Nominees in more than 100 categories have been named for the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards, to be broadcast live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California on Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011 on CBS.

Here are the nominees in categories that may be of particular interest to readers of AcousticMusicScene.com.

Best Americana Album (vocal or instrumental)

The List
Rosanne Cash
[Manhattan Records]

Tin Can Trust
Los Lobos
[Shout! Factory]

Country Music
Willie Nelson
[Rounder]

Band of Joy
Robert Plant
[Rounder]

You Are Not Alone
Mavis Staples
[Anti-]

Best Bluegrass Album (vocal or instrumental)

Circles Around Me
Sam Bush
[Sugar Hill Records]

Mountain Stage II
Patty Loveless
[Saguaro Road]

Family Circle
The Del McCoury Band
[McCoury Music]

Legacy
Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band
[Compass Records]

Reckless
The SteelDrivers
[Rounder]

Best Country Instrumental Performance

Tatoo of Smudge
(from Cherryholmes IV Common Threads)
Cherryholmes
[Skaggs Family Records]

Magic #9
(from Things That Fly)
The Infamous Stringdusters
[Sugar Hill Records]

New Chance Blues
(from Punch Brothers)
Punch Brothers
[Nonesuch]

Willow Creek
(from A Crooked Road)
Darrell Scott
[Full Light]

Hummingbird
(from Ghost Train: The Studio B Sessions)
Marty Stuart
[Sugar Hill Records]

Best Traditional Folk Album

Genuine Negro Jig
Carolina Chocolate Drops
[Nonesuch]

Onward And Upward
Luther Dickinson & The Sons Of Mudboy
[Memphis International]

Memories Of John
The John Hartford Stringband
[Compass Records/Red Clay Records]

Maria Muldaur & Her Garden Of Joy
Maria Muldaur
[Stony Plain Records]

Ricky Skaggs Solo: Songs My Dad Loved
Ricky Skaggs
[Skaggs Family Records]

Best Contemporary Folk Album

Love Is Strange – En Vivo Con Tino
Jackson Browne & David Lindley
[Inside Recordings]

The Age Of Miracles
Mary Chapin Carpenter
[Zoe Records]

Somedays The Song Writes You
Guy Clark
[Dualtone]

God Willin’ & The Creek Don’t Rise
Ray LaMontagne And The Pariah Dogs
[RCA Records]

Dream Attic
Richard Thompson
[Shout! Factory]

Song of the Year nominees include Ray LaMontagne for “Beg, Steal or Borrow,” off the RCA album God Willin’ & the Creek Don’t Rise. Among the Best New Artist nominees are Mumford & Sons, whose debut album topped the Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart for weeks earlier this year.

Nominees for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals include reigning three-time International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) Entertainers of the Year Dailey & Vincent for “Elizabeth” from the Rounder release Dailey & Vincent Sing the Statler Brothers and The SteelDrivers for “Where Rainbows Never Die” off Reckless, also on Rounder. Diercks Bentley, a country artist with bluegrass leanings, received two nods for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals for “Bad Angel” with Miranda Lambert and Jamey Johnson and “Pride (In the Name of Love)” with Del McCoury and the Punch Brothers; both tracks appears on his Capital Records release Up On the Ridge. Also nominated in that category is Mary Stuart (and Connie Smith) for “I Run to You” from the Sugar Hill Records release Ghost Train: The Studio B Sessions.

Pete Seeger and They Might Be Giants are among the nominees for Best Musical Album for Children. Seeger was nominated for Tomorrow’s Children, an Appleseed recording that also features the Rivertown Kids and Friends, while TMBG received a nod for the Disney Sound recording Here Comes Science. Nominees for Best Spoken Word Album for Children include Healthy Food for Thought, which features readings by veteran Philadelphia folk DJ Gene Shay and singer-songwriter Sara Hickman, among others. Folk and acoustic artists and labels also are among the nominees for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Best Historical Album, Best Album Notes and Best Recording Package.

Other award categories that may be of interest to AcousticMusicScene.com readers include Best Traditional Blues Album, Best Hawaiian Album, Best Native American Album, Best Zydeco or Cajun Album and Best Traditional World Music Album. A complete list of nominees in all 109 categories appears on www.grammy.com.