By Ken Paulson
Nashville – For a genre that sometimes struggles to establish itself, Americana Music was very visible at tonight’s Grammy Nominations Concert at Bridgestone Arena.
Guest presenters the Lumineers were nominated along with the Alabama Shakes for the Grammy award as best new artist. Mumford & Sons’ Babel was nominated as best album of the year. Throw in a Johnny Cash salute from Dierks Bentley and The Band Perry and you could almost overlook the fact that Maroon 5 was about 30 percent of the show.
The musical highlight of the evening was fun. and Janelle Monae doing “We Are Young” with a string section. The audience sing-along was joyous.
You’ll find a full list of Grammy nominations here.
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