IBMA 2013 Nominees Are . . .

GIBSON BROTHERS LEAD THE LIST IN TOTAL NOMINATIONS!

The Gibson Brothers have picked up eight nominations for the band and its individual members for the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) Awards, scheduled for Sept. 26 in Raleigh, N.C.

Congratulations to all of the nominees in all of the categories and we wish each of you the best of luck in September in Raleigh!

Tickets to the IBMA Awards Show on Thursday, September 26 in Raleigh are still available at ibma.org or by calling 888-GET-IBMA!

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The 2013 International Bluegrass Music Association Hall of Fame inductees are Tony Rice and Paul Warren.

The ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR Award nominees are…
Balsam Range
Blue Highway
Dailey & Vincent
The Gibson Brothers
The Del McCoury Band

The nominees for
MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR are…
Jamie Dailey
Russell Moore
Tim O’Brien
Marty Raybon
Junior Sisk

 

For FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR, the finalists are…
Dale Ann Bradley
Sonya Isaacs
Claire Lynch
Amanda Smith
Rhonda Vincent

The nominees for VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR are:
Balsam Range
Blue Highway
Dailey & Vincent
The Gibson Brothers
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver

 

For INSTRUMENTAL GROUP OF THE YEAR…
This year’s nominees are:
-Blue Highway
-The Boxcars
-The Sam Bush Band
-Punch Brothers
-Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen

The SONG OF THE YEAR nominees are…
• “Any Old Road (Will Take You there);” by Balsam Range; written by Carl Jackson, Marc Pruett & Jerry Salley
• “Gentle on my Mind,” by Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out, written by John Hartford
• “Papertown,” by Balsam Range written by Milan Miller
• “The Story of the Day that I Died,” by Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice, written by Ashby Frank
•  “They Called It Music,” by The Gibson Brothers, written by Eric Gibson & Joe Newberry.

 

The EMERGING ARTIST OF THE YEAR nominees are…
Della Mae
Flatt Lonesome
Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen
The Spinney Brothers
The Darrell Webb Band

 

The MANDOLIN PLAYER OF THE YEAR nominees are…
Wayne Benson
Jesse Brock
Sam Bush
Sierra Hull
Adam Steffey

 

For BANJO PLAYER OF THE YEAR, the finalists are…
J.D. Crowe
Mike Munford
Sammy Shelor
Ron Stewart
Scott Vestal

 

The finalists for FIDDLE PLAYER OF THE YEAR are…
Jason Carter
Michael Cleveland
Stuart Duncan
Bobby Hicks
Ron Stewart

 

The nominees for GUITAR PLAYER OF THE YEAR are…
Jim Hurst
Tony Rice
Kenny Smith
Bryan Sutton
Josh Williams

 

The BASS PLAYER OF THE YEAR nominees are…
Barry Bales
Mike Bub
Missy Raines
Mark Schatz
Marshall Wilborn

 

For DOBRO PLAYER OF THE YEAR the nominees are…
Mike Auldridge
Jerry Douglas
Rob Ickes
Randy Kohrs
Phil Leadbetter

 

The RECORDED EVENT OF THE YEAR award is for a special collaboration of two or more artists who don’t normally record or perform together.  This year’s finalists are:

• “Another Night;” by Alan Bibey, Wayne Benson and Russell Moore; produced by Alan Bibey & Wayne Benson; on Pinecastle
• “Golden Ring,” by Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out with Sonya Isaacs, produced by Barry Bales, on the Cracker Barrel label
• “On the Edge of Letting Go,” Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen with Tim O’Brien and Rob Ickes, produced by Frank Solivan & Brent Truitt, Compass Records
• “This Old Guitar and Me,” by Grasstowne with Ronnie Bowman, produced by Ronnie Bowman & Grasstowne, on Mountain Fever Records
• AND “What’ll I Do;” by Terry Baucom with Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, Wyatt Rice, Steve Bryant & Buddy Melton; Produced by Terry Baucom, Cindy Baucom and Ed Lowe; on the John Boy & Billy label

This year’s nominees for GOSPEL RECORDED PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR are….
• “Beulah Land,” Marty Raybon, written by Squire Parsons, produced by Marty Raybon, on Rural Rhythm
• “Home on the River,” by The Gibson Brothers, written by Austin Taylor, produced by Eric & Leigh Gibson and Mike Barber, on Compass Records
• “Row by Row,” by Balsam Range, written by Ashleigh Caudill, produced by Balsam Range, on Mountain Home
• “Say Hello to Heaven,” by Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, written by Lewis N. Hyatt, produced by Doyle Lawson, on Mountain Home
• “When He Beckons Me Home,” by Darin & Brooke Aldridge, written by George Shuffler, produced by Darin & Brooke Aldridge, on Mountain Home

 

This year’s finalists for INSTRUMENTAL RECORDED PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR are…
• “By the Waters of the Clinch,” by Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, written by Doyle Lawson, produced by Doyle Lawson, for Mountain Home
• “Pilgrim’s Knob,” by Alan Bibey & Wayne Benson, written by Bill Monroe, produced by Alan Bibey & Wayne Benson, on Pinecastle
• “New Jerusalem,” by Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, written by Ricky Skaggs, produced by Ricky Skaggs, for Skaggs Family Records
• “Newton’s Grove,” by Audie Blaylock & Redline, written by Richard Underwood, produced by Audie Blaylock, on Rural Rhythm
• “NoraBelle,” by the Darrell Webb Band, written by Darrell Webb, produced by Jim Van Cleve, on Rural Rhythm
• “Foggy Mountain Rock;” by Tom Adams, Ron Block, J.D. Crowe, Charlie Cushman, Kenny Ingram, Jim Mills, Joe Mullins, Larry Perkins, Craig Smith, Ron Stewart, David Talbot & Tony Trischka; written by Louise Certain & Gladys Stacey; produced by Tim Austin; on Rounder

