God Didn`t Choose Sides - International Bluegrass Music Association

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International
Bluegrass
Vol. 28, No. 3
March 2013
God Didn't Choose Sides
Brings True Civil War Stories to Life with Music
WORLD OF BLUEGRASS
Registration Starts March 1
HOW TO
Make Money
with YouTube
Steep Canyon Rangers
win GRAMMY
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International Bluegrass Music Assocation
Vol. 28 | No. 3 | March 2013
Cover story
4 | God Didn’t Choose Sides
by Derek Halsey
Features
8 | World of Bluegrass Ticket Sales, Registration &
Hotel Registration Kick off March 1
12 | How to Make Money from your YouTube Channel
by Erin Faith Humann
22 | Steep Canyon Rangers win
GRAMMY Award for Best Bluegrass Album,
New Music Educator GRAMMY Award Announced
NEWs
14 | Taylor Coughlin to Join IBMA Staff in March
15 | IBMA Offers Extremely Attractive
Liability Insurance Plan to Members
15 | Is your Membership Current?
Balloting for IBMA Awards begins in May
24 | Record Labels & Artists:
Is Your Album Eligible for This Year’s IBMA Awards?
25 | IBMA Announces Songwriter Showcase,
Deadline to Apply: May 1, 2013
Departments
14 | New IBMA Members
16 | Bluegrass Music Industry News
20 | Heard ‘Round the World
26 | Fresh Sounds in the World of Bluegrass
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Nancy Cardwell
Executive Director
Jill Crabtree
Member/Convention Services Director
Katherine Coe
Administrative/Media Assistant
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Editor: Nancy Cardwell
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Designer: Katherine Coe
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God Didn’t Choose Sides
by Derek Halsey
Interest in the Civil War, the most deadly
time in American history, ebbs and flows as
the years go by. As 2013 began, however, the
movie Lincoln became a hit around the world,
focusing new attention on the War Between
the States.
In February, Rural Rhythm Records introduced the first of a new series of Civil Warthemed albums called God Didn’t Choose
Sides. While the timing of the release may
seem opportunistic, this impressive project
was three years in the making.
What is special about the God Didn’t Choose
Sides album is that it is not a rehash of Civil
War-era songs, or even a collection of tunes
that were popular back in the 1860s. Instead,
it features an all-star cast of bluegrass
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musicians performing newly-penned
compositions based on true, well-researched
stories from that horrible conflict. The songs
reflect all sides of the War; some are about
those who fought for the South, some about
those who fought for the North, about slaves
who fought for freedom, and about unusual
characters who left their mark on the era.
The idea behind “God Didn’t Choose Sides”
came from Sam Passamano II, president of
Rural Rhythm Records. A Civil War history
buff, Passamano freely admits that this album
quickly took on a life of its own. As the venture
unfolded, great new songs written by inspired
songwriters appeared, and equally inspired
performances by the bluegrass community
flowed out during the recording process.
“When I decided to actually take a stab at
putting a Civil War project together, music-
wise, I was really open about it,” says
Passamano. “I thought, you know, there
have been so many movies and books and
records done on the generals, the politics
and the war, we need to come up with
something really unique and different. So,
one thing led to another, and I started
calling a lot of the songwriters that I thought
could help and contribute to the project. I
started getting songs (sent to me), and one
song in particular came my way from Paula
Breedlove and Brad Davis, and that was
‘The Legend of Jennie Wade.’ It immediately
clicked, ‘Ok. Why don’t we do a real album
of true stories about real people?’ That is a
different twist, and I think it is a lot more
compelling.”
“The Legend of Jennie Wade,” wonderfully
performed on the album by the Lonesome
River Band, is about a resident of
Gettysburg, PA, who was the beau of a
Union soldier named Jack Skelly. Skelly was
wounded in the Battle of Winchester (VA)
and while in the field hospital, he came
across an old friend of his, Wesley Culp,
who was fighting for the South. Skelly wrote
a letter to Wade and asked Culp to deliver it.
But, weeks later, Culp lost his life at
Gettysburg and his body was never
identified. Wade never learned of the letter,
and she never knew what happened to her
love Skelly. As she baked some bread for
the troops during the fight, with Culp and the
letter living out their fate somewhere nearby,
a bullet found its way through her doorway
and she became the only civilian to die at
the Battle of Gettysburg.
With an array of similarly intriguing songs
collected, the task of matching them with
the right musicians and singers was given to
the album’s producer, Steve Gulley.
“To put it bluntly, this took about two and a
half years of my life to put all of this together
and to make this record,” says Gulley.
“Between me and Sam, we really took the
time to make a wish-list of people that we
wanted on the record, and then find songs
that fit those people.”
This project became special to Gulley for a
lot of reasons.
“I was a History Major in college and I’ve
been a big Civil War buff and it was right in
my wheel house,” says Gulley. “I live in
Cumberland Gap, TN, where I was born and
raised, and I live here next to the National
Park. Nearby Kentucky was a border state,
and Virginia and Tennessee were
Confederate states. Yet, there were pockets
of Union resistance all up and down through
here. So, there are a lot of old stories about
people who would go up to a door in a
Confederate uniform, thinking everything
was cool, and somebody would meet them
with a shotgun and kill them. And, that may
be your relative.
“It was a crazy time,” continues Gulley.
“From a writing standpoint and a musical
standpoint, there are so many little stories
that get lost in the shuffle. That is one of the
main reasons that we made this record, to let
people know about real people who lived
day-to-day, not knowing if somebody was
going to come home or not. And, not
knowing who they were going to face, if it
was going to be a neighbor or relative on the
other side. Six hundred and thirty thousand
Americans lost their lives in that war. It is
staggering.”
The lead singers that bring these songs to
life include Gulley, Brandon Rickman,
Russell Moore, Dale Ann Bradley, Tim
Stafford, Ronnie Bowman, Rickey
Wasson, Dwight McCall, Bradley Walker,
Brad Gulley, Carrie Hassler, Marty
Raybon, Don Gulley, Vic Graves and the
standout newcomer Dave Adkins. The
backup musicians are a “Who’s Who” of
bluegrass session talent.
The songwriters include Gulley, Stafford,
Davis, Terry Foust, Ray Edwards and Mike
Evans. Writing or co-writing 10 of
the13songs on the album are Paula
Breedlove and Mark ‘Brink’ Brinkman.
One memorable song co-written by Breedlove and Brinkman is “Old John Burns,” a
true story about a feisty old timer in his
70s who snuck his way onto the Gettysburg battlefield, ready to fight for the Union
side.
“I really like ‘Old John Burns’ because I
think he was just an old coot,” says Brinkman, laughing. “His whole personality was,
’I’ve got my gun. Here’s my bullets. Let me
at it. I can still shoot.’ That type of thing. I
like the fact that when he was shot, and of
course he had his civilian clothes on, he
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told some Confederate soldiers that he was
just trying to get home to his wife. He was
actually brought to safety by some Confederate soldiers after getting shot by them. He
made up a story, with the irony of it being he
was shooting at Confederate soldiers, then he
got shot, and then he was saved by Confederate soldiers.”
