The
18th Annual International
Bluegrass
Music Awards will be held at the Grand Ole Opry, Oct 4th at 8:30 pm!
Full
list of IBMA Nominees:
Entertainer
of the Year
Cherryholmes
The Grascals
Alison
Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas
Doyle Lawson
& Quicksilver
The
Del
McCoury Band
Rhonda Vincent & The Rage
Vocal
Group of the Year
Blue
Highway
The
Isaacs
Alison
Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas
Doyle Lawson
& Quicksilver
Rhonda Vincent & The Rage
Instrumental
Group of the Year
Blue
Highway
Michael
Cleveland & Flamekeeper featuring Audie Blaylock
Alison
Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas
The
Del
McCoury Band
Ricky Skaggs &
Kentucky
Thunder
Male
Vocalist of the Year
Ronnie
Bowman
Russell Moore
Tim O’Brien
Larry Sparks
Bradley Walker
Female
Vocalist of the Year
Dale
Ann Bradley
Sonya Isaacs
Alison
Krauss
Claire Lynch
Rhonda Vincent
Song
of the Year
Song
Title, Artist (s), Songwriter(s)
- “All
American Bluegrass Girl,” Rhonda Vincent (artist/writer)
- “Fork
In The Road,” The Infamous Stringdusters (artists), Chris Jones &
John Pennell (writers)
- “Lefty's
Old Guitar,” J.D. Crowe & The New South (artists), Dave Maggard &
Jack Spencer (writers)
- “Sadie's
Got Her New Dress On,” Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver (artists),
Connie Leigh (writer)
- “The
Last Suit You Wear,” Larry Sparks (artist), Larry Shell, Larry Williams
& Kim Williams (writers)
Album
of the Year
Recording
Title, Artist(s), Label, Producer
- All
American Bluegrass Girl, Rhonda
Vincent (artist); Rounder Records (label); Rhonda Vincent & Darrin
Vincent (producers)
- Fork
In The Road, The Infamous Stringdusters (artists),
Sugar Hill Records (label), Tim Stafford & The Infamous Stringdusters
(producers)
- Lefty's
Old Guitar, J.D. Crowe & The New South
(artists/producers), Rounder Records (label)
- More
Behind The Picture Than The Wall, Doyle Lawson &
Quicksilver (artists), Rounder Records (label), Doyle Lawson(producer)
- The
Last Suit You Wear, Larry Sparks (artist), McCoury
Music (label), Don Rigsby & Larry Sparks (producers)
Instrumental
Album of the Year
Recording
Title, Artist(s), Label, Producer
- Acoustic
Rising, Mark Johnson
& Emory Lester (artists/producers), Mountain Home (label)
- Double
Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular, Tony Trischka (artist), Rounder
Records (label), Tony Trischka, Bela Fleck & Ronnie Freeland (producers)
- Instrumentals,
Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder (artists/producers),
Skaggs Family Records (label)
- No
Apologies, Jim VanCleve (artist/producer), Rural
Rhythm Records (label)
- Wow
Baby, Hunter Berry (artist), Upper Mgt. Music (label),
Darrin Vincent (producer)
Recorded
Event of the Year
Recording
Title, Artist(s), Label, Producer
- Vassar
Clements, Tony Rice & The
Low Country All-Star Band; Vassar
Clements, Tony Rice & The
Low Country All-Star Band (artists);
Flatt
Mountain
(label); Randy Wood (producer)
- Double
Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular; Tony Trischka with Earl
Scruggs, Kenny Ingram, Tom Adams, Bela Fleck, Noam Pikelny, Alison Brown,
Scott Vestal, Steve Martin & Bill Emerson (artists); Rounder Records
(label); Tony Trischka, Bela Fleck & Ronnie Freeland (producers)
- New
Songs, Old Friends; Jerry
Salley with Vince Gill, Doyle Lawson, Bryan Sutton, Oak Ridge Boys, Darryl
Worley, Adam Steffey, Jamie Johnson, Lisa Shaffer, Rob
Ickes, Del McCoury, Sonya Isaacs, David Talbot, Rhonda Vincent,
