Valerie Smith and Liberty Pike - “Dare to Be Different” Showcase, Sunday, Sept. 28th
Nashville, Tenn. — Valerie Smith and Liberty Pike are set to host the 2nd Annual “Dare to Be Different” Showcase, Sunday, Sept. 28th from 1 p.m. - 10 p.m. at the brand new Bell Buckle Banquet Hall and Theater in [...]

Lansing MI — Elderly Instruments, a well respected instrument dealer specializing in acoustic and vintage instruments, will have a larger booth setup with expanded inventory on hand during the IBMA World of Bluegrass business conference and Fan Fest.
Among the instruments Elderly will have on hand for sale are at least one 1924 Loar F-5 mandolin, [...]

New York, NY — On Wednesday, October 15, Rodney Crowell, Jerry Douglas, Vince Gill and Emmylou Harris will perform at the second annual All for the Hall New York benefit for the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum. Presented as an old-fashioned “guitar pull,” the benefit at the Nokia Theatre in Times Square will [...]

 To read more about the nominees for 2008 IBMA Best Liner Notes for Recorded Project see “CD packaging takes in two IBMA categories” on BluegrassJournal.com
Who’s going to win the 2008 IBMA Best Graphics Design For Recorded Project? Vote for your Favorite below!

IBMA 2008 Best Liner Notes for Recorded Project

Frank & Marty Godbey - Bluegrass Holiday [...]

Those of us who cut our musical teeth by chewing on vinyl still miss the packaging that LPs came in. The art work of those days now seems gigantic, compared to today’s CDs. The liner notes of LP-land now must be shrunk to nearly unreadable type to match, as John Hartford would say, [...]