There is a common theme that surfaces when
talking to the creatives that put together the
God Didn’t Choose Sides album, and that is
they believe this collaborative venture is
special, and will stand the test of time.
“I’ve been writing songs for 33 years and I
believe that when I am dead and gone, this is
the project that I want to be remembered by,”
says Breedlove. “They took each song and
matched it to an artist and every one of them
is a perfect fit. It is like it was just meant to be.
The other writers and I are thrilled with the
results. We’re really thrilled with the feedback
we’re getting about it. We’ve heard people
making statements about the album that are
so complimentary. I’m just amazed and so
happy that it’s doing so well. And, if anybody
wants to read about the stories in the songs
and get more information, the album has its
own website at goddidntchoosesides.com.”
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World of Bluegrass Ticket Sales,
Registration & Hotel Reservations Kick off March 1
Register before Securing Hotel Rooms
Register at ibma.org or by calling 1-888-GET-IBMA, and then make your hotel reservations!
Registration for IBMA’s World of Bluegrass Events and hotel reservations will open March 1,
2013, for bluegrass music’s annual industry gathering and family reunion in Raleigh, North
Carolina. The five-day event will feature the best in bluegrass networking, showcasing and
professional development, with lower prices across the board for all tickets and hotel rates.
Please call 1-888-GET-IBMA or go to www.ibma.org to purchase World of Bluegrass
Registration, IBMA Awards tickets and Wide Open Bluegrass weekend festival passes and
Showcase Passes—and then call or go online to make reservations in our hotel block with
discounted rates. We’ll be starting with four-night minimum stays at The Sheraton Raleigh Hotel
and the Raleigh Marriott City Center.
The business conference part of World of Bluegrass will feature new tracks for music
presenters, emerging bands and youth, along with expanded showcase opportunities and a
pro-active effort to reach out to new attendees in the roots music community, as well as local
bluegrass fans in the Carolina region.
The festival Friday and Saturday, Sept. 27-28 will be called “Wide Open Bluegrass” this year.
Attendees will hear bands that play full throttle, “wide open,” driving, traditional bluegrass
alongside edgy bands that draw from old-time string band, progressive, classical and jamgrass
influences.
The entire community in Raleigh is eagerly awaiting World of Bluegrass, and plans are in the
works already for banners in the street, fireworks, a North Carolina Pork Barbecue
Championship, a public street fair surrounding IBMA weekend events, presentations at local
schools, youth events, transportation options, music in local clubs and cafes, nearby camping…
and more.
World of Bluegrass 2013 will take place at the Greater Raleigh Convention Center, the Duke
Energy Center for the Performing Arts, and the Red Hat Amphitheater—all within easy walking
distance. Evening Showcases will take place at the Raleigh Convention Center and at several
venues in town (just blocks away, or a five-minute ride on the “R-Line” bus).
Call to reserve your place at IBMA’s World of Bluegrass 2013, today!
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World of Bluegrass Hotel Reservations
Open March 1
Once you’ve registered to attend World of Bluegrass at www.ibma.org or by calling
888-GET-IBMA, you’re going to need a hotel room! IBMA, in conjunction with the Greater
Raleigh Convention and Visitors Bureau, has put together a list of comfortable accommodations
with an affordable price range for you to choose from.
The two host hotels, the Raleigh Marriott City Center and the Sheraton Raleigh Hotel, are
connected to the main IBMA event venues. Additional overflow hotels are close by—accessible
by car or with a short ride on Raleigh’s free “R-Line” bus system.
Host Hotels
Raleigh Marriott City Center
Sheraton Raleigh Hotel
The Raleigh Marriott City Center boasts 400
sleeping rooms, including 20 suites. It also
features the award-winning Posta Tuscan
Grille, a Starbucks® coffee shop, retail space
and a pool. Approximately 900 parking spaces
are just below the Raleigh Marriott City Center,
with an enclosed connector to the Raleigh
Convention Center. IBMA discount rates are
available Sept. 22-29, 2013, and the cut-off
date for making reservations is Aug. 20, 2013.
The Sheraton Raleigh, located one block from
the Duke Energy Center for the Performing
Arts and across the street from the Raleigh
Convention Center, offers 353 guest rooms.
The hotel is within distance of several
restaurants and nightlife venues, and also the
State Capitol. Rates are available Sept. 21-30,
2013, and the cut-off date for making
reservations is August 22, 2013.
Distance to Raleigh Convention Center:
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To make your reservation online:
IBMA - Jamming & Non Jamming Rooms
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500 Fayetteville Street
919.833.1120 or 866.260.1270
421 S. Salisbury Street
919.834.9900 or 800.325.3535
Clarion Hotel State Capital
320 Hillsborough Street
919.832.0501 or 800.4CHOICE
Located in the heart of Downtown, and only
minutes away from the Raleigh Convention
Center, NCSU Campus, and Glenwood South
Entertainment District, the Clarion offers 202
guest rooms, the Top of the Tower Restaurant
and Lounge for visiting or jamming, complimentary on site covered parking, complimentary internet access, a 24 hour business
center, and exercise room. The hotel will be
newly renovated and open as a new Holiday
Inn by IBMA 2013.
Doubletree by Hilton Raleigh
Brownstone-University
1707 Hillsborough Street
919.828.0811 or 800.331.7919
Distance to the Raleigh Convention Center:
0.8 miles. Complimentary R Line Shuttle
service available (R Line stop is across the
street from the hotel).
Situated in the heart of the Cameron Village
shopping area only a short walk from over 60
retail stores, restaurants and entertainment
venues, the DoubleTree hotel enjoys suburban ambiance within a mile of downtown
Raleigh, NC and the Convention Center. New
guest rooms and suites offer complimentary
internet access, and the lobby has an atrium
fireplace, lounge seating and a multipurpose
library – all great spaces for jamming! There’s
also wireless HSIA in hotel public areas, a
24-hour Fitness Center, access to the YMCA
(with swimming pool) next door, the Harvest
Grille restaurant, and in-room dining. On-site
parking is complimentary.
IBMA Room Block, $85.00 per night
2.8 miles
Hampton Inn & Suites
Raleigh/Downtown
600 Glenwood Avenue
919.719.0619 or 800.HAMPTON
Just opened in January 2013, the Hampton
Inn & Suites Raleigh Downtown hotel is
located in the well-known Glenwood South
District of downtown Raleigh, full of fabulous
restaurants & nightlife. Free high-speed
internet access, and guests are invited to start
the day with Hampton’s free hot breakfast.
Self parking is across the street at a cost of
$6/day.
Hilton North Raleigh/Midtown
3415 Wake Forest Road
919.872.2323 or 800.HILTON
1.5 miles. Complimentary R Line shuttle
service is available. The R Line stop is one
block from the hotel.
