2012 IBMA Award Winners!

The IBMA Awards show was held last night (September 27th) at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.  And if you weren't able to make it to town to see the show, we have the list of winners here! 

Hosts Del McCoury and Laurie Lewis

Congratulations to all the winners! 

Bluegrass Hall of Fame Inductees: Doyle Lawson, Ralph Rinzler 

Distinguished Achievement Award Recipients: Byron Berline, Joe & Lil Cornett, Orin Friesen, Pee Wee Lambert, Kitsy Kuykendall 

Entertainer of the Year: The Gibson Brothers 

Vocal Group of the Year: Blue Highway 

Instrumental Group of the Year: The Boxcars 

Emerging Artists of the Year: Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers 

Male Vocalist of the Year: Russell Moore 

Female Vocalist of the Year: Dale Ann Bradley 

Song of the Year: A Far Cry From Lester & Earl, Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice 

Album of the Year: Heart Of A Song, Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice 

Gospel Recorded Event of the Year: Singing As We Rise, by the Gibson Brothers with Ricky Skaggs

Instrumental Performance of the Year: Angeline The Baker by Lonesome River Band 

Recorded Event of the Year: 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); Jerry Salley, Carl Jackson, Larry Cordle, Jim Van Cleve & Randy Kohrs (producers); Rural Rhythm Records 

Banjo Player of the Year: Sammy Shelor 

Bass Player of the Year: Marshall Wilborn 

Fiddle Player of the Year: Stuart Duncan 

Dobro Player of the Year: Rob Ickes 

Guitar Player of the Year: Doc Watson 

Mandolinist of the Year: Adam Steffey

Broadcaster of the Year: Kyle Cantrell 

Bluegrass Event of the Year: ROMP, produced by the International Bluegrass Music Museum; Owensboro, KY 

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) 

Best Graphic Design – Bedrock Manufacturing (designer) for Nobody Knows You, by the Steep Canyon Rangers (Rounder Records) 

Best Liner Notes: Marian Leighton Levy (liner notes), for Tony Rice: The Bill Monroe Collection, by Tony Rice (Rounder Records) 

Bluegrass Songwriter of the Year: Jon Weisberger

Momentum Awards:

Band of the Year: Monroeville 

Vocalist of the Year: Emily Bankester (performs with The Bankesters)

Instrumentalists of the Year: bassist Samson Grisman (son of legendary mandolinist David “Dawg” Grisman, performs with The Deadly Gentlemen), fiddler Alex Hargreaves (performs with Sarah Jarosz), and fiddler Christian Ward (performs with Sierra Hull) 

Event/Venue of the Year: Appalachian Uprising, produced by Steve Cielic (new festival in Scottown, Ohio)  

Industry Achievement: Crash Avenue publicist Emilee Warner  

Mentor of the Year: Five-time IBMA Bass Player of the Year and producer Mike Bub

Source: http://bluegrasstoday.com/2012-ibma-awards/
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