Americana Music News – Nominees for the 56th annual Grammy Awards have been announced by the Recording Academy and the Americana Music Association has helpfully distilled Americana artists from the academy’s massive list:
Best American Roots Song
BUILD ME UP FROM BONES Sarah Jarosz, songwriter (Sarah Jarosz)
INVISIBLE Steve Earle, songwriter (Steve Earle & The Dukes (& Duchesses))
KEEP YOUR DIRTY LIGHTS ON Tim O’Brien & Darrell Scott, songwriters (Tim O’Brien And Darrell Scott)
LOVE HAS COME FOR YOU Edie Brickell & Steve Martin, songwriters (Steve Martin & Edie Brickell)
SHRIMP PO-BOY, DRESSED Allen Toussaint, songwriter (Allen Toussaint)
Best Americana Album
OLD YELLOW MOON Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell
LOVE HAS COME FOR YOU Steve Martin & Edie Brickell
BUDDY AND JIM Buddy Miller And Jim Lauderdale
ONE TRUE VINE Mavis Staples
SONGBOOK Allen Toussaint
IT’S JUST A ROAD The Boxcars
BROTHERS OF THE HIGHWAY Dailey & Vincent
THIS WORLD OFT CAN BE Della Mae
THREE CHORDS AND THE TRUTH James King
THE STREETS OF BALTIMORE Del McCoury Band
REMEMBERING LITTLE WALTER Billy Boy Arnold, Charlie Musselwhite, Mark Hummel, Sugar Ray Norcia & James Harman
COTTON MOUTH MAN James Cotton
GET UP! Ben Harper With Charlie Musselwhite
SEESAW Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa
DOWN IN LOUISIANA Bobby Rush
MY FAVORITE PICTURE OF YOU Guy Clark
SWEETHEART OF THE SUN The Greencards
BUILD ME UP FROM BONES Sarah Jarosz
THE ASH & CLAY The Milk Carton Kids
THEY ALL PLAYED FOR US: ARHOOLIE RECORDS 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION (Various Artists) Chris Strachwitz, producer