Helen Lude, formerly of San Francisco and now of Nashville has been nominated for a Momentum Award (Industry Involvement). The award ceremony from the IBMA World Of Bluegrass in Chattanooga, TN will be streamed on Wednesday, September 17, at 8:00am (Pacific).
Nominees for the 2025 IBMA Momentum Awards are:
BAND OF THE YEAR
The Burnett Sisters Band
Country GongBang
Jackson Hollow
Mountain Grass Unit
Wyatt Ellis Band
INDUSTRY INVOLVEMENT
Jordan Laney (artist support, music event specialist)
Helen Ludé (booking agent, tour manager)
Austin Scelzo (musician, teacher)
INSTRUMENTALIST OF THE YEAR (2 awarded)
Justin Alexander (banjo, guitar)
Luke Black (banjo, guitar)
Marissa Colter (fiddle)
Kyser George (guitar)
Anthony Howell (banjo, guitar, other instruments)
Rainy Miatke (mandolin)
Sam Stage (fiddle)
VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Kristen Bearfield
Carly Greer
Yebin Kim
Seth Mulder
Ali Vance
MENTOR OF THE YEAR
Becky Buller
Louisa Branscomb
Martin Gilmore
Rick Lang
Deanie Richardson