 

This year’s finalists for ALBUM OF THE YEAR are…
• Dear Sister, by Claire Lynch, produced by Garry West, on Compass Records
• Papertown, by Balsam Range, produced by Balsam Range, on Mountain Home
• Hammer Down, by The SteelDrivers, produced by The SteelDrivers & Luke Wooten, for Rounder Records
• The Old School, by Peter Rowan, produced by Alison Brown, on Compass Records
• They Called It Music, by The Gibson Brothers, produced by Eric & Leigh Gibson and Mike Barber, on Compass Records

 

Distinguished Achievement Award recipients for 2013 are:
Charley Pennell, Keith Case, Vic Jordan, The East Mountain Boys, and The McLain Family Band

Special Award nominees are: For BLUEGRASS BROADCASTER OF THE YEAR, the nominees are…
• Joe Mullins, at WBZI in Xenia, Ohio
• Ronnie Reno, host of Reno’s Old Time Music Festival on BlueHighways TV and RFD
• Wayne Rice, celebrating his 40th year at KSON in San Diego, California
• David Smith, with North Dakota’s Prairie Public Radio
• Tim White, host of Song of the Mountains, on PBS

For BLUEGRASS EVENT OF THE YEAR, the finalists are…
• The 46th annual Bill Monroe Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival, in Beanblossom, Indiana
• The 2013 Bluegrass First Class, in Asheville, North Carolina
• The 2012 Father’s Day Festival, in Grass Valley, California
• The 2012 Huck Finn Jubilee, Ontario, California
•  the 2012 Jenny Brook Bluegrass Festival, in Tunbridge, Vermont

For BEST GRAPHIC DESIGN FOR RECORDED PROJECT, we have…
• Dak Alley, Carl Jackson & Jimmy Metts (designers), for Grace Notes, by Carl Jackson, on Voxhall Records
• Erick Anderson (designer), for Music To My Ears, by Ricky Skaggs, on Skaggs Family Records
• Sue Meyer (designer), for Doctor’s Orders, by Don Rigsby, on Rebel Records
• Pharis Romero (designer), for In Good Company, by Bill Evans, on Native & Fine Records.
• Tom Rozum, Catherine Manning & Dave Weiland (designers), for Chicken on a Rocketship, by Chad Manning, on the Manning Music and Arts label

For BEST LINER NOTES FOR RECORDED PROJECT…
• Tom Adams; for Foggy Mountain Special; by Tom Adams, Ron Block, J.D. Crowe, Charlie Cushman, Kenny Ingram, Jim Mills, Joe Mullins, Larry Perkins, Craig Smith, Ron Stewart, David Talbot & Tony Trischka; on Rounder Records
• Fred Bartenstein, for They’re Playing My Song, by Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers, on Rebel Records
• Jamie Lynn Brinkman, for God Didn’t Choose Sides, by Various Artists, on Rural Rhythm Records
• Carl Jackson, for Grace Notes, by Carl Jackson, on Voxhall Records
• Don Rigsby, for Doctor’s Orders, by Don Rigsby, on Rebel Records

The nominees for PRINT MEDIA PERSON OF THE YEAR are...

• Fred Bartenstein, editor of the book Bluegrass Bluesman: A Memoir by Uncle Josh Graves
• Derek Halsey, a writer for the Herald Dispatch in Huntington, West Virginia and Bluegrass Unlimited magazine
• Chris Jones, a writer for Bluegrass Today
• Ted Lehman, blogger for Ted Lehmann’s Bluegrass, Books & Brainstorms
• Amy Reitnouer, editor of The Bluegrass Situation

The nominees for SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR are...
Louisa Branscomb
Paula Breedlove
Mark “Brink” Brinkman
Eric Gibson
Donna Ulisse

 

IBMA’s Momentum Awards, created to honor new talent on the bluegrass scene, include nominees in the following categories:
Industry:
• New Professional:
o Amy Reitnouer, with the Bluegrass Situation
o Danny Clark, with The Bluegrass Bus & LeRoy Troy PR
o AND Martha Dantzic of Quicksilver Productions
• New Festival or Venue:
o Bluegrass on the Plains, in Auburn, AL
o The Outer Banks Bluegrass Festival, in Roanoke Island, NC
o AND The Festy, in Roseland, VA
• Mentor
o Denise Stiff
o Jon Weisberger
o AND Stephen Mougin

Performance
• Vocalist:
o Amber Collins, of Amber Collins & Turning Point
o Celia Woodsmith, of Della Mae
o Isaac Moore, of The Moore Brothers
o Robert Greer, of Town Mountain
o AND Sarah Harris, of Trinity River Band
• Band:
o Cumberland River
o Front Country
o Snyder Family Band
o The Bankesters
o  Town Mountain
• Instrumentalist:
o Bryan McDowell of Claire Lynch Band
o Chris Luquette of Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen
o Kimber Ludiker of Della Mae
o Zeb Snyder of The Snyder Family Band
o Bobby Britt of Town Mountain.