2007, 2008, 2009
IBMA Instrumental Group of the Year

Flamekeeper on the Opry

Mike and the band will make a return visit to the Grand Ole Opry stage in Nashville on Tuesday, September 7. The show starts at 7 p.m. For information visit the Grand Ole Opry website, where you can get ticket information and find out how to listen over the air, online, or on satellite radio.

Flamekeeper nominated for five IBMA awards

We're truly honored to announce that Flamekeeper has been nominated for five International Bluegrass Music Association awards this year including a first-time nomination in the Entertainer of the Year Category! The band also is nominated for Instrumental Group of the Year for the fourth time.

In the individual awards, Mike is nominated for an eighth Fiddle Performer of the Year award. Marshall is nominated for Bass Performer of the Year, and Jesse Brock for Mandolin Performer of the Year.

Mike and the band currently hold five awards. Flamekeeper has won the Instrumental Group of the Year award for the past three years. Last year Mike won Fiddle Performer of the Year for the seventh time, while Jesse Brock took his first Mandolin Performer of the Year award and Marshall his first for Bass Performer of the Year. Mike and Jesse also won Instrumental Recorded Performance of the Year for "Jerusalem Ridge," a fiddle-and-mandolin duet from the Leavin' Town CD.

The nominees and award winners are chosen by the professional members of the IBMA. The IBMA Award Show is a highlight of the IBMA's annual World of Bluegrass week in Nashville. This year it starts September 27. For more information visit the IBMA website.

Flamekeeper to tour Germany and Switzerland this winter

We're excited to announce that we'll be touring Germany and Switzerland this December! So far we've got ten shows scheduled, starting December 3 in Reutlingen and ending on the 18th in Shaffhausen. This will be the band's first overseas tour and we're really looking forward to it. More dates in Germany and possibly other European countries are planned, so stay tuned. For information on the dates scheduled so far check our tour page.