IBMA Awards Pt. 2

Winning the IBMA'sInstrumental Group of the the Yesr
was Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper. In addition, they also won Instrumental Recorded Performance of the Year for this song, "Jerusalem Ridge".



Dan Tyminski won Male Vocalist of the Year, as well as Album of the Year for the album Wheels. Dan also performs with Alison Krauss' Band Union Station, and is the voice that comes out of George Clooney's mouth when he sings in the movie "O' Brother Where Art Thou". Here is Dan performing the title track from his album.



Dale Ann Bradley won the award for Female Vocalist of the Year. This is the third yeat in a row that she has won this award. Here she is performing the Kris Kristofferson song that Janis Joplin made famous, "Me and Bobby McGee".

IBMA Awards Pt. 1 - Dailey & Vincent

Last Thursday the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) handed out it's award for 2009. I am going to devote my posts this week to the winners of these Awards.

Winning both Entertainer of the Year and Vocal Group of the Year was Dailey & Vincent. This is Jamie Vincent, who formerly performed with Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver, and Darrin Vincent, who formerly performed with Ricky Skaggs.

The three videos below are of songs off their latest album, Brothers From Different Mothers. Here is a video of them doing the Gillian Welch and David Rawlings song "Winter's Come and Gone"





Here they are performing a song recorded by the Statler Brothers, "Years Ago".





In addition to winning Entertainer of the Year and Vocal Group of the Year, Vincent & Dailey also won the award for Gospel Recorded Performance of the Year for this song, "On The Other Side".

Animation

Two of my favorite animated video.
A claymation version of Nina Simone performing "My Baby Just Cares For Me".

An animated video of "Funny the Way It Is" off the Dave Matthews Band's most recent album.