Del McCoury Will host the 19th annual IBMA Awards October 2 in Nashville, Tenn.
Nashville, Tenn — Legendary bluegrass artist Del McCoury will host the 19th Annual International Bluegrass Music Awards on Thursday, October 2, at 8:30 p.m. (central), at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.
“The IBMA has been really good to the band [...]

Crooked Still “Still Crooked” (Signature Sounds)
Get rid of the pigeonholes. Here come’s Crooked Still — and Crooked Still isn’t about to be pigeonholed.
Like some pioneering groups that have broken, bent and respectfully bruised the traditional bluegrass mold, this Boston-based quintent simply will not fit into a category, not even newgrass or progressive grass [...]

C.F. Martin D-28M Merle Travis Commemorative Edition
A Martin D-28 without the signature Martin logo on the headstock? And a headstock that looks more like a Fender than a Martin?
You bet, and folks at C.F. Martin couldn’t be any happier with their release last month of the D-28M Merle Travis Commemorative Edition that [...]

Nashville, Tenn. — Bluegrass music’s premier indoor festival is just around the corner! Industry reps and bluegrass fans alike will want to reserve their tickets as soon as possible for IBMA’s Bluegrass Fan Fest, scheduled for October 3-5, 2008, at the Nashville Convention Center. The star-studded event that wraps up World of Bluegrass Week [...]

Michigan
August 7-9 — Milan Bluegrass Festival, Milan MI.
Bluegrass artists scheduled to play include: Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Rhonda Vincent & The Rage, Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road, Lonesome River Band, New Found Road, the Lewis Family, Nothin’ Fancy, Lou Reed & Carolina, The Grascals, David Parmley & Continental Divide, Dave Evans, Don Rigsby & Midnight [...]