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Awards are voted on by the professional membership of the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA), a nonprofit professional music organization that connects, educates, and empowers bluegrass professionals and enthusiasts, honoring tradition and encouraging innovation in the bluegrass community worldwide (ibma.org<\/a>). Award recipients will be named during the IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards Show on Thursday night, September 30, 2021 at the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts in Raleigh, North Carolina. The awards show will also be broadcast on SiriusXM\u2019s Bluegrass Junction at 7:30 p.m. EDT and streamed via Facebook Live (as was the July 20 awards nominees announcement)\n.
\nA complete list of nominees appears below, along with information about three Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame inductees and five Distinguished Achievement Awards recipients.<\/p>\n
Entertainer of the Year<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Balsam Range Vocal Group of the Year<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Darin & Brooke Aldridge Instrumental Group of the Year<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Appalachian Road Show New Artist of the Year<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Appalachian Road Show Song of the Year<\/em>:<\/p>\n \u201cBanjo Player\u2019s Blues\u201d \u201cHitchhiking to California\u201d \u201cJust Load the Wagon\u201d \u201cLeaving on Her Mind\u201d \u201cRichest Man\u201d Album of the Year<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Bluegrass 2020<\/em> Distance and Time<\/em> Fall Like Rain<\/em> Industrial Strength Bluegrass: Southwestern Ohio\u2019s Musical Legacy<\/em> Load the Wagon<\/em> Still Here<\/em> Gospel Recording of the Year<\/strong>:<\/p>\n \u201cAfter Awhile\u201d \u201cGrit and Grace\u201d \u201cHear Jerusalem Calling\u201d \u201cIn the Resurrection Morning\u201d \u201cWhen He Calls My Name\u201d Instrumental Recording of the Year<\/strong>:<\/p>\n \u201cThe Appalachian Road\u201d \u201cFoggy Mountain Chimes\u201d \u201cGround Speed\u201d \u201cMountain Strings\u201d \u201cTaxland\u201d Collaborative Recording of the Year<\/strong>:<\/p>\n \u201cBirmingham Jail\u201d \u201cIn the Resurrection Morning\u201d \u201cMy Baby\u2019s Gone\u201d \u201cTears of Regret\u201d \u201cWhite Line Fever\u201d Male Vocalist of the Year<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Ronnie Bowman Female Vocalist of the Year<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Brooke Aldridge Banjo Player of the Year<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Gena Britt Bass Player of the Year<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Mike Bub Fiddle Player of the Year<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Jason Carter Resophonic Guitar Player of the Year<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Jerry Douglas Guitar Player of the Year <\/strong>:<\/p>\n Trey Hensley Mandolin Player of the Year<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Jesse Brock Alison Krauss, Lynn Morris, Stoneman Family to be Inducted into Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame<\/strong><\/p>\n Inductions into the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame are also set to take place during the IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards Show. Slated for induction are acclaimed artist Alison Krauss, trailblazing bandleader and banjoist Lynn Morris and early bluegrass influencers Stoneman Family. A winner of multiple Grammy Awards, a two-time IBMA Entertainer of the Year and four-time IBMA Female Vocalist of the Year; Krauss is the most commercially successful bluegrass-related artist since Flatt & Scruggs. Morris was named three times as IBMA \u2018s Female Vocalist of the Year and was previously a two-time winner of the National Banjo Championship in Winfield, Kansas. She was also a recipient of an IBMA Distinguished Achievement Award in 2010. Stoneman Family, whose 1920s recordings have been equated by country music historians with those of the Carter Family (who also hailed from the Appalachian Mountains region of southwest Virginia), also received IBMA\u2019s Distinguished Achievement Award in 2000.