Dec 17
2008 SPBGMA Bluegrass Music Award Nominees
The Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America (SPBGMA) has announced the nominees for it’s annual Bluegrass Music Awards Show which happends during the annual SPBGMA convention and festival held Jan. 31 - Feb. 3 at the Sheraton Music City Hotel in Nashville Tenn.
Below is a partial listing of this years nominees. For a complete list of all the 2008 SPBGMA Awards Show Nominee’s please visit the SPBGMA website. More details on the convention can be found here.
Female Vocalist of the Year (Contemporary)
- Heather Berry
- Cia Cherryholmes
- Sonya Isaacs
- Alison Krauss
- Amanda Smith
- Rhonda Vincent
Female Vocalist of the Year (Traditional)
- Dale Ann Bradley
- Lorraine Jordan
- Claire Lynch
- Michelle Nixon
- Alecia Nugent
- Jeanette Williams
Male Vocalist of the Year (Contemporary)
- Mike Andes
- Ronnie Bowman
- Steve Gulley
- Russell Moore
- Larry Stephenson
- Randy Waller
Male Vocalist of the Year (Traditional)
- Jerry Butler
- James King
- Del McCoury
- Dan Paisley
- Don Rigsby
- Larry Sparks
Gospel Group of the Year (Contemporary)
- Grasstowne
- Harvest Wind
- The Isaacs
- Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
- The Marksmen
- NewFound Road
Gospel Group of the Year (Traditional)
- Carolina Sonshine
- The Churchmen
- Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
- The Lewis Family
- The Village Singers
- Paul William & The Victory Trio
Vocal Group of the Year
- The Grascals
- Grasstowne
- Carolina Road
- Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
- IIIrd Tyme Out
- Rhonda Vincent & The Rage
Instrumental Group of the Year
- Cherryholmes
- The Grascals
- Grasstowne
- The Infamous Stringdusters
- Rick Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
- Rhonda Vincent & The Rage
Bluegrass Band of the Year (Overall)
- Cherryholmes
- The Grascals
- Grasstowne
- Michelle Nixon & Drive
- Rhonda Vincent & The Rage
- The Country Gentlemen
Song of the Year
- “Carolina Road” - by Carolina Road / Blue Circle Records
- “Dixie Flyer” - by Grasstowne / Pinecastle Records
- “Lefty’s Old Guitar” - by J.D. Crowe & The New South / Rounder Records
- “Prisoner Of Your Love” - by Michelle Nixon / Pinecastle Records
- “Sadie’S Got Her New Dress On” - by Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Rounder Records
- “Shotgun Rider” - by The Country Gentlemen / Lendel Records
Entertaining Group of the Year
- Cherryholmes
- The Grascals
- Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road
- Nothin’ Fancy
- Rhonda Vincent & The Rage
- Del McCoury Band
Entertainer of the Year
- Mike Andes
- Lorraine Jordan
- Michelle Nixon
- Rhonda Vincent
- Randy Waller
- Blake Williams
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