The 48th annual Grammy Awards ceremony was held last night. Here are the winners in folk, blues and bluegrass.
Fiddler’s Green, Tim O’Brien – Sugar Hill Records
Fair & Square, John Prine – Oh Boy Records
80, B.B. King & Friends Geffen
Cost Of Living,Delbert McClinton – New West Records
Sacred Ground – A Tribute To Mother Earth, Various Artists Jim Wilson, producer – Silverwave Records
The Company We Keep, The Del McCoury Band – McCoury Music/Sugar Hill Records
As is often the case some of the choices seem, well not terribly folk. The academy’s notion of ‘Traditional’ is particularly odd. To be fair Academy members are presented with a phone book size ballot and have to make selections on styles of music that they aren’t particularly familiar with. For folk music awards by a more knowledgeable audience look for the awards by the Folk Alliance which will be announced this coming weekend.
The Back Porch News covers American folk music and related genres including bluegrass, blues and alternative country. We also bring in a dash of world music from time to time.Read more about us including where to send music for review.
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