The Hilton North Raleigh/Midtown hotel is
located just minutes from Downtown Raleigh,
North Hills Shopping Mall and is only 10-15
minutes to the Raleigh Convention Center.
Enjoy the complimentary airport shuttle
service to and from the airport and North Hills
Shopping center. IBMA visitors will find breakfast or Starbucks® coffee at Lofton’s Corner,
or unwind with friends in the casual restaurant,
Skybox Grill & Bar, which serves lunch and
dinner. Guest rooms offer internet access, and
complimentary parking is on-site.
4.7 miles
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Holiday Inn Express Raleigh
Southwest – NC State Hotel
3741 Thistledown Drive
919.854.0001 or 800.465.4329
Located just off I-40 at exit 295 and 15 minutes
from the Raleigh Convention Center, amenities
at the Holiday Inn Express Raleigh SW include
an indoor swimming pool, whirlpool and fitness
center. IBMA guests will enjoy the comfortable
public spaces and outdoor areas for jamming
as well as the sausage, bacon, eggs and our
signature cinnamon rolls at the complimentary
Express Start Breakfast.
5.2 miles
Red Roof Inn Raleigh Convention
Center NCSU
1813 S. Saunders Street
919.833.6005 or 800.874.9000
The Red Roof Inn is located two miles from the
Raleigh Convention Center just off I-40. When
IBMA arrives in September, the hotel will have
completed a complete renovation. Parking is
plentiful, on site and complimentary.
2.2 miles
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Travel by Air
Raleigh-Durham (RDU) International
Airport, located about 15 miles from
downtown Raleigh, serves Raleigh and
the Research Triangle Region of North
Carolina.
RDU currently offers more than 370
daily arrivals and departures on eight
major airlines and nineteen regional
carriers, with 40 other airports connected by 180 non-stop daily flights.
Arriving passengers find a variety of
transportation options, ranging from
SuperShuttle to airport taxis to rental
cars to buses and other transportation
services.
Raleigh-Durham (RDU)
International Airport
2400 John Brantley Blvd., I-40 Exit 284,
Morrisville 27560; 919.840.2123;
www.rdu.com
Getting Around Raleigh
One of the highlight attractions to
Raleigh is the ease of getting to and
around this great city!
While you are there - many attendees
will be able to see all that downtown
has to offer and never move their car
by riding the FREE downtown circulator
called the R-Line.
An eco-friendly approach to urban
transportation. This FREE circulator
service features hybrid electric buses
that will connect you to restaurants,
retail, entertainment venues, museums,
hotels, and parking facilities in downtown Raleigh. Buses run every 10-15
minutes, so you can make all the
attractions AND bluegrass action
around town.
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wfor Fun and Profit:
How to Monetize Your YouTube Channel
by Erin Faith Humann
The year 2005 marked several important world events. The Vatican lost a beloved Pope (John
Paul II), Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire was released on film, and three former PayPal
workers launched their interactive video-sharing website called YouTube.
Since its immediate boom in popularity and revenue, YouTube has started to share the monetary
love. In 2012, YouTube announced that anyone could start making money on their uploads,
given that the users haven’t violated any of the guidelines for monetization. Prior to 2012, only a
select few were allowed to monetize their videos on an invitation and application basis. Still,
even with those select few, word spread quickly that with the right amount of talent and fan
base, one could give up their day job for a career on YouTube.
YouTube celebrity Michael Buckley of the “What The Buck” show began his career in 2006 early
on in the YouTube history line. Buckley operates a celebrity gossip, news and entertainment
YouTube channel that reportedly brings in over $100,000 a year.
Jenna Mourey (aka Jenna Marbles) operates a self-named channel that went viral after the
release of her video “How To Trick People into Thinking You’re Good Looking.” While hilarious,
she is a little carefree with her vocabulary—you were warned. Jenna is doing something right
though, as her 49.3 million hits on this video alone was just the start for her online career.
Several reports have been published on how to make money on YouTube, making note of dollar
amounts per view. Since YouTube has partnered with Google AdSense, to actually get paid for
your monetized videos your channel has to reach an initial threshold. That being said, you may
not see immediate payouts large enough to run across town and hand in your notice. The loose
estimation is $2 per 1000 views. That may not seem like a lot, but when you decide to make a
career out of the internet, it takes time and patience. Remember “Too Good to Be True” offers
are usually just that.
In all the commentary from YouTube celebrity interviews there is a common theme: patience,
subscriptions and views. Michael Buckley is known to say that no matter how frustrated you may
get with “fans,” remember that “they’re strangers. They are Strangers.” It makes it less personal
when you realize there are a LOT of bitter YouTubers out there who just love to spread negativity on your website. Remember that for all those “haters,” there’s a wealth of positive viewers
who may benefit from what you have to offer.
To really earn money on YouTube, you as a user need to develop a weekly routine. Channels
that see the most income often only do one upload a week, BUT it’s consistent. After you’ve built
up a fan base, the subscribers actually look forward to upload day. Jenna Marbles, for example,
holds over 7 million subscribers and her channel has over 989 million views. Without taking the
complexity of AdSense into account, one could estimate by using the $2/1000 views formula
Jenna has earned nearly $2 Million since 2010.
So how does that apply to the entertainer or musician? Unless you’re filming your favorite feline
or teaching the world how to make a cake-pop, views can be a little difficult to come by for the
average band. Justin Beiber got his start on YouTube covering popular radio hits, yet for all his
millions and millions of subscribers Bieber didn’t see any profit off those videos due to
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YouTube’s strict copyright guidelines. This is helpful to the musician who actually writes his or
her own songs, but if you’re looking to be the next Beiber—video tape your cat instead. In 2010
YouTube released the following list of upload guidelines.
Examples of videos that could be eligible include:
• You filmed your cat and there is no background music.
• Your video contains royalty-free music, and you can prove commercial rights using direct links
to the song and applicable license.
• Your friend's band wrote and recorded a song for your video and states in writing that you can
use and make money from it.
Your video is not eligible if it contains content that you didn't create or get permission
from its creator to use. You need to be able to show written permission for the following
video elements:
• Audio: recorded music, live performances, cover songs, background music, etc.
• Visuals: images, logos, software, video game footage, etc.
• Any other content you don't own worldwide commercial usage rights to.
Examples of videos that are NOT eligible:
• Your video contains a song you purchased for personal use
(e.g., bought on iTunes or in a store), but you didn't obtain a commercial license.
• You found a video on the Internet and you cannot prove that it's in public domain.
• You are only singing words of your favorite copyrighted song.
• You have used content from someone else with permission, but you haven't yet received a
copyright notice on your video.
• You edit together or "mash-up" other works.
• You only use 30 seconds of a song or video clip.
• Your video does not provide proper attribution or credits as required by a license.
If you think you still have a product that can make money on YouTube, congratulations!
