The Earls Of Leicester en Balsam Range staan bij The International Bluegrass Music Association’s genomineerden aan de top met elk 8 nominaties.

Hieronder een overzicht van de genomineerden:

Entertainer of the Year

• Balsam Range
• Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
• The Earls of Leicester
• Flatt Lonesome
• The Gibson Brothers

Vocal Group of the Year

• Balsam Range
• Blue Highway
• Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
• Flatt Lonesome
• The Brothers

Instrumental Group of the Year Balsam Range

• The Earls of Leicester
• Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen
• Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper
• Punch Brothers

Song of the Year

• “Blue Collar Dreams,” Balsam Range (artist), Aaron Bibelhauser (writer)
• “Going Back to Bristol,” Shawn Camp (artist), Mac Wiseman/Thomm Jutz/Peter Cooper (writers)
• “I Am a Drifter,” Volume Five (artist), Donna Ulisse/Marc Rossi (writers)
• “Someday Soon,” Darin & Brooke Aldridge (artist), Ian Tyson (writer)
• “The Train That Carried My Girl from Town,” The Earls of Leicester (artist), Frank Hutchison (writer)

Album of the Year

• Fiddler’s Dream,Michael Cleveland
• In the Ground, The Gibson Brothers
• Mountain Voodoo, Balsam Range
• Original, Bobby Osborne
• Rattle & Roar, The Earls of Leicester

Gospel Recorded Performance of the Year

• “Give Me Jesus,” Larry Cordle
• “Hallelujah,” Blue Highway
• “I Found a Church Today,” The Gibson Brothers
• “Sacred Memories,” Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers with Ricky Skaggs and Sharon White Skaggs
• “Wish You Were Here,” Balsam Range

Instrumental Recorded Performance of the Year

• “Fiddler’s Dream,” Michael Cleveland “Great Waterton,” Kristin Scott Benson
• “Greenbrier,” Sam Bush
• “Little Liza Jane,” Adam Steffey
• “Flint Hill Special,” The Earls of Leicester

Emerging Artist of the Year

• Front Country
• The Lonely Heartstring Band
• Molly Tuttle
• Sister Sadie
• Volume Five

Recorded Event of the Year

• “East Virginia Blues,” Ricky Wasson and Dan Tyminski
• “Going Back to Bristol,” Shawn Camp with Mac Wiseman, Peter Cooper, Thomm Jutz
• “I’ve Gotta Get a Message to You,” Bobby Osborne with Sierra Hull, Alison Brown, Rob Ickes, Stuart Duncan, Trey Hensley, Todd Phillips, Kenny Malone, Claire Lynch and Bryan McDowell
• “Steamboat Whistle Blues,” Michael Cleveland featuring Sam Bush
• “‘Tis Sweet to Be Remembered,” Mac Wiseman and Alison Krauss

Male Vocalist of the Year

• Shawn Camp
• Eric Gibson
• Leigh Gibson
• Buddy Melton
• Russell Moore

Female Vocalist of the Year

• Brooke Aldridge
• Dale Ann Bradley
• Sierra Hull
• Amanda Smith
• Molly Tuttle

International Bluegrass Hall of Fame Inductees

• Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard
• Bobby Hicks
• Roland White

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