Paisley, Plant and Krauss Already Have Two Grammys at Sunday's Show
Brad Paisley and the duo of Robert Plant and Alison Krauss have already won two awards each at Sunday night's (Feb. 8) Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. Here's a list of some of the country and roots music winners announced during a pre-telecast presentation.
Best Male Country Vocal Performance: "Letter to Me," Brad Paisley
Best Country Instrumental Performance: "Cluster Pluck," Brad Paisley, James Burton, Vince Gill, John Jorgenson, Albert Lee, Brent Mason, Redd Volkaert and Steve Wariner
Best Country Collaboration With Vocals: "Killing the Blues," Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album: Raising Sand, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
Best Country Album: Troubadour, George Strait
Best Country Song: "Stay," Jennifer Nettles (songwriter)
Best Female Country Vocal Performance: "Last Name," Carrie Underwood
Best Polka Album: Let the Whole World Sing, Jimmy Sturr and His Orchestra
Best Bluegrass Album: Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass: Tribute to 1946 And 1947, Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album: Lovin' Life, Gaither Vocal Band
Best Traditional Folk Album: At 89, Pete Seeger
Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album: Live at the 2008 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, BeauSoleil and Michael Doucet
Best Long Form Music Video: Runnin' Down a Dream, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers. Peter Bogdanovich, video director; Skot Bright, video producer
Best Pop Instrumental Performance: "I Dreamed There Was No War," Eagles
Best Pop Instrumental Album: Jingle All the Way, Béla Fleck & the Flecktones
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RedMaZ says:
As usual Americana is dominating these awards. Thanks for the update.
solongsowrong says:
I see even Brad Pasley was smart enough to surround himself with a host of Americana artists.
RedMaZ says:
Americana Artists winning Pop awards. Now THAT’s the definition of Crossover artists.
signs says:
I thought carrie sounded so so, I agree with what she had on, not sure about that.taylor sounded ok to, but do not care for miley.
RedMaZ says:
Underwood is a Pop Country singer. That’s what she is representing. She’s doing what she’s supposed to do. It’s basically 80’s Pop Rock music. That was a Rock band backing her up, and all the hairspray and shreading guitars, may have damaged the ozone layer too. I consider myself open minded, and accept today’s Pop Country for what it is, but even I have to draw the line somewhere. If anyone thinks that was a country music performance…they need their head examined. Pure 80’s Pop Rock. Which is fine if you’re into that type of thing. Personally, I lived through that decade once. I’ll stick with 21st Century cutting edge music.
Twangtown7 says:
And Kenny pulls off the best performance. Simple…no crazy light show, no stupid stage props. Just straight-up music.
KAREN K says:
Carries performance, Kenny Chesneys and Sugarlands performances were the best of the whole show!! Keith Urban should have had a performance too but hes not Taylor Swift so all he got to do was play the guitar!!
Twangtown7 says:
Sugarland performed already? How did I miss it?
diamond says:
carrie was so pop country more than what some people want to say, taylor was very good she sang the song like she recorded it on her cd, but miley put a different twist on it.kenny did better than any country performer so far tonight I sure sugarland will do good also
Greatdivide08 says:
Krauss and Plant are still up for 2 or 3 more.I hope they clean house.
And Carrie wasn’t as good as she usually is, but she made up for it at the end with a couple big, big notes.
I learned that from Paula Abdul.
pdlou says:
Yes, Carrie is pop country and I love it.
blonde says:
I think carrie was really off tonight did not like the out fit she wore, maybe something with out big sleves and different color would have been better. taylor I thought was good kenny,sugarland was the best be far!!!
solongsowrong says:
Plant and Alison are four for four so far. Only Album of the Year to go. Plus their performance.
poppygirl says:
Alison Krauss has won two awards with Robert Plant and lets HIM do all the talking. She could at least say “Thank you”.
Andie says:
i think some people think carrie sounded weir because she usually does ballands in award shows like JAD o IKYW, and this is the grammys we needed some up tempo country rock song and she gave a entertaining performance show a lot of personallity
solongsowrong says:
Keep up poppygirl. Plant and Alison have won four awards so far tonight. And yes, she did say Thank you.
steve says:
carrie sounded fine. they are playing the music way too loud during these performances (my point was just proved by alison krauss’ performance - you could barely hear her)
RC says:
If americana is dominating why didn’t an americana artist win best country album, best male, female, duo or group country vocal performance, or best country song or album? Which americana artist performed?
MR says:
I just want Keith to play guitar for three hours. That could have been greater.
solongsowrong says:
RC: Best Country Collaboration with Vocals was won by an Americana artist. As well as overall Album of the Year. And they were the last performance of the night…… Robert Plant and Alison Krauss. Five Grammy wins for the night, in several different genres of music.
Now if you go up and read the Blog, you’ll see a whole page of Americana artists listed as winners.
RC says:
Alison is the only americana performer? How is that dominating? Several country artists performed. If americana is not pop music how did Plant and Krauss win pop collaboration with vocals?
star says:
kenny, alison krauss, and sugarland were great!!!!
RC says:
Winning album of the year is dominating. Alison has the voice of an angel. Are Plant and Krauss the best country artists? I don’t know, Plant is a rocker and most of this album does not sound country it sounds Led Zeppelin light.
solongsowrong says:
The same way they also won for Best Contemporary Folk/ Americana album, Best Record of the Year with an old Rock tune, and Best Country Collaboration with vocals. The album crossed over many genres.
The TV portion of the show is trying to bring in the Pop audiences. It only highlights about 15 of the over 100 awards handed out. Americana artists are peppered all over the 90% of the awards not televised.
Did you even read this blog? Many Americana artists are listed above. Nobody but you said anything about Americana dominating the performances. The original statement was that Americana is dominating these awards. two different subjects entirely.
RC says:
Album of the Year: “Raising Sand,” Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
Record of the Year: “Please Read the Letter,” Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
Pop Collaboration With Vocals: “Rich Woman,” Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
Country Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocals: “Stay,” Sugarland
RC says:
Is americana pop or country music? Why wasn’t an americana artist nominated for Best Female Country Vocal Performance, Best Male Country Vocal Performance, or Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals? Why doesn’t folk music have vocal categories?
solongsowrong says:
Americana is music based on the Roots of Rock, Country, Bluegrass, Folk, and the Blues. The key word being Roots music.
The Steeldrivers are Americana, and they were nominated in the Country Performance by a Group or Duo with vocals. Jamie Johnson is played in Roots Country as well as Mainstream, and was in the Best Male Country vocal Performance category. Artists like Patty Loveless, Kathy Mattea, Randy Travis, Rodney Crowell, Ricky Skaggs, Emmylou Harris, James McMurty, The Eagles, are all artists played on Americana radio, and were among those with Grammy nominations, as well.
I have no idea why all genres don’t have vocal categories. That’s a question for the Grammy people.
diamond says:
steve just to prove a point you can hardly ever hear alison krauss in any song she sings. c.u. was really off that night.
Holly says:
Even though I wanted James Otto to get the Best Male Performance award, I am happy for Brad Paisley because he deserved it too, but what I can’t accept is the Sugarland girl getting the Best Country Song award over James. To me, his song “In Color” is what country music should be all about, I love him so much!!! (big smile)
God bless you and James and Brad always!!!
Holly in East Tennessee
solongsowrong says:
Yeah, you can hardly hear Alison. LOL
That’s why her concerts are so enjoyable. They aren’t just another excuse to party. People actually have to sit in their seats and listen.
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