• Live blogging the Awards Show

    Be sure to have your eyes glued to your screen tonight as Brance and I live blog the awards show here in Nashville. We'll be in amongst 'em in the Ryman Auditorium pecking away at our keyboards, posting the winners

  • BluegrassCountry Thursday schedule

    WAMU's Bluegrass Country will once again be broadcasting live from IBMA today (10/2), from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. and 6:00-7:00 p.m. (EDT). You can catch their signal via audio streaming online, and via HD Radio (88.5-2) in the Washington DC

  • Melonie Cannon video preview

    The folks at Rural Rhythm Records invited us up to their suite yesterday afternoon (9/29) for a meet-and-greet and scaled-back acoustic set with Melonie Cannon. The first thing on the agenda was a brief preview of the music video she recently

  • Bluegrass Country Wednesday schedule

    WAMU's Bluegrass Country will again be broadcasting live from IBMA this afternoon, bringing a taste of the 2008 World Of Bluegrass event to listeners worldwide who are unable to attend. Wednesday's (10/1) lineup include will include performances from Lonesome River Band

  • Roger Brown’s Keynote Condensed

    Yesterday evening Roger Brown, President of the Berklee College of Music, gave a very timely and well thought out Keynote address to kick off the IBMA World of Bluegrass for 2008. We caught up with Roger afterwards and he and John

  • Bluegrass Country Tuesday schedule

    Once again, WAMU's Bluegrass Country will be broadcasting live from IBMA today. They will be coming to you online from their suite in the Renaissance Hotel 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. and 6:00-7:00 p.m. (EDT). Today's (9/30) offerings include live performances

  • Cherryholmes live on WDVX

    WDVX will be airing two live shows today (9/29) that feature music from the IBMA convention. At noon, Cumberland Gap Connection will perform on their Blue Plate Special program. They are one of the IBMA official showcase acts this year (playing

  • Bluegrass Country Monday schedule

    For those of you who can't be in Nashville this week for all the big doin's at IBMA, be sure to tune in to WAMU's Bluegrass Country online to get a taste of what is going on. They will be broadcasting

  • Melonie and Willie

    On Wednesday we ran the first part of my discussion with Melonie Cannon, where we discussed her upcoming Rural Rhythm CD, And The Wheels Turn. Here is the remainder of the interview. Perhaps the chief highlight associated with the new CD