New duo Dailey & Vincent dominated the International Bluegrass Music Association awards Thursday, winning entertainer of the year, album of the year, vocal group, emerging artist and gospel recorded performance.

The Steeldrivers perform at the International Bluegrass Music Association awards in Nashville, Tenn., Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008.
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Nashville, TN -- Dan Hays, executive director for the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) announced that the 2008 week-long bluegrass music trade show, convention, awards show and fan fest was another great success for the organization. Hays noted, "IBMA's World of Bluegrass attracted 19,546 (the fourth highest ever) from all over the globe to make Nashville "Bluegrass Music City" from September 29 to October 5. The week included the bluegrass music industry's business conference, Bluegrass Fan Fest and the International Bluegrass Music Awards." ...

A wonderful bluegrass concert series is going to be taking place in Lexington, KY, this fall at the central (downtown) branch of the Lexington Public Library. The event, Bluegrass in the Bluegrass is a series of six Thursday-night concerts intended to feature bluegrass as a unique American music as well as explore aspects of the genres roots, development, and current relevance. ...

Nashville, TN -- Dailey & Vincent have debuted at #4 on the Bluegrass Unlimited National Bluegrass Survey album chart in the April 2008 issue with their self-titled album on Rounder Records. At the same time, the critically acclaimed disc has spent its seventh week in the top 5 on Billboard's Top Bluegrass Albums chart, where it debuted at #2. On the Bluegrass Music Profiles Top 10 Bluegrass CD's chart for April, Dailey & Vincent is at #2, and on the XM's Bluegrass Junction Top 40 albums, it moves to #3 on the April chart (representing airplay during the month of March). ...

Bluegrass in the Park Folklife Festival is just around the corner!! This year the festival will be held Friday and Saturday, August 8 - 9, 2008 in Audubon Mill Park, Henderson, Kentucky. This will mark the 23rd annual festival which this year for the first time, will be hosted by the Henderson Tourist Development Corporation. Nine top bluegrass bands will be performing at this year's event. Bluegrass in the Park Folklife Festival is FREE. No tickets are necessary. ...

Nashville, TN -- Bluegrass music group, Dailey & Vincent are at the top of the Bluegrass Unlimited National Record Survey albums chart for August, marking the third consecutive month they have been at #1 with their self-titled debut. On Billboard's Top Bluegrass Albums chart, the disc is at #5 for the Soundscan week ending July 13, and it has been in the top 5 for 16 of the 24 weeks since its release. ...

by Liz MeyerThe weather was almost perfect for the 11th European World of Bluegrass Festival, sponsored by the European Bluegrass Music Association on 1-3 May. Attendance remained at peak level, the little Dutch town of Voorthuizen bursting with bluegrass music for 3 days as bands performed throughout the village, and musicians jammed in every corner of the festival venue. The European World of Bluegrass (EWOB) 2008 Festival featured 41 wonderful bands from 15 countries, including special USA guests Sally Jones & the Sidewinders, Appalachian Uprising, and Dick Staber & Judith Chasnoff, and EWOB's first groups from Norway (Ile Auto and the Holstein United Bluegrass Boys) and Spain (Lluis Gomez Quartet and Autopista 6). ...

New York, NY -- SIRIUS Satellite Radio announced Friday, Marcy 21, that 13-time Grammy winning bluegrass legend Ricky Skaggs will take over its SIRIUS Bluegrass channel for an entire week. Skaggs Place will premiere on March 23rd at 3 pm ET. The launch of Skaggs Place coincides with the release of Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass 1946-1947, Skaggs' new album in stores March 25th. ...

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