by bluegrassfound | Feb 3, 2025 | News
Plan to join us at Lorraine Jordan’s Bluegrass in the Blue Ridge festival April 10-12, 2025, at the Meadowview Conference Resort and Hotel in Kingsport, Tennessee! Attendees will be invited to donate an extra dollar (or two) at the gate for the IBMA Foundation, and...
by bluegrassfound | Feb 3, 2025 | News
The IBMA Foundation recently awarded $25,000 in project grants to 15 bluegrass programs in eight states plus Switzerland, the Czech Republic, and China. The number of applications was up this year at 37, compared to 21 in 2024. “A diverse list of recipients for...
by bluegrassfound | Jan 1, 2025 | News
In 2022, the Montgomery Museum of Art & History in Christiansburg, Virginia, which serves the entire New River Valley and Virginia’s Appalachia region, presented a highly successful concert at the Moss Arts Center in Blacksburg, Virginia. That concert, “50 Years...
by bluegrassfound | Jan 1, 2025 | News
I am so excited to show you how our lovely banjo came out. My banjo’s name is Ho’okini and she was created with mahogany wood, has a curly maple tone ring, and an African black wood fingerboard with mother of pearl inlays. The headstock is ebony wood, and she has a...
by bluegrassfound | Jan 1, 2025 | News
With your help, our friends at WoodSongs Old Time Radio Hour are organizing an instrument drive to collect and deliver over 1,000 free instruments to bluegrass and old-time musicians who have lost everything during Hurricane Helene. If you own a playable instrument in...
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