Grammy Nominations for 2006
Nominations for the 2006 Grammy awards were announced today. Here are the folk, blues and blugrass nominations.
Best Traditional Folk Album
- Live From Dublin - A Tribute To Derek Bell, The Chieftains [RCA Victor]
- Come On Back, Jimmie Dale Gilmore [Rounder]
- Fiddler’s Green, Tim O’Brien [Sugar Hill Records]
- Live In The UK, Tom Paxton [Pax Records]
- Cajun Mardi Gras!,Jo-EL Sonnier [Green Hill Productions]
Best Contemporary Folk Album
- Chávez Ravine,Ry Cooder [Nonesuch/Perro Verde]
- The Outsider, Rodney Crowell [Columbia Records]
- Why Should The Fire Die?, Nickel Creek [Sugar Hill Records]
- Fair & Square, John Prine [Oh Boy Records] *Devils & Dust, Bruce Springsteen [Columbia] (The title cut is also nominated as song of the year)
Best Traditional Blues Album
- Live! Down The Road, Marcia Ball [Alligator]
- In Your Arms Again, John Hammond [Back Porch]
- 80, B.B. King & Friends [Geffen]
- Sweet Lovin’ Ol’ Soul, Maria Muldaur [Stony Plain Records]
- About Them Shoes, Hubert Sumlin [Tone Cool / Artemis Records]
Best Contemporary Blues Album
- Make Do With What You Got, Solomon Burke [Shout! Factory/The One]
- Twenty, Robert Cray [Sanctuary]
- Bring ‘Em In, Buddy Guy [Silvertone/Zomba Label Group]
- Cost Of Living,Delbert McClinton [New West Records]
- Electric Blue Watermelon, North Mississippi Allstars [ATO Records]
Best Native American Music Album
- More Kids’ Pow-Wow Songs, Black Lodge [Canyon Records]
- Intonation: Harmonized Songs From The Southern Plains, Alex E. Smith & Cheevers Toppah [Canyon Records]
- Sacred Ground - A Tribute To Mother Earth, Various Artists Jim Wilson, producer [Silverwave Records]
- Our Love Will Never Die, Randy Wood [Canyon Records]
Best Hawaiian Music Album
- Slack Key Dreams Of The Ponomoe, Kapono Beamer [Kapono Beamer Enterprises, Ltd]
- Sweet & Lovely, Raiatea Helm [Raiatea Helm Records]
- Kiho’alu - Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar, Ledward Ka’apana [Rhythm & Roots Records]
- Slack Key Guitar: The Artistry Of Sonny Lim, Sonny Lim [Palm Records]
- Masters Of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar - Vol. 1, Various Artists Daniel Ho, Paul Konwiser & Wayne Wong, producers [Daniel Ho Creations]
Best Bluegrass Album
- Marbletown, Blue Highway [Rounder]
- Cherryholmes, Cherryholmes [Skaggs Family Records]
- The Grascals, The Grascals [Rounder]
- The Company We Keep, The Del McCoury Band [McCoury Music/Sugar Hill Records]
- Ragin’ Live, Rhonda Vincent And The Rage [Rounder]
Miscellany.. Kathy Fink & Marcy Marxer and Tom Chapin are in the running for best Childrens album. “The Complete Library Of Congress Recordings By Alan Lomax” is nominated as best historical album.
The complete list can be found at the recording academy web site.
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