<\/p>\n Five Distinguished Achievement Awards Will Also Be Presented on Sept. 30 <\/strong><\/p>\n Five veteran bluegrass industry innovators will receive Distinguished Achievement Awards in recognition of their significant contributions to the genre this year. The five, who will be presented with plaques during a Sept. 30 luncheon at the IBMA business conference, are Nancy Cardwell Webster, Lee Michael Dempsey, Jaroslav Pruch, Cliff Waldron, and Stan Zdonik. Cardwell Webster has been a writer, educator, mentor, and formerly served as executive director of both the IBMA and its foundation. She was instrumental in developing such IBMA programs as Bluegrass in the Schools and Leadership Bluegrass. Dempsey, a mainstay at Bluegrass Country Radio, is a veteran Washington, DC area radio broadcaster who hosted a weekday afternoon contemporary bluegrass show daily on WAMU from 1982-2018 and was named IBMA Broadcaster of the Year in 1991. . He also has compiled Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine<\/em>\u2019s monthly National Bluegrass Survey for nearly 32 years. Pruch, a Czech luthier and performer who is viewed as one of the world\u2019s finest contemporary banjo makers, has also helped to foster a love of bluegrass music in his native Czech Republic. Waldron was a performing musician for many years and was elected to the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America\u2019s Hall of Greats in 2004. Zdonik helped to form the Boston Bluegrass Union in 1976 and served as the all-volunteer nonprofit organization\u2019s first president. He has also been an emcee for the Joe Val Bluegrass Festival, among others, and an IBMA board member.<\/p>\n Nominees for the 32nd Annual IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards were announced July 20 in Nashville, Tennessee. In the running for the coveted Entertainer of the Year award are Balsam Range, Billy Strings, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Del McCoury Band, and The Po\u2019 Ramblin\u2019 Boys. McCoury and Lawson are Bluegrass Hall of Fame members, while McCoury and Balsam Range are past winners of the International Bluegrass Music Association\u2019s top award.<\/p>\n [Click on the headline to continue to read this article and view the complete list of nominees, as well as this year’s inductees into the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame and Distinguished Achievement Award 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\nBilly Strings
\nDoyle Lawson & Quicksilver
\nThe Del McCoury Band
\nThe Po\u2019 Ramblin\u2019 Boys<\/p>\n
\nBalsam Range
\nBlue Highway
\nDoyle Lawson & Quicksilver
\nSister Sadie<\/p>\n
\nBilly Strings
\nMichael Cleveland & Flamekeeper
\nThe Infamous Stringdusters
\nThe Travelin\u2019 McCourys<\/p>\n
\nCarolina Blue
\nGina Furtado Project
\nHigh Fidelity
\nMerle Monroe<\/p>\n
\nArtist: High Fidelity
\nSongwriter: Charlie Monroe
\nProducers: Jeremy Stephens, Brad Benge
\nLabel: Rebel Records<\/p>\n
\nArtist: Alan Bibey & Grasstowne
\nSongwriters: Wes Golding\/Alan Bibey\/Jerry Salley
\nProducers: Jerry Salley, Ron Stewart, Dottie Leonard Miller
\nLabel: Billy Blue Records<\/p>\n
\nArtist: Junior Sisk
\nSongwriter: J.R. Satterwhite
\nProducers: Amanda Cook, Junior Sisk, Mark Hodges
\nLabel: Mountain Fever Records<\/p>\n
\nArtist: Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
\nSongwriter: Jack Clement
\nProducer: Rosta Capek
\nLabel: Billy Blue Records<\/p>\n
\nArtist: Balsam Range
\nSongwriters: Jim Beavers\/Jimmy Yeary\/Connie Harrington
\nProducer: Balsam Range
\nLabel: Mountain Home Music Company<\/p>\n
\nArtist: Scott Vestal, Patrick McAvinue, Cody Kilby, Dominick Leslie, Curtis Vestal
\nProducers: Scott Vestal, Ethan Burkhardt, Lonnie Lassiter
\nLabel: Pinecastle Records<\/p>\n
\nArtist: Becky Buller
\nProducer: Stephen Mougin
\nLabel: Dark Shadow Recording<\/p>\n
\nArtist: Justin Moses
\nProducer: Justin Moses
\nLabel: Mountain Fever Records<\/p>\n
\nArtist: Various Artists
\nProducer: Joe Mullins
\nLabel: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings<\/p>\n
\nArtist: Junior Sisk
\nProducers: Amanda Cook, Junior Sisk, Mark Hodges
\nLabel: Mountain Fever Records<\/p>\n
\nArtist: Steve Gulley & Tim Stafford
\nProducers: Steve Gulley, Tim Stafford
\nLabel: Mountain Home Music Company<\/p>\n
\nArtist: Dale Ann Bradley
