2016 GRAMMY NOMINEES AND WINNERS
2016 GRAMMY NOMINEES
OF INTEREST TO FOLKWORKS READERS
43. BEST REGIONAL MEXICAN MUSIC ALBUM (INCLUDING TEJANO)
45. BEST AMERICAN ROOTS PERFORMANCE
49. BEST TRADITIONAL BLUES ALBUM
50. BEST CONTEMPORARY BLUES ALBUM
52. BEST REGIONAL ROOTS MUSIC ALBUM
Hymns
Joey+Rory
Label: Gaither Music Group/Farmhouse Recordings
Better Together
Gaither Vocal Band
Label: Gaither Music Group
Nature’s Symphony In 432
The Isaacs
Label: House Of Isaacs
Hymns And Songs Of Inspiration
Gordon Mote
Label: New Haven Records
God Don’t Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
(Various Artists); Jeffrey Gaskill, producer
Label: Alligator Records
43. BEST REGIONAL MEXICAN MUSIC ALBUM (INCLUDING TEJANO)
Un Azteca En El Azteca, Vol. 1 (En Vivo)
Vicente Fernández
Label: Sony Music Entertainment México
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqseSDeo9uE
Raíces
Banda El Recodo De Cruz Lizárraga
Label: Fonovisa
Hecho A Mano
Joss Favela
Label: Sony Music Latin
Generación Maquinaria Est. 2006.
La Maquinaria Norteña
Label: Azteca Records/Fonovisa/UMLE
Tributo A Joan Sebastian Y Rigoberto Alfaro
Mariachi Divas De Cindy Shea
Label: East Side Records/Shea Records
45. BEST AMERICAN ROOTS PERFORMANCE
House Of Mercy
Sarah Jarosz
Track from: Undercurrent
Label: Sugar Hill Records
Ain’t No Man
The Avett Brothers
Track from: True Sadness
Label: American Recordings/Republic Records
Mother’s Children Have A Hard Time
Blind Boys Of Alabama
Track from: God Don’t Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
Label: Alligator Records
Factory Girl
Rhiannon Giddens
Track from: Factory Girl
Label: Nonesuch Records Inc.
Wreck You
Lori McKenna
Label: CN Records
Kid Sister
Vince Gill, songwriter (The Time Jumpers)
Track from: Kid Sister
Label: Rounder Records; Publisher(s): Vinny Mae Music admin. by Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing
Alabama At Night
Robbie Fulks, songwriter (Robbie Fulks)
Track from: Upland Stories
Label: Bloodshot Records; Publisher(s): Lorne Rall Music
City Lights
Jack White, songwriter (Jack White/The White Stripes)
Track from: Jack White Acoustic Recordings 1998 – 2016
Label: Columbia/Third Man Records; Publisher(s): Peppermint Stripe Music
Gulfstream
Eric Adcock & Roddie Romero, songwriters (Roddie Romero And The Hub City All-Stars)
Track from: Gulfstream
Label: Octavia Records; Publisher(s): Grand Bayou Music/Roddie Romero Music
Wreck You
Lori McKenna & Felix McTeigue, songwriters (Lori McKenna)
Label: CN Records; Publisher(s): Melanie Howard Music, Inc./Rusty Muffler Songs admin. by Kobalt Songs Music Publishing
This Is Where I Live
William Bell
Label: Stax
True Sadness
The Avett Brothers
Label: American Recordings/Republic Records
The Cedar Creek Sessions
Kris Kristofferson
Label: KK Records, Llc
The Bird & The Rifle
Lori McKenna
Label: CN Records
Kid Sister
The Time Jumpers
Label: Rounder Records
Coming Home
O’Connor Band With Mark O’Connor
Label: Rounder Records
Original Traditional
Blue Highway
Label: Rounder Records
Burden Bearer
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
Label: Mountain Home Music Company
The Hazel And Alice Sessions
Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands
Label: Spruce And Maple Music
North By South
Claire Lynch
Label: Compass Records
49. BEST TRADITIONAL BLUES ALBUM
Porcupine Meat
Bobby Rush
Label: Rounder Records
Can’t Shake This Feeling
Lurrie Bell
Label: Delmark Records
Live At The Greek Theatre
Joe Bonamassa
Label: J&R Adventures
Blues & Ballads (A Folksinger’s Songbook: Volumes I & II)
Luther Dickinson
Label: New West Records
The Soul Of Jimmie Rodgers
Vasti Jackson
Label: VJM
50. BEST CONTEMPORARY BLUES ALBUM
The Last Days Of Oakland
Fantastic Negrito
Label: Believe Global/Blackball Universe
Love Wins Again
Janiva Magness
Label: Blue Élan Records
Bloodline
Kenny Neal
Label: Cleopatra Blues
Give It Back To You
The Record Company
Label: Concord Records
Everybody Wants A Piece
Joe Louis Walker
Label: Provogue
Undercurrent
Sarah Jarosz
Label: Sugar Hill Records
Silver Skies Blue
Judy Collins & Ari Hest
Label: Wildflower Records/Cleopatra Records
Upland Stories
Robbie Fulks
Label: Bloodshot Records
Factory Girl
Rhiannon Giddens
Label: Nonesuch Records Inc.
Weighted Mind
Sierra Hull
Label: Rounder Records
52. BEST REGIONAL ROOTS MUSIC ALBUM
E Walea
Kalani Pe’a
Label: Kalani Pe’a Music Llc
Broken Promised Land
Barry Jean Ancelet & Sam Broussard
Label: Swallow Records
It’s A Cree Thing
Northern Cree
Label: Canyon Records
Gulfstream
Roddie Romero And The Hub City All-Stars
Label: Octavia Records
I Wanna Sing Right: Rediscovering Lomax In The Evangeline Country
(Various Artists); Joshua Caffery & Joel Savoy, producers
Label: Valcour Records
Sing Me Home
Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble
Label: Masterworks
Destiny
Celtic Woman
Label: Manhattan Records
Walking In The Footsteps Of Our Fathers
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Label: Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Land Of Gold
Anoushka Shankar
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Dois Amigos, Um Século De Música: Multishow Live
Caetano Veloso & Gilberto Gil
Label: Nonesuch