by bluegrassfound | Mar 31, 2022 | News
The prize in our second annual Strings for Dreams Bluegrass Raffle is a mint condition 2010 VRB-3 Truetone Huber Banjo, valued at $4,100, with two cases and straps. The banjo was donated by longtime IBMA Foundation supporter Richard Spratt. Only 5,000 tickets will be...
by bluegrassfound | Feb 28, 2022 | News
“String Band Summit,” the next academic conference for bluegrass, old-time and roots music studies, will take place April 8-10, 2022, on the campus of East Tennessee State University in Johnson City. Participation will be in-person and virtual via Zoom. Complete info...
by bluegrassfound | Feb 28, 2022 | News
On February 15, the IBMA Foundation announced the launch of the J. D. Crowe Banjo Scholarship. Longtime friend and fellow Kentucky bluegrass musician Arthur Hancock III made the initial $20,000 donation to create the fund and endow the scholarship for the benefit of...
by bluegrassfound | Feb 28, 2022 | News
The IBMA Foundation is proud to host the Fletcher Bright Memorial Grant for Young Musicians. The Bright family of Chattanooga, Tennessee; Thomas J. Brown of Dalton, Georgia; and Barbara Martin Stephens of Madison, Tennessee made combined gifts of $29,000 in 2020 to...
by bluegrassfound | Feb 28, 2022 | News
Time is running out to purchase a ticket for a chance to win a very unique and historically significant custom banjo from the Pisgah Banjo Company! Raffle tickets for the March 6 live-streamed drawing on the Pisgah Banjo Company Facebook page are $20 each, and all...
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