Nashville, Tenn. — IBMA’s World of Bluegrass attracted 19,546 (the fourth highest ever) from all over the globe to make Nashville “Bluegrass Music City” from September 29 to October 5. The week included the bluegrass music industry’s business conference, Bluegrass Fan Fest and the International Bluegrass Music Awards.

The Dailey Vincent Band were the nights big winners at the 2008 IBMA Awards show collecting 7 IBMA Awards.
Nashville, Tenn., — Dailey & Vincent walked away with an unprecedented seven awards, including Entertainer of the Year, at the International Bluegrass Music Awards Show held last night at the Ryman Auditorium. Jamie Dailey and [...]

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 [...]

Stuart Duncan - “Soppin’ The Gravy”
Stuart Duncan, an eight time IBMA Fiddle Player of the Year, is nominated once again for this years award.
No stranger to awards, Duncan has also won two Grammy® awards with The Nashville Bluegrass Band, five Academy of Country Music Fiddle Player of the Year awards, and was awarded Specialty Instrument [...]

Jason Carter, a three time IBMA Fiddler of the Year winner, is once again vying for the honor of being crowned the 2008 IBMA Fiddle Player of the Year.
Jason, at eight years old, began taking guitar lessons from his father. Carter loved the festival scene growing up, and in 1991 , at the age of [...]