David Bissell, Powergrass, Syndicated, www.powergrassradio.com, Clarksburg, West Virginia
1 Set Apart, “Where We’ll Never Die,” On the Right Track, Set Apart no number
2 Solid Ground, “Don’t Neglect the Rose,” The Right Road, Lamon Records 10385
3 Dale Ann Bradley, “Mary Rocked the Rock,” Send the Angels, Mountain Home9772
Mike Wuerstle, The Bluegrass Horizon Show, WXLV 90.3 and WDVR 89.7, Schnecksville, Pennsylvania and Sergeantsville, New Jersey
1 Cherryholmes, “Brand New Heartache,” Cherryholmes, Skaggs Family 6989020142
2 Ronnie Bowman, “The Mountain,” It’s Getting Better All the Time, Koch 9884
3 Lonesome River Band, “Coming Home To You,” Head Into Heartache, 10332
“Badeye,”Carson Payne, Bluegrass Happenin’, WHAY 98.3, Emlyn, Kentucky
1 Blue Highway, “Lazurus,” Marbletown, Rounder 0558
2 Wildfire, “Can’t Have One Without the Other,” Rattle of the Chains, Pinecastle 1148
3 Del McCoury Band, “Nothin’ Special,” The Company We Keep, McCoury Music 0002
Terry Wood, The Tradition, WTWZ 1120 AM, Jackson Mississippi
1 Tim O’Brien, “Look Down That Lonesome Road,” Fiddler’s Green, Sugar Hill 4006
2 The Peasall Sisters, “Logtown,” Home To You, Dualtone 80302-0121052
3 Cherryholmes, “Brand New Heartache,” Cherryholmes, Skaggs Family 6989020142
Donald Teplyske, That High Lonesome Sound, CKLJ 97.7 FM, Olds, Alberta
1 Drew Emmitt, “This House,” Across the Bridge, Compass 4410
2 The Foggy Hogtown Boys, “Lily Hoskins,” Northern White Clouds, FOGHOG 002
3 Wildfire, “I Wouldn’t Mind the Shackles,” Rattle the Chains, Pinecastle 1148
Bo McCarthy, Bluegrass & the Bo-Man, WSIP 98.9, Paintsville, Kentucky
1 James King, “Echo Mountain,” The Bluegrass Story Teller, Rounder 0551
2 Lou Reid & Carolina, “Ain’t Know Way of Knowin’,” Time, Lonesome Day 009
3 The Grascals, “Me and John and Paul,” The Grascals, Rounder 0549