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Here are some sights and sounds from yesterday's Momentum Awards luncheon during World of Bluegrass 2016 in Raleigh, NC.  

A couple of the sessions at Tuesday's first day of World of Bluegrass 2016 dealt with the state of the industry, and band composition. Points of view were given by a talent buyer, a booking agent, a band manager, a

Here are some more of Frank Baker's images from World of Bluegrass 2016, encompassing both Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning/afternoon.

Tuesday officially kicked off the IBMA convention and once again, participants were greeted warmly by Raleigh which once again did a nice job of setting the atmosphere for the week with their Bluegrass-izing of the famous bronze statue of Sir

In a luncheon presentation today at the World of Bluegrass convention, the IBMA announced the winners of their 2016 Momentum Awards. These are a special set of honors, designed to recognize industry professionals in the early stages of their careers, including

Here's our first batch of photos from the 2016 World of Bluegrass convention in Raleigh, NC. These come from this afternoon's Keynote Address, delivered by Marian Leighton-Levy. The reception for attendees was opened by an official welcome from city leaders,

Today during the annual meeting of the IBMA Board of Directors, Joe Mullins was elected as the new Board Chair. Joe had served previously as the Treasurer of the organization, after having been elected to represent the Artists/Composers/Publishers category by the

Things got started this morning here in Raleigh, NC as the IBMA's 2016 World of Bluegrass convention swings into action. Multiple seminars are going on during the day, with a keynote address from Marian Leighton Levy of Rounder Records at

Brooklyn's Cricket Tell The Weather has a new album, Tell The Story Right, and a new performance music video for one of the tracks. It's for their recently grassified version of Sampson, Regina Spektor's piano/vocal telling of the story of Samson and

It seems most everyone in the bluegrass world is getting keyed up for the 2016 World of Bluegrass convention next week. There's lots of packing going on this weekend, and a lot of travel plans being checked for bluegrass music's