Jim Lauderdale joined Suzy Bogguss, Will Kimbrough and Eric Brace in an in-the-round show at the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville last night. It was as engaging and entertaining an evening as that line-up suggests.
Lauderdale has been Americana music’s best friend, hosting the annual awards show at the Ryman auditorium, while also releasing some of the genre’s best music. His new album Reason and Rhyme just received a Grammy nomination for best bluegrass album.
We spoke with him after the show last night, while the room was still buzzing and folks were still loud, as evidenced by the background noise on this interview. Here Lauderdale talks about working with Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter and his great respect for Americana music.
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2012 Grammy nominations: Americana, folk and blues
The 2012 Grammy nominations are out, with the winners to be named on Feb. 12. The Americana music-related categories and nominees:
For Best Americana Album:
Emotional Jukebox -Linda Chorney
Pull Up Some Dust And Sit Down – Ry Cooder
Hard Bargain -Emmylou Harris
Ramble At The Ryman -Levon Helm
Blessed -Lucinda Williams
For Best Bluegrass Album
Paper Airplane- Alison Krauss & Union Station
Reason And Rhyme: Bluegrass Songs By Robert Hunter and Jim Lauderdale
– Jim Lauderdale
Rare Bird Alert -Steve Martin And The Steep Canyon Rangers
Old Memories: The Songs Of Bill Monroe – The Del McCoury Band
A Mother’s Prayer -Ralph Stanley
Sleep With One Eye Open – Chris Thile & Michael Daves
For Best Blues Album:
Low Country Blues – Gregg Allman
Roadside Attractions -Marcia Ball
Man In Motion – Warren Haynes
The Reflection – Keb Mo
Revelator – Tedeschi Trucks Band
For Best Folk Album
Barton Hollow – The Civil Wars
I’ll Never Get Out Of This World Alive -Steve Earle
Helplessness Blues- Fleet Foxes
Ukulele Songs – Eddie Vedder
The Harrow & The Harvest -Gillian Welch
For Best Children’s Album:
I Love: Tom T. Hall’s Songs Of Fox Hollow
(Various Artists) Eric Brace & Peter Cooper, producers
For Best Instrumental Composition
Life In Eleven – Béla Fleck & Howard Levy, composers (Béla Fleck & The Flecktones)