• IBMA gets the pork

    One of the fun supplements to the World of Bluegrass events this year in Raleigh, NC was having the North Carolina Pork Council's Whole Hog Barbecue championship held during the weekend's Wide Open Bluegrass festival. The aroma of pig on the

  • Healthcare Dot Gov video

    No one is safe! The Darrell Brothers have learned the basics of videography, and have followed up their Mountain Twerker video with a new one for their latest single, Healthcare Dot Gov. The song traces the issues one good ol' boy

  • Donna Ulisse live Christmas show online

    Since the release of her Christmas song cycle album, All The Way To Bethlehem, in November of 2012, Donna Ulisse has been in demand for special performances around the Christmas season. She has done as many as she can this

  • Della Mae to make Opry debut

    With news of their Grammy nomination fresh in the mind, the International Bluegrass Music Association's (IBMA) Emerging Artist of the Year for 2013, fans of Della Mae will be delighted to learn that the group will be making their Grand

  • 2013 Bluegrass Grammy follow-up

    Della Mae celebrating their Grammy nomination in Nashville Following up on our notice earlier about the announcement last night of the nominees for the 2014 Best Bluegrass Album in the The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences Grammy award, we got some

  • 2014 Bluegrass Grammy nominees

    The 2014 Grammy nominees were announced on Friday evening. In the midst of the cavalcade of glitzy stars was news of the all-important Best Bluegrass Album. And the nominees are: It's Just A Road - The Boxcars, Mountain Home Brothers Of The Highway - Dailey

  • Introducing Rebecca Frazier and Hit & Run

    Those of us who have been following bluegrass closely this past decade or so don't need an introduction to Rebecca Frazier, or her band Hit & Run. A multi-talented performer, Frazier (née Hoggan) had been out of the limelight this

  • Grascals in the studio: Road To Milan

    The Grascals have released a video for Road To Milan, the lone instrumental on their new Mountain Home album, When I Get My Pay. It's a different sort of music video, following the band in the studio as they rehearse and

  • The IBMA and its Mission Statements

    At their annual convention in September of this year, the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) Board of Directors approved a new mission statement. The new statement reads ... IBMA is the trade association that connects and educates bluegrass professionals, empowers the bluegrass