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The band performed in all 50 U.S. states, and particularly in Alaska during the winters where "people really needed music." [8] In 1980, Alaska Airlines sponsored the McLain Family Festival (January 11–12); inside West Anchorage High School, away from the −40 °F (−40 °C) weather, the family was joined on stage by the Anchorage Symphony Orchestra and future McLain band member Michael ...
The Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum is a bluegrass music museum in Owensboro, Kentucky, United States. The museum has interactive exhibits, posters, costumes, live instrument demonstrations, and International Bluegrass Music Association's Hall of Fame. The museum has 64,000 square feet of exhibits, offices, and venues on three floors.
In 2013 the program partnered with Alltech, [10] Kentucky Tourism, [11] Lexington Tourism, [12] and Tourism Ireland [13] to bring WoodSongs to Dublin, Ireland, for a double-broadcast event attended by 2,000 fans at the Dublin Convention Center. [14] The Ireland broadcast celebrated Kentucky bluegrass as presented by Irish bluegrass artists ...
Gary Brewer is a bluegrass artist who released an acoustic Country album including 13 tracks of some of the top classic Country hits (all performed by Gary Brewer and the Kentucky Ramblers). Among Bye Bye Love, Good Hearted Woman, T For Texas, Oh Lonesome Me, and various others, John Prine 's Paradise is performed as a duet by Gary and teen ...
The Int. Bühler Bluegrass Festival in Bühl (Baden), Germany, can be regarded as its successor. The festival attracted major bands from the American scene like the Nashville Bluegrass Band, Country Gazette, The Tony Rice Unit, Laurie Lewis and Grant Street, and Tim O'Brien and the O'Boys.
The annual event was a traditional bluegrass festival dedicated to preserving bluegrass music. After 1998, the festival consisted of three stages of music and incorporated a music camp designed to teach bluegrass music to school-age children. In 2007 the festival received the International Bluegrass Music Association's Event of the Year award. [4]
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The International Bluegrass Music Association, or IBMA, is a trade association to promote bluegrass music. Formed in 1985, IBMA established its first headquarters in Owensboro, Kentucky . In 1988 they announced plans to create the International Bluegrass Music Museum as a joint venture with RiverPark Center in Owensboro.