Creativity is a waning art and you should be heard. Here are some tips gathered from
celebrity interviews and YouTube partners:
• Marketing your channel: Don’t slow down because you never have enough subscribers.
Always make the same effort.
• Form close relationships with other YouTube personalities and users. Engage with other
members of the online community. It’s a “small world” and networking will go far in the
YouTube community.
• Don’t try to please the masses; make videos that you enjoy.
• If you have YouTube contacts, try to use them as mentors in some way. Try to team up with
high end Rewards Program partners and collaborate.
It’s entirely possible to make a living on YouTube, but one shouldn’t confuse the possible for the
practical. If you have a product, a band or a creative insight, experiment with a camera and
practice saying what you think YouTube should hear. Remember your first video will probably be
terrible, so watch it again, edit, watch it again, edit, etc. Remember to respect the YouTube
community guidelines as well as their copyright guidelines. Avoid rudeness to other users and
always remember the old adage that “Practice makes perfect.” It’s just like learning an
instrument. Your uploads will get better every time and hopefully you will see some financial
perks as well.
For more info: www.tinyurl.com/axha2vl
Taylor Coughlin to Join IBMA Staff in March
IBMA is pleased to announce that Taylor Coughlin will join the
IBMA Staff as Publications Editor/Special Projects Director
March 7.
Taylor is a proud Colorado native, with a background in
entertainment journalism, digital media, and content
management. Taylor graduated from the University of Colorado
at Boulder in 2011 with a degree in Broadcast News and a minor
in German. Her career started as an online content producer for
the NBC affiliate’s entertainment website, Metromix, in Denver.
Taylor then moved on to become a content manager for
Examiner.com, and not long after moved to Nashville to pursue
her dreams of working in “the biz.” Now as part of the IBMA
team, she says she is finally living the dream.
Bluegrass was always the perfect soundtrack for growing up in the mountains, which is a big
part of why Taylor says she feels so strongly about bluegrass music. Growing up, her voice
teacher was in a bluegrass band and she always had fondness for the banjo. When Taylor
began to actively explore different genres of music, she said, “bluegrass always stood out as
something special, because it truly is. In today’s busied world of over-production in music, she
believes the roots and traditions of bluegrass music to be refreshing, timeless, and important”
“We’re thrilled to welcome Taylor to the IBMA team,” said Executive Director Nancy Cardwell.
“In addition to her talents as a journalist and her bluegrass background, she has the IT and
project management skills we needed. We’re looking forward to bringing a fresh voice to IBMA
communications, as well as collaborating with another new staff person who will challenge us
creatively and bring some new expertise to the table.” Taylor will be managing content and the
overall direction of BluegrassNation.org, as well as editing IB, overseeing professional
development with webinars and World of Bluegrass sessions, and acting as staff liaison with
several IBMA committees.
Taylor is a dedicated runner and says she thrives on activity, sunshine, and live music. She
keeps a blog on running and music. She says she considers herself blessed to join the IBMA
team.
New IBMA Members
Ronald Ackerman, Jim Brock, Phyllis Buffaloe, Bruce Day, Richard Foley, David Henderson,
Tony Kamel, Tyson Laney, Sherry Meyers, Steve Nowell, Larry Smith, Nicole Taylor, Nika Taylor,
Natalie Taylor
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IBMA Offers Extremely Attractive
Liability Insurance Plan to Members
Festival season is upon us, which means it’s time for event producers to start thinking about
insurance for their upcoming events. Did you know that your IBMA membership gives you
access to an amazing Event Liability Insurance program? The program is offered through
SteelBridge Insurance Services and was specifically designed have affordable premiums along
with broad coverage and many coverage options.
The basic coverage provided in the program is General Liability. Simply put, General Liability
Insurance provides coverage for circumstances where the festival or event (including owners,
employees, volunteers, etc.) are legally responsible for injury to someone and/or damage to
someone’s property. For example if temporary fencing blows over and dents an attendees car
or injures the attendee, the festival producer would most likely be held responsible for those
damages and their General Liability policy would likely pay for the property damage or injury.
The program also provides coverages that are often excluded from other event liability policies.
These include Medical Expense which provides coverage for medical expenses associated with
minor injuries to volunteers or spectators and Non-owned Auto Liability, which provides excess
auto liability (above and beyond the coverage on the actual vehicle) for accidents associated
with vehicles you don’t own but are used on behalf of the event. Other important additions to the
program are coverage for Collapse of Temporary Structures and expanded coverage for Liquor
Liability.
Various coverage limits and options are available to meet the needs of your event. The program
has a simple online application process and you receive your insurance documents within 24
hours of making payment. Additional coverages event producers might want to purchase are
Weather Insurance, Event Cancellation coverage or coverage for Leased & Rented Equipment.
For more information visit www.steelbridgeins.com/IBMA or call SteelBridge at 888-647-4777,
and they will be happy to answer any questions you have about the program or insurance in
general. You can also visit the SteelBridge Blog at www.steelbridgeins.com/blog-0 for detailed
insurance information and risk management tips.
Is your Membership Current?
Balloting for IBMA Awards begins in May
Be sure your professional membership is current, in order to participate in the voting process for
IBMA Awards and help us recognize some of the genre’s best efforts for the year.
Please make a note of the following dates:
1st Ballot – International and paper ballots mail May 1, 2013
1st Ballot (Electronic) – Opens May 14 at 8 a.m. Central. Closes June 10 at 5 p.m.
2nd Ballot – Opens & mails July 9 at 8 a.m. Ballot closes July 31 at 5 p.m.
Press Conference Date – August 14, 2013 at Music City Roots in Nashville, TN
3rd Ballot – Opens & mails August 15 at 8 a.m. Ballot closes Sept. 9 at 5 p.m.
Recipients will be announced Sept. 26, 2013, at the International Bluegrass Music Awards,
hosted at the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts in Raleigh, NC.
Bluegrass Music Industry News
March 2013
Agents, Managers, PR
Ralph Stanley has signed with Moonstruck
Management for management and booking.
Headed by Josh Trivett and Peter Keiser,
Moonstruck has a client roster that also
includes Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out,
Lonesome River Band, Bobby Osborne &
the Rocky Top X-Press and the Sleepy
Man Banjo Boys, among others.
www.moonstruckmanagement.com
Industry and publicity executive Dixie Owen
launched All the BUZZ LLC, a Nashvillebased entertainment agency specializing in
public/ media relations and event
management in February.
http://www.AllTheBuzzLLC.com
The Darrell Web Band has signed with
Rock House Entertainment for publicity
and The Graham Talent Group for
management and booking. Check out
Darrel’s new video, “Pistol and the Pen”—
a commentary on suicide—at
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGn65GvxNv4
Artists & Composers
Congratulations to the following artists
whose music is topping charts at press time.
