Bob Webster, host of Stained Glass Bluegrass, was chosen by the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) to participate in the 2011 class of Leadership Bluegrass.
Bob shared his experience from Nashville with Bluegrass Country.org.
The 8th Annual Bell Buckle Music Cruise set sail from from Miami, FL on January 30. This 8 day voyage through the Caribbean is hosted by Valerie Smith and Liberty Pike (featuring Becky Buller). Becky provided us with a blog and photos during the voyage, chronicling her experience on the trip.
The 8th Annual Bell Buckle Music Cruise set sail from from Miami, FL on January 30. This 8 day voyage through the Caribbean is hosted by Valerie Smith and Liberty Pike (featuring Becky Buller). Becky provided us with a blog during the voyage, chronicling her experience on the trip.
Jen Hitt and Echo attended The Festy – a two day music festival in Nelson County, VA. 2010 was the first year of The Festy, hosted by The Infamous Stringdusters.
Read the review here.
The International Bluegrass Music Association’s World of Bluegrass convention and awards show recently concluded on October 3rd. For 7 days, a half dozen Bluegrass Country staff members and I worked around the clock on site in Nashville to bring you daily live broadcasts, blog posts, photos, and up-to-the-minute twitter coverage of the awards show.
For those of you who may have missed it, here’s a recap of our 2010 IBMA coverage… Read More
Bob Webster here, host of Stained Glass Bluegrass on Bluegrass Country, to wrap-up the week of broadcasting at the IBMA’s World of Bluegrass.
Last evening observed the annual awards ceremony at the Ryman Auditorium (pictured left, photo by Donnie Beauchamp) and the results are available right here. We were fortunate to have several of these winners on our live broadcast this week, including Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out, Larry Stephenson, and Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper. Look for future re-airings of these broadcasts on Bluegrass Country in the weeks ahead.
Echo reports from IBMA’s World of Bluegrass 2010 in Nashville, Tennessee.
Wednesday, September 29
Greetings from Echo!!! Wednesday at IBMA’s World of Bluegrass 2010 kicked off to a sunny start! After a few wonderfully hectic days of business conference seminars, live interviews on Bluegrass Country, late night showcases, and late night pickin’ parties, I decided to tear myself away from the action for a few hours and hit the streets of Nashville today!
Around noon, our engineer, Erin Stamper, and I headed to West Nashville for a quick bite to eat at McDougal’s – chicken fingers with ‘Tear Jerker’ hot sauce.
Lee Michael Demsey reports from IBMA’s World of Bluegrass 2010 in Nashville, Tennessee.
Tuesday, September 28
Hi. Lee Michael Demsey here, late morning (eastern time) host, Monday thru Saturday. As you might expect, I’m having a blast in Nashville, attending the IBMA World of Bluegrass Convention. I’d guess I’ve attended the event about twenty times, so it’s sort of old hat to me, but still fun.
Katy Daley reports from IBMA’s World of Bluegrass 2010 in Nashville, Tennessee.
Monday, September 27
Found Jerad in our make-shift studio early this morning. He said he was preparing for his first live interviews — a little nervous I think. I was, too. Would the live broadcast go off as planned and how would the seminar I had to conduct (How to Be a Better Broadcaster) go? Bill Knowlton, my friend and fellow broadcaster, and I met for coffee and a sweet roll. He chose a coffee shop near the Ryman so we could enjoy the view. Excellent choice, Bill.
Katy Daley reports from IBMA’s World of Bluegrass 2010 in Nashville, Tennessee.
Sunday Morning , September 26
We have been preparing for our IBMA broadcast for weeks. No, for months. We’ve had lots of planning meetings and made countless phone calls to artists nailing down the talent. It went pretty smoothly this year but sometimes getting artists to commit to a schedule in stone months before an event is like nailing jelly to a tree. Click to see schedule.
“We started our Reunion out with a set from Dale Ann Bradley, Kim Fox and Steve Gulley… their cover of the U2 song, “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” got the crowd going. Although as Kim pointed out, technically Dale Ann is singing “ferr”.” ~jenhitt
WAMU’s Bluegrass Country hosts Katy Daley and Ray Davis were the emcees at the 39th Annual Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival at the Salem Fairgrounds in Woodstown, New Jersey over the Labor Day weekend (September 3-5).
In addition to her emcee duties, Katy covered the festival for BluegrassCountry.org.
Bluegrass Country volunteer and Friends of Old Time Banjo member Rosemarie Nielson visited The Appalachian String Band Festival in Clifftop, WV during the first week of August.
Rosemarie shared her experience with BluegrassCountry.org.
“The depth and breadth of the music you’ll hear on the performance and workshop stages at FloydFest is astounding.”
Bluegrass Country host Echo Propp attended the 9th installment of FloydFest in Floyd, Virginia on the weekend of July 24-25!
She shared her experience and photos with BluegrassCountry.org.
On July 15-18 Katy Daley attended her first Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival on Walsh Farm in Oak Hill, N.Y. Katy shared Main Stage emcee duties with Nick Barr, Bill Knowlton, and Stan Zdonik.
