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Governor Steve Beshear presents Sam Bush with a Governor's Award - photo by Tina White May Yesterday in Frankfort, KY, Governor Steve Beshear honored nine of the Commonwealth's most creative people and organizations with Governor’s Awards in the Arts. Among those presented with an award was Bowling Green native and bluegrass superstar, Sam Bush, who travelled with his [...]
The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced the selections for their 2015 IBMA Film Festival, held in conjunction with their annual World of Bluegrass convention. Two films have been chosen as highlights to be presented during the mid-week business conference, and seven others will be added for viewing during the weekend's Wide Open Bluegrass festival. [...]
If you might ever be conflicted about whether The Sam Bush Band has forgotten their bluegrass roots, this recent video they filmed for the online program, One On One, should eradicate any doubts. When the band was in New York in mid-July, they met up with videographer Ehud Lazin at The City Winery where they filmed [...]
Saturday at Grey Fox 2015 had many options for both viewing and participating in activities for folks of all ages, with the normal workshops on all the bluegrass instruments and directed slow jams, but also some less common options like the meditation class, the luthier workshop, yoga class, and Kitsy Kuykendall's Bluegrass Karaoke. And of [...]
There aren't too many awards left for Sam Bush to win. His long career in bluegrass and acoustic music has brought him accolades from the Grammies, the Americana Music Association, and the International Bluegrass Music Association, not to mention the fiddle convention trophies he picked up as a young man. Today it has been announced [...]
Shelly Swanger was on hand at ROMP 2015, and just sent us these images from the festival.
When the very first Blue Ox Music Festival was held this past weekend in Eau Claire, WI, Shelly Swanger was there to capture images for the readers of Bluegrass Today. Her photos are brilliant, as always, but it looks like festivalgoers had to brave some rain and mud to enjoy the fine music. The festival was hosted [...]
Revival: The Sam Bush Story, which debuted last week during the Nashville Film Festival, was announced as the winner of the festival's Audience Choice Award for best music documentary. It had two showings during the festival, and the premiere turned into a major news event in the Nashville media. Co-director Kris Wheeler expressed gratitude for [...]
The organizers of the 2015 Old Settler's Music Festival in Driftwood, TX shared a number of stage photos taken by John Grubbs. This was the 28th annual event in the Texas Hill Country.
Frank Solivan was back in the studio last week, but not for a new album with his hot band, Dirty Kitchen. He was in Nashville recording with family and friends for a new solo project on Compass Records. He carried some tracks that had been cut with the band, to add vocals and instruments from [...]