The Grass Cats
“The Mountains, My Baby and Me”
written by Russell Johnson & Rick Lafleur
Bluegrass Unlimited National Bluegrass
Survey and also the monthly
BluegrassToday.com chart
Balsam Range
Papertown, Mountain Home
Bluegrass Unlimited Top 15 Bluegrass
Albums Chart
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Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out
Timeless Hits from the Past: Bluegrassed
Cracker Barrel
Billboard Bluegrass Album Chart
Bluegrass Hall of Famer Doyle Lawson and
his band Quicksilver are offering pre-orders
of their new album, Roads Well Traveled, on
their website at www.doylelawson.com. The
album will be released in March.
Nancy Watson, daughter of Bluegrass Hall
of Fame member Doc Watson, is releasing a
4-CD set of stories and songs called
Milestones: Legends of the Doc Watson Clan
on April 30. “I’m so happy that my project is
finally seeing the light of day,” Nancy Watson
said. “I’m looking forward to inviting everyone
to be part of the family for a bit.”
Info: Erin Morris, Morris Public Relations,
erin@morrispr.biz
Byron Berline, Tommy Jackson, Curly
Lewis and Benny Thomasson were
inducted into the National Fiddlers Hall of
Fame in Tulsa Feb. 6. The organization has
been in existence since 2008, and their
mission statement is “to honor individuals for
their contributions to fiddling, to preserve,
educate and promote the art of fiddling and
its historical and social significance.”
www.nationalfiddlerhalloffame.org
Barry Crabtree has joined The James King
Band on banjo. www.thejameskingband.com
Congratulations to The SteelDrivers! Their
new album on Rounder Records debuted at
#1 on Billboard’s Bluegrass chart in February.
The Grascals performed Feb. 28 in
Camden, TN at an event to commemorate
the 50th anniversary of the plane crash that
killed Patsy Cline, Hawkshaw Hawkins,
Cowboy Copas and Randy Hughes. They
were joined by Bill Anderson, Jean Shepard,
Mandy Barnett and The American Three.
The Grascals appeared on the Feb. 27
episode of Marie, the television show hosted
by Marie Osmond on the Hallmark Channel.
If you missed it, you can view the video
here: www.hallmarkchannel.com
Flatt Lonesome has released their selftitled debut album on Pisgah Ridge
Records, a division of Mountain Home
Records. Winner of the 2012 SPBGMA
Band Championship, Flatt Lonesome
features siblings Kelsi, Charli and Buddy
Robertson along with Paul Harrigill (Kelsi’s
husband) and friends Dominic Illingworth
and Michael Stockton. FlattLonesome.com
Becky Buller is the new fiddler with Darin
and Brooke Aldridge.
www.darinandbrookealdridge.com
Joe Mullins and the Radio Ramblers
welcome guitarist Duane Sparks to their
group. They will perform at a benefit concert
for the Centerville Alternative Strings
Program in Centerville, OH March 9.
Info: 937-439-3500, ext. 3619.
www.radioramblers.com
The WBT Briarhoppers have a new video
at www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFYScqadMTI
An album release concert for God Didn’t
Choose Sides: Civil War True Stories
about Real People (Rural Rhythm) was
held Feb. 22 at the Sam & Sue Mars
Performing Arts Center of the Duke Hall of
Citizenship at Lincoln Memorial University in
Harrogate, TN. LMU and the Abraham
Lincoln Library and Museum were also
involved as sponsors. The concert featured
Steve Gulley, Dale Ann Bradley, Marty
Raybon, Carrie Hassler, Brad Gulley, Tim
Stafford, Dave Adkins and the Gap Creek
Quartet, backed by Sierra Hull, Jason
Burleson, Brandon Godman, Phil
Leadbetter, Bryan Turner and Debbie
Gulley, with Mark “Brink” Brinkman
providing a songwriter segment.
The Lonesome River Band is currently
touring in California and Arizona. They are
also profiled in the first issue of the new
music magazine, LargoUmbra.
Award-winning mandolinists Alan Bibey and
Wayne Benson have released a new album
of mostly instrumental music called The
Mandolin Chronicles, to be released March
12. Alan and Wayne wrote six of the tunes.
Their pal Russell Moore sings lead on the
single vocal, “Another Night.”
www.pinecastlemusic.com
Thanks to IBMA member Betty Wheeler,
for posting photos from the Mike Auldridge
tribute concert at the Birchmere in D.C.
February 19 at www.tinyurl.com/bssrgfu.
Kathy Mattea has a new video from her
latest Sugar Hill release, Calling Me Home.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr3I2Tj8ZFI
The Austin-based band, Wood & Wire
released their self-titled debut album Feb. 5.
The band features Tony Kamel on guitar,
Matt Slusher on mandolin, Dom Fisher on
bass, and Trevor Smith on banjo.
www.woodandwireband.com
Actor/entertainer Randall Franks made a
special cameo appearance in the children’s
adventure, “The Solomon Bunch,” released
Feb. 5 to DVD and digital download. Randy
plays Edgar Albert, a musical savant who
plays the fiddle. www.randallfranks.com
Congratulations to Monroe Crossing, who
played Carnegie Hall in New York City Feb.
18, performing Carol Barnett’s “The World
Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass” with a 250-voice
chorus. www.dcinv.org
James Reames & the Barnstormers will be
touring in California in March, playing the
21st Annual Redwood Bluegrass Associates
Concert Series March 9 in Mountain View,
CA. they will perform March 10 in Sebastopol, CA at the Sonomoa County Bluegrass
and Folk Festival. www.jamesreams.com
Fiddler player and singer-songwriter Laura
Cortese, known for her work with Uncle
Earl, Pete Seeger, Band of Horses and
more, will debut her new album in April.
Brittany Haas, Natalie Hass, Hanneke
Cassel, Mariel Vandersteel and Valerie
Thompson back her up.
www.thisislauracortese.com
Si Kahn has a new CD coming out titled
Aragon Mill: The Bluegrass Sessions. He
recorded it last May in Germany with the
German bluegrass band, The Looping
Brothers. www.sikahn.com
Association News
Dan Daniel is the new president of SEBA,
the Southeastern Bluegrass Association.
New board members for the Bluegrass
Music Association of Maine include Kathy
Scott, Richard Bicknell, Beth Revels, Bill
Umbel, Robert Stackhouse, Jim Chard,
Gene Rumery, Glenn Bowman (chair), Patti
Smith (treasurer), Margaret Riggin
(secretary), George Scott (VP) and Deb
Burdin (President). Info:
www.mainbluegrass.org
The Appalachian Cultural Music
Association announces a new musical
gathering for bluegrass, old time and
Americana musicians and fans to be held at
the Wytheville Meeting Center April 12-13,
The purpose of the “ACMA Blue Ridge
Acoustic Uprising” is to provide an avenue
for the new group to celebrate, promote and
recognize bluegrass, old time, gospel,
classic country and Appalachian style music
through an annual gathering in the heart of
the Blue Ridge Mountain region.
www.acousticuprising.com
Broadcasters
“A Prairie Home Companion” with
Garrison Keillor focused on the banjo for
their Feb. 23 show, broadcast live from the
stage of the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul,
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MN. Noam Pikelny, Joe Newberry, Suzy
Bogguss, Bill C. Malone and Bill Evans were
featured—with Noam, Joe and Bill on the
five(s). www.prairiehome.puclicradio.org.
