Bluegrass luminaries Doyle Lawson and Rhonda Vincent lead the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) 2007 list of nominees. The 2007 IBMA Awards will be handed out Thursday, October 4th, at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville.

Six-time recipients of IBMA’s Vocal Group of the Year, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver are nominated for this award again, along with Entertainer of the Year, Song of the Year for Sadie’s Got Her New Dress On written by BMI songwriter Connie Leigh, Album of the Year for More Behind the Picture than the Wall, two nominations for Gospel Recorded Event (for songs We Shall Inherit and He Lives in Me) and Mandolin Player of the Year (Lawson). Guitarist/vocalist Jamie Dailey and Lawson will vie separately for Recorded Event of the Year, for their contributions to New Songs, Old Friends and Hunter Berry’s Wow Baby respectively, bringing the band’s collective tally to nine nominations.

Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas picked up seven nominations in total including Entertainer, Vocal Group, Female Vocalist and Instrumental Group of the Year. The prolific Jerry Douglas is nominated for Dobro Player of the Year, and vocalist/guitarist Dan Tyminski was also included in the Recorded Event of the Year category for his contributions to Wow Baby. Union Station also features banjo virtuoso Ron Block.

Sonya Isaacs of The Isaacs is nominated in the Female Vocalist of the Year category and twice in the Recorded Event of the Year for her involvement in New Songs, Old Friends (which also includes her brother Ben) and Wow Baby. Vince Gill and the Oak Ridge Boys are also nominated as part of New Songs, Old Friends.

Hosted by Sam Bush, the 2007 IBMA Awards will take place during World of Bluegrass week, slated for October 1st-7th in Nashville. For more information, please visit www.ibma.org.