Audie Blaylock and Redline - I'm Going Back to Old Kentucky: A Bill Monroe Celebration (Rural Rhythm) Awards and honors Del McCoury has won 31 International Bluegrass Music Association Awards, including Entertainer of the Year four consecutive times (nine total). McCoury has also won IBMA Male Vocalist of the Year four times. In 2004 he was nominated for the Best Bluegrass Album Grammy Award for It's Just The Night, and in 2006 he won his first Grammy Award, in the same category, for The Company We Keep. In 2014, McCoury was nominated and won his second Grammy Award for The Streets of Baltimore. He was a recipient of a 2010 National Heritage Fellowship awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts, which is the United States government's highest honor in the folk and traditional arts. McCoury received the Bluegrass Star Award, presented by the Bluegrass Heritage Foundation, in 2015. The award is bestowed upon bluegrass artists who do an exemplary job of advancing traditional bluegrass music and bringing it to new audiences while preserving its character and heritage. International Bluegrass Music Association Awards 1990 Male Vocalist of the Year – Del McCoury 1991 Male Vocalist of the Year – Del McCoury 1992 Male Vocalist of the Year – Del McCoury 1994 Entertainer of the Year – The Del McCoury Band 1994 Album of the Year – A Deeper Shade of Blue; Del McCoury 1996 Instrumental Group of the Year – The Del McCoury Band 1996 Entertainer of the Year – Del McCoury 1996 Male Vocalist of the Year – Del McCoury 1997 Instrumental Group of the Year – The Del McCoury Band 1997 Entertainer of the Year – The Del McCoury Band 1997 Album of the Year – True Life Blues – The Songs of Bill Monroe; Sam Bush, Vassar Clements, Mike Compton, Jerry Douglas, Stuart Duncan, Pat Enright, Greg Garing, Richard Greene, David Grier, David Grisman, John Hartford, Bobby Hicks, Kathy Kallick, Laurie Lewis, Mike Marshall, Del McCoury, Ronnie McCoury, Jim Nunally, Scott Nygaard, Mollie O'Brien, Tim O'Brien, Alan O'Bryant, Herb Pedersen, Todd Phillips, John Reischman, Peter Rowan, Craig Smith, Chris Thile, Tony Trischka, Roland White. 1998 Entertainer of the Year – The Del McCoury Band 1999 Entertainer of the Year – The Del McCoury Band 2000 Entertainer of the Year – The Del McCoury Band 2002 Entertainer of the Year – The Del McCoury Band 2002 Song of