Doyle Lawson is nominated for IBMA’s 2008 Mandolin Player of the Year. Photo by Michael Wilson.
Doyle Lawson could be braced for multiple trips to center stage at this year’s International Bluegrass Music Association’s award show in early October. Among the many awards he’s up for is Mandolin Player of the Year.
Lawson’s professional bluegrass [...]

“Rawhide” - Ronnie McCoury with the Del McCoury Band at Cherokee Bluegrass Festival 2008
A member of his famous father’s famous group, the Del McCoury band, Ronnie McCoury is up for Mandolin Player of the Year from the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA).
Besides adding signature touches on both vocals and mandolin to that highly decorated band, [...]

The Gibson Originals Ricky Skaggs Distressed F-5 mandolin
So, you’d like to own Ricky Skaggs’ 1923 Lloyd Loar F-5 mandolin?
Sorry, it’s not for sale — but you can come close.
Gibson Originals is releasing the Ricky Skaggs Limited Edition Distressed Master Model mandolin. The instrument is the result of a year-plus of Gibson luthiers working with Skaggs [...]

Roland White Herschel Sizemore
Nashville, Tenn. — Count Big Joe’s Guitarworks among the Nashville business community sector that’s hopping on the bandwagon for the International Bluegrass Music Association’s World of Bluegrass convention in October.
The store, at 854 Madison Square, will host a mandolin workshop with Roland White from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 2 when [...]

Registration is still being accepted for the 3rd Annual Monroe-Style Mandolin Camp, sponsored by the International Bluegrass Music Museum in Owensboro, Ky.
The camp will be held Sept. 12-14 in Owensboro.Registration will be capped at 50 participants.
The faculty this year includes Richie Brown, Mike Compton, Bobby Osborne, Frank Wakefield, Butch Waller and Roland White. Guest [...]