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This year\u2019s Album of the Year honors went to Special Consensus for Rivers & Roads<\/em>, while the four-member acoustic bluegrass band led by banjo player Greg Cahill (a former president and board chair of the International Bluegrass Music Association) was also honored for Instrumental Recorded Performance of the Year. \u201cIf I\u2019d Have Wrote That Song\u201d — recorded by Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers and written by Larry Cordle, Larry Shell and James Silvers — was named 2018\u2019s Song of the Year. <\/p>\n A listing of all the award winners appears below:<\/p>\n Entertainer of the Year<\/strong>: Balsam Range In addition, Tom T and Dixie Hall, Ricky Skaggs, and Paul Williams were inducted into the Bluegrass Hall of Fame during the awards show hosted by Hot Rize.<\/p>\n The International Bluegrass Awards Show was a centerpiece of the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA)\u2019s five-day World of Bluegrass, which is considered the genre\u2019s annual industry gathering and family reunion. 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\nAlbum of the Year<\/strong>: Rivers & Roads<\/em> \u2013 Special Consensus (artist), Alison Brown (producer), Compass Records (label)
\nSong of the Year<\/strong>: \u201cIf Id Have Wrote That Song\u201d \u2013 Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers (artist), Larry Cordle, Larry Shell and James Silvers (writers)
\nMale Vocalist of the Year<\/strong>: Buddy Melton (of Balsam Range)
\nFemale Vocalist of the Year<\/strong>: Brooke Aldridge
\nVocal Group of the Year<\/strong>: Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
\nInstrumental Group of the Year<\/strong>: Travelin\u2019 McCourys
\nBanjo Player of the year<\/strong>: Ned Luberecki (of the Becky Buller Band)
\nBass Player of the Year<\/strong>: Tim Surrett (of Balsam Range)
\nDobro Player of the Year<\/strong>: Justin Moses
\nFiddle Player of the Year<\/strong>: Michael Cleveland
\nGuitar Player of the Year<\/strong>: Molly Tuttle
\nMandolin Player of the Year<\/strong>: Sierra Hull
\nEmerging Artist of the Year<\/strong>: Po\u2019 Ramblin\u2019 Boys
\nRecorded Event of the Year<\/strong>: \u201cSwept Away\u201d \u2013 Missy Raines with Alison Brown, Becky Buller, Sierra Hull and Molly Tuttle (artists), single release \u2013 Alison Brown (producer), Compass Records (label)
\nInstrumental Recorded Performance of the Year<\/strong>: \u201cSquirrel Hunters\u201d \u2013 Special Consensus with John Hartford, Rachel Baiman & Christian Sedelmyer (10 String Symphony), & Alison Brown (artists), Traditional arranged by Alison Brown\/Special Consensus (writers), Rivers & Roads<\/em> (album), Alison Brown (producer), Compass Records (label)
\nGospel Recorded Performance of the Year<\/strong>: \u201cSpeakin\u2019 to That Mountain\u201d \u2013 Becky Buller (artist), Becky Buller and Jeff Hyde (writers), Crepe Paper Heart<\/em> (album), Stephen Mougin (producer), Dark Shadow Recording (label)<\/p>\n