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It's bluegrass time in Raleigh, NC! People are starting to arrive for the IBMA's World of Bluegrass, even though nothing starts officially until Tuesday morning. We are setting up our press room now on the lobby floor of the Convention Center, where you'll be able to find us all week long. That's where we'll be [...]
Alison Krauss, who was scheduled to perform as part as part of a headlining collaboration show with Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, Béla Fleck, Del McCoury, Tony Rice and Mark Schatz on September 27 during the IBMA's Wide Open Bluegrass festival in Raleigh, has had to pull out owing to an issue with her voice. The statement from her [...]
The International Bluegrass Music Awards will once again stream live online, this year from the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts in Raleigh, NC on Thursday, September 26. And again, Bluegrass Today will produce a Red Carpet interview program hosted by Katy Daley, morning host at WAMU's Bluegrass Country. The awards show proper is scheduled [...]
The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced the stage schedule for their inaugural Wide Open Bluegrass Festival, September 27-28. The festival follows their three-day business conference in Raleigh, NC, and takes the place of what was previously billed as Fan Fest. Like the business conference, Wide Open Bluegrass is the organization's primary funding source for [...]
The entertainment lineup for the free-to-the-public portion of the Wide Open Bluegrass festival during World of Bluegrass next month in Raleigh has been announced. As we detailed in an earlier article, music will be offered at five different locations on the streets adjacent to the primary hotels and the convention center, which will be closed [...]
The IBMA has published the schedule for the Bluegrass Ramble after-hours showcase performances during the 2013 World of Bluegrass in Raleigh, NC. For the first time this year, these events will be held primarily off site, at a number of nearby venues in the downtown area, though there will still be shows inside the Convention [...]
WAMU's Bluegrass Country has announced their live broadcast schedule from next month's World of Bluegrass convention in Raleigh, NC. For four days during the big week for the International Bluegrass Music Association, Bluegrass Country will stream three hours of live bluegrass featuring some of the biggest names in our music. Hosts Katy Daley, Chris Teskey, Bob [...]
At one point during Wednesday night’s announcement of nominees for this year’s IBMA awards, Jim Lauderdale caught himself reading the choices for female vocalist of the year for the second time, and Sam Bush kidded about having a déjà vu moment. Unfortunately, that wasn’t the only such moment. We’ve seen pretty much the whole awards show [...]
Jim Lauderdale and Sam Bush at the IBMA Awards nominations - photo © Alane Anno Photography "Good evening, music lovers!" effused Sam Bush, to a packed-out barn of bluegrass fans and industry folks who'd gathered at the Loveless Barn just outside Nashville last night (August 14) for a special edition of Music City Roots, the [...]
The nominees for the 2013 International Bluegrass Music Awards have been announced this evening in Nashville. Awards will be presented on September 26 at the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts in Raleigh, NC. Here are the nominees and recipients as provided by the IBMA: 2013 HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES Tony Rice Paul Warren 2013 DISTINGUISHED [...]
