Roots Grammy Nods 2021
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Grammy 2021 Nominees Announced
Select Categories Below
Nominees for the 63rd annual Grammy Awards have just been announced, with winners to be revealed during two ceremonies held on January 31, 2021.
There were a total of eighty three (83!) categories, ranging from the immensely popular to the downright bleeding esoteric. Of special interest to Listening Through The Lens readers are a number of categories which probably won’t receive that much wide-spread media attention.
So, selected categories are below and heartiest congratulations to all of our our preferred artists who garnered nominations in categories for this year’s Grammy Awards.
You can see a complete list of nominees for the 2021 Grammy Awards online.
SELECTED CATEGORIES
Best Americana Album:
Old Flowers — Courtney Marie Andrews
Terms of Surrender — Hiss Golden Messenger
World On the Ground — Sarah Jarosz
El Dorado — Marcus King
Good Souls Better Angels — Lucinda Williams
Best American Roots Performance:
“Colors” — Black Pumas
“Deep in Love” — Bonny Light Horseman
“Short and Sweet” — Brittany Howard
“I’ll Be Gone” — Norah Jones & Mavis Staples
“I Remember Everything” — John Prine
Best American Roots Song:
(Artist names appear in parentheses.)
“Cabin” — Laura Rogers & Lydia Rogers, songwriters (The Secret Sisters)
“Ceiling to the Floor” — Sierra Hull & Kai Welch, songwriters (Sierra Hull)
“Hometown” — Sarah Jarosz, songwriter (Sarah Jarosz)
“I Remember Everything” — Pat McLaughlin & John Prine, songwriters (John Prine)
“Man Without a Soul” – Tom Overby & Lucinda Williams, songwriters (Lucinda Williams)
Best Bluegrass Album:
Man On Fire — Danny Barnes
To Live in Two Worlds, Vol. 1 — Thomm Jutz
North Carolina Songbook — Steep Canyon Rangers
Home — Billy Strings
The John Hartford Fiddle Tune Project, Vol. 1 — Various Artists
Best Traditional Blues Album:
All My Dues Are Paid — Frank Bey
You Make Me Feel — Don Bryant
That’s What I Heard — Robert Cray Band
Cypress Grove — Jimmy “Duck” Holmes
Rawer Than Raw — Bobby Rush
Best Contemporary Blues Album:
Have You Lost Your Mind Yet? — Fantastic Negrito
Live at the Paramount — Ruthie Foster Big Band
The Juice — G. Love
Blackbirds — Bettye LaVette
Up and Rolling — North Mississippi Allstars
Best Folk Album:
Bonny Light Horseman — Bonny Light Horseman
Thanks for the Dance — Leonard Cohen
Song for Our Daughter — Laura Marling
Saturn Return — The Secret Sisters
All the Good Times — Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
Best Regional Roots Music Album:
My Relatives “Nikso Kowaiks” — Black Lodge Singers
Cameron Dupuy and The Cajun Troubadours — Cameron Dupuy and The Cajun Troubadours
Lovely Sunrise — Nā Wai ʽEhā
Atmosphere — New Orleans Nightcrawlers
A Tribute to Al Berard — Sweet Cecilia
SELECTED ARTISTS
Best Rock Performance:
“Stay High” — Brittany Howard
“Daylight” — Grace Potter
Best Rock Song:
“Stay High” — Brittany Howard, songwriter (Brittany Howard)
Best Rock Album:
Daylight — Grace Potter
Sound & Fury — Sturgill Simpson
Best Alternative Music Album:
Jaime — Brittany Howard
Best R&B Performance:
“Goat Head” — Brittany Howard
Best Country Solo Performance:
“Who You Thought I Was” — Brandy Clark
Best Country Song:
“Bluebird” — Luke Dick, Natalie Hemby & Miranda Lambert, songwriters (Miranda Lambert)
“Crowded Table” — Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby & Lori McKenna, songwriters (The Highwomen)
Best Country Album:
Your Life Is a Record — Brandy Clark
Best Song Written for Visual Media:
“Carried Me With You [From Onward]” — Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth & Tim Hanseroth, songwriters (Brandi Carlile)
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package:
Ode to Joy — Lawrence Azerrad & Jeff Tweedy, art directors (Wilco)
Best Historical Album:
Throw Down Your Heart: The Complete Africa Sessions — Béla Fleck, compilation producer; Richard Dodd, mastering engineer (Béla Fleck)
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical:
Dan Auerbach
Dave Cobb
Best Music Film:
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice — Linda Ronstadt; Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman, video directors; Michele Farinola & James Keach, video producers
Album of the Year:
Black Pumas (Deluxe Edition) — Black Pumas
Record of the Year:
“Colors” — Black Pumas
You can see a complete list of nominees for the 2021 Grammy Awards online.
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Roots Grammy Nods 2021