Check out video from the show at this link:
prairiehome.publicradio.org/programs/2013/02/23
Event Producer News
IBMM will feature the following artists
onstage at ROMP June 27-29: Merle
Haggard, David Grisman Sextet, Del
McCoury Band, Doyle Lawson &
Quicksilver, Sam Bush Band, Punch
Brothers, Carolina Chocolate Drops,
Leftover Salmon, The Deadly Gentlemen,
The SteelDrivers, Della Mae, G2, Town
Mountain, The Spinney Brothers and many
more! www.rompfest.com
Club Passim in Cambridge, MA will hold
their first bluegrass festival the weekend of
April 13-14. Featuring short sets by emerging
and established bluegrass artists and bands,
workshops, a headliner or two, and a film
screening, the event will draw heavily on
local talent in the thriving Boston stringband
scene. www.passim.org
The 26th Old Settler’s Music Festival in
Austin, TX will feature Russell Moore & IIIrd
Tyme Out, Della Mae, Jerry Douglas, Peter
Rowan’s Twang an’ Groove, MilkDrive, Leftover Salmon and many more on April 18-21.
Silver Dollar City has announced the line-up
for their May 9-27 Bluegrass & Barbecue
Festival in Branson, Mo. Headliners include
The Grascals, The Gibson Brothers, Blue
Highway, Doyle Lawson, Darin & Brooke
Aldridge, The Kruger Brothers, Rhonda
Vincent and more. www.silverdollarcity.com
Going to MerleFest April 25-28 in
Wilkesboro, NC? The line-up includes The
Avett Brothers, Sam Bush, Chatham County
Line, The Charlie Daniels Band, Jerry
Douglas, The Kickin Grass Band, The Kruger
Brothers, Jim Lauderdale, the Nitty Gritty Dirt
Band, The Quebe Sisters Band, Red Molly,
the Peter Rowan Band, the Snyder Family
Band, Rhonda Vincent & the Rage, Pete &
Joan Wernick and more. www.merlefest.org
Song of the Mountains in Marian, VA will
feature the talents of The Kruger Brothers,
Nathan Stanley, Mark Newton & Steve
Thomas, and Paula Dellenback & West
Wind on March 2. On April 6 The Grascals,
the Easter Brothers, Whitetop Mountain
Band, and Jonathan Buckner & Chosen
Road will appear. songofthemountains.org
The 23rd Annual Bluegrass Music
Festival presented by the Thousand Islands
Bluegrass Preservation Society in
Lafargeville, NY will take place June 7-8.
Bill Knowlton will be the master of
ceremonies, and the line-up will include
Remington Ryde, The Grass Cats, Spare
Change, Blue Country, Al & Kathy Bain,
Louis Setzer & the Appalachian Mountain
Boys, the Foggy River Band and more.
www.thousandislandsbluegrass.com
The line-up for Lil John’s Mountain Music
Festival has been announced, for the May
23-25 event in Snow Camp, NC: Dailey &
Vincent, Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out,
Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper, James
King Band, Marty Raybon & Full Circle, Joe
Mullins & the Radio Ramblers, Little Roy &
Lizzy, Ronnie Reno & the Reno Tradition,
Darrell Webb Band and more.
www.littlejohnsmountainmusic.com
Bluegrass on the Plains will be held May
29-June 2 in Auburn, AL. Headliners include
The Isaacs, Rhonda Vincent, Dailey &
Vincent, Balsam Range, Little Roy & Lizzy
and more. www.bluegrassontheplains.com
Congratulations to our friends at Bluegrass
Underground at Cumberland Caverns
(McMinnville, TN), who won an Emmy
Award for Lighting design at the 27th Annual
Mid South Emmy Awards in Nashville in
January. www.bluegrassunderground.com
Luthiers & Merchandisers
Oasis Disc Manufacturing produces Zero
Carbon Digipaks, CD packages made from
100% recycled water bottles.
Info: www.OasisCD.com
Over Jordan (sources: Bluegrass
Unlimited, Oregon Bluegrass Association)
Old-time square dance caller, mentor and
beloved musician Bill Martin died Sept. 7 in
Portland, Oregon after a long battle with
multiple myeloma. In the late 1990s and early
2000s Martin endeared himself to local
musicians by hiring them to play his square
dances. In 1999 Martin (also known as King
Bubba) co-founded the Portland Old-Time
Music Gathering, still an annual January.
Martin is credited with laying the foundation
for Portland to become a haven for a significant old-time music and dance revival. While
undergoing treatment at The Hopewell House
in Portland, Martin hosted “Bubbafest,” drawing 70 musicians and dancers to the facility.
Info: www.bubbaguiar.com
Robert Schacht, 69, a founding member of
the Colorado band Front Range, passed
away Dec. 20 in Flagstaff. Bob grew up in a
musical family in Wisconsin, and he enjoyed
playing bass and singing tenor with church
groups. After moving to Hawaii, he helped
form the non-profit organization Bluegrass
Hawaii.
John Shuffler, 81, younger brother of
George, passed away Dec. 21 in Morganton,
NC. John and George Shuffler brought a
unique style of walking bass to bluegrass
music. John learned to play at age 12, working in George’s band. In 1951 he joined the
Stanley Brothers for a few months, and when
he left to serve in the military George took his
place. He rejoined the Stanleys in1953,
recording four songs for the Mercury label:
“A Voice from on High,” “Dickenson County
Breakdown,” “Poison Lies,” and “I Long to
See the Old Folks.” John played weekends
for 10 years with L.W. Lambert’s band near
Statesville, and he also worked with Jim
Shumate. In the late ‘80s he formed his
own band and he recorded on Steve Kilby’s
CD, Plain & Fancy in 2000.
Dreadnoughts Unlimited is accepting
applications for scholarships to Steve
Kaufman Acoustic Kamps this summer in
Maryville, TN. Request an application from
Harry Moore at harrymoore8@gmail.com or
dreadnoughtsunlimited@gmail.com.
Print, Media & Education
Record Labels & Publishers
Pete “Dr. Banjo” Wernick and Joan
Wernick will host their first Europe Jam
Camp in Prague, Czech Republic on March
22-24. More jam camps will be hosted this
year in Boulder, at MerleFest, at the
Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival, and at the
Lighthouse Bluegrass Festival in BC,
Canada. Pete also reports that Hot Rize
will play some reunion shows this summer
at the Gettysburg and Telluride Bluegrass
Festivals, plus their first show in many
years in Pete’s home town, Ithaca, NY.
