Today, there are a whole lot of BG folks gathered in Nashville attending the World of Bluegrass (or, WoB) conference and all of the other fun activities associated with it. Jim is there now, and I'll be heading down later in the week for a healthy dose of live BG. The WoB week will end on Thursday night with 22nd annual International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) Awards at the historic Ryman Auditorium. It will be a big night for some fine performers, and so, we put a small spotlight this week on the nominees in a couple of different categories: Song of the Year and Gospel Recorded Performance of the Year. In addition, we began the show with five previous songs which have been named Song of the Year in the history of the IBMA Awards. 2011 nominees from whom we heard music today included the Gibson Brothers, the Grascals, Dale Ann Bradley, Balsam Range, Blue Highway, Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers, Lou Reid & Carolina, J.D. Crowe, Doyle Lawson, & Paul Williams, and Russell Moore. 
The show today also included a whole bunch of new music from several fine new projects...some of this music had not previously been heard on the BG Cafe. This week, we played brand-spanking-new music from the Missy Werner Band, a combined project from Ivan Rosenberg & the Foggy Hogtown Boys, the latest Rebel recording from Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice, and young resonator guitarist, Ethan Hughes. In addition, there was pretty new music from Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa, Lee Marcus, Nu-Blu, and David Parmley & Continental Divide. 
In addition, there were a couple of tunes played today in honor of birthday boy, Larry Sparks -- born September 25, 1947. Sparks has one of the most identifiable voices in all of BG, no doubt about it.
Hope you enjoyed something you heard on the show this week. Be sure to join Jim on the air next Sunday afternoon, as I'm sure he'll have PLENTY to tell you about all of the great music he's going to see and hear this week at WoB. Join him beginning at 4PM, won't you?
Have a great week!
Amy
REQUESTS ARE RED.
- Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
- Blue Train (Of The Heartbreak Line) / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / The Hard Game Of Love / Sugar Hill [Song of the Year, 2003]
- Lonesome Old Home / Longview / Longview / Rounder [Song of the Year, 1998]
- Kentucky Borderline / Rhonda Vincent / One Step Ahead / Rounder [Song of the Year, 2004]
- Colleen Malone / Hot Rize / Take It Home / Sugar Hill [Song of the Year, 1991]
- Don't Throw Mama's Flowers Away / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Room Over Mine / Rounder [Song of the Year, 2009]
Four of the five nominees for 2011 Song of the Year: - Help My Brother / Gibson Brothers / Help My Brother / Compass Records
- I Am Strong / The Grascals & Friends / The Grascals & Friends / Cracker Barrel
- I'll Take Love / Dale Ann Bradley with Alison Krauss & Steve Gulley / I'll Take Love : From The Pen Of Louisa Branscomb / Compass Records
- Trains I Missed / Balsam Range / Trains I Missed / Mountain Home
- The Waves On The Sea / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
- Let Me Fall / Travers Chandler & Avery County / State Of Depression / Patuxent Music
- Cumberland Gap / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / On The Radio, 1952-1953 / Rounder
- Say You Lied / Neon Valley Boys / Bluegrass / Sudden Comfort Records
- Kisses Don't Lie / Lynn Morris Band / The Lynn Morris Band / Rounder
- Backroads And Little Towns / The Expedition Show / The Expedition Show / Mountain Fever Records
- Grandpa's Pond / Lee Marcus / Grandpa's Pond / Self-Produced
- Lost River / McPeak Brothers / Yesteryears : The Best Of The McPeak Brothers / Rebel
- No Lawyers In Heaven / Charlie Sizemore / Heartache Looking For A Home / Rounder
- The Likes Of You / Lynn Morris / You'll Never Be The Sun / Rounder
- Leaves In The Wind / Missy Werner Band / Three Kinds Of Lonesome / Self-Produced
- The Hills Of Tennessee / Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa / It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Day / Self-Produced
- Lost / Ivan Rosenberg & the Foggy Hogtown Boys / The Hogtown Sessions / Self-Produced
- A Light In The Window, Again / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / New Cuts Of Bluegrass, Volume 4 / no label
- Old Swinging Bridge / Ethan Hughes / Searching For A Home / Patuxent Music
- Sea Of Regret / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / The Heart Of A Song / Rebel
- Blue Skies And Teardrops / Missy Werner Band / Three Kinds Of Lonesome / Self-Produced
- Nineteen Forty Ford / Acoustic Blue / Timeless / Self-Produced
- The Letter / ShoreGrass / Going Home / Self-Produced
- Just Wondering Why / Bear Minimum / Live At The Finnish Hall / no label
- Can't Live Life / Edgar Loudermilk with Rhonda Vincent / Roads Traveled / Mountain Fever Records
- Women Like To Slow Dance / Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers / Rare Bird Alert / Rounder
- Rare Bird Alert / Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers / Rare Bird Alert / Rounder
- What Would You Do? / Fred Etheridge & Nick Anderson / Pickin' & Singin' / Self-Produced
- The Working Man / Shannon Slaughter / The Sideman Steps Out / Self-Produced
- We're In This Love Together / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / So Much In Between / Mountain Home
- Tell Me You Wanna Be Mine Again / Spinney Brothers & Close Company / The Old Fundy Shore / Self-Produced
- Must Be The Wind / Nu-Blu / The Blu-Disc / Pinecastle
- I Ain't Gonna Lay My Hammer Down / Blue Highway / Sounds Of Home / Rounder
- Tennessee 1949 / Larry Sparks / Bound To Ride : The Best Of Larry Sparks / Rebel
- God's Front Porch / Lou Reid & Carolina / Sounds Like Heaven To Me / Rural Rhythm Christian *
- Pass Me Not / Dale Ann Bradley with Larry Sparks / Catch Tomorrow / Compass Records
- Prayer Bells Of Heaven / J.D. Crowe, Doyle Lawson, Paul Williams / Old Friends Get Together / Mountain Home *
- I Want To Live Like Christ My Savior / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
- He Can Be Found / Gibson Brothers / Help My Brother / Compass Records *
- I'm Justified / Del McCoury Band / Family Circle / McCoury Music
- Sailing On / Russell Moore with Dale Ann Bradley / Look To The Light : Songs Of Faith From The Pen Of Rick Lang / Rural Rhythm Christian *
- Lord, Lead Me On / David Parmley & Continental Divide / Church House Hymns, Volume II / Self-Produced
- Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder
* nominee, 2011 Gospel Recorded Performance of the Year
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