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This evening, the International Bluegrass Music Association will announce the nominees for their 2013 awards at a 6:00 p.m. (EDT) press conference in Nashville. The press conference, and the concert to follow, will be available as a live video stream from Music City Roots online. Sam Bush and Jim Lauderdale will host the conference, and [...]
Perhaps the biggest change for World of Bluegrass in Raleigh for 2013 is the city's scheduling of a major downtown street fair to coincide with the weekend Wide Open Bluegras Festival during IBMA week. Wide Open Bluegrass is a ticketed event, with performances from Doyle Lawson, Steve Martin with Steep Canyon Rangers, Seldom Scene, Dailey [...]
The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced the writers invited to showcase new songs during the 2013 World of Bluegrass Convention in Raleigh, NC this September. Participants for this annual event are chosen from among entires submitted to the organization each Spring, as judged by a volunteer jury of writers. Criteria for judging are: Representation of [...]
2012 was the first year that the International Bluegrass Music Association offered its Momentum Awards, a new honor devised to highlight up-and-comers in the bluegrass world. It's not really part of the annual IBMA awards, just an opportunity to give a nod to artists and industry folks worthy of mention at the start of their [...]
The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced that Noam Pikelny, banjo player with Punch Brothers and successful solo artist, will deliver the Keynote Address to the membership during the 2013 World of Bluegrass convention in September. Noam will give his thoughts on the current state of the bluegrass world on Tuesday, September 24, the opening [...]
Though the information has been swirling for weeks on Facebook and Twitter, the International Bluegrass Music Association has officially announced the artists invited to showcase during the 2013 World of Bluegrass Convention in Raleigh, NC. Artists were notified several weeks ago, and many took to social media to share the news immediately, but the official [...]
During our second visit to Raleigh, NC to examine facilities for the 2013 World of Bluegrass convention in late September, we took the occasion to visit the camping facilities available during the International Bluegrass Music Association's signature event. The campground is a familiar part of the bluegrass experience, but one not really a convenient option [...]
At a press conference this afternoon in Raleigh, NC, the International Bluegrass Music Association announced PNC Bank as the presenting sponsor for the 2013 Wide Open Bluegrass festival. This two-day event, running September 27-28 and formerly known as Bluegrass Fan Fest, occurs just following the organization's Business Conference during World Of Bluegrass, which runs from [...]
For the past five years, WAMU's Bluegrass Country has lugged hundreds of pounds of gear from their Washington, DC studios to the Renaissance Hotel in Nashville to broadcast live each day during the IBMA's World Of Bluegrass. This year, they'll make the trek to Raleigh, where they will offer live programming from the Convention Center September [...]
Since the International Bluegrass Music Association was formerly chartered in 1985, we've seen it grow and change as all trade organizations do. And like any group with a strong contingent of traditionalists, IBMA has members and followers who have resisted a few of these modifications over the years. Perhaps its most visible public manifestation, the [...]
