The Recording Academy announced nominees for the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards – including those in the recently renamed and expanded American Roots Music field. Winners will be named during ceremonies set for January 31, 2010, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, which will be broadcast live on the CBS television network.

Citing the increasing growth of traditional music, the Academy’s board of trustees voted earlier this year to split the category Best Contemporary Folk/Americana into two categories: Best Contemporary Folk Album and Best Americana Album. In addition, the Folk Field was renamed American Roots Music and now also includes the Best Traditional Blues Album, Best Contemporary Blues Album and Best Bluegrass Album categories, along with Best Traditional Folk Album, Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album, Best Native American Album and Best Hawaiian Album.

Below is a list of Grammy nominees in the American Roots Music Field. To be eligible, albums had to be released between October 1, 2008 and August 31, 2009.

Best Americana Album (Vocal or Instrumental)

Together Through Life
Bob Dylan [Columbia]

Electric Dirt
Levon Helm [Dirt Farmer Music/Vanguard Records]

Willie And The Wheel
Willie Nelson & Asleep At The Wheel [Bismeaux Records]

Wilco (The Album)
Wilco [Nonesuch]

Little Honey
Lucinda Williams [Lost Highway Records]

Best Bluegrass Album (Vocal or Instrumental)

Could We Get Any Closer?
Jim Lauderdale [Sky Crunch Records]

The Crow / New Songs For The Five-String Banjo
Steve Martin [Rounder]

Buckaroo Blue Grass
Michael Martin Murphy [Rural Rhythm Records]

Almost Live
Bryan Sutton And Friends [Sugar Hill Records]

Destination Life
Rhonda Vincent [Rounder]

Best Traditional Blues Album (Vocal or Instrumental)

A Stranger Here
Ramblin’ Jack Elliott [ANTI]

Blue Again
The Mick Fleetwood Blues Band Featuring Rick Vito [429 Records]

Rough & Tough
John Hammond [Chesky Records]

Stomp! The Blues Tonight
Duke Robillard [Stony Plain Records]

Chicago Blues: A Living History (Various Artists)
Larry Skoller, producer [Raisin’ Music]

Best Contemporary Blues Album (Vocal or Instrumental)

This Time
The Robert Cray Band [Nozzle Records/Vanguard]

The Truth According To Ruthie Foster
Ruthie Foster [Blue Corn Music]

Live: Hope At The Hideout
Mavis Staples [ANTI]

Back To The River
Susan Tedeschi [Verve Forecast]

Already Free
The Derek Trucks Band [Victor Records]

Best Traditional Folk Album (Vocal or Instrumental)

Cutting Loose
David Holt And Josh Goforth [High Windy Audio]

Naked With Friends
Maura O’Connell [Sugar Hill Records]

Polka Cola: Music That Refreshes
Jimmy Sturr And His Orchestra [Starr Records]

Singing Through The Hard Times: A Tribute To Utah Phillips (Various Artists)
Jacqui Morse, Kendall Morse & Dan Schatz, producers [righteous babe records]

High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project
Loudon Wainwright III [2nd Story Sound Records]

Best Contemporary Folk Album (Vocal or Instrumental)

Middle Cyclone
Neko Case [ANTI]

Our Bright Future
Tracy Chapman [Elektra]

Live
Shawn Colvin [Nonesuch]

Secret, Profane & Sugarcane
Elvis Costello [Hear Music]

Townes
Steve Earle [New West Records]

Best Hawaiian Music Album (Vocal or Instrumental)

He Nani
Tia Carrere & Daniel Ho [Daniel Ho Creations]

Friends & Family Of Hawai`i
Amy Hanaiali`I [UA Records]

Nani Mau Loa: Everlasting Beauty
Ho`okena [Ho`omau Inc.]

Masters Of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar, Volume 2 (Various Artists)
Daniel Ho, George Kahumoku, Jr., Paul Konwiser & Wayne Wong, producers
[Daniel Ho Creations]

Best Native American Music Album (Vocal or Instrumental)

Siyotanka
Michael Brant DeMaria [Ontos Music]

Spirit Wind North
Bill Miller [Cool Springs Music Group]

True Blue
Northern Cree [Canyon Records]

Wind Songs Native American Flute Solos
John Two-Hawks [Circle Studios]

Riders Of The Healing Road
Johnny Whitehorse [Silver Wave Records]

Best Zydeco Or Cajun Music Album (Vocal or Instrumental)

Alligator Purse
Beausoleil Avec Michael Doucet [Yep Roc Records]

Lay Your Burden Down
Buckwheat Zydeco [Alligator]

Stripped Down
The Magnolia Sisters [Arhoolie Records]

Live At 2009 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
Pine Leaf Boys [MunckMix, Inc.]

L’Isprit Criole
Cedric Watson et Bijou Criole [Valcour Records]