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Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out and its individual members snagged nominations in nine categories to lead the field at the 2012 International Bluegrass Music Awards. Alison Krauss & Union Station followed close behind with eight nominations. Blue Highway and the Boxcars garnered seven nominations each.
Additionally, bluegrass mainstay Doyle Lawson and the late folklorist Ralph Rinzler were announced as the newest members of the International Bluegrass Hall of Fame during a Wednesday afternoon (Aug. 15) press conference at the Loveless Barn near Nashville.
Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out are nominated for entertainer and vocal group of the year. They also received nominations for instrumental performance ("Carroll County Blues") and song of the year ("Pretty Little Girl From Galax," written by Milan Miller). Both songs are featured on the band's Prime Tyme, nominated for album of the year. Moore also received a nomination for male vocalist and is included in the gospel recorded performance and recorded event category for "Beyond the Sunset," a song he recorded live with Lawson, Jamie Dailey and Josh Swift. IIIrd Tyme Out's Wayne Benson is up for mandolin player of the year.
Krauss & Union Station are in the running for entertainer of the year, album of the year (Paper Airplane) and song of the year ("Dust Bowl Children," written by Peter Rowan). Krauss and Dan Tyminski are nominated for female and male vocalist of the year, and instrumentalist nominations went to banjo player Ron Block, Dobro player Jerry Douglas and bassist Barry Bales.
The 68-year-old Lawson began playing mandolin at age 11 and joined Jimmy Martin's band, the Sunny Mountain Boys, at 18. Three years later, he began working with J.D. Crowe & the Kentucky Mountain Boys (later named the New South). In 1971, he began an eight-year tenure as a member of the Country Gentlemen before establishing his own band, Quicksilver, in 1979. He is recognized as one of the greatest bandleaders in the history of bluegrass music and a mentor to numerous musicians.
Rinzler, who died in 1994, was a scholar, musician, writer, promoter, producer and social activist. His skills as a banjo and mandolin player led to his recordings with the Greenbriar Boys. As a folklorist, he traveled North Carolina in 1961 to make field recordings of rural folk musicians for Folkways Records. During the trip, he met Doc Watson and later booked concerts for him at urban venues in major cities which led to the guitarist's success. Rinzler was a founder of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington, D.C., and later headed the Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies.
This year's IBMA awards show takes place Sept. 27 at the Ryman Auditorium in downtown Nashville. The organization's Distinguished Achievement Awards will be presented at a luncheon earlier that day during the World of Bluegrass Business Conference in Nashville.
Here's a complete list of this year's nominees:
Entertainer of the Year Dailey & Vincent The Gibson Brothers Alison Krauss Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers IIIrd Tyme Out
Vocal Group Blue Highway Dailey & Vincent The Gibson Brothers Doyle Lawson Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out
Instrumental Group Blue Highway The Boxcars Sam Bush Band Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper Punch Brothers
Male Vocalist Audie Blaylock Jamie Dailey Vince Gill Russell Moore Dan Tyminski
Female Vocalist
Dale Ann Bradley Sonya Isaacs Alison Krauss Claire Lynch Rhonda Vincent
Emerging Artist
Darin & Brooke Aldridge Della Mae Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen Darrell Webb Band
Album of the Year All In The Boxcars
Paper Airplane Alison Krauss & Union Station
Prime Tyme Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out
Sounds of Home
Blue Highway
The Heart of a Song Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice
Song of the Year "A Far Cry From Lester and Earl" Artist: Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice
Writers: Tim Massey, Rick Purdue and Harry Sisk Jr.
"Dust Bowl Children" Artist: Alison Krauss & Union Station Writer: Peter Rowan
"Pretty Little Girl From Galax" Artist: Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out Writer: Milan Miller
"Somewhere South of Crazy" Artist: Dale Ann Bradley Writers: Dale Ann Bradley and Pam Tillis
"Sounds of Home" Artist: Blue Highway
Writer: Shawn Lane
Gospel Recorded Performance
"Beyond the Sunset" Doyle Lawson, Russell Moore, Jamie Dailey and Josh Swift
"I Pressed Through the Crowd" Dale Ann Bradley
"I Saw Him Walk Out of the Sky" Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
"Satisfied" Paul Williams & the Victory Trio
"Singing as We Rise" The Gibson Brothers
Instrumental Recorded Performance
"Angeline the Baker" The Lonesome River Band
"Carroll County Blues" Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out
"Manzanita" Tony Rice, Josh Williams, Aaron Ramsey, Aubrey Haynie and Rob Ickes
"Roaring Creek" Blue Highway
"That's What She Said" The Boxcars
Recorded Event "Beyond the Sunset" Doyle Lawson, Russell Moore, Jamie Dailey and Josh Swift
"Life Goes On" 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 and Jim Vancleve
"Monroe" Special Consensus With Josh Williams and Chris Jones
"Old Violin" Larry Cordle and Michael Cleveland
"Singing as We Rise" The Gibson Brothers
Instrumental Performers
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
Special Award Nominations
Bluegrass Broadcaster Kyle Cantrell, Sirius XM Satellite Radio (Nashville) Katy Daley, WAMU's Bluegrass Country (Washington, D.C.) Chris Jones, Sirius XM Satellite Radio (Nashville)
Bluegrass Event
Bristol Rhythm and Roots Reunion (Bristol, Tenn./Va.) La Roche Bluegrass Festival (La Roche, France) Romp, produced by the International Bluegrass Music Museum (Owensboro, Ky.)
Best Graphic Design for Recorded Project Designer: Bedrock Manufacturing Nobody Knows You, Steep Canyon Rangers
Designer: Caroline Hadilaksono Beat the Devil and Carry a Rail, Noam Pikelny
Designer: Lynch Graphics Home From the Hills, Jimmy Gaudreau and Moondi Klein
Best Liner Notes for a Recorded Project Writer: Geoffrey Himes
John Duffey: The Rebel Years: 1962-1977, John Duffey
Writer: Marian Leighton Levy Tony Rice: The Bill Monroe Collection, Tony Rice
Writer: Bill Nowlin Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration: A Classic Bluegrass Tribute, Various Artists
Bluegrass Print/Media Person Marty Godbey, author of Crowe on the Banjo: The Music Life of J.D. Crowe
Derek Halsey, Herald Dispatch (Huntington, W.Va.) and Bluegrass Unlimited magazine
Ted Lehmann, Ted Lehmann's Bluegrass, Books and Brainstorms
Bluegrass Songwriter
Tom T. and Dixie Hall Donna Ulisse Jon Weisberger
2012 Distinguished Achievement Award
Byron Berline Joe and Lil Cornett (Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival) Orin Friesen Kitsy Kuykendall Darrell "Pee Wee" Lambert
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