Grammy Nominees from the Folk Alley Playlist

February 4, 2011

The Grammy Awards will be presented on Sunday, Feb. 13 at the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California. Folk Alley will be live tweeting the pre-telecast ceremony @FolkAlley beginning at 5 p.m. ET.

WINNERS IN BOLD

BEST COUNTRY INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMANCE
Tattoo of a Smudge - Cherryholmes
Magic #9 - The Infamous Stringdusters
New Chance Blues - Punch Brothers
Willow Creek - Darrell Scott
Hummingbyrd - Marty Stuart

BEST AMERICANA ALBUM
The List - Rosanne Cash
Tin Can Trust - Los Lobos
Country Music - Willie Nelson
Band of Joy - Robert Plant
You Are Not Alone - Mavis Staples

BEST BLUEGRASS ALBUM
Circles Around Me - Sam Bush
Mountain Soul II - Patty Loveless
Family Circle - The Del McCoury Band
Legacy - Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band
Reckless - The SteelDrivers

BEST TRADITIONAL FOLK ALBUM
Genuine Negro Jig - Carolina Chocolate Drops
Onward and Upward - Luther Dickinson & The Sons Of Mudboy
Memories of John - The John Hartford Stringband
Maria Muldaur & Her Garden of Joy - Maria Muldaur
Ricky Skaggs Solo: Songs My Dad Loved - Ricky Skaggs

BEST CONTEMPORARY FOLK ALBUM
Love is Strange: En Vivo Con Tino - Jackson Browne & David Lindley
The Age of Miracles - Mary Chapin Carpenter
Somedays the Song Writes You - Guy Clark
God Willin' & the Creek Don't Rise - Ray LaMontagne And The Pariah Dogs
Dream Attic - Richard Thompson

SONG OF THE YEAR
Beg Steal or Borrow - Ray LaMontagne
F*** You - Cee Lo Green, Philip Lawrence & Bruno Mars
The House that Built Me - Tom Douglas & Allen Shamblin (Miranda Lambert)
Love the Way You Lie - Alexander Grant, Holly Hafferman & Marshall Mathers
Need You Now - Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott (Lady Antebellum)
Track from: Need You Now

BEST NEW ARTIST
Justin Bieber
Drake
Florence & the Machine
Mumford & Sons
Esperanza Spalding

BEST FEMALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE
King of Anything - Sara Bareilles
Halo (Live) - Beyoncé
Chasing Pirates - Norah Jones
Bad Romance - Lady Gaga
Teenage Dream - Katy Perry

BEST MALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE
I Haven't Met You Yet - Michael Bublé
This is It - Michael Jackson
Whataya Want From Me - Adam Lambert
Just the Way You Are - Bruno Mars
Half of My Heart - John Mayer

BEST SOLO ROCK VOCAL PERFORMANCE
Run Back to Your Side - Eric Clapton
Crossroads - John Mayer
Helter Skelter - Paul McCartney
Silver Rider - Robert Plant
Angry World - Neil Young

BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCALS
Ready to Start - Arcade Fire
I Put a Spell on You - Jeff Beck & Joss Stone
Tighten Up - The Black Keys
RadioActive - Kings Of Leon
Resistance - Muse

BEST ROCK INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMANCE
Hammerhead - Jeff Beck
Black Mud - The Black Keys
Do the Murray - Los Lobos
Kundalini Bonfire - Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds
The Deathless Horsie - Dweezil Zappa

BEST ROCK SONG
Angry World - Neil Young
Little Lion Man - Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett, Marcus Mumford & Country Winston (Mumford & Sons)
RadioActive - Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill (Kings Of Leon)
Resistance - Matthew Bellamy (Muse)
Tighten Up - Dan Auerbach & Patrick Carney (The Black Keys)

BEST ROCK ALBUM
Emotion & Commotion - Jeff Beck
The Resistance - Muse
Backspacer - Pearl Jam
MOJO - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Le Noise - Neil Young

BEST COUNTRY PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCALS
Free - Zac Brown Band
Elizabeth - Dailey & Vincent
Need You Now - Lady Antebellum
Little White Church - Little Big Town
Where Rainbows Never Die - The SteelDrivers

