Nashville, TN -- The Roys, award-winning brother/sister duo, were named Top Bluegrass Artist at the 10th Annual International Acoustic Music Awards (IAMA) on Wednesday. The IAMA promotes excellence in acoustic music performance and artistry, acoustic artists in various genres.
Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice started 2014 off on a high note, being named "Bluegrass Band of the Year (Overall)" at the 40th Annual Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music in America (SPBGMA) Awards, held Sunday, February 2 in Nashville, TN.
Nashville, TN -- Producers of the acclaimed PBS music concert event Bluegrass Underground today announced the series is proud recipient of four coveted Emmy awards from the 28th Annual Mid South Emmy Awards. The awards were announced by the National Academy for the Television Arts & Sciences January 26th at Nashville's Schermerhorn Symphony Center.
Del McCoury was already hard at work in Baltimore’s lively bluegrass music scene when the very first Grammy awards were presented more than 50 years ago, but you couldn’t tell it from the way he bounded up the steps to thank the Grammy voters for honoring his Del McCoury Band’s The Streets of Baltimore at Sunday’s glittering awards show. The trophy marked the group’s second 21st century Grammy for Best Bluegrass Album (as well as Del’s 10th nomination total), and for the silver-haired McCoury, who turns 75 in just a few days, it’s an especially sweet one.
Bean Creek from Santa Cruz was named Best Bluegrass Band at the 2014 Northern California Bluegrass Awards held in Redwood City on January 25. The 7th annual ceremony was presented by the Northern California Bluegrass Society as part of the Bluegrass On Broadway Festival.
published by Bob Cherry on Sun, 01/26/2014 - 22:59
Best Bluegrass Album Gramophone Trophy goes to the Del McCoury Band for their album, The Streets Of Baltimore. Other nominees were The Boxcar's It's Just a Road, Daily & Vincent's Brothers of the Highway, Della Mae's This World Oft Can Be and Three Chords and the Truth by James King. All are winners in the eyes of bluegrass fans however, a big congratulations to the legendary Del McCoury Band for their well-deserved win. The 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards were held Sunday, January 26, 2014. The announcement of the Best Bluegrass Album took place prior to the main award ceremonies.
Arden, NC -- Bluegrass legend Doyle Lawson was honored by his record label Mountain Home Music, as Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver were presented with a glistening engraved plaque last week commemorating their song “Dixie Road” topping the prestigious Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine Monthly Song chart at #1 for December 2013. The #1 song “Dixie Road” is from Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver’s 2013 release “Roads Well Traveled” on Mountain Home Music label, a division of Crossroads Entertainment.
Nashville, TN -- Nominations have been announced for Pollstar Magazine's annual Concert Industry Awards to be held February 21, 2014 at Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. Among the nominees for Theatre of the Year is Nashville's iconic Ryman Auditorium, which won the award for the third time in a row earlier this year. Other nominees include Beacon Theatre (New York, NY), Chicago Theatre (Chicago, IL), Nokia Theatre L.A. Live (Los Angeles, CA), Radio City Music Hall (New York, NY) and The Wiltern (Los Angeles, CA.)
Nashville, TN (December 9, 2013) – That Nashville Sound’s Top Albums of 2013 rankings came out this week, and Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver’s Roads Well Traveled is at #12, ahead of the likes of LeAnn Rimes at #17 and The Pistol Annies (Miranda Lambert) at #19. Other Bluegrassers on the list include former Quicksilver member Jamie Dailey with his group Dailey & Vincent at #22. Congratulations to Doyle and the band on a huge accomplishment! Let them know you’re proud of them, folks!
Barnstormer Boost Award for Dedicated Music Teacher -- As the Grand Finale to the James Reams & The Barnstormers’ 20th anniversary coast-to-coast celebration tour, the band performed to a packed house at the Fiddler’s Dream concert hall in Phoenix, AZ on Saturday, November 2nd. The standing room only event brought together this nationally-known bluegrass band, a Grammy-nominated fiddler, a 70-year-old music teacher, and an 11-year-old Hispanic guitar player for an evening of great music and good times.
Pigeon Forge, TN -- Gospel harmonies were ringing in the Smoky Mountains as Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver were named Bluegrass Gospel Artist of the Year at the 22nd Annual Diamond Awards held at the Smoky Mountain Convention Center on Tuesday night in Pigeon Forge.
Nashville, TN (October 25, 2013) - Brother/sister duo The Roys pulled off a "three-peat" at last night's 19th Annual ICM Faith, Family & Country™ Awards, winning the organization's coveted Bluegrass Artist of the Year Award for the third consecutive year.
AirPlay Direct’s “Artist Ambassador” Carl Jackson and his team Dak Alley & Jimmy Metts have won the IBMA 2013 Award for Best Graphic Design for a Recorded Project "Grace Notes". Congratulations to all involved!
The song “He Washed My Soul,” as recorded by The Little Roy and Lizzy Show, was honored as Bluegrass Song of the Year at this year’s 44th Annual Gospel Music Association Dove Awards, hosted by Amy Grant and Kirk Franklin. The award recognizes the artists and the song’s writers, Wayne Haun, Jamie Helms, Ruby Moody, and Ron Haun.
