Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway leidden de IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards 2023 met zeven nominaties. Del McCoury Band scoorde er twee samen met talloze individuele onderscheidingen en Michael Cleveland vier.

De winnaars worden op 28 september bekendgemaakt.

Hieronder een overzicht van de genomineerden:

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR

• Appalachian Road Show
• Billy Strings
• Del McCoury Band
• Molly Tuttle Golden Highway
• The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys

VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR

• Authentic Unlimited
• Balsam Range
• Blue Highway
• Del McCoury Band
• Sister Sadie

INSTRUMENTAL GROUP OF THE YEAR

• Billy Strings
• Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper
• The Infamous Stringdusters
• Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway
• The Travelin’ McCourys

SONG OF THE YEAR

• “Blue Ridge Mountain Baby” – Appalachian Road Show , Songwriters: Barry Abernathy/Jim VanCleve Label: Billy Blue Records, Producer: Appalachian Road Show
• “Crooked Tree” – Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway; Songwriters: Molly Tuttle/Melody Walker Label: Nonesuch Records, Producers: Jerry Douglas and Molly Tuttle
• “Diane” – Sister Sadie, Songwriters: Jeffrey Nath Bhasker/Samuel Tyler Johnson/Cameron Marvel Ochs, Label: Mountain Home, Producer: Sister Sadie
• “Heyday” – Lonesome River Band, Songwriters: Barry Huchens/Will Huchens, Label: Mountain Home Music Company, Producer: Lonesome River Band
• “Power of Love” – Rick Faris, Songwriters: Johnny Colla/Huey Lewis/Christopher Hayes, Label: Dark Shadow Recording, Producer: Stephen Mougin

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

• Crooked Tree – Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway, Label: Nonesuch Records, Producer: Jerry Douglas and Molly Tuttle
• Lovin’ of the Game – Michael Cleveland, Label: Compass Records, Producers: Jeff White, Michael Cleveland, and Sean Sullivan
• Lowdown Hoedown – Jason Carter, Label: Fiddle Man Records, Producers: Jason Carter and Brent Truitt
• Me/And/Dad – Billy Strings and Terry Barber, Label: Rounder Records, Producers: Billy Strings and Gary Paczosa
• Radio John: The Songs of John Hartford – Sam Bush, Label: Smithsonian Folkways, Producer: Sam Bush

GOSPEL RECORDING OF THE YEAR

• “The Glory Road” – Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers, Songwriters: Paul Martin/Harry Stinson/Marty Stuart, Label: Billy Blue Records, Producers: Joe Mullins and Adam McIntosh
• “Jordan” – Darin & Brooke Aldridge with Ricky Skaggs, Mo Pitney and Mark Fain, Songwriter: Fred Rich Label: Billy Blue Records, Producer: Darin Aldridge and Mark Fain
• “The Scarlet Red Lines” – Larry Sparks, Songwriter: Daniel Crabtree, Label: Rebel Records, Producer: Larry Sparks
• “Take a Little Time for Jesus” – Junior Sisk, Songwriter: David Marshall, Label: Mountain Fever Records Producers: Junior Sisk and Aaron Ramsey
• “Tell Me the Story of Jesus” – Becky Buller with Vince Gill and Ricky Skaggs, Songwriter: Fanny Crosby, arrangement by Becky Buller, Label: Dark Shadow Recording, Producer: Stephen Mougin

INSTRUMENTAL RECORDING OF THE YEAR

• “Contact” – Michael Cleveland with Cody Kilby, Barry Bales, and Béla Fleck, Songwriter: Michael Cleveland, Label: Compass Records, Producer: Jeff White, Michael Cleveland, and Sean Sullivan
• “Foggy Morning Breaking” – Alison Brown with Steve Martin, Songwriters: Alison Brown/Steve Martin, Label: Compass Records, Producers: Alison Brown and Garry West
• “Gold Rush”- Scott Vestal’s Bluegrass 2022, Songwriter: Bill Monroe, Label: Pinecastle Records Producer: Scott Vestal
• Kissimmee Kid” – Jason Carter, Songwriter: Vassar Clements, Label: Fiddle Man Records, Producers: Jason Carter and Brent Truitt
• “Scorchin’ the Gravy” – Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen, Songwriter: Frank Solivan, Label: Compass Records, Producer: Frank Solivan

NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR

• Authentic Unlimited
• East Nash Grass
• Henhouse Prowlers
• The Tennessee Bluegrass Band
• Tray Wellington

COLLABORATIVE RECORDING OF THE YEAR

• “Alberta Bound” – Special Consensus with Ray Legere, John Reischman, Tisha Gagnon, Claire Lynch, Pharis & Jason Romero, Songwriter: Gordon Lightfoot, Label: Compass Records, Producer: Alison Brown
• “Big Mon” – Andy Leftwich with Sierra Hull, Songwriter: Bill Monroe, Label: Mountain Home Music Company, Producer: Andy Leftwich
• “Foggy Morning Breaking” – Alison Brown with Steve Martin, Songwriter: Alison Brown/Steve Martin Label: Compass Records, Producer: Alison Brown and Garry West
• “For Your Love” – Michael Cleveland with Billy Strings and Jeff White, Songwriter: Joe Ely, Label: Compass Records, Producer: Jeff White, Michael Cleveland, and Sean Sullivan
• “From My Mountain (Calling You)” – Peter Rowan with Molly Tuttle and Lindsay Lou, Songwriter: Peter Rowan, Label: Rebel Records, Producer: Peter Rowan

MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR

• Greg Blake
• Del McCoury
• Danny Paisley
• Larry Sparks
• Dan Tyminski

FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR

• Brooke Aldridge
• Dale Ann Bradley
• Jaelee Roberts
• Molly Tuttle
• Rhonda Vincent

BANJO PLAYER OF THE YEAR

• Kristin Scott Benson
• Alison Brown
• Béla Fleck
• Ned Luberecki
• Scott Vestal

BASS PLAYER OF THE YEAR

• Mike Bub
• Todd Phillips
• Missy Raines
• Mark Schatz
• Vickie Vaughn

FIDDLE PLAYER OF THE YEAR

• Jason Carter
• Michael Cleveland
• Stuart Duncan
• Bronwyn Keith-Hynes

Deanie Richardson

RESOPHONIC GUITAR PLAYER OF THE YEAR

• Jerry Douglas
• Andy Hall
• Rob Ickes
• Matt Leadbetter
• Justin Moses

GUITAR PLAYER OF THE YEAR

• Chris Eldridge
• Trey Hensley
• Billy Strings
• Bryan Sutton
• Molly Tuttle

MANDOLIN PLAYER OF THE YEAR

• Alan Bibey
• Jesse Brock
• Sam Bush
• Sierra Hull
• Ronnie McCoury