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Four weeks from today, the Mountain Music Entertainment agency and Pinecastle Records will be hosting a special by-invitation-only evening at Jack’s BBQ on Lower Broadway, Nashville, TN, during IBMA's World of Bluegrass 2012.

The show, featuring many distinguished Pinecastle and MME artists, will run from 5.00 p.m. to 11.30 p.m. on Tuesday 25 September. I Draw Slow are scheduled to perform from 7.15 to 7.45, and Niall Toner (marking the release of Onwards and upwards, his debut Pinecastle album) from 8.45 to 9.30.

Claire Lynch, twice IBMA Female Vocalist of the Year, is now on the artist roster of Compass Records. She is shown (right) signing up, with Compass owners Alison Brown and Garry West. Claire Lynch and Alison Brown are both well known to BIB readers and other bluegrass enthusiasts in Ireland from personal appearances with their bands.