Here Are Your Roots Nominees for the 2018 Grammy Awards
Brittney McKenna
Posted On November 28, 2017
The Recording Academy announced nominees for the 2018 Grammy Awards early this morning, and many of your roots favorites made the cut.
Notable nominees include Jason Isbell, who’s up for Americana Album of the Year (The Nashville Sound) and American Roots Song of the Year (“If We Were Vampires”); the Mavericks, also up for two awards (American Roots Song of the Year for “I Wish You Well” and Americana Album of the Year for Brand New Day); and the late Gregg Allman, who notched honors for American Roots Song of the Year (“My Only True Friend”) and Americana Album of the Year (Southern Blood).
The 60th annual Grammy Awards will take place on January 28 at New York City’s Madison Square Garden. The show will air live on CBS; check your local listings for scheduling information.
For a full list of nominees, click here. Check out nominated roots-centric artists below.
Contemporary instrumental album
“What If” — the Jerry Douglas Band
“Spirit” — Alex Han
“Mount Royal” — Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge
“Prototype” — Jeff Lorber Fusion
“Bad Hombre” — Antonio Sanchez
American roots performance
“Killer Diller Blues” — Alabama Shakes
“Let My Mother Live” — Blind Boys of Alabama
“Arkansas Farmboy” — Glen Campbell
“Steer Your Way” — Leonard Cohen
“I Never Cared for You” — Alison Krauss
American roots song
“Cumberland Gap” — David Rawlings
“I Wish You Well” — the Mavericks
“If We Were Vampires” — Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
“It Ain’t Over Yet” — Rodney Crowell featuring Rosanne Cash & John Paul White
“My Only True Friend” — Gregg Allman
Americana album
“Southern Blood” — Gregg Allman
“Shine on Rainy Day” — Brent Cobb
“Beast Epic” — Iron & Wine
“The Nashville Sound” — Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
“Brand New Day” — the Mavericks
Bluegrass album
“Fiddler’s Dream” — Michael Cleveland
“Laws of Gravity” — the Infamous Stringdusters
“Original” — Bobby Osborne
“Universal Favorite” — Noam Pikelny
“All the Rage – In Concert Volume One [Live]” — Rhonda Vincent and the Rage
Traditional blues album
“Migration Blues” — Eric Bibb
“Elvin Bishop’s Big Fun Trio” — Elvin Bishop’s Big Fun Trio
“Roll and Tumble” — R.L. Boyce
“Sonny & Brownie’s Last Train” — Guy Davis & Fabrizio Poggi
“Blue & Lonesome” — the Rolling Stones
Contemporary blues album
“Robert Cray & Hi Rhythm” — Robert Cray & Hi Rhythm
“Recorded Live in Lafayette” — Sonny Landreth
“TajMo” — Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’
“Got Soul” — Robert Randolph & the Family Band
“Live From the Fox Oakland” — Tedeschi Trucks Band
Folk album
“Mental Illness” — Aimee Mann
“Semper Femina” — Laura Marling
“The Queen of Hearts” — Offa Rex
“You Don’t Own Me Anymore” — the Secret Sisters
“The Laughing Apple” — Yusuf / Cat Stevens
Regional roots music album
“Top of the Mountain” — Dwayne Dopsie and the Zydeco Hellraisers
“Ho’okena 3.0” — Ho’okena
“Kalenda” — Lost Bayou Ramblers
“Miyo Kekisepa, Make a Stand [Live]” — Northern Cree
“Pua Kiele” — Josh Tatofi
