Dark Shadow Recording receives four award nominations today for the 31st annual IBMA Bluegrass Awards that will be handed out on Thursday, October 1, 2020, in IBMA’s Virtual Award Show and on SiriusXM Bluegrass Junction (CH. 62).
Nominations:
Collaborative Recording Of The Year:
“The Barber’s Fiddle” – Becky Buller, producer DSR Stephen Mougin Featuring: Buller, Shawn Camp, Jason Carter, Laurie Lewis, Katie Penn, and Sam Bush on vocals and fiddles, along with Michael Cleveland, Johnny Warren, Stuart Duncan, Deanie Richardson, Browyn Keith-Hynes, Jason Barie, Fred Carpenter, Tyler Andal, Nate Lee, Dan Boner, Brian Christianson, Laura Orshaw on fiddles. This impressive list of musicians includes all of the 2020 IBMA "Fiddle Player of the Year " nominees.
Fiddle Player Of The Year: Becky Buller
Banjo Player of the Year: Ned Luberecki
Instrumental Band Of The Year: Sam Bush Band (Stephen Mougin band member since 2006)
“I’m always humbled to see our label work appear in any IBMA Award category. “The Barber’s Fiddle” was a really fun track to put together with some of the most amazing fiddlers (and vocalists) in our industry. I’m thrilled so many folks like it, and I’m thrilled to see Becky’s name up in lights again!” says Stephen Mougin. In an unprecedented year for the entire world, Dark Shadow Recording 2020 releases have been met with great aplomb with fans and the industry alike. The label has released five singles during the first half of 2020, with several more coming this summer. To learn more about Dark Shadow Recording and its roster, please visit here.
Multi-award nominee Becky Buller states, “We just love making music for y’all! The band and I are honored and grateful to know just how much you enjoy what we do. We’re going to do our best to keep picking and singing these clouds away! Big, big thanks to our team; best of luck and congratulations to all our fellow 2020 IBMA award nominees.” Multi-award-winning artist Becky Buller has released two singles from her upcoming Distance And Time, which is slated for release on September 18, 2020.
"The Barber's Fiddle,” the poignant and star-laced track tells a story of bluegrass music being passed on through generations. The single is rooted in the tradition of fiddle playing in barbershops and based on the true story of a young man picking up a fiddle for the first time, thus, discovering the magic of bluegrass music for himself. Becky wrote the song with Lynda Dawson and features 18-award-winning fiddlers including Shawn Camp, Jason Carter, Laurie Lewis, Katie Penn, and Sam Bush on vocals and fiddles, Michael Cleveland, Johnny Warren, Stuart Duncan, Deanie Richardson, Browyn Keith-Hynes, Jason Barie, Fred Carpenter, Tyler Andal, Nate Lee, Dan Boner, Brian Christianson, Laura Orshaw and Becky.
Watch Becky Buller’s "The Barber's Fiddle" here.
Rick Faris is up for a number of awards through his work with Special Consensus. Dark Shadow Recording would like to congratulate all the nominees, especially the groundbreaking Hall of Fame inductees New Grass Revival, The Johnson Mountain Boys, and The Station Inn owner J.T. Gray.
About Dark Shadow Recording:
Dark Shadow Recording is an independent record label based in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 2009 by Stephen and Jana Mougin, the label has released music from some of the finest Bluegrass and Americana musicians around the country, including Becky Buller, Rick Faris, Stephen Mougin, The Rigneys, Man About a Horse, and Jana Mougin. The label has a unique approach in that it is run by musicians for musicians, which they believe to be the best approach for releasing quality music and meeting the needs of their artists.