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2006 Grammy Nominations Announced

On December 8, the nominees for the 48th annual Grammy Awards were announced.  Several Americana artists received nominations in a variety of categories.  Some of the more notable nominations featuring Americana artists include:

Contemporary Folk Album: Chavez Ravine, Ry Cooder; The Outsider, Rodney Crowell; Why Should The Fire Die? Nickel Creek; Fair & Square, John Prine; Devils & Dust, Bruce Springsteen.

Traditional Folk Album: Live From Dublin — A Tribute To Derek Bell, The Chieftains; Come On Back, Jimmie Dale Gilmore; Fiddler's Green, Tim O'Brien; Live In The UK, Tom Paxton; Cajun Mardi Gras! Jo-EL Sonnier.

Female Country Vocal Performance: The Connection, Emmylou Harris; Mississippi Girl, Faith Hill; All Jacked Up, Gretchen Wilson; I May Hate Myself in the Morning, Lee Ann Womack; Georgia Rain, Trisha Yearwood.

Male Country Vocal Performance: Funny How Time Slips Away, George Jones; As Good As I Once Was, Toby Keith; Midnight Communion, Delbert McClinton; Good Ol' Boys, Willie Nelson; Alcohol, Brad Paisley; You'll Think of Me, Keith Urban.

Country Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal: Comin' to Your City, Big & Rich; Play Something Country, Brooks & Dunn; I Hope, Dixie Chicks; Restless, Alison Krauss and Union Station; Bless the Broken Road, Rascal Flatts.

Country Collaboration With Vocals: Building Bridges, Brooks & Dunn, Sheryl Crow & Vince Gill; Shelter From the Storm, Rodney Crowell & Emmylou Harris; Like We Never Loved at All, Faith Hill & Tim McGraw; Dreams Come True, Willie Nelson & Norah Jones; Politically Uncorrect, Gretchen Wilson & Merle Haggard.

Country Instrumental Performance: I'll Fly Away, Charlie Daniels; Who's Your Uncle? Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush & Bela Feck; Unionhouse Branch, Alison Krauss and Union Station; Scotch & Chocolate, Nickel Creek; Time Warp, Brad Paisley.

Country Album: Fireflies, Faith Hill; Lonely Runs Both Ways, Alison Krauss and Union Station; Time Well Wasted, Brad Paisley; All Jacked Up, Gretchen Wilson; Jasper County, Trisha Yearwood.

Bluegrass Album: Marbletown, Blue Highway; Cherryholmes, Cherryholmes; The Grascals, The Grascals; The Company We Keep, The Del McCoury Band; Ragin' Live, Rhonda Vincent and The Rage.

Solo Rock Vocal Performance: Revolution, Eric Clapton; Shine It All Around, Robert Plant; Devils & Dust, Bruce Springsteen; This Is How a Heart Breaks, Rob Thomas; The Painter, Neil Young.

Rock Song: Best of You, Foo Fighters, (Foo Fighters).; Beverly Hills, Rivers Cuomo, (Weezer); City of Blinding Lights, U2, (U2); Devils & Dust, Bruce Springsteen, (Bruce Springsteen); Speed of Sound, Guy Berryman, Jon Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin, (Coldplay).

Rock Album: X&Y, Coldplay; In Your Honor, Foo Fighters; A Bigger Bang, The Rolling Stones; How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, U2; Prairie Wind, Neil Young.

Alternative Music Album: Funeral, The Arcade Fire; Guero, Beck; Plans, Death Cab for Cutie; You Could Have It So Much Better, Franz Ferdinand; Get Behind Me Satan, The White Stripes.

Song of the Year: Bless the Broken Road, Bobby Boyd, Jeff Hanna & Marcus Hummon, (Rascal Flatts); Devils & Dust, Bruce Springsteen, (Bruce Springsteen); Ordinary People, W. Adams & J. Stephens, (John Legend); Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own, U2; We Belong Together, J. Austin, M. Carey, J. Dupri & M. Seal, (D. Bristol, K. Edmonds, S. Johnson, P. Moten, S. Sully & B. Womack) (Mariah Carey).

The Grammy Awards will be held on Wednesday, February 8, 2006 at the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles. CBS Television will broadcast the event the event live from 8 - 11:30 p.m. (ET/PT). 

(Dec. 12, 2005)