GRAMMY Awards Release Best Bluegrass Album Nominees

The GRAMMY Awards released their nominations December 1 for the 2009 GRAMMY awards on February 8. Recorded projects must have been recorded between Oct 1, 2007 and Sept. 30, 2008 to be eligible for the 51st annual awards ceremony.

Rounder Records and Skaggs Family Records tie with two records up for nomination each. The other record, Del McCoury Band’s Live at the 2008 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, was released by MunckMix, a live music recording and marketing company.

Below is the list of albums nominated for the 51st GRAMMY Awards’ Best Bluegrass Album nomination:

Cherryholmes III: Don’t Believe

Produced by Skaggs Family Records, this album was released on Sept. 30, 2008 – the deadline for the 51st GRAMMY Awards eligibility.

The album features a Nashville-based sound as this family band pushes the boundaries of traditional bluegrass.

 

Del McCoury Band - Live at the 2008 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

Del McCoury Band performed at the 2008 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Fais Do Do stage (pictured left) on April 27, 2008. 

The album is produced by MunckMix.

 

 Earl Scruggs - The Ultimate Collection: Live at the Ryman

Earl Scruggs and his family and friends performed at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn. in the summer of 2007.

The album, produced by Rounder Records, features several Scruggs classics.

 

 

Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder – Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass

Skaggs Family Records produced Kentucky Thunder’s Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass: Tribute to 1946 and 1947. The album is dedicated to Bill Monroe and other fathers of bluegrass including Earl Scruggs, who is featured on the c.d.

 

 

Dan Tyminski – Wheels

Dan Tyminski has received much critical acclaim for his latest album, Wheels. Tyminski, who plays mandolin with Allison Krauss & Union Station, became even more popular after 2000 with his rendition of Man of Constant Sorrow, featured in the movie Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?

Bluegrass Blog’s IBMA Coverage Provides Unique Perspective

The Bluegrass Blog has now issued five different episodes of it’s coverage on the 2008 International Bluegrass Music Awards that took place earlier in October.

Host Katy Daley speaks briefly with many of the stars of the bluegrass industry, including the award show’s host Del McCoury and Jamie Dailey and Darrin Vincent, who as a duo won seven different awards.

Although Daley revolves much of her conversation around “So, who are you wearing tonight?” the interactions between her and the musicians provide a rare, intimate perspective.

Not often in Del McCoury asked to “take a spin” and show off his clothing.

Much of the interaction between Daley and the artists seams awkward, which comes as no surprise. Bluegrass artists typically don’t chat about their hair-stlyer or the brand of shoes they’re wearing.

Daley presents more of a “red carpet” persona in her interviews and is generally uninformed about which artists are performing where and when and which artists are nominated for awards.

It is also noticeable when Daley does know what she’s talking about, as she makes a point to show her previous affiliations with certain artists.

See for yourself on the Bluegrass Blog’s Web site. You will be entertained by the interactions between Daley and the artists.