BEST COUNTRY COLLABORATION WITH VOCALS
Bad Angel - Dierks Bentley, Miranda Lambert & Jamey Johnson
Pride (In the Name of Love) - Dierks Bentley, Del McCoury & The Punch Brothers
As She's Walking Away - Zac Brown Band & Alan Jackson
Hillbilly Bone - Blake Shelton & Trace Adkins
I Run to You - Marty Stuart & Connie Smith

BEST GOSPEL SONG
Beautiful Things - Lisa Gungor & Michael Gungor
Better Than a Hallelujah - Sarah Hart & Chapin Hartford (Amy Grant)
It's What I Do - Jerry Peters & Kirk Whalum
Our God - Jonas Myrin, Matt Redman, Jesse Reeves & Chris Tomlin
Return to Sender - Gordon Kennedy (Ricky Skaggs)

BEST POP/CONTEMPORARY GOSPEL ALBUM
Beauty Will Rise - Steven Curtis Chapman
Love God. Love People. - Israel Houghton
Pieces of a Real Heart - Sanctus Real
Mosaic - Ricky Skaggs
Tonight - TobyMac

BEST SOUTHERN, COUNTRY, OR BLUEGRASS GOSPEL ALBUM
Times Like These - Austins Bridge
The Reason - Diamond Rio
Expecting Good Things - Jeff & Sheri Easter
Journey On - Ty Herndon
Live at Oak Tree: Karen Peck & New River - Karen Peck & New River

BEST TRADITIONAL GOSPEL ALBUM
The Experience - Vanessa Bell Armstrong
A City Called Heaven - Shirley Caesar
Downtown Church - Patty Griffin
Here I Am - Marvin Sapp
All in One - Karen Clark Sheard

BEST TRADITIONAL BLUES ALBUM
Giant - James Cotton
Memphis Blues - Cyndi Lauper
The Well - Charlie Musselwhite
Joined at the Hip - Pinetop Perkins & Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith
Plays Blues, Ballads & Favorites - Jimmie Vaughan

BEST CONTEMPORARY BLUES ALBUM
Nothing's Impossible - Solomon Burke
Tribal - Dr. John And The Lower 911
Living Proof - Buddy Guy
Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook - Bettye LaVette
Live! In Chicago - Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band Featuring Hubert Sumlin,
Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Bryan Lee, And Buddy Flett

BEST HAWAIIAN MUSIC ALBUM
Huana Ke Aloha - Tia Carrere
Amy Hanaiali'i And Slack Key Masters Of Hawaii - Amy Hanaiali'i And Slack Key Masters Of Hawaii
Polani - Daniel Ho
The Legend - Ledward Kaapana
Maui on My Mind: Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar - Jeff Peterson

BEST NATIVE AMERICAN MUSIC ALBUM
XI - Bear Creek
Temptations: Cree Round Dance Songs - Northern Cree
Woodnotes Wyld: Historic Flute Sounds from the Dr. Richard W. Payne Collection - Peter Phippen
2010 Gathering of Nations Pow Wow: A Spirit's Dance - Various

BEST ZYDECO OR CAJUN MUSIC ALBUM
Zydeco Junkie - Chubby Carrier And The Bayou Swamp Band
En Couleurs - Feufollet
Happy Go Lucky - D.L. Menard
Back Home - The Pine Leaf Boys
Creole Moon: Live at the Blue Moon Saloon - Cedric Watson et Bijou Créole

BEST TRADITIONAL WORLD MUSIC ALBUM
Pure Sounds - Gyuto Monks Of Tibet
I Speak Fula - Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba
Grace - Soweto Gospel Choir
Ali and Toumani - Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté
Tango Universal - Vayo

BEST CONTEMPORARY WORLD MUSIC ALBUM
Throw Down Your Heart, Africa Sessions Part 2: Unreleased Tracks - Béla Fleck
All in One - Bebel Gilberto
ÕŸÖ - Angelique Kidjo
Bom Tempo - Sergio Mendes
Om Namo Narayanaya Soul Call - Chandrika Krishnamurthy Tandon

