Since the 2008 IBMA Awards Show Nominees were announced in August, BluegrassJournal.com has been featuring bio’s, discographies, videos and more on the 2008 IBMA Awards Show Nominees. Along with those, we’ve had an on-going poll so our readers could vote for their favorite bluegrass artists and industry folks. Presented below are the results of BluegrassJournal.com’s [...]

Left to Right: Josh Bailey of Victoria, TX ( 2nd Place), Josh Hungate of Kearney, MO ( 1st Place) and Scott Pearson of Warren, PA ( 3rd Place)
Winfield, KS — The Walnut Valley Festival has announced the winners of its Walnut Valley Mandolin Championship contest held on September 20. 17 Contestants from 15 states [...]

The Bluegrass Hotel project Launch Press Conference & Announcement
When: Sept. 30, 2008 at 6pm
Where: IBMA World of Bluegrass, Nashville Convention Center Room 204, Nashville, TN
Who: Appearance & performances by alumni of The Bluegrass Alliance and NewGrass
Revival
Immediately followed by a Pre-screening of Dan’s Crary film “Primal Twang, the Legacy of the Guitar“. There will be [...]

Burlington, MA – American music icon Earl Scruggs helped give birth to bluegrass music when he first appeared on the legendary stage of Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium in 1945. Another historic night for Scruggs came in 2007 when he headlined his first-ever Ryman concert.
Rounder Records is proud to announce the release of that concert – [...]

The Crowe Brothers latest CD Brothers -N- Harmony (Rural Rhythm) is now available.
Nashville, Tenn. — In the fine tradition of the Stanley Brothers, Louvin Brothers and Wilburn Brothers, the Crowe Brothers are carrying on the tradition of beautifully blended harmonies in bluegrass and traditional country music with their new Rural Rhythm’s album “Brothers-N-Harmony.”
“When you fuse [...]