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This morning the International Bluegrass Music Association has announced the nominees for their 2022 Industry and Momentum Awards. Both these nominees and the winners are chosen by select committees of IBMA members chosen for this purpose. The IBMA Industry Awards are given to honor crucial areas of the business other than performing artists, whose contributions are [...]
Estonian grassers Curly Strings were announced today as the first recipients of the new IBMA International Band Performance Grant, designed to facilitate bands and artists from outside the United States traveling to perform at the annual World of Bluegrass convention each year. This grant was spearheaded by recent former IBMA Executive Director Paul Schiminger and [...]
Yesterday the International Bluegrass Music Association announced the 2022 participants for their annual Songwriter Showcase, as part of the Songwriter Track at the World of Bluegrass convention in Raleigh, NC this September. A total of ten writers are chosen to perform their original song before an audience of top bluegrass artists and producers, based on [...]
The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced the first batch of artists invited to showcase at the 2022 World of Bluegrass convention in Raleigh, NC, September 27-29. These acts are chosen by an IBMA select committee who go through dozens of applications each year. Each act will get at least two chances to perform as [...]
The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced the newest members of their Board of Directors, decided in a recent vote of the membership. Each Director is elected for a term of three years, and can serve two consecutive terms. Directors are chosen either from within different membership constituencies, by at large votes from the full [...]
Nominations are set to close on June 3 for the non-performance awards presented by the International Bluegrass Music Association each year during their annual World of Bluegrass convention in Raleigh, NC. These include the IBMA Industry Awards, given to those who support the industry with important non-musical parts of the business, IBMA Momentum Awards which [...]
The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced that tickets will go on sale early next month for their annual Bluegrass Live! festival, held each year following the World of Bluegrass convention in Raleigh, NC. This is the major presentation each year by the IBMA of the many facets of bluegrass music, demonstrating that the music [...]
A fair criticism of the International Bluegrass Music Association that has been leveled for many years is that, despite having the word "international" in its name, the organization is in effect fully dominated by artists and business people in the United States. But a new program announced this afternoon could do a great deal to [...]
The International Bluegrass Music Association, the bluegrass music trade organization headquartered in Nashville, has announced the creation of a new position, Business Development Director, and hired Mississippi native Anna Kline to fill the post. Unlike a typical Development Director, who commonly would be tasked with finding additional financial resources for a school or organization, this [...]
The International Bluegrass Music Association is now accepting applications for several of the major components of the 2022 World of Bluegrass convention, to be held in Raleigh, NC from September 27 through October 1. For many of us, attending this year will be the first opportunity to be part of this annual homecoming since 2019, [...]
