First Round of Artists Announced for Wide Open Bluegrass Festival

The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced the first round of artists set to perform at their newly-named Wide Open Bluegrass festival to be held September 27-28 at the Raleigh, North Carolina Convention Center and Amphitheater. Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, Béla Fleck, Alison Krauss, Del McCoury and Tony Rice, Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon [...] Read More

Billboard’s Top 15 Bluegrass Albums of 2012

Billboard.com has released the Top 15 Bluegrass Albums. The Goat Rodeo Sessions by Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer and Chris Thile top the chart with albums from Trampled by Turtles, Dailey and Vincent, Alison Kraus + Union Station and Old Crow Medicine Show Round out the Top 5. Billboard Charts are calculated using custom [...] Read More

2012 IBMA Nominations Announced

Nominees for the 2012 International Bluegrass Music Awards were announced at a press conference at Nashville’s Loveless Barn, and perennial favorites Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out led the pack with nominations in nine categories as a band and for individual members. They’re followed by Alison Krauss & Union Station with eight nominations, and Blue [...] Read More

Zac Brown Band Announces Southern Ground Music & Food Festival Lineups

Zac Brown Band has announced the lineups for their two Southern Ground Music & Food Festivals. The first one will take place in Nashville at Riverfront Park September 21-22 and then head to Charleston, South Carolina’ Blackbaud Stadium October 20-21. In Nashville, Zac Brown Band will perform super sets each night with special guests including [...] Read More

Alison Krauss Helps Launch Americana Meet ‘n Greet Series

The Americana Music Association will be auctioning off tickets and meet-and-greets with some of Americana’s most celebrated artists as part of the Americana Meet ‘n Greet Series. Alison Krauss is the first artist to donate the experience to the Association. Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas will be performing several shows over the [...] Read More