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Hall Of Honor Inductees	Syd Nathan (Founder of King records) and The Lewis Family (The First Family of Bluegrass Gospel)
Entertainer of the Year	The Grascals
Vocal Group of the Year	Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
Instrumental Group of the Year	Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
Male Vocalist of the Year	Tim O’Brien
Female Vocalist of the Year	Rhonda Vincent
Song of the year	Look Down That Lonesome Road
Album of the Year	Celebration of Life: Musicians Against Childhood Cancer	3 Fox Drive, Lonesome River Band, Seldom Scene, Rhonda Vincent & The Rage, Cherryholmes, J.D. Crowe & The New South, BlueRidge, IIIrd Tyme Out, James King Band, Larry Cordle, Wayne Benson, Clay Hess, Greg Luck, Aubrey Haynie, Marty Raybon & Full Circle, Tony Rice, Ronnie Bowman & The Committee, Larry Stephenson Band, Blue Highway, Gena Britt, Randy Kohrs & The Lites, Steve Thomas, Scott Vestal, David Parmley & Continental Divide, Karl Shiflett & the Big Country Show, Kenny & Amanda Smith, Wildfire, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Lost & Found, The Grascals, Alecia Nugent, Carl Jackson, Jerry Salley, Don Rigsby & Midnight Call, Bradley Walker, Dan Tyminski, Bela Fleck, Barry Bales, Joe Mullins, Bryan Sutton, Jim Van Cleve, Clay Jones & Keith Garrett (artists), Skaggs Family Records (label), Bob Kelley (producer)
Instrumental Album of the Year	Let ‘Er Go, Boys, Michael Cleveland (artist)	Rounder Records (label), Jeff White & Michael Cleveland (producer)
Recorded Event of the Year	Back to the Well, The Daughters of Bluegrass	Lorraine Jordan, Gena Britt, Julie Elkins, Becky Buller, Vickie Simmons, Frances Mooney, Mindy Rakestraw, Jeanette Williams, Beth Lawrence, Angela Oudean, Michelle Nixon, Donica Christensen, Dale Ann Bradley, Heather Berry, Megan McCormick, Valerie Smith, Louisa Branscomb & Dixie Hall (artists), Blue Circle Records (label), Lorraine Jordan & Dale Perry (producers)
Gospel Recorded Performance of the Year	He Lives In Me, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver (artists)	Crossroads (label), Doyle Lawson (producer)
Emerging Artist of the Year	Steep Canyon Rangers
Instrumental Performers of the Year
BANJO	Jim Mills
BASS	Missy Raines
FIDDLE	Michael Cleveland
DOBRO	Rob Ickes
GUITAR	Bryan Sutton
MANDOLIN	Adam Steffey
Bluegrass Event of the Year	21st Annual Joe Val Bluegrass Festival, produced by the Boston Bluegrass Union; Framingham, Mass.; February, 2006
Best Graphic Design for Recorded Project	Spencer Walts, Eyewerks Studio & Sarah Lainie Smith (designers); She Waits for Night; by Uncle Earl; Rounder Records
Best Liner Notes for Recorded Project	Tom Adams (liner notes); Let ’Er Go, Boys; by Michael Cleveland; Rounder Records
Print Media Person of the Year	Bob Black, author of Come Hither to Go Yonder: Playing Bluegrass with Bill Monroe