Events

Today is the start of The Americana Music Conference. I spoke via email with Mark Montgomery, president of The Americana Music Association and owner of Echo Music. Mark gave me the low down on what's happening this week at the

Bluegrass Today is proud to announce our first annual Awards Poll! Our poll mirrors the IBMA final ballot, but is completely unofficial and is in no way associated with IBMA or their official balloting process. We do require that you

This past weekend, I had the enormous honor and good fortune to perform at the 40th Anniversary Reunion of what has come to be described as the very first multi-day bluegrass festival, which had been promoted by Carlton Haney, and

Our good friend Dan Loftin has sent us some photos he took at the August 30th press conference announcing the IBMA Awards Nominees for 2005. Thanks Dan! The press conference was hosted by Ricky Skaggs and Rhonda Vincent, and included

The International Bluegrass Music Assocaiation has announced the nominees for the 16th Annual International Bluegrass Muisc Awards. Perennial favorote Alison Krauss & Union Station leads the pack with 14 nominations, followed by Rhonda Vincent & The Rage with 8, and

This award is for a performing act who displayed the greatest competence in all aspects of the entertainment field. Voters should give consideration to recorded and in-person performance, public acceptance, attitude, leadership, and over-all contributions to the bluegrass music image.

The award for a group who regularly performs together that has shown outstanding recorded and in-person performance in the area of instrumental performance. It is not limited to groups which only perform instrumentals. The award goes to each group member.

The award for a group who regularly performs together that has shown outstanding recorded and in-person performance in the area of vocal performance. It is not limited to groups which only perform vocally. The award goes to each group member. The

Award for the outstanding male vocalist based on recorded and in-person performance. The award goes to the individual. The nominees for Male Vocalist Of The Year for 2005 are: Russell Moore web site bio audio Tim

The award for the outstanding female vocalist based on recorded and in-person performance. The award goes to the individual. The nominees for Female Vocalist Of The Year for 2005 are: Dale Ann Bradley web site bio audio