by bluegrassfound | Mar 6, 2026 | News
Dancing with the Spirit director Belle Mickelson writes, “My son Mike, Rion Schmidt (a banjo player from the Prince William Sound Native community), Josephine Malemute (Koyukon Athabascan guitar player), and I were just at Point Hope, Alaska January 3-10. The kids,...
by bluegrassfound | Feb 1, 2026 | News
August 23-28, Albany, New York The IBMA Foundation is pleased to announce that Bluegrass Hall of Famer Pete “Dr. Banjo” Wernick is offering a scholarship to his Silver Bay Bluegrass Camp August 23-28, 2026, as a donation to the Foundation. In its thirteenth year, the...
by bluegrassfound | Feb 1, 2026 | News
By Michael Stein The Arnold Shultz Foundation grant, “Finger Grass from the Serengeti Meets Kentucky” brings bluegrass music to African communities in Uganda. I’ve been teaching band to play a number of tunes via Zoom. They played a concert/jam session for the...
by bluegrassfound | Feb 1, 2026 | News
Back in the 1990s, Milton Harkey facilitated the Pizza Hut International Bluegrass Showdown on an international level. It was quite the adventure and it left a big mark on the genre of bluegrass music. Advance forward 35+ years: Harkey has decided to bring the...
by bluegrassfound | Feb 1, 2026 | News
The IBMA Foundation recently awarded $20,000 in project grants to 11 bluegrass programs in eight states plus Canada. The Bill Breen Bluegrass Youth Education Fund will support one-third of the amount awarded for project grants in 2026. “An impressive list of...
by bluegrassfound | Feb 1, 2026 | News
IBMA Foundation supporter Pete Wernick, of Niwot, Colorado, is known for his role (and rolls on the banjo) in the legendary band, Hot Rize. A long-time fan favorite with songs that have become standards in the genre, Hot Rize was inducted into IBMA’s Bluegrass Hall of...
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