SMF Presents – Acoustic Music Seminar

Acoustic Music Seminar • The Acoustic Music Seminar (AMS) is a groundbreaking mentorship program for young American string players, involving six days of hands-on instruction for some of the most promising and talented young string players in America. Led by acclaimed mandolin player Mike Marshall, this year’s students will learn from world-class musicians and artists... Read More
April Verch – LIVE Stream Performance!

April Verch • April Verch, doesn’t just perform music, she exudes it. The internationally renowned Canadian fiddler, singer, songwriter and stepdancer has a passion for performing and her goal is to touch the lives of those who are listening at any given moment. “The world is this amazing puzzle that we can’t fully understand and music is the joy that pulls... Read More
Illinois Stories, Mark Twain: Words & Music

Interview with producer Carl Jackson about Mark Twain: Words & Music • Preserving the legacy of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain) through spoken word and song. This double-CD tells the life story of Mark Twain in spoken word and song and features Jimmy Buffett, Garrison Keillor, Clint Eastwood, Emmylou Harris, Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver, Rhonda Vincent, Bradley Walker,... Read More
IBMA Business Conference 2011 • The Business

IBMA Business Conference 2011 • Monday September 26th – Thursday September 29th, 2011 • The Nashville Convention Center, Nashville, Tennessee The IBMA Business Conference is about networking and building relationships with the folks you want to do business with. With almost 2000 key music and entertainment leaders in one place, this is your opportunity... Read More
The Hard Rock AcoustiCana Series By Monroeville

The Hard Rock AcoustiCana Series By Monroeville • Monroeville is proud to announce that they will be hosting a four day AcoustiCana showcase & concert series, as well as a benefit for The Foundation For Bluegrass Music at the Hard Rock Cafe of Nashville, Tennessee. The showcases, concerts & benefit will take place between Monday September 26th and Thursday September... Read More
Songs of the Grateful Dead: A Tribute to Jerry Garcia & Robert Hunter
Jesse McReynolds & Friends ~ Songs of the Grateful Dead: A Tribute to Jerry Garcia & Robert Hunter • BLUEGRASS ICON JESSE McREYNOLDS RELEASES GRATEFUL DEAD TRIBUTE ALBUM, PLAYS LIVE AT THE HISTORIC STATION INN AUGUST 4th, 2011 • The music made famous by the legendary Grateful Dead will be heard at the World Famous Station Inn on Thursday, August 4th. Grand... Read More
Bluegrass Bands & Helping Hands

Bluegrass Bands & Helping Hands announces "Bluegrass Bands Helping Hands Volume III – Big Leagues" to benefit Miracle Field • There are 1600 children with special needs in Dalton-Whitfield County, GA, that don’t have a recreation facility designed for their needs. The project has started but $500,000 is needed to fund it completely. We plan to help... Read More
World of Bluegrass 2011

Photo by Ted Lehmann of Ted Lehmann’s Bluegrass, Books, and Brainstorms World of Bluegrass 2011 • Monday September 26th – Sunday October 2nd, 2011 • The Nashville Convention Center, Nashville, Tennessee World of Bluegrass 2011 will be different from anything you’ve experienced before at IBMA’s annual Business Conference, Awards... Read More
Bill Monroe 100th Birthday Celebration

Bill Monroe 100th Birthday Celebration • The International Bluegrass Music Museum, the world’s only facility dedicated to the history and preservation of the history of bluegrass music presents The Bill Monroe 100th Birthday Celebration, September 12, 13 & 14, 2011. Three days & nights of concerts by Bluegrass Hall of Fame members with their bands. Performances... Read More
From Russia With Love

Donna Ulisse is off to "Russia With Love" • "This will be Donna’s first international trip and it is quite a voyage! She and The Poor Mountain Boys have been invited by the US-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission to perform at their second annual bluegrass festival." "Bluegrass singer songwriter Donna Ulisse will be taking her music... Read More











