{"id":238142,"date":"2025-09-19T05:13:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T05:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/238142\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T05:13:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T05:13:07","slug":"2025-ibma-bluegrass-music-award-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/238142\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 IBMA Bluegrass Music Award winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/worldofbluegrass.org\/awards-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards<\/a> were presented this evening in Chattanooga, TN, at the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium.<\/p>\n<p>Billed as \u201cThe Biggest Night in Bluegrass,\u201d these awards are given in 18 different categories, honoring the artists, songwriters, producers, and videographers who produce the music we love, based on their achievements during the past year. Nominees and winners are chosen by the voting members of the <a href=\"https:\/\/ibma.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Bluegrass Music Association<\/a>, all of them involved professionally in the business of bluegrass. In other words, these honors are chosen by the peers of the nominees and winners.<\/p>\n<p>And the winners are:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Gospel Recording of the Year <\/strong>\u2013 He\u2019s Gone \u2013 Jaelee Roberts (artist); Kelsi Harrigill (writer); Byron House (producer); Mountain Home Music Company (label)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fiddler of the Year<\/strong> \u2013 Maddie Denton<\/li>\n<li><strong>Instrumental\u00a0Recording Of The Year<\/strong> \u2013 Ralph\u2019s Banjo Special \u2013 Kristin Scott Benson, Gena Britt &amp; Alison Brown\u00a0(artist); Ralph Stanley (writer); Alison Brown (producer); Compass Records (label)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mandolin Player of the Year<\/strong> \u2013 Sierra Hull<\/li>\n<li><strong>Guitar Player of the Year<\/strong> \u2013 Trey Hensley<\/li>\n<li><strong>Song of the Year<\/strong> \u2013 Outrun the Rain\u00a0\u2013 Jason Carter &amp; Michael Cleveland (artist); Terry Herd\/Jimmy Yeary (writers); Fiddle Man Records (label); Dale Jason Carter\/Michael Cleveland (producer)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Male Vocalist of the Year<\/strong> \u2013 Greg Blake<\/li>\n<li><strong>Resophonic Guitar Player of the Year <\/strong>\u2013 Justin Moses<\/li>\n<li><strong>Banjo Player of the Year<\/strong> \u2013 Kristin Scott Benson<\/li>\n<li><strong>Instrumental Group Of The Year<\/strong> \u2013 The Travelin\u2019 McCourys<\/li>\n<li><strong>Female Vocalist of the Year<\/strong> \u2013 Alison Krauss<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bass Player of the Year<\/strong> \u2013 Vickie Vaughn<\/li>\n<li><strong>New Artist of the Year<\/strong> \u2013 Red Camel Collective<\/li>\n<li><strong>Collaborative Recording Of The Year<\/strong> \u2013 Outrun the Rain\u00a0\u2013 Jason Carter, Michael Cleveland, Jaelee Roberts &amp; Vince Gill (artists); Terry Herd\/Jimmy Yeary (writers);\u00a0Jason Carter\/Michael Cleveland (producers), Fiddle Man Records (label)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Music Video of the Year<\/strong> \u2013 The Auctioneer \u2013 The Kody Norris Show (artist); Leroy Van Dyke\/Buddy Black (writers); James Gilley (producers); Nate Wiles (videographer); Rebel Records (label)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vocal Group of the Year <\/strong>\u2013 Authentic Unlimited<\/li>\n<li><strong>Album of the Year<\/strong> \u2013 Carter &amp; Cleveland \u2013 Jason Carter &amp; Michael Cleveland (artist); Jason Carter &amp; Michael Cleveland (producers); Fiddle Man Records (label)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Entertainer of the Year<\/strong> \u2013 Billy Strings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Congratulations and well done all!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2025 IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards were presented this evening in Chattanooga, TN, at the Soldiers and Sailors&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":238143,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[171,127605,975,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-238142","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-ibma-bluegrass-music-awards","10":"tag-music","11":"tag-united-states","12":"tag-unitedstates","13":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115229255830218501","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}