Dan Hays • The Franklin Theatre
Franklin Theatre Announces New Director • Music Industry Executive to take office at Historic Franklin Theatre • The Board of Directors of the Heritage Foundation of Franklin and Williamson County today announced that Dan Hays will become the new Director for the Franklin Theatre. Hays’ acceptance of the post culminates a rigorous leadership search for the historic Main Street institution which recently underwent an $8 million renovation with a commitment to be the... Read More
The Official Sponsors of IBMA’s International Bluegrass Music Awards 2011
A SPECIAL THANKS to THE WORLD OF BLUEGRASS 2011 SPONSORS • Sponsors invest in World of Bluegrass week for many different reasons, but they all involve a genuine interest in supporting the purposes of the events. • Please make it a point anytime and especially during the week of IBMA’s World of Bluegrass 2011 to join us in extending our appreciation for their generous support. If you are on FaceBook please like their FaceBook pages listed below and tell them the IBMA... Read More
The Official Sponsors of IBMA’s FanFest 2011
A SPECIAL THANKS to THE WORLD OF BLUEGRASS 2011 SPONSORS • Sponsors invest in World of Bluegrass week for many different reasons, but they all involve a genuine interest in supporting the purposes of the events. • Please make it a point anytime and especially during the week of IBMA’s World of Bluegrass 2011 to join us in extending our appreciation for their generous support. If you are on FaceBook please like their FaceBook pages listed below and tell... Read More
The Official Sponsors of IBMA’s Business Conference 2011
A SPECIAL THANKS to THE WORLD OF BLUEGRASS 2011 SPONSORS • Sponsors invest in World of Bluegrass week for many different reasons, but they all involve a genuine interest in supporting the purposes of the events. • Please make it a point anytime and especially during the week of IBMA’s World of Bluegrass 2011 to join us in extending our appreciation for their generous support. If you are on FaceBook please like their FaceBook pages listed below and tell them the... Read More
The Official Sponsors of IBMA’s World of Bluegrass 2011
A SPECIAL THANKS to THE WORLD OF BLUEGRASS 2011 SPONSORS • Sponsors invest in World of Bluegrass week for many different reasons, but they all involve a genuine interest in supporting the purposes of the events. • Please make it a point anytime and especially during the week of IBMA’s World of Bluegrass 2011 to join us in extending our appreciation for their generous support. If you are on FaceBook please like their FaceBook pages listed below and tell them the... Read More
Glamour & Grits Says It All, Sam Bush Hosts 22nd IBMA Music Awards
Glamour & Grits Says It All • Award-winning artist, bandleader, songwriter and mandolin monster Sam Bush will host the 22nd annual International Bluegrass Music Awards on Thursday, September 29, at 7:30 p.m. at Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium. “It is my pleasure to return as the host for the 2011 IBMA Awards,” Bush said. “As a bluegrass fan and fellow Kentuckian, it’s especially important to me on the 100th year anniversary of Bill Monroe’s... 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 Show and Bluegrass Fan Fest! We’ll be in the same building but there will be a fresh, new... Read More
Hazel Dickens and Carlton Haney
The Foundation for Bluegrass Music • The Foundation for Bluegrass Music Plans Grants In Memory Of Hazel Dickens And Carlton Haney, Applications Being Accepted Through August 15, 2011 • The bluegrass music world lost two important icons in 2011 in the persons of Hazel Dickens and Carlton Haney. In their memory, the Foundation for Bluegrass Music will be funding grants and/or scholarships this year and has set August 15, 2011 as the deadline to apply for these resources.... Read More
The Recording Academy’s Restructuring & Bluegrass
The Recording Academy recently held their annual Nashville Chapter GRAMMY 101 educational event at the Hutton Hotel in downtown Nashville, TN on Monday April 18th. The event has gotten a heightened amount of attention due to the recent changes in The Recording Academy Awards Categories (details of the restructuring can be read at the official “micro” site), which limit the number of categories from 109 to 78. The meeting was moderated by Recording Academy President... Read More
