国际兰草音乐协会奖在纳什维尔颁出

Bluegrass Musicians Honored in Nashville

国际兰草音乐协会奖在纳什维尔颁出

 

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The IBMA awards show began with a live performance by Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder. Skaggs, heard there performing "Sis Draper," co-hosted the evening award ceremony with Alison Krauss, and won his seventh award for Instrumental Group of the Year.

 

Larry Sparks performed "John Deere Tractor" during the IBMA awards show. He won Male Vocalist honors for the second consecutive¹ year.

 

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Larry Sparks also received awards for Best Album, and Recorded Event for his album 40, a title that refers to the length of his career.

 

Another eagerly awaited award was for Female Vocalist of the Year. The nominees² were: Dale Ann Bradley, Cia Cherryholmes, Sonya Isaacs, Alison Krauss and Rhonda Vincent.

 

Man: And the award goes to Ms. Rhonda Vincent.

 

Ms. Vincent: Thank you very much. I don't stand on this stage those 300 days we're on the road. I don't travel in the Martha White Bluegrass Express, or travel or stand on that stage by myself. I want to recognize these guys who stand here with me, Josh Williams, Kenny Ingram, Hunter Berry and Nicky Harris. And I just feel like they're some of the greatest musicians in bluegrass music!

 

The Grascals, who spent much of the year on tour with Dolly Parton, won Emerging Artist of the Year. The group also won Song of the Year for "Me And John And Paul," a tune³ written by Harley Allen.

 

The family group Cherryholmes won Entertainer of the Year, the top award of the evening.

 

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The Cherryholmes' achievement is a remarkable⁴ one, as the group has been playing music for just five years. Jere and Sandy Cherryholmes started their family band after attending a bluegrass festival in 1999. At the time, the family was looking to raise their spirits, not start a new life. Jere Cherryholmes' acceptance speech started out seriously, but ended on a lighthearted note.

 

The International Bluegrass Music Awards are selected by the professional membership of the International Bluegrass Music Association, the trade group for the bluegrass music industry.

 

The 2005 Awards program ended with a performance of Bill Monroe's "Bluegrass Breakdown⁵" by Alison Krauss, Ricky Skaggs, Del McCoury and others. That bluegrass supergroup played the song in honor of Monroe and his band that had introduced bluegrass music on that same Ryman Auditorium⁶ stage 60 years earlier.

 

I’m Katherine Cole.

 

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注释：

IBMA International Bluegrass Music Association 国际兰草音乐协会

consecutive [kEn5sekjutiv] adj. 连续的，联贯的

Female Vocalist of the Year 年度最佳女歌手

Entertainer of the Year 年度最佳艺人奖

lighthearted [5lait5hB:tid] adj. 快乐的，心情愉快的

1 consecutive   

adj.连续的，联贯的，始终一贯的

参考例句：

• It has rained for four consecutive days.已连续下了四天雨。
• The policy of our Party is consecutive.我党的政策始终如一。

2 nominees   

n.被提名者，被任命者( nominee的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• She's one of the nominees. 她是被提名者之一。 来自超越目标英语 第2册
• A startling number of his nominees for senior positions have imploded. 他所提名的高级官员被否决的数目令人震惊。 来自互联网

3 tune   

n.调子；和谐，协调；v.调音，调节，调整

参考例句：

• He'd written a tune,and played it to us on the piano.他写了一段曲子，并在钢琴上弹给我们听。
• The boy beat out a tune on a tin can.那男孩在易拉罐上敲出一首曲子。

4 remarkable   

adj.显著的，异常的，非凡的，值得注意的

参考例句：

• She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
• These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。

5 breakdown   

n.垮，衰竭；损坏，故障，倒塌

参考例句：

• She suffered a nervous breakdown.她患神经衰弱。
• The plane had a breakdown in the air,but it was fortunately removed by the ace pilot.飞机在空中发生了故障，但幸运的是被王牌驾驶员排除了。

6 auditorium   

n.观众席，听众席；会堂，礼堂

参考例句：

• The teacher gathered all the pupils in the auditorium.老师把全体同学集合在礼堂内。
• The stage is thrust forward into the auditorium.舞台向前突出，伸入观众席。