{"id":12273,"date":"2022-07-29T07:38:42","date_gmt":"2022-07-29T11:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acousticmusicscene.com\/?p=12273"},"modified":"2022-07-29T07:49:06","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T11:49:06","slug":"ibma-bluegrass-music-awards-nominees-bluegrass-hall-of-fame-inductees-named","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acousticmusicscene.com\/2022\/07\/29\/ibma-bluegrass-music-awards-nominees-bluegrass-hall-of-fame-inductees-named\/","title":{"rendered":"IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards Nominees & Bluegrass Hall of Fame Inductees Named"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"IBMANominees for the 33rd annual IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards were announced July 26 in Nashville, Tennessee. In the running for the coveted Entertainer of the Year award are Billy Strings, Del McCoury Band, and Po \u2018Ramblin\u2019 Boys. Sister Sadie, and Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway. McCoury is a Bluegrass Hall of Fame member, while McCoury, Billy Strings and Sister Sadie are past recipients of the International Bluegrass Music Association\u2019s top award. Po Ramblin\u2019 Boys were also among the nominees for this award last year, while this is Molly Tuttle\u2019s first Entertainer of the Year nomination.<\/p>\n

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. Award recipients will be named during the IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards Show on Thursday night, September 29, 2022 at the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts in Raleigh, North Carolina. The awards show — a highlight of the IBMA\u2019s World of Bluegrass — will also be broadcast on SiriusXM\u2019s Bluegrass Junction<\/em> and streamed via Facebook Live (as was the July 26 awards nominees announcement).<\/p>\n

A complete list of nominees appears below, along with information about three Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame inductees, five Distinguished Achievement Awards recipient, and the first recipient of the IBMA International Band Performance Grant.<\/p>\n

Entertainer of the Year<\/strong>: Billy Strings, The Del McCoury Band. Po Ramblin\u2019 Boys, Sister Sadie, Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway<\/p>\n

Vocal Group of the Year<\/strong>: Balsam Range, Blue Highway, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver,
\nDel McCoury Band, Sister Sadie<\/p>\n

Instrumental Group of the Year<\/strong>: Billy Strings, Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper,
\nB\u00e9la Fleck\u2019s My Bluegrass Heart, The Travelin\u2019 McCourys, Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway<\/p>\n

New Artist of the Year<\/strong>: Rick Faris, Fireside Collective, Laura Orshaw, Jaelee Roberts,
\nTray Wellington<\/p>\n

Song of the Year<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

\u201cBlink of an Eye\u201d
\nArtist: Danny Paisley & The Southern Grass
\nSongwriter: Robert Amos
\nLabel: Pinecastle Records
\nProducers: Bobby Lundy\/Danny Paisley\/Ryan Paisley\/Wes Easter<\/p>\n

\u201cDeep River\u201d
\nArtist: Rick Faris
\nSongwriter: Rick Faris\/Brink Brinkman
\nLabel: Dark Shadow Recording
\nProducer: Stephen Mougin<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll Take the Lonesome Every Time\u201d
\nArtist: Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
\nSongwriters: Glen Duncan\/Jerry Salley
\nLabel: Billy Blue Records
\nProducer: Doyle Lawson<\/p>\n

\u201cRed Daisy\u201d
\nArtist: Billy Strings
\nSongwriters: Jarrod Walker\/Christian Ward
\nLabel: Rounder Records
\nProducers: Jonathan Wilson\/Billy Strings<\/p>\n

\u201cRiding the Chief\u201d
\nArtist: Chris Jones & The Night Drivers
\nSongwriter: Chris Jones\/Thomm Jutz
\nLabel: Mountain Home
\nProducer: Chris Jones<\/p>\n

Album of the Year<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Bluegrass Troubadour<\/em>
\nArtist: Danny Paisley & The Southern Grass
\nLabel: Pinecastle Records
\nProducer: Wes Easter<\/p>\n

Crooked Tree<\/em>
\nArtist: Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway
\nLabel: Nonesuch Records
\nProducers: Molly Tuttle\/Jerry Douglas<\/p>\n

My Bluegrass Heart<\/em>
\nArtist: B\u00e9la Fleck
\nLabel: Renew Records
\nProducer: B\u00e9la Fleck<\/p>\n

Never Slow Down<\/em>
\nArtist: Po\u2019 Ramblin\u2019 Boys
\nLabel: Smithsonian Folkways
\nProducers: Po\u2019 Ramblin\u2019 Boys\/Dave Maggard<\/p>\n

Renewal<\/em>
\nArtist: Billy Strings
\nLabel: Rounder Records
\nProducers: Jonathan Wilson\/Billy Strings<\/p>\n

Gospel Recording of the Year<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

