Welcome to the University of Illinois Press virtual exhibit for the 2024 International Bluegrass Music Association annual conference! Explore our extensive collection of books, journals, blog posts, and more. Use […]
IBMA 2024 Virtual Exhibit
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IBMA 2023 Virtual Exhibit
Welcome to the University of Illinois Press virtual exhibit for the 2023 International Bluegrass Music Association annual conference! Explore our extensive collection of books, journals, blog posts, and more. Use […]
Q&A with Taylor Hagood, author of STRINGBEAN
Taylor Hagood, author of Stringbean: The Life and Murder of a Country Music Legend, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? This […]
Free E-book Giveaway: UNLIKELY ANGEL
March’s free e-book is here! Check out Unlikely Angel: The Songs of Dolly Parton by Lydia R. Hamessley before the month is over! Dolly Parton’s success as a performer and […]
IBMA 2022 Virtual Exhibit
Welcome to the University of Illinois Press virtual exhibit for the 2022 International Bluegrass Music Association annual conference! Explore our extensive collection of books, journals, blog posts, and more. Use […]
IBMA 2021 Virtual Exhibit
Welcome to the University of Illinois Press’s 2021 International Bluegrass Music Association virtual exhibit. Step inside, and browse our collection of bluegrass titles, playlists, and more. Also, enjoy 50% off […]
IBMA Virtual Exhibit
Welcome to the Press’s 2020 IBMA Virtual Exhibit. Step inside, and browse our extensive collection of bluegrass titles, author publications, playlists, and more. Also, enjoy 50% off all bluegrass titles, […]
Banjo Roots and Branches Awarded American Musical Instrument Society’s Nicholas Bessaraboff Prize
We are pleased to announce Banjo Roots and Branches edited by Robert B. Winans has won the American Musical Instrument Society’s Nicholas Bessaraboff Prize. The Nicholas Bessaraboff Prize is awarded […]
Curly Seckler RIP
During the holiday break, we received the sad news that bluegrass pioneer Curly Seckler had passed away at the age of 98. “The greatest tenor singer of all time,” said Marty […]
“Czech Bluegrass: Notes from the Heart of Europe” Video Trailer
Lee Bidgood offers a fascinating study of the Czech bluegrass phenomenon, merging intimate immersion in the music with on-the-ground fieldwork informed by his life as a working musician. Drawing on […]
Meeting Jimmy Martin
In early May 1953, my girlfriend Jean Armstrong suggested I apply in the coffee shop where she worked as a waitress at the Tulane Hotel in Nashville. The hotel was […]
Sa-lute! Congratulations to bluegrass scholar Gary B. Reid
We are pleased to announce that The Music of the Stanley Brothers by Gary B. Reid has won Best Discography in the ARSC Awards for Excellence, awarded by the Association […]