The 2010 Finalists for the Northern California Bluegrass Awards were announced tonight on the Sarah Bellum That’s Not Bluegrass Show on Stanford’s KZSU radio station,with NCBS President Michael Hall as a guest. Here are the finalists:

Bean Creek, Belle Monroe & Her Brewglass Boys, Dalton Mountain Gang, High Country, Mighty Crows.

2. Male Vocalist

Luke Abbott, Billy Pitrone, Yoseff Tucker, Butch Waller, Del Williams.

3. Female Vocalist

Pam Brandon aka Belle Monroe, Diana Donnelly, Kathy Kallick, A. J. Lee,  Louise Mintun.

4. Guitar Player

Tyson Alteri, Billy Pitrone, Yoseff Tucker, Molly Tuttle, Yvonne Walbroehl.

5. Mandolin Player

Tom Bekeny,Pete Hicks, Chojo Jacques, Ed Neff, Michael Tuttle.

6. Banjo Player

Luke Abbott, Larry Chung, Larry Cohea, Rob Horgan, Sonia Shell.

7. Fiddle Player

Pete Hicks, Chojo Jacques, Paul Lee, Ed Neff, Annie Staninec.

8. Dobro Player

Kathy Barwick, Lisa Berman, Avram Frankel, Rick Hendricks, Jim Mintun.

9. Bass Player

Lisa Burns, Dave Gooding, Jennifer Kitchen, Paul Knight, Louise Mintun.

The Northern California Bluegrass Awards ceremony is set for March 13, 2010 at the Northern California Bluegrass Society’s Bluegrass On Broadway Festival (FREE, March 11-14) in Redwood City.