As promised, we’ll have a couple more photo galleries from last week’s IBMA festivities in Nashville. Here is a batch of photos from the party held backstage at The Grand Ole Opry house just prior to Thursday’s International Bluegrass Music Awards.
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During an IBMA week conversation with John Eberle of Americana Mastering, an excellent suggestion for a new IBMA Award category came up.
John remarked that, given the degree to which bluegrass artists and fans appreciate the subtleties of acoustic instrument tonality, it might be appropriate to consider an award for the best audio recording of the year.
It struck me as a marvelous idea as well, though I suspect that the IBMA Awards Committee may not immediately warm to the notion of new awards.
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We’ve heard from a number of readers who were unable to view the photo galleries we had posted from IBMA last week. It seems to have been restricted to users of Internet Explorer 7, though not all IE 7 users were affected.
In any event, we have modified the code to remove the tag that caused this problem, so anyone who had trouble seeing the IBMA images should be able to do so now.
We actually have some additional photos which we will post later today or tomorrow, as soon as we recover from last week.
If you would like to follow our live blog coverage of the Awards Show, you can find it arranged in chronological order here.
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It’s time now for our annual recap of the IBMA Awards and a comparison to our unofficial poll.
Here are the results.
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Award
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IBMA Winner
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Blog Poll Winner
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| Entertainer of the Year | The Grascals | Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver |
| Vocal Group of the Year | Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver | Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver |
| Instrumental Group of the Year | Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper, featuring Audie Blaylock | Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder |
| Song of the Year | Fork In The Road The Infamous Stringdusters Chris Jones & John Pennell (writer) |
Fork In The Road The Infamous Stringdusters Chris Jones & John Pennell (writer) |
| Album of the Year | Lefty’s Old Guitar J.D. Crowe & The New South tied with Fork In The Road |
More Behind The Picture Than The Wall Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver |
| Gospel Recorded Performance of the Year | He Lives In Me Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver |
He Lives In Me Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver |
| Instrumental Album of the Year | Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular Tony Trischka |
Wow Baby Hunter Berry |
| Emerging Artist of the Year | The Infamous Stringdusters | The Infamous Stringdusters |
| Recorded Event of the Year | Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular Tony Trischka |
Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular Tony Trischka |
| Male Vocalist of the Year | Bradley Walker | Larry Sparks |
| Female Vocalist of the Year | Dale Ann Bradley | Rhonda Vincent |
| Banjo Player of the Year | Tony Trischka | J.D. Crowe |
| Bass Player of the Year | Missy Raines | Barry Bales |
| Fiddle Player of the Year | Michael Cleveland | Michael Cleveland |
| Dobro Player of the Year | Rob Ickes | Jerry Douglas |
| Guitar Player of the Year | Tony Rice | Tony Rice |
| Mandolin Player of the Year | Sam Bush | Doyle Lawson |
Last year we only got 7 out of 17 correct in our poll. This year we got 7 out of 17 right again. It seems we’re establishing a track record.
It’s interesting to see how our readership compares to the voting membership of IBMA. Visit the IBMA website to find out more about IBMA membership.
More updates from IBMA and the World of Bluegrass coming soon.
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