by bluegrassfound | Aug 1, 2021 | News
By: Anni BeachJames Reams of James Reams & the Barnstormers is a dear friend of Jam Pak, the weekly program in Chandler, Arizona, we organized to offer bluegrass lessons and jamming opportunities to kids, and he has been since we met him in 2012. He truly has a...
by bluegrassfound | Aug 1, 2021 | News
IBMA Foundation executive director Nancy Cardwell Webster is one of five individuals named as 2021 recipients of the IBMA Distinguished Achievement Award for significant contributions to bluegrass music. Plaques will be presented to recipients on Thursday,...
by bluegrassfound | Aug 1, 2021 | News
Congratulations to Heather Grimm, a PhD candidate in the interdisciplinary Theatre and Drama department at Northwestern University, who is the 2021 recipient of the IBMA Foundation’s Rosenberg Bluegrass Scholar Award. Grimm’s presentation, titled “Performing ‘Yes,...
by bluegrassfound | Aug 1, 2021 | News
Natalie Babbitt wrote in Tuck Everlasting: “The first week of August hangs at the very top of summer, the top of the live-long year, like the highest seat of a Ferris wheel when it pauses in its turning. The weeks that come before are only a climb from balmy...
by bluegrassfound | Jun 30, 2021 | News
Lillian Werbin is an active member of the IBMA Foundation’s Arnold Shultz Fund advisory committee and host of the video released earlier this year to promote the 2021 application deadline for Shultz Fund grants. Here’s Lily! Q: How did you get interested in bluegrass...
by bluegrassfound | Jun 30, 2021 | News
By Gary B. Reid The life of John Kaparakis was one of service to others. He proved that daily as a firefighter in Northern Virginia. He was passionate about his job. He was also passionate about bluegrass music, to which his sense of service extended as well. Renowned...
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