Nominees in 84 categories have been named for the 61st Annual Grammy Awards to be presented by the Recording Academy on Sunday, February 10, 2019. With three nominations each, Brandi Carlile and John Prine lead the nominees for awards in the American Roots Music Field that will likely be presented prior to the live broadcast airing on CBS television stations that evening from the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Carlile, a folk-rock and Americana singer-songwriter, whose eighth album has more pop sensibilities, is up for Best Americana Album (By The Way, I Forgive You), while one of its tracks (“The Joke”) is in the running for both Best American Roots Performance and Best American Roots Song. Carlile is also among the nominees for three of the major Grammy Awards with By The Way, I Forgive You receiving one of the eight nods for Album of the Year and “The Joke” under consideration for both Record of the Year and Song of the Year.
Here’s a link to view the official video for Brandi Carlile’s “The Joke”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5r6A2NexF88
Prine, an internationally acclaimed singer-songwriter who has been touring ad plying his craft for nearly 50 years, has received nominations for Best Americana Album (The Tree of Forgiveness) and Best American Roots Song for both “Knockin’ On Your Screen Door” and “Summer’s End.” Prine’s album topped the Folk DJ chart in April and also sported four of that month’s most-played songs on folk radio. The Tree of Forgiveness is Prine’s first collection of new material since his Grammy-winning 2005 release, Fair and Square.
To view the official video for John Prine’s “Knockin’ On Your Screen Door,” click on this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAYoWePzQ2c
Here’s a list of the Grammy Award nominees in the American Roots Music Field:
Best Folk Album
Whistle Down the Wind, Joan Baez
Black Cowboys, Dom Flemons
Rifles & Rosary Beads, Mary Gauthier
Weed Garden, Iron & Wine
All Ashore, Punch Brothers
Best Americana Album
By the Way, I Forgive You, Brandi Carlile
Things Have Changed, Bettye LaVette
The Tree of Forgiveness, John Prine
The Lonely, The Lonesome & The Gone, Lee Ann Womack
One Drop of Truth, The Wood Brothers
Best Bluegrass Album
Portraits in Fiddles, Mike Barnett
Sister Sadie II, Sister Sadie
Rivers and Roads, Special Consensus
The Travelin’ McCourys, The Travelin’ McCourys
North of Despair, Wood & Wire
Best Traditional Blues Album
Something Smells Funky ‘Round Here, Elvin Bishop’s Big Fun Trio
Benton County Relic, Cedric Burnside
The Blues Is Alive and Well, Buddy Guy
No Mercy in This Land, Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite
Don’t You Feel My Leg (The Naughty Bawdy Blues of Blue Lu Barker), Maria Muldaur
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Please Don’t Be Dead, Fantastic Negrito
Here in Babylon, Teresa James and the Rhythm Tramps
Cry No More, Danielle Nicole
Out of the Blues, Boz Scaggs
Victor Wainwright and the Train, Victor Wainwright and the Train
Best Regional Roots Music Album
Kreole Rock and Soul, Sean Ardoin
Spyboy, Cha Wa
Aloha From Na Hoa, Na Hoa
No ‘Ane’I, Kalani Pe’a
Mewasinsational – Cree Round Dance Songs, Young Spirit
Best American Roots Performance
“Kick Rocks,” Sean Ardoin
“Saint James Infirmary Blues,” Jon Batiste
“The Joke,” Brandi Carlile
“All On My Mind,” Anderson East
“Last Man Standing,” Willie Nelson
Best American Roots Song
“All the Trouble,” Lee Ann Womack
“Build a Bridge,” Mavis Staples
“The Joke,”Brandi Carlile
“Knockin’ On Your Screen Door,” John Prine
“Summer’s End,” John Prine
Also of note: Kacey Musgrave’s Golden Hour is among the nominees for Album of the Year and Best Country Album, while the cuts “Butterflies” and “Space Cowboy” are up for Best Country Solo Performance and Best Country Song, respectively. Kittel & Co.’s “Chrysalis” is vying for Best Instrumental Composition, while Betty LaVette’s “Don’ Fall Apart On Me Tonight” is in the running for Best Traditional R & B Performance. Among the Best New Artist nominees is Margo Price, an East Nashville, TN-based Americana-country singer-songwriter, who released her second full-length album in October 2017. The Decembrists’ I’ll Be Your Girl is nominated for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package. Best Album Notes nominees include Trouble No More, The Bootleg Series Vol. 13/1979-1981 – Bob Dylan and Voice of Mississippi’s Artists And Musicians Documented By William Ferris — which was also nominated for Best Historical Album, as is At The Louisiana Hayride Tonight – Various Artists.
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