It's Time For Some Twang As The IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards Returns to Raleigh

By Paul Foster

Published August 31, 2023 at 2:34 PM EDT

IBMA, International Bluegrass Music Association, Communications and Public Relations Rep. Kristen Bearfield sat down with WNCW to discuss the group's 34^th annual awards show and upcoming festival/conference. Kristen is also a bluegrass recording artist. Events begin in Raleigh, NC, on Sept. 26^th with the big bluegrass music awards show on the 28th. This conversation originally aired on Aug. 25, 2023.

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