\u201cA Little More Faith in Jesus\u201d
\nArtist: Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
\nSongwriters: Jerry Cole\/Doyle Lawson
\nLabel: Billy Blue Records
\nProducer: Doyle Lawson<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s Gettin\u2019 Me Ready\u201d
\nArtist: Darin & Brooke Aldridge with The Oak Ridge Boys
\nSongwriter: Jimmy Fortune
\nLabel: Billy Blue Records
\nProducers: Darin Aldridge\/Mark Fain<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the End\u201d
\nArtist: Dale Ann Bradley
\nSongwriter: Jill Gilliam
\nLabel: Pinecastle Records
\nProducer: Dale Ann Bradley<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the Sweet By and By\u201d
\nArtist: Dolly Parton with Carl Jackson, Larry Cordle, Bradley Walker, and Jerry Salley
\nSongwriters: S. Fillmore Bennett\/Joseph Webster
\nLabel: Billy Blue Records
\nProducer: Jerry Salley<\/p>\n

\u201cSee You on the Other Side\u201d
\nArtist: Rick Faris featuring Sam Bush
\nSongwriter: Rick Faris\/Rick Lang
\nLabel: Dark Shadow Recording
\nProducer: Stephen Mougin<\/p>\n

\u201cTraveling the Highway Home\u201d
\nArtist: The Grascals
\nSongwriters: Frankie Bailes\/Walter Bailes
\nLabel: Mountain Home
\nProducer: The Rascals<\/p>\n

Instrumental Recording of the Yea<\/strong>r:<\/p>\n

\u201cEMD\u201d
\nArtist: Scott Vestal \u2013 Bluegrass 2022
\nSongwriter: David Grisman
\nLabel: Pinecastle Records
\nProducer: Scott Vestal<\/p>\n

\u201cHappy Go Lucky\u201d
\nArtist: Doyle Lawson & Alan Bibey
\nSongwriter: Doyle Lawson
\nLabel: Billy Blue Records
\nProducer: Doyle Lawson<\/p>\n

\u201cIce Bridges\u201d
\nArtist: Billy Strings
\nSongwriter: William Apostol
\nLabel: Rounder Records
\nProducer: Jonathan Wilson\/Billy Strings<\/p>\n

\u201cOrange Blossom Breakdown\u201d
\nArtist: Mike Compton
\nSongwriter: Bill Monroe
\nLabel: Taterbug Records
\nProducer: Mark Howard<\/p>\n

\u201cVertigo\u201d
\nArtist: B\u00e9la Fleck featuring Sam Bush, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, and Bryan Sutton
\nSongwriter: B\u00e9la Fleck
\nLabel: Renew Records
\nProducer: B\u00e9la Fleck<\/p>\n

Collaborative Recording of the Year<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

\u201cBlackbird\u201d
\nArtist: Special Consensus with Amanda Smith, Dale Ann Bradley, Rob Ickes, and Alison Brown
\nSongwriter: J.P. Cormier
\nLabel: Compass Records
\nProducer: Alison Brown<\/p>\n

\u201cEast Bound and Down\u201d
\nArtist: Po\u2019 Ramblin\u2019 Boys featuring Jason Carter & Bronwyn Keith-Hynes
\nSongwriters: Jerry Reed\/Dick Feller
\nLabel: Sound Biscuit Productions
\nProducer: The Po\u2019 Rambling\u2019 Boys\/Dave Haggard<\/p>\n

\u201cHonky Tonk Nights\u201d
\nArtist: Del McCoury Band featuring Vince Gill
\nSongwriter: Mike O\u2019Reilly
\nLabel: McCoury Music
\nProducer: Del McCoury\/Ronnie McCoy<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the Sweet By and By\u201d
\nArtist: Dolly Parton with Carl Jackson, Larry Cordle, Bradley Walker, and Jerry Salley
\nSongwriters: S. Fillmore Bennett\/Joseph Webster
\nLabel: Billy Blue Records
\nProducer: Jerry Salley<\/p>\n

\u201cOne By One\u201d
\nArtist: Dale Ann Bradley with Danny Paisley
\nSongwriter: Jim Anglin\/Jack Anglin\/Johnny Wright
\nLabel: Pinecastle Records
\nProducer: Dale Ann Bradley<\/p>\n

Male Vocalist of the Year<\/strong>: Greg Blake, Rick Faris, Del McCoury, Danny Paisley, Larry Sparks<\/p>\n

Female Vocalist of the Year<\/strong>: Brooke Aldridge, Dale Ann Bradley, Sierra Hull, Molly Tuttle, Rhonda Vincent<\/p>\n

Banjo Player of the Year<\/strong>: Gena Britt, Bela Fleck, Rob McCoury, Kristin Scott Benson, Scott Vestal<\/p>\n

Bass Player of the Year<\/strong>: Mike Bub, Jason Moore, Missy Raines, Mark Schatz, Vickie Vaughn<\/p>\n

Fiddle Player of the Year<\/strong>: Jason Carter, Michael Cleveland, Stuart Duncan, Bronwyn Keith-Hynes. Beanie Richardson<\/p>\n

Resophonic Guitar Player of the Year<\/strong>: Jerry Douglas, Andy Hall, Rob Ickes, Phil Leadbetter, Justin Moses<\/p>\n

