Billy Strings will go back to where it all began with his new album Me/And/Dad, a collaborative project between the young bluegrass star and his father, Terry Barber. The new project featuring country and bluegrass classics will be released Nov. 18 and includes two songs that were released today: “Long Journey Home” and “Life to Go.”
The traditional tune “Long Journey Home” shows off Strings’ lightning-fast picking as well as the harmonizing between him and Barber, who also plays guitar on the track. “Life to Go” is an acoustic...
The traditional tune “Long Journey Home” shows off Strings’ lightning-fast picking as well as the harmonizing between him and Barber, who also plays guitar on the track. “Life to Go” is an acoustic...
- 10/3/2022
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Billy Strings, Molly Tuttle, and Dolly Parton were among the names called when the 33rd annual Ibma Bluegrass Music Awards were announced on Tuesday in Nashville. Strings will compete in six categories, Tuttle in five, and Parton in two when the 2022 IBMAs are held Sept. 29 at the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Strings and Tuttle compete against each other in four categories: Guitar Player of the Year, Album of the Year, Instrumental Group of the Year, and the top prize of Entertainer of the Year.
Strings and Tuttle compete against each other in four categories: Guitar Player of the Year, Album of the Year, Instrumental Group of the Year, and the top prize of Entertainer of the Year.
- 7/26/2022
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Béla Fleck, the banjo visionary in groups like New Grass Revival and his own Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, will release his first bluegrass album in more than two decades. My Bluegrass Heart finds Fleck collaborating with a host of fellow pickers, including Molly Tuttle, Sierra Hull, and David Grisman. The musician previews the upcoming LP with “Charm School,” a thrilling eight-minute jam with Billy Strings and Chris Thile.
“’Charm School’ started out with a banjo tune in C, using loads of harmonics. ‘C harm.’ Get it?,” Fleck says in a statement.
“’Charm School’ started out with a banjo tune in C, using loads of harmonics. ‘C harm.’ Get it?,” Fleck says in a statement.
- 7/28/2021
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Nominations for the 32nd annual Ibma Bluegrass Music Awards were announced on Tuesday, with Balsam Range, Billy Strings, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Del McCoury Band, and the Po’ Ramblin’ Boys all vying for the Entertainer of the Year prize. The honors will be presented in person (after a virtual event in 2020) on September 30th at the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Balsam Range, a past Entertainer of the Year winner, scored nominations in several categories, including Vocal Group of the Year and Song of the Year (for “Richest Man”). Strings,...
Balsam Range, a past Entertainer of the Year winner, scored nominations in several categories, including Vocal Group of the Year and Song of the Year (for “Richest Man”). Strings,...
- 7/20/2021
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Brad Paisley knows the Grand Ole Opry has its ghosts, but March 21 felt downright eerie. There was no anticipatory murmur of excitement from fans filing into the Grand Ole Opry House that night. No curtain going up. No applause marking the moment the show began. Instead, Paisley and fellow Opry members Vince Gill and Marty Stuart sat on stools six feet apart and looked out at nearly 4,400 dark seats, a few cameras and fewer than 30 crew members, only a handful visible at any given time.
If an empty Grand Ole Opry House always feels a little haunted to Paisley, “it feels really haunted when there’s no one there but you know everyone’s listening.”
That Saturday, the Grand Ole Opry was televised live for the first time in nearly a decade, thanks to Circle, a TV network created as a joint venture between Ryman Hospitality Properties, which owns the Opry,...
If an empty Grand Ole Opry House always feels a little haunted to Paisley, “it feels really haunted when there’s no one there but you know everyone’s listening.”
That Saturday, the Grand Ole Opry was televised live for the first time in nearly a decade, thanks to Circle, a TV network created as a joint venture between Ryman Hospitality Properties, which owns the Opry,...
- 6/30/2020
- by Brian Mansfield
- Variety Film + TV
Nominations for the 31st annual International Bluegrass Music Association Awards were unveiled Friday in a live event broadcast on SiriusXM’s Bluegrass Junction channel, with an array of talent, from legends to newcomers, recognized in more than a dozen categories. Competition was so tight in the top-prize race this year that Entertainer of the Year features six nominees instead of the usual five.
Musicians vying for Entertainer of the Year are Balsam Range, Billy Strings, Del McCoury Band, Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver, Sister Sadie, and Special Consensus.
