Los Angeles (California), USA – The Grammy Awards will be given tonight. World Music Central has selected below the categories that focus on world music and American roots music artists. In the contemporary world music category, well known names made it to the final list: Richard Bona, Salif Keita, The Klezmatics, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, and the late Ali Farka Toure.
The 49th Grammy Awards will take place live on Sunday, Feb. 11, at Staples Center in Los Angeles (California) and will be broadcast in HDTV and 5.1 Surround Sound on the CBS Television Network at 8 p.m. (ET/PT). The show also will be supported on radio via Westwood One worldwide and XM Satellite Radio.
Best Traditional World Music Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)
- Music of Central Asia Vol. 2: Invisible Face Of The Beloved: Classical Music Of The Tajiks And Uzbeks
The Academy Of Maqm
[Smithsonian Folkways Recordings] - Endless Vision
Hossein Alizadeh & Djivan Gasparyan
[World Village] - Hambo in the Snow
Andrea Hoag, Loretta Kelley & Charlie Pilzer
[Azalea City Recordings] - Golden Strings of the Sarode
Aashish Khan & Zakir Hussain
[Moment Records] - Blessed
Soweto Gospel Choir
[Shanachie]
Best Contemporary World Music Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)
- Tiki
Richard Bona
[Decca] - M’Bemba
Salif Keita
[Decca] - Wonder Wheel
The Klezmatics
[Jewish Music Group] - Long Walk to Freedom
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
[Heads Up International]Savane
Ali Farka Toure
[World Circuit/Nonesuch]
Best Reggae Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)
- Too Bad
Buju Banton
[Gargamel Music, Inc.]Love Is My Religion
Ziggy Marley
[Tuff Gong Worldwide]Youth
Matisyahu
[Epic/Or/JDub]Rhythm Doubles
Sly & Robbie
[Taxi Records]Who You Fighting For?
UB40
[Rhino Entertainment]
Best Native American Music Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)
- Voice of the Drum
Black Eagle
[Soar] - Heart of the Wind
Robert Tree Cody & Will Clipman
[Canyon Records] - American Indian Story
Jana
[Soar]Long Winter Nights, Northern Cree & Friends, Vol. 5
Northern Cree & Friends
[Canyon Records]Dance with the Wind
Mary Youngblood
[Silver Wave Records]
Best Hawaiian Music Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)
- Generation Hawai’i
Amy Hanaiali’i
[Hanaiali’i Records]Grandmaster Slack Key Guitar
Ledward Ka’apana
[Rhythm And Roots Records]The Wild Hawaiian
Henry Kapono
[Eclectic Records]Hawaiian Slack Key Kings
Various Artists
Chris Lau & Milton Lau, producers
[Rhythm And Roots Records]Legends of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar – Live From Maui
Various Artists
Daniel Ho, George Kahumoku, Jr., Paul Konwiser & Wayne Wong, producers
[Daniel Ho Creations]
Best Tropical Latin Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)
- Fuzionando
Oscar D’Leon
[Norte/Sony BMG] - Salsa con Reggaetón
Andy Montañez
[Univision Music Group] - Hoy, Manana y Siempre
Tito Nieves
[Univision Music Group] - Directo al Corazón
Gilberto Santa Rosa
[Norte/Sony BMG] - What You’ve Been Waiting For/Lo Que Esperabas
Tiempo Libre
[Shanachie Entertainment]
Best Latin Jazz Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)
- Codes
Ignacio Berroa
[Blue Note Records] - Cubist Music
Edsel Gomez
[Zoho] - Simpático
The Brian Lynch/Eddie Palmieri Project
[ArtistShare] - Absolute Quintet
Dafnis Prieto
[Zoho] - Viva
Diego Urcola, Edward Simon, Avishai Cohen, Antonio Sanchez & Pernell Saturnino
[CAM Jazz]
Best Bluegrass Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)
- Long List of Heartaches
The Grascals
[Rounder] - Bluegrass
Jim Lauderdale
[Yep Roc] - Instrumentals
Ricky Skaggs And Kentucky Thunder
[Skaggs Family Records] - Live at the Ryman
Marty Stuart And His Fabulous Superlatives
[Superlatone Records/Universal South Records] - All American Bluegrass Girl
Rhonda Vincent
[Rounder]
Best Traditional Blues Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)
- Brother to the Blues
Tab Benoit With Louisiana’s Leroux
[Telarc Blues] - Bronx in Blue
Dion
[Razor & Tie] - People Gonna Talk
James Hunter
[Rounder] - Guitar Groove-A-Rama
Duke Robillard
[Stony Plain Records] - Risin’ with the Blues
Ike Turner
[Zoho Roots]
Best Contemporary Blues Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)
- Live from Across the Pond
Robert Cray Band
[Vanguard Records/Nozzle Records] - Sippiana Hericane
Dr. John & The Lower 911
[Blue Note Records] - Suitcase
Keb’ Mo’
[Epic/One Haven/Red Ink] - Hope and Desire
Susan Tedeschi
[Verve Forecast] - After the Rain
Irma Thomas
[Rounder]
Best Traditional Folk Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)
- I Stand Alone
Ramblin’ Jack Elliott
[Anti] - Gonna Let It Shine
Odetta
[M.C. Records] - Adieu False Heart
Linda Ronstadt & Ann Savoy
[Vanguard Records] - We Shall Overcome – The Seeger Sessions
Bruce Springsteen
[Columbia] - A Distant Land to Roam
Ralph Stanley
[Columbia/DMZ]
Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)
- Solo Acoustic, Vol. 1
Jackson Browne
[Inside Recordings] - Black Cadillac
Rosanne Cash
[Capitol] - Workbench Songs
Guy Clark
[Dualtone Music Group] - Modern Times
Bob Dylan
[Columbia] - All the Roadrunning
Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris
[Warner Bros./Nonesuch]
Complete List Of Grammy Nominations available at http://www.grammy.com.
Author: World Music Central News Room
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