Syntax Creative Clients Take 45 Nominations for the 35th Annual IBMA Awards
DESCRIPTION:
“Life I Left Behind” illustrates the tether between Bluegrass and the railroad. Bassist Tim Surrett draws from his own history—his father’s 30 years on the Norfolk Southern Railroad—recalling how sometimes he’d join his father to ride all night. He couldn’t help but notice a mysterious romantic quality about the freedom of the rails. That freedom, though, is conflicted by the life left behind, capturing the restless friction between what might await out there and what we already know.
KEY SELLING POINTS
- 2018 IBMA’s Entertainer of the Year, Balsam Range, has become one of Bluegrass' most awarded acts.
- Since forming in 2007, the group has garnered 13 IBMA awards on the heels of 13 critically acclaimed albums.
- Buddy Melton won IBMA’s Male Vocalist of the Year in 2014 and 2018, and Tim Surrett won IBMA’s Bass Player of the Year in 2018.
- They've landed several #1 singles on the Bluegrass Today Chart and scored five #1 radio hits from their album Moxie and Mettle.
- Their 2023 release Kinetic Tone produced the #1 hit “That’s What The Years Do,” with two other singles reaching the Top 3.
- Band members include: Buddy Melton (fiddle/vocals); Dr. Marc Pruett (banjo); Tim Surrett (bass, dobro, baritone, vocals); Caleb Smith (guitar, lead, vocals); and Alan Bibey (mandolin).
- 2018 IBMA’s Entertainer of the Year, Balsam Range, has become one of Bluegrass' most awarded acts.
- Since forming in 2007, the group has garnered 13 IBMA awards on the heels of 13 critically acclaimed albums.
- Buddy Melton won IBMA’s Male Vocalist of the Year in 2014 and 2018, and Tim Surrett won IBMA’s Bass Player of the Year in 2018.
- They've landed several #1 singles on the Bluegrass Today Chart and scored five #1 radio hits from their album Moxie and Mettle.
- Their 2023 release Kinetic Tone produced the #1 hit “That’s What The Years Do,” with two other singles reaching the Top 3.
- Band members include: Buddy Melton (fiddle/vocals); Dr. Marc Pruett (banjo); Tim Surrett (bass, dobro, baritone, vocals); Caleb Smith (guitar, lead, vocals); and Alan Bibey (mandolin).