With their mention in the category,...
Musicians vying for Entertainer of the Year are Balsam Range, Billy Strings, Del McCoury Band, Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver, Sister Sadie, and Special Consensus.
With their mention in the category,...
- 6/26/2020
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
Sunday night's Grammy Awards had some of the fiercest competition in years, and music's biggest night saw more than a few deserving artists take home a trophy (or two). Not only were artists like Ariana Grande, Lizzo, and Billie Eilish all set to hit the stage, but they were also nominated for some of the top awards of the night.
In the end, Eilish took home a trophy for all four of the major awards, with artists like Lizzo, Tyler the Creator, Nipsey Hussle, and Lil Nas X nabbing their own awards. See which artists took home a gramaphone ahead!
Related: Hold On to Your Headphones: Here Are the 2020 Grammy Nominees
Record Of The Year
"Bad Guy," Billie Eilish
Album Of The Year
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, Billie Eilish
Song Of The Year
"Bad Guy," Billie Eilish
Best New Artist
Billie Eilish
Best Pop Solo Performance
"Truth Hurts,...
In the end, Eilish took home a trophy for all four of the major awards, with artists like Lizzo, Tyler the Creator, Nipsey Hussle, and Lil Nas X nabbing their own awards. See which artists took home a gramaphone ahead!
Related: Hold On to Your Headphones: Here Are the 2020 Grammy Nominees
Record Of The Year
"Bad Guy," Billie Eilish
Album Of The Year
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, Billie Eilish
Song Of The Year
"Bad Guy," Billie Eilish
Best New Artist
Billie Eilish
Best Pop Solo Performance
"Truth Hurts,...
- 1/28/2020
- by Mekishana Pierre
- Popsugar.com
Album of the year
?When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?,? Billie Eilish
Record of the year
?Bad Guy,? Billie Eilish
Song of the year
?Bad Guy,? Billie Eilish
Best new artist
Billie Eilish
Best rap album
?Igor,? Tyler, the Creator
Best rap performance
?Racks in the Middle,? Nipsey Hussle featuring Roddy Ricch and Hit-Boy
Best rap song
?A Lot,? 21 Savage featuring J. Cole
Best rap/sung performance
?Higher,? DJ Khaled featuring Nipsey Hussle and John Legend
Best RandB album
?Ventura,? Anderson .Paak
Best RandB song
?Say So,? Pj Morton featuring JoJo
Best RandB performance
?Come Home,? Anderson .Paak featuring Andr??3000
Best urban contemporary album
?Cuz I Love You,? Lizzo
Best pop vocal album
?When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?,? Billie Eilish
Best pop solo performance
?Truth Hurts,? Lizzo
Best pop duo/group performance
?Old Town Road,? Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus...
?When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?,? Billie Eilish
Record of the year
?Bad Guy,? Billie Eilish
Song of the year
?Bad Guy,? Billie Eilish
Best new artist
Billie Eilish
Best rap album
?Igor,? Tyler, the Creator
Best rap performance
?Racks in the Middle,? Nipsey Hussle featuring Roddy Ricch and Hit-Boy
Best rap song
?A Lot,? 21 Savage featuring J. Cole
Best rap/sung performance
?Higher,? DJ Khaled featuring Nipsey Hussle and John Legend
Best RandB album
?Ventura,? Anderson .Paak
Best RandB song
?Say So,? Pj Morton featuring JoJo
Best RandB performance
?Come Home,? Anderson .Paak featuring Andr??3000
Best urban contemporary album
?Cuz I Love You,? Lizzo
Best pop vocal album
?When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?,? Billie Eilish
Best pop solo performance
?Truth Hurts,? Lizzo
Best pop duo/group performance
?Old Town Road,? Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus...
- 1/27/2020
- GlamSham
Winners in the country music, Americana/roots, and bluegrass categories were announced during the Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony on Sunday afternoon.
Tanya Tucker won two awards, Best Country Album for While I’m Livin’ and Best Country Song for “Bring My Flowers Now.”
“After almost 50 years in this business, after many dreams, it’s still unbelievable to me that I’d still have a few firsts left. After 14 trips, 14 nominations, this is the first win,” Tucker said upon accepting the trophy for Best Country Song, which she shared with her co-writers Phil and Tim Hanseroth,...
Tanya Tucker won two awards, Best Country Album for While I’m Livin’ and Best Country Song for “Bring My Flowers Now.”
