Alison Krauss and Ricky Skaggs will host the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) Awards show on Oct. 27 at the
Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. Krauss has won nine IBMA awards; Skaggs and his band Kentucky Thunder have won six IBMA trophies
for instrumental group of the year. This will be the first year the IBMA will bring the awards show and the World of Bluegrass
week to Nashville.