IBMA Awards Results
Last night in Nashville at the Grand Ole Opry House, bluegrass artists from across the globe gathered to celebrate the best in their genre with the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) Awards. All of the perennial nominees and favorites were again up for the awards this year, but many were surprised when artists such as Alison Krauss and Union Station, Ricky Skaggs, Rhonda Vincent, Cherryholmes, and Del McCoury left the ceremony empty handed.
Both Krauss and Vincent, who was ill and did not attend the awards ceremony, were beaten in the Female Vocalist award by first time winner Dale Ann Bradley. The Grascals, last year’s Entertainer of the Year recipients secured the repeat in that category. While they went home without an award, the Cherryholmes performed live and brought down the house with their step-dancing routine at the end.
For an entire list of winners, keep reading after the jump.
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Entertainer of the year: The Grascals
Vocal group: Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
Instrumental group: Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper, featuring Audie Blaylock
Male vocalist: Bradley Walker
Female vocalist: Dale Ann Bradley
Song: “Fork in the Road,” The Infamous Stringdusters (artists), Chris Jones and John Pennell (songwriters)
Album: (Tie) Lefty’s Old Guitar, J.D. Crowe & the New South; Fork in the Road, the Infamous Stringdusters
Recorded event: Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular, Tony Trischka with Earl Scruggs, Kenny Ingram, Tom Adams, Bela Fleck, Noam Pikelny, Alison Brown, Scott Vestal, Steve Martin and Bill Emerson
Instrumental album: Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular, Tony Trischka
Gospel recorded performance: “He Lives in Me,” Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
Emerging artist: The Infamous Stringdusters
Instrumental performers: Tony Trischka (banjo), Missy Raines (bass), Michael Cleveland (fiddle), Rob Ickes (Dobro), Tony Rice (guitar) and Sam Bush (mandolin)
Bluegrass broadcaster: Chris Jones, Sirius Satellite Radio
Print media person: John Lawless and Brance Gillihan, The Bluegrass Blog
Best liner notes for a recorded project: Barry Poss and Jay Orr (writers), Sugar Hill Records, A Retrospective
Best graphic design for a recorded project: Don Bailey (designer), Hillbilly Hemingway, the Mark Newton Band
Bluegrass event: 33rd Festival of the Bluegrass, Lexington, Ky.
Bluegrass Hall of Fame inductees: Carl Story, Howard Watts (Cedric Rainwater)
Distinguished achievement award recipients: Mike Auldridge, The Bluegrass Breakdown, Marko Cermak, Warren Hellman and Happy and Jane Traum
October 21st, 2007 at 10:50 am
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March 23rd, 2009 at 2:51 pm
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