Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out
Many of the Nashville area’s finest bluegrass musicians are up for awards at the 2012 International Bluegrass Music Awards, set to take place at Ryman Auditorium on Sept. 27. The International Bluegrass Music Association announced this year’s nominees Wednesday night at a press conference held at the Loveless Barn in Nashville.
Georgia-based group Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out and Nashville’s own Alison Krauss & Union Station top the list of nominees with nine and eight nominations, respectively — including entertainer of the year, album of the year and nods for the groups’ individual performers.
Moore was surprised to learn that he and his band were this year’s top nominees, as the singer explained to The Tennessean, he hadn’t been keeping score.
“We just all strive hard to do our own thing, and do it to the best of our ability,” he said. “Now, having said that, I would be lying if I said that I don’t want to take any of these awards home ... but we’re totally excited about being nominated, and they put us in a nice class of nominees.”
Moore and Krauss are trailed by Kingsport, Tenn.’s Blue Highway (with seven nominations including both vocal and instrumental group of the year) and bluegrass supergroup the Boxcars with six nods.
Wednesday’s gathering wasn’t just about awards, as the IBMA also revealed the 2012 inductees into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame: bluegrass veteran Doyle Lawson (of Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver fame) and late musician, curator and folklorist Ralph Rinzler.
Lawson was in attendance Wednesday and received a standing ovation from his peers.
“It’s pretty awesome,” he said after the press conference. “I’ve often stated that I never have done it or ever will do it for the awards, but you know, when you have your peers show their appreciation, it’s almost indescribable. I know this: I’ll be in there with a lot of my heroes.”
The awards show is the main event of the International Bluegrass Music Association’s annual “World of Bluegrass” week, which has taken place in Nashville since 2005. In May, the IBMA announced that “World of Bluegrass” and the awards show would move to Raleigh, N.C., in 2013 for a three-year run.
Moore said he was looking forward to this year’s festivities in Nashville and was optimistic about the IBMA’s future plans.
“Things change, and you have to roll with the flow,” he said. “So we’re looking forward, also, to the move to Raleigh and we’re supporting it. We support IBMA and we’ll do what we can to make the transition as smooth as possible.”
Dailey and Vincent, The Gibson Brothers and Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers also are nominated for the entertainer of the year award.
Tickets for the International Bluegrass Music Awards are $30, $75 and $115 and on sale now at www.ticketmaster.com.
2012 International Bluegrass Music Award Nominations
ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
Dailey & Vincent
The Gibson Brothers
Alison Krauss & Union Station
Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers
Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out
VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR
Blue Highway
Dailey & Vincent
The Gibson Brothers
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out
INSTRUMENTAL GROUP OF THE YEAR
Blue Highway
The Boxcars
Sam Bush Band
Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper
Punch Brothers
SONG OF THE YEAR
“A Far Cry From Lester & Earl” by Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice, written by Tim Massey, Rick Purdue & Harry Sisk Jr.
“Dust Bowl Children” by Alison Krauss & Union Station, written by Peter Rowan
“Pretty Little Girl From Galax” by Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out, written by Milan Miller
“Somewhere South of Crazy” by Dale Ann Bradley, written by Dale Ann Bradley & Pam Tillis
“Sounds Of Home” by Blue Highway, written by Shawn Lane
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
"All In by The Boxcars" (artists & producers), Mountain Home Records
"Paper Airplane" by Alison Krauss & Union Station (artists & producers), Rounder Records
"Prime Tyme" by Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out (artists & producers), Rural Rhythm Records
"Sounds of Home" by Blue Highway (artists & producers), Rounder Records
"The Heart of a Song" by Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice (artists), Wes Easter & Ramblers Choice (producers), Rebel Records
GOSPEL RECORDED PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
“Beyond The Sunset” by Doyle Lawson, Russell Moore, Jamie Dailey & Josh Swift (artists); Doyle Lawson (songwriter); Bob Kelley, Jack Campitelli & Darrel Adkins (producers); Rural Rhythm Records
