Grand Master Fiddler Championship Crowns 2016 Master
The Grand Master Champion for 2016 is Maddie Denton of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Denton took home $1,200 in cash, a $500 gift certificate courtesy of D’Addario, a Grand Master Fiddler plaque, and will...
View ArticleRhiannon Giddens Wins Steve Martin Prize For Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass
Los Angeles, CA -- Critically acclaimed singer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter Rhiannon Giddens is the recipient of the seventh annual Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass....
View ArticleDonna Ulisse Named 2016 Songwriter of the Year
Donna Ulisse left Raleigh last week named the 2016 International Bluegrass Music Association's Songwriter of the Year. It is an award she had been nominated for the past four years in a row with 2016...
View ArticleBlue Highway's Wayne Taylor Newest Member of Virginia Country Music Hall of Fame
Chesterfield, VA -- Blue Highway's beloved bass player, songwriter, and vocalist Wayne Taylor was inducted into the Virginia Country Music Hall of Fame in a ceremony held on Saturday, October 8, in...
View ArticleNitty Gritty Dirt Band Nominated for Midsouth Regional EMMY
Nashville, TN -- For five decades, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band has remained one of the most iconic names in American roots music. With one foot planted in the traditions of country-folk and the other...
View ArticleDolly Parton Wins 8th Grammy Award with Pentatonix Collaboration
World-renowned singer/songwriter/entertainer Dolly Parton continues racking up the honors! In 2014, The Recording Academy inducted Parton's self-penned hit "Jolene" into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Now,...
View ArticleKen Irwin Honored with "Iconic Innovator" Award
Nashville, TN -- AirPlay Direct is honored to announce that Ken Irwin, Co-Founder of Rounder Records, has been honored with AirPlay Direct's "Iconic Innovators" Award - 2017. AirPlay Direct's "Iconic...
View ArticleKody Norris for Rural Roots Music Commission Bluegrass CD of the Year Award
The Rural Roots Music Commission was formed a number of years ago, in Iowa, to find a way to honor excelling recording artists who deal with traditional old-time music, and many other traditional rural...
View ArticleCoveted Brown Jug Award Goes to Legendary Fiddler Kenny Kosek
The Park Slope Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Jamboree's Brown Jug Award is the brainchild of James Reams, a bluegrass musician and bandleader for over 20 years, who conceived of it as a way to...
View ArticleRhiannon Giddens Awarded 2017 MacArthur Fellowship
Wednesday morning, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced that singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Rhiannon Giddens has been named a MacArthur Fellow. The MacArthur...
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