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Steve Martin and the Board of The Steve Martin Banjo Prize have announced two winners for this year’s prize. Building on the Board’s mission to recognize excellence across the spectrum of banjo styles, this year’s recipients represent excellence in both 5-string bluegrass and 4-string plectrum banjo traditions.
The winners for 2023 are jazz banjo player Cynthia Sayer and bluegrass “Duke of Drive” Terry Baucom, who passed away last week at the age of 71. Each will receive a $25,000 unrestricted cash prize.
Billy Strings and Molly Tuttle won big at the 2023 Bluegrass Music Awards, as the IBMAs look for a new home in 2025.
Tuttle and her band Golden Highway represent a new class of bluegrass, which comes as the awards plan to say goodbye to Raleigh after next year
Now this week, the N.C. State Bluegrass Festival will take the stage under the pavilion at Camping World of Marion.