Our coverage of the 2016 World of Bluegrass will continue over the next several days. Thursday had lots of music to see, and workshops to take, but also offered opportunities for participants to learn more about the IBMA and offer their
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Mountain Faith drops new single
When Mountain Faith was named the IBMA's Emerging Artist of the Year for 2016 last Thursday night, we were among the many folks nodding and thinking, "it's about time the organization recognized these groundbreaking young artists." As is so often the case,
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Yet even more photos from Thursday’s Special Awards
Here are some more looks at Thursday's Special Awards ceremony at the 2016 World of Bluegrass Convention.
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2016 IBMA Awards show photos
Frank Baker shot a great many photos at last night's International Bluegrass Music Awards. Here is a gallery of some of them.
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James King Memorial at World of Bluegrass 2016
Sometimes it's difficult to cope with the fact that many legends within bluegrass are aging. It's especially tough hearing about their ailments, and worse yet when we all too often learn of their passing. We've lost far too many of
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More Wednesday photos from WOB ’16
Here is a gallery of Frank Baker's images from Wednesday at World of Bluegrass 2016. He's shooting the awards show tonight, and we'll get his photos up as soon as we can.
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2016 IBMA Awards results
It seems that a lot of folks haven't gotten the word that there is no live stream of the International Bluegrass Music Awards Show from Raleigh tonight. The IBMA let us know a few weeks ago that they had lost
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Tara’s Wednesday World of Bluegrass report
Wednesday was another day of overwhelming options with so many cool things to see and learn about. There were the obvious music showcases of performers, the Momentum Awards Luncheon, and workshops on many aspects of the business. One of the things I
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2016 IBMA Special Awards
Today during their annual World of Bluegrass convention in Raleigh, NC, the IBMA distributed their 2016 Special Awards. These are honors for individuals and organizations who work behind the scenes in the bluegrass music industry, in radio, media, graphic arts,
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The latest thing: POV jam videos
The indubitable Russell Carson, crack banjoist with Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder and enterprising bluegrass photographer/videographer, has posted the latest thing in music archiving - the POV video! Many types of action photography, from the sublime to the discreditable, now utilize










