Tuesday at IBMA started out as a day of setting up for the week ahead, folks getting registered, before the learning and picking started. Industry professionals shared all sorts of information to help musicians, event planners, broadcasters, and all sorts of industry-related folks learn the most modern and best practices. There were representatives from major [...]
Another year has come and gone and the annual IBMA World of Bluegrass Conference in Raleigh, North Carolina has left the starting blocks. After the excellent keynote address by Alison Brown, I was heading back to the Marriott Hotel with Darbi Brandy of the California Bluegrass Association and ran into Nate Lee who plays mandolin [...]
Cane Mill Road performs on the 2019 IBMA Momentum Awards - photo by Frank Baker This afternoon, during a luncheon gala, the International Bluegrass Music Association announced the winners of their 2019 Momentum Awards. These honors are given to bluegrass artists in the early stages of their careers, to offer a boost as they are [...]
The last time Alison Brown gave the keynote address at the annual gathering of the International Bluegrass Music Association, in 2002, CD sales accounted for 96 percent of music industry revenue, women were a relative rarity in bands and the business, and, as she noted Tuesday, “a stream was just a little river.” A lot [...]
Like the rest of bluegrass world, we are wending our way towards Raleigh, NC today, from various points north and west. This is the biggest week in our business, when the entire industry congregates for the World of Bluegrass convention, hosted by the International Bluegrass Music Association. The event, which runs from tomorrow (9/24) through [...]
The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced this morning the nominees for its two remaining awards categories for 2019. The Industry Awards are given to those whose crucial work in our business often goes unnoticed by fans and followers, and the Momentum Awards recognize those in the early stages of their career deserving of special [...]
The list of nominations for major awards that will be presented this fall at IBMA’s World Of Bluegrass in Raleigh won’t please everybody. That itself speaks volumes about the state of bluegrass in all its iterations. There is great talent in every corner, on every instrument, in every iteration of the music. Traditional bluegrass is [...]
At a press conference earlier this morning at the SiriusXM studios in Nashville, the International Bluegrass Music Association announced the final nominees for the 2019 International Bluegrass Music Awards, along with this year's Hall Of Fame Inductees and Distinguished Achievement Award recipients. The nominees are selected in a three part process by the professional membership of [...]
The IBMA has announced today that Del McCoury and Jim Lauderdale will serve as hosts for the 2019 International Bluegrass Music Awards show. This 30th annual edition of the awards show, which involves live musical performances, plus the announcement and distribution of dozen of peer-voted trophies to artists, songwriters, and producers in the bluegrass music [...]
Following their annual 2-day meeting of the Board of Directors, June 10-11, the International Bluegrass Music Association in Nashville has announced 2 new directors joining the Board, and one returning. Recently sworn in as at-large members are Chris Pandolfi, banjoist with Infamous Stringdusters, and Ashley Moyer, press relations with Rounder Records. Returning Board member Marian [...]
Tuesday at IBMA started out as a day of setting up for the week ahead, folks getting registered, before the learning and picking started. Industry professionals shared all sorts of information to help musicians, event planners, broadcasters, and all sorts of industry-related folks learn the most modern and best practices. There were representatives from major [...] 
Another year has come and gone and the annual IBMA World of Bluegrass Conference in Raleigh, North Carolina has left the starting blocks. After the excellent keynote address by Alison Brown, I was heading back to the Marriott Hotel with Darbi Brandy of the California Bluegrass Association and ran into Nate Lee who plays mandolin [...] 
Cane Mill Road performs on the 2019 IBMA Momentum Awards - photo by Frank Baker This afternoon, during a luncheon gala, the International Bluegrass Music Association announced the winners of their 2019 Momentum Awards. These honors are given to bluegrass artists in the early stages of their careers, to offer a boost as they are [...] 
The last time Alison Brown gave the keynote address at the annual gathering of the International Bluegrass Music Association, in 2002, CD sales accounted for 96 percent of music industry revenue, women were a relative rarity in bands and the business, and, as she noted Tuesday, “a stream was just a little river.” A lot [...] 
The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced this morning the nominees for its two remaining awards categories for 2019. The Industry Awards are given to those whose crucial work in our business often goes unnoticed by fans and followers, and the Momentum Awards recognize those in the early stages of their career deserving of special [...] 
Following their annual 2-day meeting of the Board of Directors, June 10-11, the International Bluegrass Music Association in Nashville has announced 2 new directors joining the Board, and one returning. Recently sworn in as at-large members are Chris Pandolfi, banjoist with Infamous Stringdusters, and Ashley Moyer, press relations with Rounder Records. Returning Board member Marian [...] 