industry news
Association assertions Four new officers were elected to the Louisville Bluegrass Music Association: President Dan Robinson, Vice-President & Treasurer Robin Roller Thixton, and Secretary Sonya Robles Cotton, along with new board members Lea Cockrell, Dan Fitzgerald, Rebecca Minnick and Justin Moreschi. Paula Barbour is continuing in her role as a board member.
The Minnesota Association of Songwriters has been awarded a Community Arts award from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council to provide workshops with professional sonwriters over the next 15 months. All workshops are open to the public and cost $25. Contact MAS President Wayne Hamilton at 612-508-0768 for more information.
In Remembrance James Alan Shelton, long-time guitarist with Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys, passed away June 3. Bluegrass Today reported he was in the hospital near his home in East Tennessee being treated for cancer, and died peacefully with his wife, Greta, at his side. Maribelle Robertson Moore, mother of publicist Martha Moore, and fondly called “Lady M� by family and friends alike, passed away peacefully June 2, in Ashland City, Tennessee at the age of 92 following a short illness. Jerry Sullivan of the famous traditional bluegrass gospel group, the Sullivan Family, passed away at his home in Alabama on Saturday May 31.
In Remembrance: Don Light Gospel and Bluegrass industry giant Don Light passed away June 18. A former IBMA Board Member, Don Light helped the bluegrass and gospel industries reach new heights in his storied career, having also helped establish the careers of Keith Whitley, Marty Stuart, and Jimmy Buffett, among others. Bluegrass bands Steep Canyon Rangers and Dailey & Vincent were most recently managed by Don Light. Both bands shared their tributes.
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