Bristol, Virginia, — The Dixie Bee-Liners are getting textual, and they’re inviting music lovers to join in! Throughout the month of June, the award-winning bluegrass ensemble will run a special text-in tour promotion as they travel the United States and Canada. The name of the tour? The 2009 Textual Activity Tour, of course.

Here’s how it works:….

WSM 650 AM will host a special interview with Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper at the Country Music Hall of Fame on Friday (June 5).

The interview ,with WSM’s Bill Cody in the Ford Theater, is free to the public.

To include a short performance, the interview will begin at approximately 9 a.m….

They are the folks who seldom grace the stage or perform in the recording studio. Nonetheless, these people are an essential part of the bluegrass genre.

And the International Bluegrass Music Association honors them every year in special category awards. IBMA is currently taking nominations from its members for the following awards…