Nashville, Tennessee — Mountain Home Music Company’s stable of award-winning artists have been nominated for several International Bluegrass Music Association honors. IBMA announced the nominees in each category Wednesday morning at Sirius XM’s downtown Nashville studio.
Here are Mountain Home’s nominees:
Entertainer of the Year
Balsam Range
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
Vocal Group of the Year
Balsam Range
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
Album of the Year
Life Is A Story, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Doyle Lawson (producer)
Mayhayley’s House, Lonesome River Band (artist and producers)
Gospel Recorded Performance of the Year
“Little Girl,” Doyle Lawson, Harley Lee Allen (writer), Life Is A Story (album), Doyle Lawson (producer)
“I’m Going Under,” Darin & Brooke Aldridge, Karen Taylor-Good/Bill Whyte (writers)
Instrumental Recorded Performance of the Year
“Lynchburg Chicken Run” by The Grascals, Danny Roberts and Adam Haynes (writers), Before Breakfast (album), The Grascals (producers)
Banjo Player of the Year
Sammy Shelor
Kristin Scott Benson
Gina Clowes
Bass Player of the Year
Tim Surrett
Female Vocalist of the Year
Brooke Aldridge
Male Vocalist of the Year
Buddy Melton
The IBMA awards ceremony will take place September 27 in Raleigh as part of its annual World of Bluegrass, which will be held September 25-29. Several of the nominees will perform Friday night as part of The TRUST, a show tied to an album created by the Mountain Home Family to benefit the IBMA Trust Fund. The album, titled Come See About Me: A Benefit For The IBMA Trust Fund, will be available everywhere September 28.