Beginning in 2013, the IBMA will be moving its annual conference and World of Bluegrass Festival to Raleigh, North Carolina, where they're sure to reach a younger and more diverse audience than they would have in the industry-packed town of Nashville, Tenn. Don't get me wrong, though, when it comes to holding an industry event of any kind, Nashville is a great town to see and celebrate authentic live music - its venues and music community are hard to match.
So, in the spirit of celebrating and honoring great bluegrass pickers, this year, the International Bluegrass Music Awards were presented in ceremonies held during the IBMA Conference week in Nashville, Tenn., handed out at the Ryman Auditorium on Sep. 27, 2012. See below for a full list of this year's nominees. (Winners are noted in bold.)
ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
Dailey & Vincent
WINNER: The Gibson Brothers
Alison Krauss & Union Station
Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers
Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out
VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Blue Highway
Dailey & Vincent
The Gibson Brothers
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out
INSTRUMENTAL GROUP OF THE YEAR
Blue Highway
WINNER: The Boxcars
Sam Bush Band
Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper
Punch Brothers
EMERGING ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Darin & Brooke Aldridge
Della Mae
WINNER: Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers
Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen
Darrell Webb Band
MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Audie Blaylock
Jamie Dailey
Vince Gill
WINNER: Russell Moore
Dan Tyminski
FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Dale Ann Bradley
Sonya Isaacs
Alison Krauss
Claire Lynch
Rhonda Vincent
SONG OF THE YEAR
WINNER: “A Far Cry From Lester & Earl” - Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice
“Dust Bowl Children” - Alison Krauss & Union Station
“Pretty Little Girl From Galax” - Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out
“Somewhere South of Crazy” - Dale Ann Bradley
“Sounds Of Home” - Blue Highway
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
All In - The Boxcars (Mountain Home Records) | compare prices
Paper Airplane - Alison Krauss & Union Station (Rounder Records) | compare prices
Prime Tyme - Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out (Rural Rhythm Records) | compare prices
Sounds of Home - Blue Highway (Rounder Records) | compare prices
WINNER: The Heart of a Song - Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice (Rebel Records) | compare prices
GOSPEL RECORDED PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
“Beyond The Sunset” - Doyle Lawson, Russell Moore, Jamie Dailey & Josh Swift
“I Pressed Through The Crowd” - Dale Ann Bradley
“I Saw Him Walk Out of the Sky” - Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
“Satisfied” - Paul Williams & The Victory Trio
WINNER: “Singing As We Rise” - The Gibson Brothers with Ricky Skaggs
INSTRUMENTAL RECORDED PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
WINNER: “Angeline The Baker” - the Lonesome River Bandbr>
“Carroll County Blues” - Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out
“Manzanita” - Tony Rice, Josh Williams, Aaron Ramsey, Aubrey Haynie & Rob Ickes
“Roaring Creek” - Blue Highway
“That’s What She Said” - The Boxcars
RECORDED EVENT OF THE YEAR
“Beyond The Sunset” - Doyle Lawson, Russell Moore, Jamie Dailey & Josh Swift
WINNER: “Life Goes On” - Carl Jackson, Ronnie Bowman, Larry Cordle, Jerry Salley, Rickey Wasson, Randy Kohrs, D.A. Adkins, Garnet Bowman, Lynn Butler, Ashley Kohrs, Gary Payne, Dale Pyatt, Clay Hess, Alan Bibey, Jay Weaver, Ron Stewart & Jim VanCleve
“Monroe” - Special Consensus with Josh Williams & Chris Jones
“Old Violin” - Larry Cordle & Michael Cleveland
“Singing As We Rise” - The Gibson Brothers with Ricky Skaggs
INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMERS OF THE YEAR
Banjo:
Kristin Scott Benson
Ron Block
J.D. Crowe
WINNER: Sammy Shelor
Ron Stewart
Bass:
Barry Bales
Mike Bub
Missy Raines
Mark Schatz
WINNER: Marshall Wilborn
Fiddle:
Hunter Berry
Jason Carter
Michael Cleveland
WINNER: Stuart Duncan
Ron Stewart
Dobro:
Mike Auldridge
Jerry Douglas
WINNER: Rob Ickes
Randy Kohrs
Phil Leadbetter
Guitar:
Tony Rice
Kenny Smith
Bryan Sutton
WINNER: Doc Watson
Josh Williams
Mandolin:
Wayne Benson
Jesse Brock
Sam Bush
Sierra Hull
WINNER: Adam Steffey
BLUEGRASS BROADCASTER OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Kyle Cantrell; Sirius XM Satellite Radio; Nashville, TN
Katy Daley; WAMU’s Bluegrass Country; Washington, D.C.
Chris Jones; Sirius XM Satellite Radio; Nashville, TN
BLUEGRASS EVENT OF THE YEAR
Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion; Bristol, TN/VA
La Roche Bluegrass Festival; La Roche, France
WINNER: ROMP, produced by the International Bluegrass Music Museum; Owensboro, KY
BLUEGRASS PRINT MEDIA PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Marty Godbey - author of Crowe on the Banjo: The Music Life of J.D. Crowe
Derek Halsey - The Herald Dispatch in Huntington, W.Va. and Bluegrass Unlimited magazine
Ted Lehman - Ted Lehmann’s Bluegrass, Books & Brainstorms
BEST GRAPHIC DESIGN FOR A RECORDED PROJECT
WINNER: Bedrock Manufacturing - Nobody Knows You (Steep Canyon Rangers)
Caroline Hadilaksono - Beat the Devil and Carry a Rail (Noam Pikelny)
Lynch Graphics - Home from the Hills (Jimmy Gaudreau & Moondi Klein)
BEST LINER NOTES FOR A RECORDED PROJECT
Geoffrey Himes - John Duffey: the Rebel Years: 1962-1977 (John Duffey)
WINNER: Marian Leighton Levy - Tony Rice: The Bill Monroe Collection (Tony Rice)
Bill Nowlin - Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration: A Classic Bluegrass Tribute
BLUEGRASS SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Tom T. & Dixie Hall
Donna Ulisse
WINNER: Jon Weisberger
