BMI Writers Make Strong Showing in International Bluegrass Music Association Award Nominations
Once again, Broadcast Music, Inc. writers are nominated for an impressive number of International Bluegrass Music Association awards, sweeping several categories such as Entertainer of the Year, Vocal Group of the Year, Instrumental Group of the Year, Song of the Year and Album of the Year. The winners will be announced during a ceremony to take place October 2, 2014, in Raleigh, NC, during the World of Bluegrass event, held September 30 to October 4. Sirius XM Satellite Radio will broadcast the show live and ibma.org will stream the awards presentation. Performances by various artists, as well as educational showcases, will be held in numerous downtown Raleigh locations and the Raleigh Convention Center during the World of Bluegrass event, hosted by IBMA.
Here’s a complete list of BMI nominees:
ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
Balsam Range
Blue Highway
Dailey & Vincent
The Gibson Brothers
The Del McCoury Band
VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR
Balsam Range
Blue Highway
Dailey & Vincent
The Gibson Brothers
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
INSTRUMENTAL GROUP OF THE YEAR
Balsam Range
Blue Highway
The Boxcars
The Del McCoury Band
Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen
SONG OF THE YEAR
“Dear Sister” - Claire Lynch (artist), Claire Lynch and Louisa Branscomb (writers)
“Grandpa’s Way of Life” – (performed by The Spinney Brothers*), Mark ‘Brink’ Brinkman (writer)
“It’s Just a Road” - The Boxcars (artist), William Keith Garrett (writer)
“The Game” - Blue Highway (artist), Shawn Lane and Barry Bales (writers)
“You Took All The Ramblin’ Out of Me” - The Boxcars (artist), Jerry Hubbard (writer)
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Hall of Fame Bluegrass - Junior Sisk and Joe Mullins (artist), Junior Sisk and Joe Mullins (producers)
It’s Just A Road - The Boxcars (artist), The Boxcars (producer)
Noam Pikelny Plays Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe - Noam Pikelny (artist)
Streets of Baltimore - The Del McCoury Band (artist), Del McCoury (producer)
The Game - Blue Highway (artist), Blue Highway (producer)
GOSPEL RECORDED PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
“The Day We Learn to Fly” – (performed by Volume Five*), The Day We Learn To Fly (album), Stacy Richardson and Leroy Drumm (writers)
“Wait A Little Longer Please Jesus” – (performed by Donna Ulisse*), I Am a Child of God (album), Hazel Marie Houser (writer), “When Sorrows Encompass Me Around” - The Boxcars (artist), It’s Just A Road (album), Paul Edgar Johnson (writer), The Boxcars (producer)
“Won’t It Be Wonderful There” - Dailey & Vincent (artist), Brothers of the Highway (album), Jamie Dailey and Darrin Vincent (producers)
INSTRUMENTAL RECORDED PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
“Five Miles to Milan” - The Grascals (artist), When I Get My Pay (album), Danny Roberts (writer), The Grascals (producer)
“Graveyard Fields” - Steep Canyon Rangers (artist), Tell The Ones I Love (album), Mike Guggino (writer)
“Johnny Don’t Get Drunk” - Adam Steffey (artist), New Primitive (album)
“Skillet Head Derailed” - The Boxcars (artist), It’s Just a Road (album) The Boxcars (producer)
RECORDED EVENT OF THE YEAR
“American Pickers”- The Grascals (with Dierks Bentley*) (artists), The Grascals (producer)
“Keepin’ It Between the Lines (Old School)” - Peter Rowan with Bobby Osborne, Jesse McReynolds, Ronnie McCoury and Del McCoury (artists), Alison Brown (producer)
“Wild Montana Skies” - Claire Lynch & Rob Ickes (artists), Alison Brown (producer)
“Wild Mountain Honey” - Junior Sisk and Joe Mullins (artists), Junior Sisk and Joe Mullins (producers)
EMERGING ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Detour
Flatt Lonesome
Town Mountain
MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Del McCoury
Buddy Melton
Frank Solivan
Dan Tyminski
FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Dale Ann Bradley
Alison Krauss
Claire Lynch
Rhonda Vincent
INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMERS OF THE YEAR
BANJO
Noam Pikelny
Ron Stewart
BASS
Barry Bales
Mike Bub
Missy Raines
Mark Schatz
Darrin Vincent
FIDDLE
Michael Cleveland
Stuart Duncan
Bobby Hicks
Ron Stewart
DOBRO
Jerry Douglas
Rob Ickes
Randy Kohrs
GUITAR
Tony Rice
James Alan Shelton
Kenny Smith
Tim Stafford
Bryan Sutton
MANDOLIN
Sam Bush
Frank Solivan
Adam Steffey
2014 INTERNATIONAL BLUEGRASS MUSIC SPECIAL AWARD NOMINATIONS
BLUEGRASS SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Becky Buller
Mark ‘Brink’ Brinkman
Tim Stafford
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