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Upcoming Americana Music Festival and Conference in Nashville Features Keynote Interview with Rosanne Cash

Post published:September 2, 2009
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Conferences of Note News - U.S. National

Rosanne Cash (Photo by Deborah Feingold) Rosanne Cash will be the 2009 keynote interview subject during the Americana Music Association’s Festival and Conference on Thursday morning, September 17, at the Nashville Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Author and journalist Michael Streissguth, whose latest book, Always Been There: Rosanne Cash, The List and the Spirit of Southern Music, chronicles the making of her forthcoming album, will pose questions to the Grammy Award-winning artist, who has had more than 20 top 40 country singles over the course of her 30-year career to date. Photo by Deborah Feingold. [To view the entire article, click on the headline.]

Registration Opens for Americana Music Association and IBMA ‘World of Bluegrass’ Conferences in Nashville This Fall

Post published:June 21, 2009
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Awards & Contests Bluegrass & Beyond Conferences of Note Festival Focus

Two major music industry business conferences of note to the acoustic music community are slated for the fall in Nashville, Tennessee. The Americana Music Association’s 10th Annual Americana Music Festival & Conference returns to the “Music City,” September 16-19, while the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA)’s World of Bluegrass is set for September 28-October 4. Early-bird registration opened this month for both events. [To read the entire article, click on the headline.]