• Tuesday report from IBMA ’16

    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

  • 2016 IBMA Momentum Awards

    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

  • Photos from World of Bluegrass ’16

    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,

  • Joe Mullins is new IBMA Board Chair

    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

  • World of Bluegrass kicks off in Raleigh

    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

  • Samson video from Cricket Tell The Weather

    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