Tonight's IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards was held tonight at the Duke Energy Performing Arts Center in Raleigh, NC. Both nominees and winners were chosen by the professional voting membership of the IBMA. And the winners are... Mandolin Player of the Year - Sierra Hull Bass Player of the Year - Jason Moore Instrumental Recording of [...]
And so it begins... Once again, a large portion of the bluegrass industry is assembling today in Raleigh, NC for the International Bluegrass Music Association's annual convention, World of Bluegrass. If you are involved in this sort of music professionally, this event is for you. Artists are here to promote their new music, labels to [...]
Tonight's IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards was held tonight at the Duke Energy Performing Arts Center in Raleigh, NC. Both nominees and winners were chosen by the professional voting membership of the IBMA. And the winners are... Mandolin Player of the Year - Sierra Hull Bass Player of the Year - Jason Moore Instrumental Recording of [...] 
California Bluegrass Reunion at the 2022 IBMA Industry Awards luncheon - photo © Frank Baker 
Echo Valley at World of Bluegrass 2022 (9/28/22) - photo © Jeromie Stephens 
Jerry Salley, Pat Morris, Doyle Lawson, and Ed Leonard at the Billy Blue Showcase (9/28/22) - photo © Bill Warren 
Dr. Richard Brown at World of Bluegrass 2022 - photo © Jeromie Stephens 
Hayde Bluegrass Orchestra at the 2022 IBMA Momentum Awards Show - photo © Frank Baker 
Full Cord Bluegrass performs at the 2022 IBMA Momentum Awards (9/28/22) - photo © Frank Baker IBMA's annual Momentum Awards luncheon always serves as a powerful reminder that the future of bluegrass is in good hands. This year, as the pain of COVID and hard times for traveling musicians fades even further into the background, [...] 
Becky Buller & Friends at The Lincoln Theater (9/27/22) - photo © Frank Baker Here's a photo report of Tuesday night musical activity at World of Bluegrass from Frank Baker, who caught the Kickoff Show with Becky Buller & Friends at The Lincoln Theater, as well as The Foreign Landers and Missy Raines & Allegheny [...] 
Craig Havighurst with Dale Ann Bradley and C.J. Lewandowski at the WOB Keynote Address - photo © Frank Baker Dale Ann Bradley grew up in a Primitive Baptist Church where her father was the preacher and musical instruments were not allowed. Then one day, she recalled, "I heard the banjo," a moment that "changed my whole [...] 
And so it begins... Once again, a large portion of the bluegrass industry is assembling today in Raleigh, NC for the International Bluegrass Music Association's annual convention, World of Bluegrass. If you are involved in this sort of music professionally, this event is for you. Artists are here to promote their new music, labels to [...] 