\nSongwriter: Public Domain
\nProducer: Dale Ann Bradley
\nLabel: Pinecastle Records<\/p>\n
\nArtist: Balsam Range
\nSongwriters: Ann Melton\/Milan Miller\/Beth Husband
\nProducer: Balsam Range
\nLabel: Mountain Home Music Company<\/p>\n
\nArtist: Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers
\nSongwriters: Marty Stuart\/Jerry Sullivan
\nProducers: Joe Mullins, Dottie Leonard Miller
\nLabel: Billy Blue Records<\/p>\n
\nArtists: Sacred Reunion featuring Doyle Lawson, Vince Gill, Barry Abernathy, Tim Stafford, Mark Wheeler, Jim VanCleve, Phil Leadbetter, Jason Moore
\nSongwriter: Mark Wheeler
\nProducers: Barry Abernathy, Jim VanCleve, Dottie Leonard Miller
\nLabel: Billy Blue Records<\/p>\n
\nArtist: Alan Bibey & Grasstowne
\nSongwriters: Alan Bibey\/Ronnie Bowman
\nProducers: Alan Bibey & Grasstowne, Ron Stewart, Jerry Salley, Dottie Leonard Miller
\nLabel: Billy Blue Records<\/p>\n
\nArtist: Appalachian Road Show
\nSongwriter: Jim VanCleve
\nProducers: Jim VanCleve, Barry Abernathy, Appalachian Road Show, Dottie Leonard Miller
\nLabel: Billy Blue Records<\/p>\n
\nArtists: Scott Vestal, Patrick McAvinue, Cody Kilby, Dominick Leslie, Curtis Vestal
\nSongwriter: Earl Scruggs
\nProducer: Scott Vestal
\nLabel: Pinecastle Records<\/p>\n
\nArtists: Kristin Scott Benson, Skip Cherryholmes, Jeremy Garrett, Kevin Kehrberg, Darren Nicholson
\nSongwriter: Earl Scruggs
\nProducer: Jon Weisberger
\nLabel: Mountain Home Music Company<\/p>\n
\nArtist: Sierra Hull
\nSongwriters: Frank Wakefield\/Red Allen
\nProducer: Joe Mullins
\nLabel: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings<\/p>\n
\nArtist: Justin Moses with Sierra Hull
\nSongwriter: Justin Moses
\nProducer: Justin Moses
\nLabel: Mountain Fever Records<\/p>\n
\nArtists: Barry Abernathy with Vince Gill
\nSongwriter: Public Domain
\nProducers: Barry Abernathy, Jim VanCleve, Dottie Leonard Miller
\nLabel: Billy Blue Records<\/p>\n
\nArtists: Sacred Reunion featuring Doyle Lawson, Vince Gill, Barry Abernathy, Tim Stafford, Mark Wheeler, Jim VanCleve, Phil Leadbetter, Jason Moore
\nSongwriter: Mark Wheeler
\nProducers: Barry Abernathy, Jim VanCleve, Dottie Leonard Miller
\nLabel: Billy Blue Records<\/p>\n
\nArtists: Justin Moses with Del McCoury
\nSongwriter: Dennis Linde
\nProducer: Justin Moses
\nLabel: Mountain Fever Records<\/p>\n
\nArtists: High Fidelity with Jesse McReynolds
\nSongwriters: Jesse McReynolds\/Lucille Hutton
\nProducers: Jeremy Stephens, Corrina Rose Logston, Brad Benge
\nLabel: Rebel Records<\/p>\n
\nArtists: Bobby Osborne with Tim O\u2019Brien, Trey Hensley, Sierra Hull, Stuart Duncan, Todd Phillips, Alison Brown
\nSongwriters: Merle Haggard\/Jeff Tweedy
\nProducers: Alison Brown, Garry West
\nLabel: Compass Records<\/p>\n
\nDel McCoury
\nDanny Paisley
\nJunior Sisk
\nLarry Sparks<\/p>\n
\nDale Ann Bradley
\nSierra Hull
\nMolly Tuttle
\nRhonda Vincent<\/p>\n
\nGina Furtado
\nRob McCoury
\nKristin Scott Benson
\nScott Vestal<\/p>\n
\nTodd Phillips
\nMissy Raines
\nMark Schatz
\nMarshall Wilborn<\/p>\n
\nMichael Cleveland
\nStuart Duncan
\nBronwyn Keith-Hynes
\nDeanie Richardson<\/p>\n
\nAndy Hall
\nRob Ickes
\nPhil Leadbetter
\nJustin Moses<\/p>\n
\nBilly Strings
\nBryan Sutton
\nMolly Tuttle
\nJake Workman<\/p>\n
\nSam Bush
\nSierra Hull
\nRonnie McCoury
\nTristan Scroggins<\/p>\n![\"IBMA](\"https:\/\/acousticmusicscene.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IBMA-WOB-2021-300x59.png\")
The IBMA Bluegrass music Awards Show is the centerpiece of World of Bluegrass Week that is slated for September 28-October 2 in North Carolina\u2019s capital city. IBMA World of Bluegrass also features a business conference (Sept. 28-30), the IBMA Bluegrass Ramble (a series of showcases taking place Sept. 28-30 in downtown Raleigh and the Raleigh Convention Center), and IBMA Bluegrass Live! (a two-day festival slated for Oct. 1-2). Considered the genre\u2019s annual industry gathering and family reunion. IBMA\u2019s annual World of Bluegrass week has taken place in Raleigh since 2013. Concerns surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic prompted the trade and professional association for the global bluegrass community to shift to online presentation of its professional development seminars, artist showcases and awards last fall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"