Os vencedores
"IBMA Winners" para 2006

A IBMA (International Bluegrass Music Association) acaba de anunciar os vencedores do prêmio IBMA-2006, durante a grande festa anual, chamada de "IBMA Award Show", neste ano pela primeira vez celebrada no teatro mais famoso da música Country, o "Grand Ole Opry" em Nashville Tennessee, na noite do dia 28 de setembro de 2006.

"Recipients of the 2006 International Bluegrass Music Awards"

Entertainer of the Year - Animador do Ano
The Grascals

Instrumental Group of the Year - Grupo Instrumental do Ano
Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder

Vocal Group of the Year - Grupo Vocal do Ano
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver

Male Vocalist of the Year - Cantor do Ano
Tim O'Brien

Female Vocalist of the Year - Cantora do Ano
Rhonda Vincent

Song of the Year - Canção do Ano
"Look Down That Lonesome Road"
Tim O'Brien (artist), Tim O'Brien (writer)

Album of the Year - Album do Ano
Celebration of Life: Musicians Against Childhood Cancer
featuring 3 Fox Drive, Lonesome River Band, Seldom Scene, Rhonda Vincent & The Rage, Cherryholmes, J.D. Crowe & The New South, BlueRidge, IIIrd Tyme Out, James King Band, Larry Cordle, Wayne Benson, Clay Hess, Greg Luck, Aubrey Haynie, Marty Raybon & Full Circle, Tony Rice, Ronnie Bowman & The Committee, Larry Stephenson Band, Blue Highway, Gena Britt, Randy Kohrs & The Lites, Steve Thomas, Scott Vestal, David Parmley & Continental Divide, Karl Shiflett & the Big Country Show, Kenny & Amanda Smith, Wildfire, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Lost & Found, The Grascals, Alecia Nugent, Carl Jackson, Jerry Salley, Don Rigsby & Midnight Call, Bradley Walker, Dan Tyminski, Bela Fleck & Barry Bales (artists), Skaggs Family Records (label), Bob Kelley (producer)

Emerging Artists of the Year - Artista Emergente do Ano
Steep Canyon Rangers

Gospel Recorded Performance of the Year
Desempenho do Ano para Gravação Gospel
He Lives In Me
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver (artists), Crossroads (label), Doyle Lawson (producer)

Instrumental Album of the Year - Album Instrumental do Ano
Let 'Er Go, Boys
Michael Cleveland (artist), Rounder Records (label), Jeff White & Michael Cleveland (producer)


Recorded Event of the Year - Evento de Gravação do Ano
Back to the Well
The Daughters of Bluegrass featuring: Lorraine Jordan, Gena Britt, Julie Elkins, Becky Buller, Vickie Simmons, Frances Mooney, Mindy Rakestraw, Jeanette Williams, Beth Lawrence, Angela Oudean, Michelle Nixon, Donica Christensen, Dale Ann Bradley, Heather Berry, Megan McCormick, Valerie Smith, Louisa Branscomb & Dixie Hall (artists), Blue Circle Records (label), Lorraine Jordan & Dale Perry (producers)

Instrumental Performers of the Year - Instrumentistas do Ano

Banjo - Banjoista do Ano
Jim Mills

Dobro - Dobroista do Ano
Rob Ickes

Bass - Baixista do Ano
Missy Raines

Fiddle - Violinista do Ano
Michael Cleveland

Guitar - Violonista do Ano
Bryan Sutton

Mandolin - Bandolinista do Ano
Adam Steffey

NOMEÇÕES DE PRÊMIOS ESPECIAIS / SPECIAL AWARDS NOMINATIONS

Bluegrass Broadcaster of the Year - Radialista do Ano
Red Shipley
bluegrasscountry.org, WAMU-FM; Washington, D.C.


Bluegrass Event of the Year - Evento Bluegrass do Ano
21st Annual Joe Val Bluegrass Festival,
produced by the Boston Bluegrass Union; Framingham, Mass.; February, 2006


Print Media Person of the Year
Pessoa do Ano da Midia Impressa
Bob Black
author of Come Hither to Go Yonder: Playing Bluegrass with Bill Monroe


Best Graphic Design for a Recorded Project
Melhor Desenho Gráfico para um Projeto de Gravação
Spencer Walts, Eyewerks Studio & Sarah Lainie Smith (designers)
She Waits for Night; by Uncle Earl; Rounder Records


Best Liner Notes for a Recorded Project
Melhores Anotações de Capa para um Projeto de Gravação
Tom Adams (liner notes)
Let 'Er Go, Boys; by Michael Cleveland; Rounder Records