Tag : IBMA

FESTIVALS

Scruggs Fest Announces 2026 Line-up

Nancy Posey
While addressing the 2026 Leadership Bluegrass class at Nashville’s CMA offices on T Tuesday, Claire Armbruster of Planning Stages Inc. alerted the participants of the pending announcement of the lineup for the Earl Scruggs Music Festival, to be held Labor Day Weekend (September 4–6) at the Tryon International Equestrian Center......
LIVE MUSIC REVIEW

Veelenturf Makes Cross-Europe Splash with Kristy Cox and Grasstime

Nancy Posey
As Kristy Cox and Grasstime made plans for a European tour that had been postponed since the pandemic, they had to work with all the moving parts of a touring band. The travel detailsβ€”plane, trains, and boatsβ€”were handled for them by Dave Byrne of My Grass Is Blue, but they......
INTERVIEWS

BECKY BULLER’S SINGLE RELEASE: ‘MILLWORKER’

Nancy Posey
Becky Buller is making up for lost time. In one weekend, the band played the Grand Ole Opry and a baptism by the river for bass player Daniel Harden’s church. While working on a Christmas album due out in December, she released a cover of James Taylor’s β€œMillworker.” A fan......
INTERVIEWS

JACKSON HOLLOW: WHO’S TALKING NOW?

Nancy Posey
Husband and wife Mike Sanyshyn and Tianna Lefebvre, who make up half of the Vancouver-based bluegrass band Jackson Hollow, both got started in the music business when they were young. Lefebvre was fifteen when she had her first recording session. Both were singing and entering contests but didn’t officially meet......
ALBUM REVIEWS

DARIN AND BROOKE ALDRIDGE: INNER JOURNEY

Nancy Posey
No one listening to the magical combination of Darin and Brooke Aldridge’s vocal performances should wonder why Brooke has been named IBMA’s female vocalist of the year three years in a row. In the same way that siblings often achieve β€œblood harmony,” these two play off each other’s voices in......