“The All-Star Jam Live at Graves Mountain” Receives 4 IBMA Nominations

Aug. 22, 2011 - PRLog -- Rural Rhythm Records is extremely proud to announce “The All-Star Jam Live at Graves Mountain” has received four International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) award nominations including ALBUM OF THE YEAR.  This special event album includes the extraordinary talents of:  Lonesome River Band, Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out, Audie Blaylock & Redline, Mark Newton, Carl Jackson, The Crowe Brothers, Lou Reid & Carolina, Carrie Hassler, and Brand New Strings.  The album was produced by Mark Newton and recorded & mixed by Gene Daniell.

The historic project also picked up two nominations for RECORDED EVENT OF THE YEAR for the songs “Graves Mountain Memories” featuring Carl Jackson, Mark Newton, Audie Blaylock, Lou Reid, Russell Moore, Carrie Hassler, Sammy Shelor, Mike Hartgrove, Wayne Benson, Mike Anglin, and produced by Mark Newton and Carl Jackson; and “Lonesome River,” also received a nod with top notch performances by Lou Reid & Carolina featuring Russell Moore.

The fourth nomination is for Instrumental Recorded Performance of the Year for the song “Goundspeed,” written by Earl Scruggs and performed by Sammy Shelor, Carl Jackson Brandon Rickman, Wayne Benson, Mike Hartgrove, Mike Anglin, and produced by Mark Newton and Carl Jackson.

A documentary on the “The All-Star Jam Live at Graves Mountain (Rural Rhythm Records’ 55th Anniversary Celebration)” will begin airing in October exclusively on BlueHighways TV.   This special event was recorded last year during the Graves Mountain Festival of Music in Syria, Virginia and MC’d by popular Sirius XM radio host, Kyle Cantrell.  While the label has already released numerous live performances from the event,  they plan on releasing a full length  DVD early 2012.  

“The All-Star Jam Live at Graves Mountain” album reached as high as #10 the BILLBOARD Bluegrass Album Chart and numerous songs have charted on a variety of radio charts.  Mark Newton, the album’s Producer and Production Coordinator said, “The All-Star Jam album recorded at Graves Mountain Festival of Music in Syria, Virginia last year represents the spirit of what Bluegrass Music is all about. I would like to extend my gratitude and appreciation to the Rural Rhythm family and staff, The Graves family and everyone involved that made this project become a reality. It’s like the last line in the verse of the song “Graves Mountain Memories” by our brother Carl Jackson says, “Where making friends and keeping people are the words that you live by” That’s what bluegrass music is all about.”

For more information on IBMA including the popular IBMA Awards show to be held at the Ryman Auditorium next month, please visit www.ibma.org

For more information on Rural Rhythm Records, please visit www.RuralRhythm.com  For more information on Graves Mountain, please visit: www.gravesmountain.com

VIDEOS:
Album Promo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82M-BijWu7s


Single Promo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4N2g71Gn8k
Words & Music Performances, Video 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8RJyX4faB8&feature=player...
Words & Music Performances, Video 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9ZyNYwpi5E