AirPlay Direct Co-Sponsors IBMA Conference & IBMA Momentum Awards
Nashville, TN -- Robert Weingartz, Chairman & Creator of AirPlay Direct announced, “AirPlay Direct is proud of our on-going strategic partnership with the IBMA. We are excited about our previous...
View ArticleJoe Spann to Join International Bluegrass Music Association Staff
Nashville, TN - The International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) - the professional trade organization for the global bluegrass music community - announced that Joe Spann has joined the...
View ArticleAirPlay Direct's Industry Panel Presentation At IBMA
Nashville, TN -- This year at IBMA Business Conference 2015, on September 30th at 8:30am EST, AirPlay Direct will be presenting a 1 hour exclusive industry panel on “Who We Are”, “What We Do” and how...
View ArticleNu-Look for Nu-Blu in a Nu-Bus-Wrap that's Nu-for-You
Nashville, TN -- Bluegrass trend-setters Nu-Blu, will be hitting the road in their newly wrapped Peterson Tuners tour bus. The chrome-colored bus, cleverly nicknamed Lola, from the hit Barry Manilow...
View ArticleMountain Fever Records Signs Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice
Willis, VA -- Mountain Fever Records is proud to announce they have signed one of traditional bluegrass music's torch-bearers, Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice to their label. Sisk will begin work on...
View ArticleBMI Distributes Historic 75-Year High of $840 Million on $1 Billion Revenues
New York, NY -- Broadcast Music, Inc® (BMI®), the global leader in music rights management, today reported that it had achieved the highest revenues and royalty distributions in the Company’s 75-year...
View ArticleExecutive Director Paul Schiminger Explains the IBMA Awards Process
The new Executive Director for the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA), Paul Schiminger, has put together an educational video that explains the entire process for the association's annual...
View ArticleBirthplace of Country Music Receives Virginia Tourism Corporation Grant
Bristol, TN/VA -- Governor Terry McAuliffe announced that the Birthplace of Country Music (BCM) received $10,000 from the Virginia Tourism Corporation Marketing Leverage Program grant fund. In total...
View ArticleIs Broadcast Radio Fading Away -- Again?
I'm a lot like the many of the electronic generation today -- load up the MP3 player, CD Changer, and the Media Server and let MY music play MY way -- without any commercials and annoying talk. I just...
View ArticleHardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival Adopts Avid Everywhere
New York, NY -- AES (Booth #718) Avid® (Nasdaq:AVID) today announced that live sound company Sound on Stage and recording systems provider Diablo Digital turned to Avid Everywhere™ to help produce the...
View ArticleBluegrass Junction May Not Air Bluegrass Holiday Music
Recently there has been a lot of ruckus on Social Media, blogs and elsewhere regarding the on-air SiriusXM satellite broadcast of Bluegrass Junction being preempted for nine days while SiriusXM airs...
View ArticleBirthplace of Country Music and AirPlay Direct Ink Strategic Partnership
Nashville, TN -- AirPlay Direct is pleased to formally announce our new “Strategic Partnership” with the Birthplace of Country Music. The Birthplace of Country Music promotes and celebrates Bristol,...
View ArticleMountain Faith Signs with APA for Booking Representation
Nashville, TN -- APA is excited to announce the signing of family Bluegrass act Mountain Faith for booking representation. “Over the past fifteen years, Mountain Faith has become one of the most...
View ArticleNancy Cardwell to Represent Valerie Smith, Jesse McReynolds and Ray Cardwell
Working in conjunction with BuckleDown Productions owned by J. Gregory Heinike and Valerie Smith, Nancy Cardwell of Nashville, TN announced this week that she will be booking dates for 2016 and 2017...
View ArticleBlue Ridge Music Center Concert Attendance Increased in 2015
Galax, VA -- With the help of the National Park Service, donors, sponsors, and volunteers, the Blue Ridge Music Center experienced another fantastic season in 2015. More than 35,000 patrons visited the...
View ArticleNitty Gritty Dirt Band Joins Webster PR Roster
Nashville, TN -- The iconic and profoundly influential Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, often cited as a catalyst for an entire movement in country, rock and American roots music, joins Webster Public Relations...
View ArticleNu-Blu Kicking Off 2016 Tour After NAMM Show
Nashville, TN -- Nu-Blu, the fastest-growing act in bluegrass and Americana music, is kicking off 2016 with a blockbuster tour across North America, including a stop in Baja, Mexico. The group recently...
View ArticleEastman Guitars Endorses Singer-Songwriter Dave Adkins
Pomona, CA -- Eastman Handcrafted Guitars and Mandolins is proud to announce their endorsement of Singer-Songwriter Dave Adkins. “We are thrilled to welcome Dave Adkins into the Eastman family,” said...
View ArticleWilson Pickins BG Promotions Welcomes Tyler Williams Band
Wilson Pickins Bluegrass Promotions is proud to announce the addition of the Tyler Williams Band to our Artist lineup. Singer, songwriter Tyler Williams, born in central Ohio, is a young man with big...
View ArticleZack Autry Endorsed by Acclaimed Georgian Master Luthier Randy Wood
Every young professional musician hopes for a moment in their career when a personal feeling of accomplishment from something so unexpected, will seem to justify all of the hard work that is put into...
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