Carl Jackson, Stuart Duncan, Larry Cordle, Keith Sewell, Wendy Sewell, Ben
Isaacs, Alecia Nugent, Ricky Skaggs & Sharon White (artists); Mountain
Home (label); Steve Ivey & Jerry Salley (producers)
- Ricky
Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby, Ricky Skaggs & Bruce
Hornsby (artists/producers), Legacy (label)
- Wow
Baby; Hunter
Berry with Tony Rice,
Doyle Lawson, Dan
Tyminski, Marty Stuart, Bobby Osborne, Bryan Sutton, Adam
Steffey, Jason Carter, Buck White, Sally Sandker, Sonya Isaacs, Keith
Williams, Rhonda Vincent, Buddy Spicher, Ronnie Stewart, Darrin Vincent, Bob
Moore & Tom Roady (artists); Upper Mgt. Music (label), Darrin
Vincent (producer)
Gospel
Recorded Performance of the Year
Recording
Title, Artist(s), Label, Producer
- "Did
You Forget God Today," The Grascals (artists/producers), Rounder
Records (label)
- “He
Lives In Me,” Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver (artists), Horizon
(label), Doyle Lawson (producer)
- Tell
Someone, Kenny & Amanda Smith Band
(artists/producers), Rebel Records (label)
- The
Promised Land, The Del McCoury Band (artists), McCoury
Music (label), Del McCoury & Ronnie McCoury (producers)
- "We
Shall Inherit," Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
(artists), Horizon (label), Doyle Lawson (producer)
Emerging
Artist of the Year
Cadillac
Sky
Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper featuring
Audie Blaylock
The Infamous Stringdusters
Bradley Walker
Williams & Clark Expedition
Instrumental Performers of the Year
BANJO
Cia
Cherryholmes
J.D. Crowe
Jim Mills
Sammy Shelor
Tony Trischka
BASS
Barry Bales
Mike Bub
Mickey Harris
Missy Raines
Marshall Wilborn
FIDDLE
Hunter Berry
Michael Cleveland
Stuart Duncan
Ron Stewart
Jim VanCleve
DOBRO
Mike Auldridge
Jerry
Douglas
Rob Ickes
Randy Kohrs
Phil Leadbetter
GUITAR
Jim Hurst
Tony
Rice
Kenny Smith
Larry
Sparks
Bryan Sutton
MANDOLIN
Sam Bush
Doyle Lawson
Ronnie McCoury
Adam Steffey
Chris Thile
Bluegrass
Broadcaster of the Year
- Kyle
Cantrell; XM Satellite;
Nashville
,
Tenn.
- Chris
Jones; Sirius Satellite Radio;
Nashville
,
Tenn.
- Ned
Luberecki; Sirius Satellite Radio;
Nashville
,
Tenn.
Bluegrass
Event of the Year
- 33rd
Festival of the Bluegrass;
Lexington
,
Ky.
; June, 2006
- The
Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival;
Ancramdale
,
N.Y.
; July 2006
- Pickin'
In The Sticks: The 27th Annual
Minnesota
Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Festival; El Rancho Manana Campground;
St.Cloud,
Minn.
; August 2006
Best
Liner Notes for Recorded Project
- Barry
Poss & Jay Orr; Sugar Hill Records,
A Retrospective;
Various Artists; Sugar Hill Records
- Peter
K. Siegel, John Cohen & Jody Stecher; Friends
of Old Time Music, The
Folk Arrival 1961-1965; Various Artists; Smithsonian
Folkways Recordings
- Gary
Reid; Don Reno & Red Smiley and the
Tennessee
Cut-Ups, 1959-1963; Gusto
Best
Graphic Design for Recorded Project
- Don
Bailey, Hillbilly Hemingway, The
Mark Newton Band, Rebel Records
- Sue
Meyer; Sugar Hill Records, A
Retrospective; Various
Artists; Sugar Hill Records
- Visual
Dialogue; Friends of Old Time Music, The
Folk Arrival
1961-1965; Various Artists; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Print
Media Person of the Year
- Aaron
Keith Harris; National Review
Online,
Baltimore
Examiner News,
Lonesome Road
Review,
Bluegrass
Unlimited
- Chris
Stuart, freelance writer for Bluegrass
Unlimited
John
Lawless & Brance Gillihan, The
Bluegrass Blog