The 25th Anniversary of the North Carolina Heritage Awards will honor masters of the traditional arts in an impressive ceremony that includes virtuoso performances and the stories of the artists designated as our state’s 2014 living cultural treasures. Governor Pat McCrory has announced that five North Carolinians from diverse artistic traditions will be awarded the state's Heritage Awards, May 20, 2014 at the A.J. Fletcher Opera House in the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts in Raleigh.
Nashville, TN -- The Roys, award-winning brother/sister duo, were named Top Bluegrass Artist at the 10th Annual International Acoustic Music Awards (IAMA) on Wednesday. The IAMA promotes excellence in acoustic music performance and artistry, acoustic artists in various genres.
Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice started 2014 off on a high note, being named "Bluegrass Band of the Year (Overall)" at the 40th Annual Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music in America (SPBGMA) Awards, held Sunday, February 2 in Nashville, TN.
Nashville, TN -- Producers of the acclaimed PBS music concert event Bluegrass Underground today announced the series is proud recipient of four coveted Emmy awards from the 28th Annual Mid South Emmy Awards. The awards were announced by the National Academy for the Television Arts & Sciences January 26th at Nashville's Schermerhorn Symphony Center.
Del McCoury was already hard at work in Baltimore’s lively bluegrass music scene when the very first Grammy awards were presented more than 50 years ago, but you couldn’t tell it from the way he bounded up the steps to thank the Grammy voters for honoring his Del McCoury Band’s The Streets of Baltimore at Sunday’s glittering awards show. The trophy marked the group’s second 21st century Grammy for Best Bluegrass Album (as well as Del’s 10th nomination total), and for the silver-haired McCoury, who turns 75 in just a few days, it’s an especially sweet one.
Bean Creek from Santa Cruz was named Best Bluegrass Band at the 2014 Northern California Bluegrass Awards held in Redwood City on January 25. The 7th annual ceremony was presented by the Northern California Bluegrass Society as part of the Bluegrass On Broadway Festival.
Arden, NC -- Bluegrass legend Doyle Lawson was honored by his record label Mountain Home Music, as Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver were presented with a glistening engraved plaque last week commemorating their song “Dixie Road” topping the prestigious Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine Monthly Song chart at #1 for December 2013. The #1 song “Dixie Road” is from Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver’s 2013 release “Roads Well Traveled” on Mountain Home Music label, a division of Crossroads Entertainment.
Nashville, TN -- Nominations have been announced for Pollstar Magazine's annual Concert Industry Awards to be held February 21, 2014 at Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. Among the nominees for Theatre of the Year is Nashville's iconic Ryman Auditorium, which won the award for the third time in a row earlier this year. Other nominees include Beacon Theatre (New York, NY), Chicago Theatre (Chicago, IL), Nokia Theatre L.A. Live (Los Angeles, CA), Radio City Music Hall (New York, NY) and The Wiltern (Los Angeles, CA.)
Nashville, TN (December 9, 2013) – That Nashville Sound’s Top Albums of 2013 rankings came out this week, and Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver’s Roads Well Traveled is at #12, ahead of the likes of LeAnn Rimes at #17 and The Pistol Annies (Miranda Lambert) at #19. Other Bluegrassers on the list include former Quicksilver member Jamie Dailey with his group Dailey & Vincent at #22. Congratulations to Doyle and the band on a huge accomplishment! Let them know you’re proud of them, folks!
Barnstormer Boost Award for Dedicated Music Teacher -- As the Grand Finale to the James Reams & The Barnstormers’ 20th anniversary coast-to-coast celebration tour, the band performed to a packed house at the Fiddler’s Dream concert hall in Phoenix, AZ on Saturday, November 2nd. The standing room only event brought together this nationally-known bluegrass band, a Grammy-nominated fiddler, a 70-year-old music teacher, and an 11-year-old Hispanic guitar player for an evening of great music and good times.
Pigeon Forge, TN -- Gospel harmonies were ringing in the Smoky Mountains as Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver were named Bluegrass Gospel Artist of the Year at the 22nd Annual Diamond Awards held at the Smoky Mountain Convention Center on Tuesday night in Pigeon Forge.
Nashville, TN (October 25, 2013) - Brother/sister duo The Roys pulled off a "three-peat" at last night's 19th Annual ICM Faith, Family & Country™ Awards, winning the organization's coveted Bluegrass Artist of the Year Award for the third consecutive year.
AirPlay Direct’s “Artist Ambassador” Carl Jackson and his team Dak Alley & Jimmy Metts have won the IBMA 2013 Award for Best Graphic Design for a Recorded Project "Grace Notes". Congratulations to all involved!
The song “He Washed My Soul,” as recorded by The Little Roy and Lizzy Show, was honored as Bluegrass Song of the Year at this year’s 44th Annual Gospel Music Association Dove Awards, hosted by Amy Grant and Kirk Franklin. The award recognizes the artists and the song’s writers, Wayne Haun, Jamie Helms, Ruby Moody, and Ron Haun.
The 25th Anniversary of the North Carolina Heritage Awards will honor masters of the traditional arts in an impressive ceremony that includes virtuoso performances and the stories of the artists designated as our state’s 2014 living cultural treasures. Governor Pat McCrory has announced that five North Carolinians from diverse artistic traditions will be awarded the state's Heritage Awards, May 20, 2014 at the A.J. Fletcher Opera House in the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts in Raleigh.