Hot Rize will be recording an album of new
material in June. www.drbanjo.com
Mountain Fever Records announce new
recordings coming soon from The Spinney
Brothers, Hammertowne, Jett’s Creek,
Grasstowne, The Expedition Show and
The Churchmen. www.mountainfever.com
Fiddle instructor Megan Lynch has
updated her website at www.fiddlestar.com.
Aspiring fiddlers should go check it out!
ArtistWorks, the leading provider of
interactive online music lessons,
announced record growth in 2012, more
than doubled revenue and increased
membership by 77% during the period.
The number of their online schools has
increased from 12 to 24. Congratulations,
guys! www.ArtistWorks.com
Bill Burlingame, Ph.D. has created a new
bluegrass calendar featuring historic
photos from his personal collection. It’s
titled “Bluegrass: The Early Years.”
Info: wvb5@bellsouth.net
The Cowan Creek Mountain Music
School, June 35-38, in Whitesburg, KY, will
offer a week of lessons on banjo, fiddle,
lead guitar, mandolin, mountain dulcimer,
harmony singing, old time string band, and
Kids on the Creek—an arts & music class
for children 5-10 years old.
www.cowancreekmusic.org
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The next Daughters of Bluegrass project
from Good Home Grown Music, Pickin’ Like
a Girl, debuted Jan. 30-Feb. 3 on Sirius-XM
with Kyle Cantrell. The 4-CD set features the
bluegrass talents of 133 women from across
the U.S. and around the world.
Heard ‘Round the World
Sources: Bluegrass Europe Magazine,
Richard Hawkins of the European
Bluegrass Blog
The European Bluegrass Music
Association will host the 5th European
Bluegrass Summit on the weekend of 15–17
March 2013. The event will take place in
Prague and will be held under the auspices
of the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech
Republic.
The summit is open to all, professionals and
non-professionals, members and nonmembers of the European or other national
associations, who think they may benefit
from sharing ideas and best practices with
like-minded people doing similar work in
other countries. This includes fans,
musicians, promoters, journalists,
webmasters, national association reps, and
anyone else with a personal, professional, or
organizational interest in bluegrass in
Europe. Info: www.ebma.org
More than 320,000 people have seen a
movie in Belgium which features bluegrass
music in its plot and soundtrack. A Broken
Circle generated a “Broken Circle Band”
tour, and the movie has also been released
in German in Germany, Austria and
Switzerland.
Jussi Syren & the Groundbreakers
(Finland) are featured on the cover of the
current issue of Bluegrass Europe magazine.
“We’ll stay close to the mic, sing our hearts
out and keep the energy and drive in our
music,” Jussi promises.
Lilly Drumeva, bandleader of Bulgaria’s Lilly
of the West band, has been awarded a
Fulbright scholarship to pursue research in
the field of bluegrass music in the United
States. Drumeva will be in the States from
August – November, and she will compile her
studies into a book afterwards. The volume
will be the first book in Bulgarian about bluegrass music.
Gifted writer and historian Richard Hawkins
retired Feb. 15 from editing the Bluegrass
Ireland Blog. Ray O’Brien of Waterford City
has set up a “Bluegrass in Ireland” Facebook
page at facebook.com/BluegrassIreland.
Richard, we appreciate your work over the
years—in both print and blog formats. Ray,
we’ll see you on Facebook!
Richard Hurst of the Ulster American Folk
Park, Omagh, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland,
announces that the lineup for this year's 22nd
Annual Appalachian & Bluegrass Music
Festival (Fri. 30 Aug.-Sun. 1 Sept. 2013) will
include the Lonesome River Band, Cedar
Hill, Lynda Dawson & Pattie Hopkins of
Kickin’ Grass, Rawhide, The Jaywalkers,
Southern Tenant Folk Union, plus Irish
bands Woodbine, The Broken String Band,
Northern Exposure, Tupelo, Well Enough
Alone, and the Down and Out Bluegrass
Band. www.nmni.com/uafp
Thanks to Dagfinn Pedersen of the
Norwegian Bluegrass Music Association and
the EBMA board, for this news of a new CD
project in Norway, being released 23 March
2013: Audun Haugeplass, former vocalist
and bass player of the Holstein United
Bluegrass Boys, is releasing his first solo
album, On Rocks and Earth, on the folk music
record label Kyarts..
Three months ago it was announced that the
Athy Bluegrass Festival, founded in 1991
and thus Ireland's oldest annual bluegrass
event, would no longer be held. Tony
O'Brien, organizer of the festival since 1997,
announces the Athy town council has intervened to give financial support to the event.
This means that the 23rd Athy Bluegrass
Festival will be held on the weekend 12-15
July 2013 in the Athy GAA Centre, Dublin
Road, Athy, Co. Kildare.
www.athy-bluegrass.com
The members of Della Mae have made a
considerable impact with their “Bluegrass on
the Silk Road” tour of South and Central Asia,
part of the US State Department's American
Music Abroad program. Paul S. Rockower,
communications director for American Voices,
an associate of the program, has written an
article, “American Music Abroad cultivates
next generation of voices,” which appeared in
the Washington Diplomat recently. He also
travelled with Della Mae on the tour, and
describes the opening show at the all-female
Fatima Jinnah University in Islamabad, Pakistan: “Della Mae's presence on campus was
akin to that of the Beatles or the Rolling
Stones — students at the country's first
female university were so excited to hear the
female bluegrass band that they literally tore
the doors off the hinges of the theater to get in
on the sound check warm-up.”
“We've never played for crowds so excited
and enthused to hear live music,” said Della
Mae fiddler Kimber Ludiker. Read the full
article here: www.tinyurl.com/ar87jjy
The 14th Spring Bluegrass Festival takes
place in the Swiss Agricultural Museum in
Alberswil, next to Willisau, Canton Lucerne,
Switzerland, on 18 May 2013. The bands
appearing on two stages at the all-day event
will include: Junior Sisk & Ramblers
Choice, Growling Old Men, Rawhide,
De Stroaklinkers, Rick Harris, Field &
Thompson, Sunny Mountain Grass.
Steep Canyon Rangers Win GRAMMY Award for
Best Bluegrass Album
Nobody Knows You (Rounder) from The
Steep Canyon Rangers was named Best
Bluegrass Album at the 55th Annual GRAMMY
Awards, held Feb. 10 in Los Angeles.
McCoury Band and David Grisman Sextet,
the Mountain Song at Sea Bluegrass
cruise brings the group’s annual Mountain
Song Festival to the high seas.
This is the band’s first GRAMMY win and their
second nomination. They were nominated in the
same category at the 2012 ceremony for their
album Rare Bird Alert, a collaboration with
Steve Martin.
Coming off their GRAMMY win the band
will continue touring extensively, including
stops at MerleFest and Telluride Bluegrass
Festival. They will also be performing
multiple shows with Steve Martin, joined
on select dates by singer/songwriter Edie
Brickell, including appearances on The
Late Show with David Letterman (April
23), The View (April 24) and Late Night
with Jimmy Fallon (May 6).