“After almost 50 years in this business, after many dreams, it’s still unbelievable to me that I’d still have a few firsts left. After 14 trips, 14 nominations, this is the first win,” Tucker said upon accepting the trophy for Best Country Song, which she shared with her co-writers Phil and Tim Hanseroth,...
- 1/26/2020
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Nominees for the 62nd Grammy Awards were announced Wednesday morning, with Tanya Tucker leading among country performers and Eric Church, Ashley McBryde, and Dan + Shay all picking up multiple nominations in the country categories.
Tucker’s 2019 album While I’m Livin’ was a big favorite for voters, earning the singer a Best Country Album nomination. The album’s centerpiece, “Bring My Flowers Now,” found its way into multiple fields, including Best Country Solo Performance and Best Country Song, a nomination Tucker shares with her co-writers Brandi Carlile, Tim Hanseroth,...
Tucker’s 2019 album While I’m Livin’ was a big favorite for voters, earning the singer a Best Country Album nomination. The album’s centerpiece, “Bring My Flowers Now,” found its way into multiple fields, including Best Country Solo Performance and Best Country Song, a nomination Tucker shares with her co-writers Brandi Carlile, Tim Hanseroth,...
- 11/20/2019
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
The 30th annual International Bluegrass Music Awards took place in Raleigh, North Carolina, Thursday night with Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers taking the top prize, Entertainer of the Year, with their very first nomination in that category. Mullins and band also shared the Collaborative Recording of the Year, for “The Guitar Song,” with Del McCoury, who adds to his already impressive tally of awards with a second win in the Album of the Year category for Del McCoury Still Sings Bluegrass.
Other first-time honorees include Vocal Group of the Year Sister Sadie,...
Other first-time honorees include Vocal Group of the Year Sister Sadie,...
- 9/27/2019
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
Singer-songwriter John Hiatt, whose songs have been recorded by a wide range of artists from Bonnie Raitt and Willie Nelson to Bob Dylan and Iggy Pop, will be honored next month by the performing-rights organization Bmi with the presentation of its Troubadour Award.
At the private ceremony in Nashville on September 9th — the week of the Americana Music Festival & Conference — Hiatt will become only the third such honoree of this particular award, after 2015 recipient Robert Earl Keen and John Prine, who received the award in 2018. The honor, according to a statement from Bmi,...
At the private ceremony in Nashville on September 9th — the week of the Americana Music Festival & Conference — Hiatt will become only the third such honoree of this particular award, after 2015 recipient Robert Earl Keen and John Prine, who received the award in 2018. The honor, according to a statement from Bmi,...
- 8/6/2019
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
One of the most awarded fiddle players in bluegrass, Michael Cleveland is joined by a staggering group of music legends on the forthcoming LP Tall Fiddler, out August 23rd. With Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, Del McCoury, Dan Tyminski, the Travelin’ McCourys, Tim O’Brien, Bela Fleck, guitarist Tommy Emmanuel, and Cleveland’s band Flamekeeper providing incendiary support throughout, the 11-time Ibma Fiddle Player of the Year unleashes a variety of styles, from high-energy instrumental jams to some mischievous Memphis rock and soul, courtesy of the John Hiatt classic “Tennessee Plates.
- 7/25/2019
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
Nominations for the 2019 International Bluegrass Music Association Awards were announced Wednesday morning. With a total of 24 nominations among them, this year’s nominees for the Ibma Entertainer of the Year are Balsam Range, Sam Bush Band, the Earls of Leicester, Del McCoury Band, and Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers. The winners in this and other categories, including Album of the Year, individual vocal and instrumental exellence, and Song of the Year (with a surprising seven nominees because of a tie) will be revealed at the 2019 International Bluegrass Music Awards on September 26th.
- 7/24/2019
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
Artists representing traditional, contemporary and boundary-stretching styles are among the list of this year’s nominees for the International Bluegrass Music Awards, announced today at a Nashville press conference. In another banner year for women in bluegrass, the top nominees, with an impressive six nods each, are fiddle-playing singer-songwriter Becky Buller, the first-ever woman named Ibma Fiddle Player of the Year in 2016, and Molly Tuttle, who in 2017 earned an Ibma honor as Guitar Player of the Year, the first female artist to win in that category.
Also recognized among the...
Also recognized among the...
- 7/25/2018
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
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