Denim & Plaid perform during IBMA Bluegrass Live! 2024 - photo © G. Nicholas Hancock The International Bluegrass Music Association’s (IBMA) Kids on Bluegrass (KOB) program increased in the number of participants again this year, and provided some outstanding vocal and instrumental performances
Last week during the IBMA Industry Awards luncheon, the IBMA Foundation announced two new educational initiatives for promising bluegrass students to help cover the costs of instruction and schooling. Both have been created in honor of iconic instrumental performers who
While the attention of much of the world is focused on western North Carolina due to the heartbreaking storm and flood damage from hurricane Helene, here's something positive coming out of the region. The Asheville Mountain Boys have set out to
Caroline Owens at IBMA Bluegrass Live! 2024 - photo © Jeromie Stephens Here's Jeromie Stephens' final contribution from IBMA week in Raleigh, NC, these from Saturday during the IBMA Bluegrass Live! festivities. We are deeply grateful for his fabulous photographs.
Zak McLamb, Jeanette Williams, and Wyatt Harman at the 2024 bass workshop - photo © Sandy Hatley "Normally, you don’t have three bass players at one time, but each of our styles will be demonstrated," began Wyatt Harmon, upright bassist from
Lilly Anne Svrlinga and JonPaul Sepulveda at IBMA Bluegrass Live! '24 - photo © Jeromie Stephens Here is a gallery of images Jeromie Stephens contributed from his various sojourns through the grounds of IBMA Bluegrass Live! 2024.
Exhibit Hall jam with Rhonda Vincent at World of Bluegrass '24 - photo © David Morris It may be IBMA's last year in Raleigh, but things are definitely not slowing down. The floor of the exhibit hall inside the Convention Center
Jeromie Stephens accepts the Photographer of the Year Award - photo © Frank Baker Thursday at the World of Bluegrass is always heralded as the biggest night in bluegrass, because of the main awards show, but the awards begin long before
Kids on Bluegrass at the 2024 IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards - photo © Frank Baker Frank Baker filled up several hard drives with images from last night's IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards. He captured the winners as they were announced, as well
Charlie Lowman in the Marriott Hotel lobby (9/26/24) - photo © Jeromie Stephens IBMA Bluegrass Photographer of the Year for 2024, Jeromie Stephens, spent much of Thursday prowling the Raleigh Convention Center, during World of Bluegrass, and in the adjacent Marriott