Guitar Player of the Year<\/strong>: Billy Strings, Trey Hensley, Cody Kilby, Bryan Sutton, Molly Tuttle<\/p>\n

Mandolin Player of the Year<\/strong>: Alan Bibey, Jesse Brock, Sam Bush, Sierra Hull, Ronnie McCoury<\/p>\n

\"2022
2022 marks the 50th anniversary of the release of the seminal album – Will the Circle be Unbroken.<\/figcaption><\/figure>Norman Blake, Paul \u201cMoon\u201d Mullins and Peter Rowan 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 multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Norman Blake, a Grammy and Country Music Association Album of the Year award \u2013winner whose prolific music career spans more than six decades; Paul \u201cMoon\u201d Mullins, a broadcast pioneer and recording artist whose work brought bluegrass music to tens of thousands in Ohio and beyond; and Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and renaissance musician Peter Rowan who has been performing for nearly 60 years.<\/p>\n

Five Distinguished Achievement Awards Will Also Be Presented <\/strong><\/p>\n

2022 marks the 50th anniversary of the release of the seminal album – Will the Circle be Unbroken.[\/caption]Five organizations and individuals will receive Distinguished Achievement Awards in recognition of their significant contributions to the genre. The five, who will be recognized and presented with plaques during a luncheon at the IBMA business conference, are flatpicking innovator Dan Crary, cutting-edge roots music organization Freshgrass Foundation, revered banjo creator and musician Steve Huber, the legendary Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the landmark Will the Circle Be Unbroken album, and online education leaders Peghead Nation.<\/p>\n

The IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards Show is the centerpiece of World of Bluegrass Week that is slated for September 27-October 1 in North Carolina\u2019s capital city. IBMA World of Bluegrass also features a September 27-29 business conference (replete with a wide array of professional development programming, sponsored artist showcases and late-night hospitality functions, and plenty of networking and relationship-building opportunities), the IBMA Bluegrass Ramble (a series of official showcases in downtown Raleigh and the Raleigh Convention Center), and the two-day IBMA Bluegrass Live! festival, September 30-October 1, that draws throngs of music lovers to downtown Raleigh to enjoy more than 100 acts on different stages set up along Fayetteville Street \u2013- from the state capitol to the Duke Performing Arts Center.
\nConsidered the genre\u2019s annual industry gathering and family reunion. IBMA\u2019s annual World of Bluegrass week has taken place in Raleigh since 2013 \u2013 apart from 2020 when the trade and professional association for the global bluegrass community shifted to online presentation of its professional development seminars, artist showcases and awards in light of concerns surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

Estonian Group Curly Strings Awarded IBMA’s First International Band Performance Grant<\/strong><\/p>\n

New for 2022, IBMA recently named the first recipient of its International Band Performance Grant. Curly Strings, an Estonia-based four-piece ensemble, was selected via a competitive process and will be featured as a part of this year\u2019s IBMA World of Bluegrass. The band achieved mainstream recognition and success in its home country — winning national music awards and being the top selling artists in music stores for more than a year. Combining the familiar with the unfamiliar, Curly Strings its unique Baltic take to the acoustic music world.<\/p>\n

\"Estonia's
Estonia’s Curly Strings (Photo: Maris Savik)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\u201cWe are very grateful to be selected for this year\u2019s IBMA International Band Performance Grant, and we look forward to our appearances in Raleigh and our follow-on tour in 2023,” said Curly Strings. “Our main goal at our performances is to give the audiences an amazing performance of our Estonian-infused acoustic music, to show the whole range of emotional spectrum of our songs and musicianship, and to let the people experience that even though we sing in a foreign language, music is something that transcends these borders and brings all of us closer together.\u201d
\nWhile noting that a number of very talented international bands applied for the inaugural grant, Paul Schiminger, chair of the IBMA International Band Steering Committee, said: \u201cWe felt Curly Strings stood out with their exciting blend of Estonian-influenced bluegrass music. We look forward to seeing them in Raleigh and on their 2023 U.S. tour, which will include highlight performances at Grey Fox, ROMP, Frankfurt Bluegrass Festival, The Station Inn, and the Grand Ole Opry.\u201d For more information on the band and to hear some of Curly Strings’ music, visit curlystrings.ee<\/a>. This year\u2019s World of Bluegrass will also feature an expanded exhibit hall and International Pavilion with a new stage.<\/p>\n

IBMA<\/strong> (ibma.org<\/a>) seeks to facilitate the growth and development of the bluegrass community \u2013 for professionals and enthusiasts who share a passion for the music. <\/p>\n

Earlier this month, AcousticMusicScene.com<\/em> published an article entitled Bluegrass Ramble and Songwriter Showcase Artists Chosen for IBMA World of Bluegrass<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nominees for the 33rd annual IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards were announced July 26 in Nashville, Tennessee. In the running for the coveted Entertainer of the Year award are Billy Strings, Del McCoury Band, and Po \u2018Ramblin\u2019 Boys. Sister Sadie, and Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway.<\/p>\n

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