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,...

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,...

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 spring,...

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 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...

After a pared-down but powerful virtual showcase during World of Bluegrass in 2020, the IBMA Foundation is pleased to announce the return of the live Bluegrass College Band Showcase, 8-11 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, October 1-2, in Raleigh, NC. The Youth Stage will...