The band’s GRAMMY win comes less than a
week after they disembarked from their
inaugural floating bluegrass festival, Mountain
Song at Sea. Featuring performances from
groups such as Punch Brothers, The Del
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Congratulations to Stuart Duncan,
Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile and Yo Yo Ma,
who took home GRAMMY Awards for
Best Folk Album and Best Engineered
Album, Non-Classical for their recording, The Goat Rodeo Sessions (Sony
Classical).
Kudos also for our banjo-playing friends,
the folk rock band Mumford and Sons,
who claimed GRAMMYs for Album of
the Year and Best Long Form Music
Video for Babel (Glassnote) and “Big
Easy Express.”
New Music Educator
GRAMMY Award
Announced
SCR will begin recording their next album at
Levon Helm Studios in late February with Larry
Campbell producing. Campbell is a three-time
GRAMMY award-winning producer and currently
serves as musical director for the Levon Helm
Midnight Ramble concerts. He has produced for
artists such as Helm, Bob Dylan, B.B. King and
Sheryl Crow, as well as toured as a multiinstrumentalist with Helm, Dylan and Buddy
Miller.
The Steep Canyon Rangers are Mike
Guggino (mandolin), Charles Humphrey III
(bass), Woody Platt (guitar), Nicky Sanders
(fiddle) and Graham Sharp (banjo). The group
first formed during their college days at the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Ten
years later, the band has only deepened their
commitment to roots music performing with
fierce instrumental prowess, but also providing
deeply moving songwriting and harmonies,
infusing traditional bluegrass with contemporary
themes and arrangements.
Neil Portnow of The Recording Academy
has announced a new Grammy Award for
2014, the Music Educator Award. “This
new award is an opportunity for us all to
recognize that behind many performers
stands a music teacher who provided the
inspiration and motivation to pursue the
passionate call of music,” Portnow says.
“These teachers, who are responsible for
so much of the great work being done by
musicians today, operate behind the
scenes, sometimes against tremendous
financial and political odds, to ensure that
everyone who wants the opportunity to
learn to play or sing or compose, gets
that chance.”
Academy members are invited to go to
www.grammymusicteacher.com to submit
an application. The bluegrass world has a
number of wonderful educators doing
good work. Here’s our chance to shine
the spotlight on them and our genre.
Attention Record Labels & Artists:
Is Your Album Eligible for This Year’s IBMA Awards?
All professional members of IBMA will receive the first ballot for the International Bluegrass
Music Awards in late May. A reference list of recordings reported to have been released during
the eligibility period for this year’s awards, will be available at www.ibmaawards.org or mailed
upon request.
IBMA compiles this information for members who may not be familiar or have access to actual
release dates of the recordings. Once again, we are requesting the help of record companies,
artists and producer members in compiling the list.
To include a project on the reference list send the following information in writing for each
recording:
• Recording Title
• Featured Artist/Group
• Record Label
• Catalog Number
• Commercial Release date (month/day/year recording was first made available to consumers)
To be eligible for the 2013 International Bluegrass Music Awards to be presented on September
26, 2013 in Nashville, TN, a recording project must have had its first commercial release
between April 1, 2012 and March 31, 2013. Since IBMA will establish the Eligible Recordings
List before the first ballots are printed and mailed, your information must be received at the
IBMA office in Nashville no later than May 1, 2013.
Even if you have sent IBMA information on recordings during the past year for review in the
newsletter, please supply this specific information again, since prior info may not have established an exact release date. Because this reference list will probably not contain every
recorded project released during the eligibility period, IBMA members are not limited to titles on
the list when making their nominations. Any necessary updates will be made to the list of eligible
recordings posted on the website.
Send information before May 1, 2013 to: katherine@ibma.org or to IBMA Awards Eligibility
List, 608 Iris Drive, Nashville, TN 37204. IBMA reserves the sole and exclusive right to make
eligibility determinations and may require additional information from candidates and/or their
representatives in order to make such determinations.
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IBMA Songwriter Showcase Announced
Deadline to Submit a Song: May 1, 2013
Have you written a new song that the bluegrass industry needs to hear? IBMA will host a
Songwriter Showcase to feature the work of 10 selected songwriters during the World of
Bluegrass Business Conference to be hosted in Raleigh, NC Sept. 24-28. The exact date and
time of the Songwriter Showcase will be announced in a future issue of International Bluegrass
and also at www.ibma.org.
The IBMA Songwriter Showcase is not a contest. Its purpose is to present new, original bluegrass songs to artists, producers and labels looking for new material, as well as to other industry
reps in the audience. Both veteran and novice songwriters are invited and encouraged to submit
songs. Songwriters who presented original material at past IBMA Songwriter Showcases are not
prohibited from submitting a CD again for this year, but they should present a different song.
IBMA Songwriter Showcase Application Procedure:
Submit a CD of one original song to: IBMA Songwriter Showcase; 608 W. Iris Drive, Nashville,
TN 37204 OR email an mp3 file with lyrics in a Word document to nancyc@ibma.org.
Deadline: May 1, 2013
CDs will not be returned. It is not necessary to submit a highly produced song demo. A vocal
with a guitar is fine. Please send five copies of your song lyrics if you mail a package. There is
no form to fill out or application fee to submit a song for consideration, but be sure to include
your contact info: name, address, telephone & email address.
Selection Criteria:
Songs must be…
• Original works OR co-written by the person who submits the CD/file
• Unpublished OR not previously recorded by a major bluegrass artist or a major artist from
another genre.
Songs will be chosen on the basis of their…
• Representation of the bluegrass genre
• Potential appeal (Are they likely to draw the interest of recording artists and to get airplay by
bluegrass broadcasters?)
• Quality of work (lyrics, melody)
• Entertainment value.
If you have additional questions, contact Nancy Cardwell at the IBMA office: (615) 256-3222,
nancyc@ibma.org.
Fresh Sounds in the World of Bluegrass
March 2013
Flatt Lonesome
Flatt Lonesome
Pisgah Ridge
www.crossroadsmusic.com
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Dave Adkins & Republik Steele
That’s Just the Way I Roll
Rural Rhythm Records
www.RuralRhythm.com
Buddy Griffin & Ashley Messenger
as Retro & Smiling
Get Ready
www.retroandsmiling.com
Darin & Brooke Aldridge
Live at Red, White and Bluegrass!
Mountain Home
www.crossroadsmusic.com
Carl Jackson
Grace Notes
Voxhall Records
info@voxhallrecords.com
Alan Bibey & Wayne Benson
The Mandolin Chronicles
Pinecastle Records
www.pinecastlemusic.com
Kathy Kallick Band
Time
Live Oak
www.kathykallick.com
Josh Driskell Hopkins
& Balsam Range
Daylight
www.JohnDriskellHopkins.com
Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice
The Story of the Day That I Died
Rebel Records
www.rebelrecords.com
IB
Vol. 28, No. 3
March 2013

God Didn`t Choose Sides - International Bluegrass Music Association

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