Author: David Morris

Greg Blake and David Morris at World of Bluegrass 2025 - photo © Joey Sue King One of my favorite parts of the annual visit to IBMA's World of Bluegrass is running across old friends that you only see once a

Steve Martin, who co-hosted IBMA's Awards Show on Thursday night, tested positive for COVID the next day, and many others who attended the event in Chattanooga are ill. The popular comedian, who is 80, canceled two shows in Virginia over the

World of Bluegrass '25 signage in Chattanooga - photo © Dawn Kenney The initial grades are in, and the early reports are that IBMA's first World of Bluegrass in Chattanooga, TN, was largely successful. While attendance figures are not yet available, it

Paul Williams, the 90-year-old member of the Bluegrass Hall of Fame, has a new job. His writing deal with the newly-created Tall Oaks Music was announced Friday in Chattanooga, just hours after his contributions as a writer and singer were celebrated

Bluegrass Cardinals on the red carpet at the IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards - photo © Roger Black Billy Strings dominated the first World of Bluegrass in Chattanooga this week, cementing his role as the next new hope to lift bluegrass to

Billy Strings Keynote address at World of Bluegrass 2025 - photo © Austin Scelzo To hear Billy Strings tell the remarkable story of his musical story, he never left bluegrass, but bluegrass almost left him. Strings kicked off World of Bluegrass 40,

Bob Perilla - photo © Jeromie Stephens Bob Perilla, a commanding presence in the Washington, DC, bluegrass world, died Thursday at his Maryland home. He was 71. With or without his guitar, Perilla owned any room he entered. And with his band,

When he was a teenager with a guitar and a high-lonesome voice, Vince Gill had the great fortune to cross paths with fiddler Byron Berline in Oklahoma. At the same point in his life, Darin Aldridge found a mentor in Charlie

Jamming in the shadow of the Raleigh sign at World of Bluegrass '24 - photo © Jeromie Stephens When IBMA's World of Bluegrass pulled out of Nashville in 2012, I spent most of the 12-hour drive home, and many of the

Dudley Connell, whose driving rhythm guitar playing and powerful voice have shaped the Seldom Scene for nearly 30 years, is leaving the band at the end of year. "It's been a wonderful run, and I have enjoyed every minute of it,"