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This Year’s IBMA Nominees

by Julie on August 17th, 2007

Announcements were made the morning of August 16, 2007 of the 2007 International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) nominees. Here’s a list of the nominees:

Entertainer of the Year
Cherryholmes
The Grascals
Alison Krauss & Union Station Featuring Jerry Douglas
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
Del McCoury Band
Rhonda Vincent & the Rage

Vocal Group
Blue Highway
The Isaacs
Alison Krauss & Union Station Featuring Jerry Douglas
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
Rhonda Vincent & the Rage

Instrumental GroupBlue Highway
Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper Featuring Audie Blaylock
Alison Krauss & Union Station Featuring Jerry Douglas
Del McCoury Band
Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder

Male VocalistRonnie Bowman
Russell Moore
Tim O’Brien
Larry Sparks
Bradley Walker

Female Vocalist
Dale Ann Bradley
Sonya Isaacs
Alison Krauss
Claire Lynch
Rhonda Vincent

Song of the Year“All American Bluegrass Girl”
Artist: Rhonda Vincent
Songwriter: Rhonda Vincent

“Fork in the Road”
Artist: The Infamous Stringdusters
Songwriters: Chris Jones and John Pennell

“Lefty’s Old Guitar”
Artist: J.D. Crowe & the New South
Songwriters: Dave Maggard and Jack Spencer

“Sadie’s Got Her New Dress On”
Artist: Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
Songwriter: Connie Leigh

“The Last Suit You Wear”
Artist: Larry Sparks
Songwriters: Larry Shell, Larry Williams and Kim Williams

Album of the Year
All American Bluegrass Girl
Rhonda Vincent

Fork in the Road
The Infamous Stringdusters

Lefty’s Old Guitar
J.D. Crowe & the New South

More Behind the Picture Than the Wall
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver

The Last Suit You Wear
Larry Sparks

Recorded Event
Vassar Clements, Tony Rice and the Low Country All-Star Band
Vassar Clements, Tony Rice and the Low Country All-Star Band

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

New Songs, Old Friends
Jerry Salley with Vince Gill, Doyle Lawson, Bryan Sutton, Oak Ridge Boys, Darryl Worley, Adam Steffey, Jamie Johnson, Lisa Shaffer, Rob Ickes, Del McCoury, Sonya Isaacs, David Talbot, Rhonda Vincent, Carl Jackson, Stuart Duncan, Larry Cordle, Keith Sewell, Wendy Sewell, Ben Isaacs, Alecia Nugent, Ricky Skaggs and Sharon White

Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby
Ricky Skaggs and Bruce Hornsby

Wow Baby
Hunter Berry with Tony Rice, Doyle Lawson, Dan Tyminski, Marty Stuart, Bobby Osborne, Bryan Sutton, Adam Steffey, Jason Carter, Buck White, Sally Sandker, Sonya Isaacs, Keith Williams, Rhonda Vincent, Buddy Spicher, Ronnie Stewart, Darrin Vincent, Bob Moore and Tom Roady

Instrumental AlbumAcoustic Rising
Mark Johnson and Emory Lester

Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular
Tony Trischka

Instrumentals
Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder

No Apologies
Jim VanCleve

Wow Baby
Hunter Berry

Gospel Recorded Performance
“Did You Forget God Today”
The Grascals

“He Lives in Me”
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver

Tell Someone
Kenny & Amanda Smith Band

The Promised Land
Del McCoury Band

“We Shall Inherit”
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver

Emerging Artist
Cadillac Sky
Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper Featuring Audie Blaylock
The Infamous Stringdusters
Bradley Walker
Williams & Clark Expedition

Instrumental Performers

BanjoCia Cherryholmes
J.D. Crowe
Jim Mills
Sammy Shelor
Tony Trischka

Bass
Barry Bales
Mike Bub
Mickey Harris
Missy Raines
Marshall Wilborn

Fiddle
Hunter Berry
Michael Cleveland
Stuart Duncan
Ron Stewart
Jim VanCleve

DobroMike Auldridge
Jerry Douglas
Rob Ickes
Randy Kohrs
Phil Leadbetter

Guitar
Jim Hurst
Tony Rice
Kenny Smith
Larry Sparks
Bryan Sutton

MandolinSam Bush
Doyle Lawson
Ronnie McCoury
Adam Steffey
Chris Thile

Bluegrass Broadcaster
Kyle Cantrell, XM Satellite Radio
Chris Jones, Sirius Satellite Radio
Ned Luberecki, Sirius Satellite Radio

Print Media Person
Aaron Keith Harris, National Review Online, Baltimore Examiner News, Lonesome Road Review blog

John Lawless and Brance Gillihan, The Bluegrass Blog

Chris Stuart, Bluegrass Unlimited

Best Liner Notes for a Recorded Project
Writers: Barry Poss and Jay Orr
Sugar Hill Records: A Retrospective

Writers: Peter K. Siegel, John Cohen and Jody Stecher
Friends of Old Time Music: The Folk Arrival 1961-1965

Writer: Gary Reid
Don Reno & Red Smiley and the Tennessee Cut-Ups, 1959-1963

Best Graphic Design for a Recorded Project

Designer: Don Bailey
Hillbilly Hemingway, Mark Newton Band

Designer: Sue Meyer Sugar Hill Records: A Retrospective

Designer: Visual Dialogue
Friends of Old Time Music: The Folk Arrival 1961-1965

Bluegrass Event
33rd Festival of the Bluegrass (Lexington, Ky.)

The Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival (Ancramdale, N.Y.)

Pickin’ in the Sticks: The 27th Annual Minnesota Bluegrass and Old-Time Music Festival (St. Cloud, Minn.)

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