IBMA Announces Nominations

Rhonda Vincent & Doyle Lawson Top Nominee List

Rhonda Vincent photo by Russ Harrington, courtesy of Rounder Records.

August 16, 2007 — IBMA is proud to announce the nominees for the International Bluegrass Music Awards, to be hosted by legendary mandolin player and vocalist Sam Bush on Thursday, October 4, 2007, at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tennessee.

Bluegrass is an exciting and durable music that attracts lifelong fans and generates successful careers which often last for decades. This year's nominations recognize veterans and prior recipients along with a strong list of newcomers.

Included on the list for bluegrass music's Entertainer of the Year award are The Grascals (the reigning recipients), along with Cherryholmes, Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, The Del McCoury Band and Rhonda Vincent & the Rage.

Rhonda Vincent & the Rage garner 11 separate IBMA award nominations, with nods for Entertainer, Vocal Group, Female Vocalist, Song of the Year for "All American Bluegrass Girl" and Album of the Year for the project by the same name on the Rounder label. Band member Hunter Berry received a nomination for Fiddle Player of the Year; and his debut release, Wow Baby is nominated for both Instrumental Album of the Year and Recorded Event of the Year. Mickey Harris was nominated for Bass Player of the Year, and both Vincent and Kenny Ingram are in the running for Recorded Event of the Year for their work on New Songs, Old Friends by Jerry Salley and Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular by Tony Trischka, respectively.

The six-time recipients of IBMA's Vocal Group of the Year, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, are nominated for this award again, along with Entertainer of the Year, Song of the Year for "Sadie's Got Her New Dress On" written by Connie Leigh, Album of the Year for More Behind the Picture than the Wall on Rounder Records, two nominations for Gospel Recorded Event (for songs "We Shall Inherit" and "He Lives in Me") and Mandolin Player of the Year (Lawson). Guitarist/vocalist Jamie Dailey and Lawson will vie separately for Recorded Event of the Year, for their contributions to Jerry Salley's and Hunter Berry's albums respectively--bringing the band to a total of nine nominations.

Multiple award winners Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas, The Del McCoury Band and Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder each received seven nominations each.