by bluegrassfound | Dec 1, 2022 | News
Thank you for your generosity this year. With your help, we are working together to make the future of bluegrass music brighter and share bluegrass with the next generation. With the year not quite over, this is the perfect time for reflecting and giving back—and...
by bluegrassfound | Dec 1, 2022 | News
Following is a report from Tom Wolf, bandleader and banjo player for the band Elephant Grass, based in Nairobi, Kenya. A cousin of bluegrass historian Neil Rosenberg, Wolf came to Kenya years ago with the Peace Corps and has ended up spending most of his life in...
by bluegrassfound | Dec 1, 2022 | News
The IBMA Foundation’s Arnold Shultz Fund supports activities that increase participation in bluegrass music by people of color. People of color are people with racial/ethnic backgrounds that are underrepresented in bluegrass: Black, Asian, Hispanic/Latino, Indigenous...
by bluegrassfound | Dec 1, 2022 | News
As the year draws to a close, IBMA, the IBMA Trust Fund and the IBMA Foundation request your help in a joint, year-end giving campaign. Your gift will: • help the International Bluegrass Music Association to empower bluegrass music on a global scale through programs...
by bluegrassfound | Dec 1, 2022 | News
The IBMA Foundation is proud to announce Bluegrass Stagecraft 101, a series of short skill-building videos. Free to the public via YouTube, the videos focus on behind-the-scenes roles in the bluegrass music industry. Produced by Stephen Ide and filmed at the 2022 Grey...
by bluegrassfound | Oct 31, 2022 | News
Some very famous people have died without a will—including President Abraham Lincoln, singer Aretha Franklin, the artist formerly known as Prince, and Swedish writer Stieg Larsson. It’s not just famous people who die before getting around to writing their wills....
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