2014 IBMA Award nominees

The nominees for the 2014 International Bluegrass Music Awards have been announced this evening in Nashville.

Awards will be presented on October 2 at the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts in Raleigh, NC. Awards Show tickets are available online.

Here are the nominees and recipients as provided by the IBMA:

2014 HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES

The Original Seldom Scene
Neil Rosenberg

2014 DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT AWARD RECIPIENTS

Deering Banjo Company
The Delmore Brothers
European Bluegrass Music Association
Hillbilly at Harvard
Bill Keith

2014 International Bluegrass Music Award 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, written by Claire Lynch and Louisa Branscomb
“Grandpa’s Way of Life,“ The Spinney Brothers, written by Mark ‘Brink’ Brinkman
“It’s Just A Road,” The Boxcars, written by William Keith Garrett
“The Game,” Blue Highway, written by Shawn Lane and Barry Bales
“You Took All The Ramblin’ Out of Me,” The Boxcars, written by Jerry Hubbard

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Hall Of Fame Bluegrass, Junior Sisk and Joe Mullins, produced by Junior Sisk and Joe Mullins, Rebel Records
It’s Just A Road, The Boxcars, produced by The Boxcars, Mountain Home
Noam Pikelny Plays Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe, Noam Pikelny, produced by Gabe Witcher, Compass Records
Streets Of Baltimore, The Del McCoury Band, produced by Del McCoury, McCoury Music
The Game, Blue Highway, produced by Blue Highway, Rounder Records.

GOSPEL RECORDED PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR

“Love Does,” Darin and Brooke Aldridge, from Flying, written by Jamie Johnson, Suzanne M. Johnson and Jenee Fleenor, produced by Darin and Brooke Aldridge, Organic Records
“The Day We Learn To Fly,” Volume Five, from The Day We Learn To Fly, written by Stacy Richardson and Leroy Drumm, produced by Volume Five, Mountain Fever Records
“Wait A Little Longer Please Jesus,” Donna Ulisse, from I Am A Child Of God, written by Hazel Marie Houser, produced by Bryan Sutton and Donna Ulisse, Hadley Music Group
“When Sorrows Encompass Me Around,” The Boxcars, from It’s Just A Road, written by Paul Edgar Johnson, produced by The Boxcars, Mountain Home
“Won’t It Be Wonderful There,” Dailey & Vincent, from Brothers Of The Highway, written by Mildred Styles Johnson, produced by Jamie Dailey and Darrin Vincent, Rounder Records

INSTRUMENTAL RECORDED PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR

“Five Miles to Milan,” The Grascals, from When I Get My Pay, written by Danny Roberts, produced by The Grascals, Mountain Home
“Graveyard Fields,” Steep Canyon Rangers, from Tell The Ones I Love, written by Mike Guggino, produced by Larry Campbell, Rounder Records
“Johnny Don’t Get Drunk,” Adam Steffey, from New Primitive, Public Domain, produced by Adam Steffey, Organic Records
“Skillet Head Derailed,” The Boxcars, from It’s Just A Road, written by Ron Stewart, produced by The Boxcars, Mountain Home
“Thank God I’m A Country Boy,” Special Consensus with Buddy Spicher, Michael Cleveland and Alison Brown, from Country Boy: A Bluegrass Tribute to John Denver, written by John Martin Sommers, Compass Records

RECORDED EVENT OF THE YEAR

“American Pickers,” The Grascals with Dierks Bentley, produced by The Grascals, Pinecastle
“Keepin’ It Between the Lines (Old School),” Peter Rowan with Bobby Osborne, Jesse McReynolds, Ronnie McCoury and Del McCoury, produced by Alison Brown, Compass Records
“Martha White, Lester & Earl,” Terry Baucom with Marty Raybon & Buddy Melton, produced by Terry and Cindy Baucom, John Boy and Billy Records
“Wild Montana Skies,” Special Consensus with Claire Lynch and Rob Ickes, produced by Alison Brown, Compass Records
“Wild Mountain Honey” Junior Sisk and Joe Mullins, produced by Junior Sisk and Joe Mullins, Rebel Records

EMERGING ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Detour
Flatt Lonesome
The Spinney Brothers
Town Mountain
Volume Five

MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR

Del McCoury
Buddy Melton
Tim O’Brien
Frank Solivan
Dan Tyminski

FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR

Dale Ann Bradley
Alison Krauss
Claire Lynch
Amanda Smith
Rhonda Vincent

INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMERS OF THE YEAR

BANJO

Jens Kruger
Mike Munford
Noam Pikelny
Sammy Shelor
Ron Stewart

BASS

Barry Bales
Mike Bub
Missy Raines
Mark Schatz
Darin Vincent

FIDDLE

Jason Carter
Michael Cleveland
Stuart Duncan
Bobby Hicks
Ron Stewart

DOBRO

Jerry Douglas
Andy Hall
Rob Ickes
Randy Kohrs
Phil Leadbetter

GUITAR

Tony Rice
James Alan Shelton
Kenny Smith
Tim Stafford
Bryan Sutton

MANDOLIN

Sam Bush
Sierra Hull
Frank Solivan
Adam Steffey
Chris Thile

2014 International Bluegrass Music Special Award Nominations

BLUEGRASS BROADCASTER OF THE YEAR

Kyle Cantrell, Bluegrass Junction, Sirius XM
Steve Fisher, Bluegrass Sessions at Ironwood Stage & Grill (Calgary, AB, Canada)
Chris Jones, Bluegrass Junction, Sirius XM
Al Weekly, KRVN; musicchartsmagazine.com
Tim White, Song of the Mountains, PBS

BLUEGRASS EVENT OF THE YEAR

Bloomin’ Bluegrass Festival, Farmers Branch, Texas
Bluegrass Underground, McMinnville, Tennessee
FreshGrass 2013, North Adams, Massachusetts
Jenny Brook Bluegrass Festival 2013, Tunbridge, Vermont
Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Festival 2013, Richmond, Minnesota

BEST GRAPHIC DESIGN FOR A RECORDED PROJECT

Lou Everhart (designer), Lonely Comes Easy, Chris Jones & The Night Drivers, Rebel Records
Josh Gibson, Keesha Dickel (designers), No More Rain, The Steel Wheels
Josh Gibson, Dough Seymour (designers), Echo Sessions, The Stray Birds
Josh Gibson, Scott Simontacchi (designers), Carnival, Nora Jane Struthers, Blue Pig Music
Lynn Weathers (designer), Flying, Darin & Brooke Aldridge, Organic Records

BEST LINER NOTES FOR A RECORDED PROJECT

David Freeman, Hall of Fame Bluegrass!, Junior Sisk and Joe Mullins, Rebel Records
Fred Jasper and Derek Halsey, The Definitive Doc Watson, Doc Watson, Sugar Hill Records and Vanguard Records
Randy Pitts, Three Chords and the Truth, James King, Rounder Records.
Neil V Rosenberg, Noam Pikelny Plays Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe, Noam Pikelny, Compass Records
Dave Royko, Country Boy: A Bluegrass Tribute to John Denver, Special Consensus & Friends, Compass Records

BLUEGRASS PRINT/MEDIA PERSON OF THE YEAR

Derek Halsey, writer for the Herald Dispatch in Huntington, West Virginia, Bluegrass Unlimited magazine, and The Bluegrass Situation.
Chris Jones, writer for Bluegrass Today
John Curtis Goad, writer for Bluegrass Today
Daniel Mullins, writer for Bluegrass Today
Ted Lehmann, blogger for Ted Lehmann’s Bluegrass, Books & Brainstorms