Category: International

Jul 15
Lovers Leap in Concert and Interview

It was during Adiaha’s Bluegrass Camp 2019: On the night of Friday, October 4th, Mary Lucey-Cardine and Billy Cardine (50% of the band “Lover’s Leap” https://loversleapband.com/ ) had given a haunting concert of which we have added two pieces at the beginning and the end of the video clip. In the middle you’ll find the […]

Jun 14
Christopher Howard-Williams, IBMA Board International Member

The IBMA Board has announced the appointment of Christopher Howard-Williams as its International Member.Christopher is a great ambassador and promoter for European bluegrass and bluegrass in general through his organisation of the La Roche Bluegrass festival.In recognition of his role in bluegrass he received the IBMA Distinguished Achievement Award in 2018.Christopher, a past member of […]

May 01
La Roche Festival – cancelled

A message from the Organisers Dear Friends and Bluegrass lovers The biggest festival dedicated exclusively to Bluegrass music in Europe will not take place this year.Nor will the camp and workshop in the week before. The health of everyone, artists, volunteers and you, our festival visitors, is of primary importance for us, before any other […]

Dec 13
Bluegrass Jamboree 2019 – a review

For the 11th time, the Bluegrass Jamboree went on tour through Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. The Jamboree is an event that Bluegrass fans are looking forward to all year long. A big thank you to the organizer Rainer Zellner for the distribution of Bluegrass Music in Central Europe.

Oct 01
EBMA celebrates #WorldBluegrassDay

Join EBMA in celebrating WORLD BLUEGRASS DAY on October 1st! Let’s kick it off with a short film. We asked a few well-known European artists and musicians to tell us what bluegrass means to them. What about you? Thanks to all supporters, contributers and Bluegrass enthusiasts. We wish you a merry #WorldBluegrassDay! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7fmRpkWDKU

Sep 27
IBMA Music Award winners 2019

Thanks Bluegrass Today and John Lawless for this summary! And the winners are: ++ Instrumental Recording Of The Year ++ Darlin’ Pal(s) Of Mine – Missy Raines with Alison Brown, Mike Bub and @todd Todd Phillips (artists), Alison Brown (producer), Compass Records (label) ++ Gospel Recording Of The Year ++Gonna Sing, Gonna Shout – Claire Lynch (artist), Jerry Salley (producer), Billy Blue Records (label) […]

Aug 30
EBMA’s Interview with Missy Raines at La Roche

This year the iconic bluegrass instrumentalist Missy Raines sat down with us in LaRoche to talk about collaboration and stepping out as a songwriter and singer on her latest album Royal Traveller, as well as her personal journey on the road to becoming one of Nashville‘s most beloved musicians. She also tells us how she […]

Oct 30
Interview with Jerry Douglas

Published in the October issue of the EBMA Newsletter, a special video interview Jerry Douglas did for EBMA! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qmv8VoS1ufc