Since tomorrow -- Monday, September 22nd -- is the first day of Fall, we began Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe with a few "fall" songs. The rest of the show was filled with new music, classic favorites, and music from two of the newest members of the Bluegrass Hall of Fame, as well as songs featuring several winners of IBMA Awards. We also spent a little bit of time belatedly celebrating the birth anniversary of the Father of Bluegrass Music -- Bill Monroe (September 13, 1911 - September 9, 1994).
By all accounts, the IBMA World of Bluegrass (held this past week for the first time in Chattanooga, Tennessee) was a big hit. One of the highlights of the week is always the IBMA Awards, and for this year, the biggest winners were Michael Cleveland & Jason Carter. Their first-ever duet record -- simply entitled "Carter & Cleveland" -- may have been fifteen years in the making, but still, it won three big IBMA Awards in 2025, including Song of the Year and Album of the Year. Conference keynote speaker Billy Strings won the Entertainer of the Year Award once more. A full list of winners can be found here.
A bit of new (or newish) music was also part our playlist, with selections included from Ralph Stanley II & the Clinch Mountain Boys, Shawn Camp, Will Clark, the Burnett Sisters Band, Mike Mitchell, Trey Hensley, Becky Buller, and Rrinaco.
Hope you have a good week!
Amy O.
SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL
- Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
- Falling, Falling, Falling / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Never Walk Away / Sugar Hill
- Fall In / Jimmy Gaudreau / Pieces And Bits / Goose Creek Music
- Autumn Fell / Authentic Unlimited / Authentic Unlimited / Billy Blue Records
- If I Fall / Missy Werner Band / Three Kinds Of Lonesome / Self-Produced
- Blue Is Fallin' / Hot Rize / When I'm Free / Ten In Hand Records
- When The Golden Leaves Begin To Fall / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1950-1951 / JSP Records [Remembering Bill Monroe: 9/13/1911 - 9/9/1994]
- My Florida Sunshine / Claire Lynch / Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration / Rounder [Remembering Bill Monroe: 9/13/1911 - 9/9/1994]
- When You Are Lonely / Bluegrass Album Band / The Bluegrass Album, Volume 4 / Rounder [Remembering Bill Monroe: 9/13/1911 - 9/9/1994]
- Walls Of Time / Johnson Mountain Boys / Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration / Rounder [Remembering Bill Monroe: 9/13/1911 - 9/9/1994]
- I'm On My Way To The Old Home / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & HIs Blue Grass Boys, 1950-1951 / JSP Records [Remembering Bill Monroe: 9/13/1911 - 9/9/1994]
- John Deere Tractor / Billy Strings / Me/And/Dad / Rounder [2025 IBMA Entertainer of the Year]
- Nora McNally / Greg Blake / single / Turnberry Records [2025 Male Vocalist of the Year]
- Daughter Of The Stars / Red Camel Collective / Red Camel Collective / Pinecastle [2025 New Artist of the Year]
- Ralph's Banjo Special / Kristin Scott Benson, Gena Britt, & Alison Brown / single / Compass Records [2025 Collaborative Recording of the Year]
- Cost Of Living / Authentic Unlimited / single / Edisonic Records [2025 Vocal Group of the Year]
- Outrun The Rain / Jason Carter & Michael Cleveland / Carter & Cleveland / Fiddleman Records [2025 Song of the Year; Collaborative Recording of the Year; Album of the Year]
- Leaning On A Travelin' Song / Billy Strings / Highway Prayers / Reprise [2025 IBMA Entertainer of the Year]
- Rollin' On Rubber Wheels / Ralph Stanley II & the Clinch Mountain Boys / Rollin' On Rubber Wheels / Stanley Family Records
- Sis Draper / Shawn Camp / The Ghost Of Sis Draper / Truly Handmade Records
- Different Kind Of Lonesome / Will Clark / single / Mountain Fever Records
- Song Of The Mountains / Burnett Sisters Band / single / Pinecastle
- Little Mountain Home / Mike Mitchell / single / Mountain Fever Records
- Mountain Laurel / Bluegrass Cardinals / The Essential Bluegrass Cardinals / CMH [2025 Bluegrass Hall of Fame]
- Nellie Kane / Hot Rize / Hot Rize / Flying Fish [2025 Bluegrass Hall of Fame]
- Eighteen Wheels / Bluegrass Cardinals / The Essential Bluegrass Cardinals / CMH [2025 Bluegrass Hall of Fame]
- Just Like You / Hot Rize / So Long Of A Journey / Sugar Hill [2025 Bluegrass Hall of Fame]
- I'm Just A Used To Be To You / Bluegrass Cardinals / Tennessee Mountain Bluegrass Festival / CMH [2025 Bluegrass Hall of Fame]
- Think Of What You've Done / Hot Rize / Take It Home / Sugar Hill [2025 Bluegrass Hall of Fame]
- Can't Outrun The Blues / Trey Hensley / single / Pinecastle
- Tall Stands Of Timber / Rock Hearts / Unfinished Bridges / 615 Hideaway Records
- Fling Ding / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1956-1959 / JSP Records
- Row Number 2, Seat Number 3 / Laura Orshaw / Songs Of Lost Yesterdays / Self-Produced
- Kentucky Waltz / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Color Of The Blues / Strictly Country Records
- Me And The Jukebox / Buzz Busby / Bluegrass Spectacular / Country Stars
- Coming On Strong / Seth Mulder & Midnight Run / Coming On Strong / Rebel
- Many A Mile / Eddie & Martha Adcock / Many A Mile / Patuxent Music
- You Can't Roll A Seven Every Time / Becky Buller / Songs That Sing Me / Dark Shadow Recording
- Lord I've Been A Hard Working Pilgrim / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Heaven's Joy Awaits / Sugar Hill
- Let The Light Shine Down / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / Let The Light Shine Down / Rebel [Remembering Bill Monroe: 9/13/1911 - 9/9/1994]
- Abide With Me / Rrinaco / Little Songs / Rebel
- Bring Him Your Talents / Bluegrass Cardinals / Way Down Deep In My Soul / Sugar Hill [2025 Bluegrass Hall of Fame]
- Church Bells A-Ringin' / Danny Paisley / Blue Collar Gospel: From The Pen Of Rick Lang / Billy Blue Records
- Shine Hallelujah Shine / Reno & Smiley / Let The Light Shine Down / Rebel [Remembering Bill Monroe: 9/13/1911 - 9/9/1994]
- The Touch Of The Master's Hand / Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick / Together / Rounder
- Boat Of Love / Lost & Found / Let The Light Shine Down / Rebel [Remembering Bill Monroe: 9/13/1911 - 9/9/1994]
- Meet Me Over On The Other Side / Country Gentlemen / The Sugar Hill Years / Sugar Hill
- Climb The Ladder / Hot Rize / Take It Home / Sugar Hill [2025 Bluegrass Hall of Fame]
- Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder
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