Yesterday evening Roger Brown, President of the Berklee College of Music, gave a very timely and well thought out Keynote address to kick off the IBMA World of Bluegrass for 2008.

We caught up with Roger afterwards and he and John discussed the subject of his speech, with Roger serving up a condensed version of the speech for our interview.

The file is 12 minutes in length, but well worth the time it’ll take you to watch it.

Read our July 2008 interview with Roger, which he references in the video.

Larry Stephenson has announced that he and his wife Dreama are expecting their first child.

Dreama has been an active participant in the family business, doing the majority of Larry’s photography, plus graphic and web design since before they were married.

Congratulations to them both from The Bluegrass Blog!

Here are some photos from Monday night’s (9/29) IBMA after hours showcase events.