titled solo project. The first single, Going Through Carolina spent several months on our Bluegrass Today Weekly Airplay Chart. This new one is Till I'm Dead And Gone, a dobro-drenched
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Friday images from Wide Open Bluegrass ’16
We're winding down our coverage of the 2016 World of Bluegrass and Wide Open Bluegrass events, with only a few more galleries left to post. Here are Tara Linhardt's photos and a few videos from Friday in Raleigh, NC. Bill and
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ClayBank celebrates album release
North Carolina's ClayBank celebrated the release of Playing Hard To Forget, their debut album on Rural Rhythm Records, with a concert at the Harvest House Performing Arts Center in Boone on Tuesday night. The house was packed for the show, and
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Young folks at World of Bluegrass 2016
IBMA has done a fantastic job finding ways to include and encourage youth to come and participate at the 2016 World of Bluegrass conference and festival. There were plenty of activities for kids who play music, and for those who don't. Since 2012
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More photos from Wide Open Bluegrass ’16
IBMA’s Word of Bluegrass was a whirlwind of meetings, jams, luncheons, awards, and street fair music. Here is a taste of Friday and Saturday’s street fair with everything from a class of youngsters to a guy watching from the roof
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ETSU Pride Band single release
The ETSU Pride Band, made up of select students in the school's Bluegrass, Country & Old Time Music program, have a new single set for a November 1 release. Written by one of the members, it was recorded and will
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Key Changes Coming for Hall of Fame Process
IBMA is making some changes in the selection process of Hall of Fame inductees, one public and one done quietly behind the scenes. Starting next year, three members of the Hall of Fame will be added each year, up from two.
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IBMA’s Wide Open Bluegrass photos
Here's a gallery of Frank Baker's images from last weekend's Wide Open Bluegrass festivities, both IBMA's ticketed festival in Raleigh's Red Hat Amphitheater and the city's free, downtown, streetfest.










