WAMU’s Bluegrass Country broadcasted live from Nashville September 26-30 during the IBMA World of Bluegrass Conference. In addition to our broadcast, we also blogged daily. Summing up our trip is our last blogger– Bluegrass Country host Bob Webster.
Hopefully you read last week’s earlier posts about our fifth trip to IBMA’s World of Bluegrass held in Nashville, TN. Trying to summarize such an intense week is a big task for such a limited space, so here are a few final notes.
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Read about our regular programming in the October 8-14 Highlights.
WAMU’s Bluegrass Country is broadcasting live from Nashville September 26-30. Click here for a complete schedule of our live programming. In addition to our broadcast, we’ll also be blogging daily. Today’s blogger is Bluegrass Country production coordinator Jerad Walker.
There’s a lot to do in the Nashville. Great BBQ to eat, plenty of loud honky tonks filled with young gunslingers and party-goers, museums, concerts, and more.
IBMA’s World of Bluegrass only adds to that excitement with artist showcases, endless amounts of jamming, and even the odd Steve Martin sighting (photo below). That being said, you might be surprised to find out that my absolute favorite thing about Nashville and the World of Bluegrass week is a lunch. But this isn’t just any lunch…
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Read about our regular programming in the September 24-30 Highlights.
WAMU’s Bluegrass Country is broadcasting live from Nashville September 26-30. Click here for a complete schedule of our live programming. In addition to our broadcast, we’ll also be blogging daily. Today’s blogger is Bluegrass Country host Rosemarie Nielsen.
Today is Wednesday of our week-long trip to IBMA in Nashville. It’s my first time at IBMA and my first time in Nashville! It’s been a very busy week and nonstop fun.
My morning began with a tour of the Country Music Hall of Fame…
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Read about our regular programming in the September 24-30 Highlights.
WAMU’s Bluegrass Country is broadcasting live from Nashville September 26-30. Click here for a complete schedule of our live programming. In addition to our broadcast, we’ll also be blogging daily. Today’s blogger is Bluegrass Country host Lee Michael Demsey.
It’s Tuesday at IBMA, and I’m into my fourth day here in Nashville, a visit I enjoy each year. I like to come early to settle in before all the action gets underway. There are a number of fine music venues around this town, including the Station Inn and the Bluebird Café, just to name two.
My first stop on Saturday night was…
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Read about our regular programming in the September 24-30 Highlights.
WAMU’s Bluegrass Country is broadcasting live from Nashville September 26-30. Click here for a complete schedule of our live programming. In addition to our broadcast, we’ll also be blogging daily. Today’s blogger is Bluegrass Country host Mary Sue Twohy.
Our first day of live broadcasting was a big success! Packed room! Great music! The day started with Dailey & Vincent – they sat down with Bob Webster for a wonderful interview to kick off the week’s festivities…
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Read about our regular programming in the September 24-30 Highlights.
WAMU’s Bluegrass Country will be broadcasting live from Nashville September 26-30. Click here for a complete schedule of our live programming.
We have been preparing for our 2011 IBMA live broadcast for weeks. No, for months. We’ve had lots of planning meetings and made countless phone calls to artists nailing down the talent. This is our fifth year of attending IBMA so know we know the drill with a few new tweaks each year. The first difference is we have changed our remote studio location. We have moved out of the 4th floor Renaissance Hotel room that has served us so well. This year…
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WAMU’s Bluegrass Country is broadcasting live from Nashville September 26-30. Click here for a complete schedule of our live programming. In addition to our broadcast, we’ll also be blogging daily. Today’s blogger is Bluegrass Country audio engineer Erin Stamper.
Ready…Set…Here We Go…from Nashville! Our ton of radio gear equiment (okay, more like a quarter of a ton), in 9 separate boxes, is unpacked. The mics have been tested. We’re ready to go live, but it took a little work to get us here…
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Read about our regular programming in the September 24-30 Highlights.
Today marks the final day of the 24th annual MerleFest in Wilkesboro, North Carolina. Bluegrass Country sent Trevor Whitney to soak up some sun and listen to some fantastic string music. Click here to read his wrap-up.
Bob Webster, host of Bluegrass Country’s Stained Glass Bluegrass, returned to his home state of North Carolina to take in the second annual Willow Oak Park Bluegrass Festival over Easter weekend.
Echo continues her look into the recording process with an update on tuning and phrasing, mixing and mastering.
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Echo continues her look into the recording process, “Sav started yesterday’s vocal tracking session with Moments, and after listening to yesterday’s rough mixes, it’s the only one he’s not totally sold on…”
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Echo, host of The Free For All, blogs from a recording studio in Asheville, N.C., as Sav Sankaran (of The Dixie Bee-liners) records a solo bluegrass record.
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Echo continues her look at the studio recording process. She’s down in Asheville watching Ron Stewart, Adam Steffey, and Rick Cooper record Sav Sankaran’s new solo project.
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Echo, host of The Free For All, blogs from a recording studio in Asheville, N.C., as Sav Sankaran (of The Dixie Bee-liners) records a solo bluegrass record.
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Echo, host of The Free For All, is in Asheville, NC this week watching the recording of bass player Sav Sankaran’s first studio album. She’ll be (finally) getting the answers to the many questions she’s had about the recording process and finding out just how much work goes into the music she loves to listen to. Questions and comments are welcome and encouraged: echo@bluegrasscountry.org
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