BEST MUSICAL ALBUM FOR CHILDREN
Here Comes Science - They Might Be Giants
Jungle Gym - Justin Roberts
Sunny Days - Battersby Duo
Tomorrow's Children - Pete Seeger With The Rivertown Kids And Friends
Weird Things Are Everywhere! - Judy Pancoast

BEST COMEDY ALBUM
Cho Dependent - Margaret Cho
I Told You I Was Freaky - Flight Of The Conchords
Kathy Griffin Does the Bible Belt - Kathy Griffin
Stark Raving Black - Lewis Black
Weapons of Self Destruction - Robin Williams

BEST COMPILATION SOUNDTRACK ALBUM FOR MOTION PICTURE, TELELVISION OR OTHER VISUAL MEDIA
Crazy Heart - Various Artists
GLEE: The Music, Volume 1 - Glee Cast
TREMÉ - Various Artists
True Blood: Volume 2 - Various Artists
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse - Various Artists

BEST SCORE SOUNDTRACK ALBUM FOR MOTION PICTURE, TELEVISION OR OTHER VISUAL MEDIA
Alice in Wonderland - Danny Elfman
Avatar - James Horner
Inception - Hans Zimmer
Sherlock Holmes - Hans Zimmer
Toy Story 3 - Randy Newman

BEST SONG WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURE, TELEVISION OR OTHER VISUAL MEDIA
Down in New Orleans (From the Princess and the Frog) - Randy Newman (Dr. John)
I See You (From Avatar) - Simon Franglen, Kuk Harrell & James Horner (Leona Lewis)
Kiss Like Your Kiss (From True Blood) - Lucinda Williams (Lucinda Williams & Elvis Costello)
This City (From TREMÉ) - Steve Earle
The Weary Kind (From Crazy Heart) - Ryan Bingham & T Bone Burnett (Ryan
Bingham)

BEST RECORDING PACKAGE
Brothers - Michael Carney (The Black Keys)
Eggs - Malene Mathiasson, Malthe Fischer, Kristoffer Rom, Nis Svoldgård & Aske Zidore (Oh No Ono)
Hadestown - Brian Grunert (Anaïs Mitchell)
What Will We Be - Devendra Banhart & Jon Beasley (Devendra Banhart)
Yonkers NY - Andrew Taray (Chip Taylor)

BEST ALBUM NOTES
Alan Lomax in Haiti: Recordings for the Library of Congress, 1936-1937 - Gage Averill (Various Artists)
Keep an Eye on the Sky - Robert Gordon (Big Star)
Side Steps - Ashley Kahn (John Coltrane)
There Breathes a Hope: The Legacy of John Work II and His Fisk Jubilee Quartet, 1909-1916 - Doug Seroff (Fisk University Jubilee Quartet)
True Love Cast Out All Evil - Will Sheff (Roky Erickson With Okkervil River)

BEST HISTORICAL ALBUM
Alan Lomax in Haiti: Recordings for the Library of Congress, 1936-1937
The Beatles (The Original Studio Recordings)
The Complete Mother's Best Recordings... Plus! (Hank Williams)
Not Fade Away: The Complete Studio Recordings and More (Buddy Holly)
Where the Action Is! Los Angeles Nuggets 1965-1968

BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, NON-CLASSICAL
Battle Studies (John Mayer)
Dirty Side Down (Widespread Panic)
Emotion & Commotion (Jeff Beck)
God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise (Ray LaMontagne And The Pariah Dogs)
Pink Elephant (N'dambi)

BEST SURROUND SOUND ALBUM
Britten's Orchestra (Michael Stern & Kansas City Symphony)
The Incident (Porcupine Tree)
Parallax Eden (David Miles Huber)
Songs and Stories: Monster Music Version (George Benson)
TrondheimSolistene: In Folk Style (TrondheimSolistene)

BEST SHORT FORM MUSIC VIDEO
Ain't No Grave/The Johnny Cash Project (Johnny Cash)
Love the Way You Lie (Eminem & Rihanna)
STYLO (Gorillaz, Mos Def & Bobby Womack)
F*** You (Cee Lo Green)
Bad Romance (Lady Gaga)