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Zeb Snyder at the Gallagher booth at World of Bluegrass 2025 - photo © Sandy Hatley Both Roger Black and Sandy Hatley grabbed some photos in the Exhibit Hall of the Chattanooga Convention Center on Thursday at World of Bluegrass '25.

Darin & Brooke Aldridge at the 2025 Billy Blue Showcase - photo © Sandy Hatley Billy Blue Records of Nashville, a leading producer of bluegrass music, paraded an impressive batch of their recording artists across a small stage in the Chattanooga

Doyle Lawson, Donna Ulisse, and Keith Barnacastle at World of Bluegrass 2025 - photo © Roger Black Roger Black was roaming the halls of the Chattanooga Convention Center yesterday during World of Bluegrass 2025, and shared this gallery of images he

Ashley Atz, Doyle Lawson, and Donna Ulisse at the Tall Oaks Music launch - photo © Dawn Kenney This article is a contribution from bluegrass songwriter and performer Dawn Kenney. Tall Oaks Music, a new music publishing company under the Turnberry Records

Leadership, especially for women, is a complicated roux of expectations, compassion, and integrity. Four ladies who lead in our bluegrass community (Missy Raines, Nancy Cardwell Webster, Becky Buller, and Lillian Werbin) discussed their compassionate, but exacting leadership roles with moderator

Junior Sisk performs before the Keynote Address at WOB '25 - photo © Dan Schram Here's a gallery of early-in-the-week photos from World of Bluegrass 2025 in Chattanooga. Thanks to photogs Dan Schram, Kevin Slick, and Nate Shuppert.

Day Two of the IBMA World of Bluegrass 2025 conference is well underway and the first of three awards shows this week is now in the books. The Momentum Awards that recognize the best and brightest rising artists in the

Greg Cahill, band leader and banjoist with Special Consensus, kicked off a Tuesday morning session at World of Bluegrass '25 discussing the changes that he has witnessed in bluegrass over the past 50 years. He has been playing banjo since

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,

The 2025 World of Bluegrass conference has begun in its new home in Chattanooga, TN. The business conference kicked off with a Leadership Bluegrass master class. There was a panel discussion by Teresa Gooding (California Bluegrass Association), Stephen Mougin (Sam