“I Pressed Through The Crowd” by Dale Ann Bradley (artist), Joe Isaacs (songwriter), Alison Brown (producer), Compass Records
“I Saw Him Walk Out of the Sky” by Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver (artists), Dee Gaskin (songwriter), Doyle Lawson (producer), Mountain Home Records
“Satisfied” by Paul Williams & The Victory Trio (artists), Martha Carson (songwriter), Paul Williams (producer), Rebel Records
“Singing As We Rise” by The Gibson Brothers (artists); Joe Newberry (songwriter); Eric Gibson, Mike Barber & Leigh Gibson (producers); Compass Records
INSTRUMENTAL RECORDED PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
“Angeline The Baker” by the Lonesome River Band (artists & producers), Rural Rhythm Records
“Carroll County Blues” by Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out (artists & producers), Rural Rhythm Records
“Manzanita” by Tony Rice, Josh Williams, Aaron Ramsey, Aubrey Haynie & Rob Ickes (artists); Anthony D. Rice (songwriter); Bob Kelley, Jack Campitelli & Darrel Adkins (producers); Rural Rhythm Records
“Roaring Creek” by Blue Highway (artists & producers), Jason Burleson (songwriter), Rounder Records
“That’s What She Said” by The Boxcars (artists & producers), Adam Steffey (songwriter), Mountain Home Records
RECORDED EVENT OF THE YEAR
“Beyond The Sunset” by Doyle Lawson, Russell Moore, Jamie Dailey & Josh Swift (artists); Bob Kelley, Jack Campitelli & Darrel Adkins (producers); Rural Rhythm Records
“Life Goes On” by 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 (artists); Bob Kelley, Jack Campitelli & Darrel Adkins (producers); Rural Rhythm Records
“Monroe” by Special Consensus with Josh Williams & Chris Jones (artists); Alison Brown (producer); Compass Records
“Old Violin” by Larry Cordle & Michael Cleveland (artists); Bob Kelley, Jack Campitelli & Darrel Adkins (producers);
Rural Rhythm Records
“Singing As We Rise” by The Gibson Brothers (artists); Eric Gibson, Mike Barber & Leigh Gibson (producers);
Compass Records
EMERGING ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Darin & Brooke Aldridge
Della Mae
Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers
Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen
Darrell Webb Band
MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Audie Blaylock
Jamie Dailey
Vince Gill
Russell Moore
Dan Tyminski
FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Dale Ann Bradley
Sonya Isaacs
Alison Krauss
Claire Lynch
Rhonda Vincent
INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMERS OF THE YEAR
BANJO
Kristin Scott Benson
Ron Block
J.D. Crowe
Sammy Shelor
Ron Stewart
BASS
Barry Bales
Mike Bub
Missy Raines
Mark Schatz
Marshall Wilborn
FIDDLE
Hunter Berry
Jason Carter
Michael Cleveland
Stuart Duncan
Ron Stewart
DOBRO
Mike Auldridge
Jerry Douglas
Rob Ickes
Randy Kohrs
Phil Leadbetter
GUITAR
Tony Rice
Kenny Smith
Bryan Sutton
Doc Watson
Josh Williams
MANDOLIN
Wayne Benson
Jesse Brock
Sam Bush
Sierra Hull
Adam Steffey
2012 HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES
Doyle Lawson
Ralph Rinzler
2012 International Bluegrass Music Special Award Nominations
BLUEGRASS BROADCASTER OF THE YEAR
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
ROMP, produced by the International Bluegrass Music Museum; Owensboro, KY
BEST GRAPHIC DESIGN FOR A RECORDED PROJECT
Bedrock Manufacturing (designer) for Nobody Knows You, by the Steep Canyon Rangers (Rounder Records)
Caroline Hadilaksono (designer) for Beat the Devil and Carry a Rail, by Noam Pikelny (Compass Records)
Lynch Graphics (designer), for Home from the Hills, by Jimmy Gaudreau & Moondi Klein (Rebel Records)
BEST LINER NOTES FOR A RECORDED PROJECT
Geoffrey Himes (liner notes), for John Duffey: the Rebel Years: 1962-1977, by John Duffey (Rebel Records)
Marian Leighton Levy (liner notes), for Tony Rice: The Bill Monroe Collection, by Tony Rice (Rounder Records)
Bill Nowlin (liner notes), for Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration: A Classic Bluegrass Tribute, by Various Artists (Rounder Records)
BLUEGRASS PRINT/MEDIA PERSON OF THE YEAR
Marty Godbey, author of Crowe on the Banjo: The Music Life of J.D. Crowe (Univ. of Illinois Press)
Derek Halsey; the Herald Dispatch in Huntington, W.Va. and Bluegrass Unlimited magazine
Ted Lehman; Ted Lehmann’s Bluegrass, Books & Brainstorms
BLUEGRASS SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Tom T. & Dixie Hall
Donna Ulisse
Jon Weisberger
2012 DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT AWARD RECIPIENTS
Byron Berline
Joe & Lil Cornett (Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival)
Orin Friesen
Kitsy Kuykendall
Darrell “Pee Wee” Lambert
