2021 GRAMMY AND NOMINEES  (WINNERS MARKED IN RED)

OF INTEREST TO FOLKWORKS READERS

BEST ROOTS GOSPEL ALBUM

BEST REGIONAL MEXICAN MUSIC ALBUM (INCLUDING TEJANO)

BEST AMERICAN ROOTS PERFORMANCE

BEST AMERICAN ROOTS SONG

BEST AMERICANA ALBUM

BEST BLUEGRASS ALBUM

BEST TRADITIONAL BLUES ALBUM

BEST CONTEMPORARY BLUES ALBUM

BEST FOLK ALBUM

BEST REGIONAL ROOTS MUSIC ALBUM

BEST GLOBAL MUSIC PERFORMANCE

BEST GLOBAL MUSIC ALBUM

BEST CHILDREN’S MUSIC ALBUM

 

BEST ROOTS GOSPEL ALBUM

Alone With My Faith – Harry Connick, Jr.

That’s Gospel, Brother – Gaither Vocal Band

Keeping On – Ernie Haase & Signature Sound

Songs For The Times – The Isaacs

My Savior – Carrie Underwood

BEST REGIONAL MEXICAN MUSIC ALBUM (INCLUDING TEJANO)

Antología De La Musica Ranchera, Vol. 2 – Aida Cuevas

A Mis 80’s – Vicente Fernández

Seis – Mon Laferte

Un Canto Por México, Vol. II – Natalia Lafourcade

Ayayay! (Súper Deluxe) – Christian Nodal

BEST AMERICAN ROOTS PERFORMANCE

Cry – Jon Batiste

Love And Regret – Billy Strings

I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free – The Blind Boys Of Alabama & Béla Fleck

Same Devil – Brandy Clark Featuring Brandi Carlile

Nightflyer – Allison Russell

BEST AMERICAN ROOTS SONG

Avalon – Rhiannon Giddens, Justin Robinson & Francesco Turrisi, songwriters (Rhiannon Giddens With Francesco Turrisi)

Call Me A Fool – Valerie June, songwriter (Valerie June Featuring Carla Thomas)

Cry – Jon Batiste & Steve McEwan, songwriters (Jon Batiste)

Diamond Studded Shoes – Dan Auerbach, Natalie Hemby, Aaron Lee Tasjan & Yola, songwriters (Yola)

Nightflyer – Jeremy Lindsay & Allison Russell, songwriters (Allison Russell)

BEST AMERICANA ALBUM

Downhill From Everywhere – Jackson Browne

Leftover Feelings – John Hiatt with The Jerry Douglas Band

Native Sons – Los Lobos

Outside Child – Allison Russell

Stand For Myself – Yola

BEST BLUEGRASS ALBUM

Renewal – Billy Strings

My Bluegrass Heart – Béla Fleck

A Tribute To Bill Monroe – The Infamous Stringdusters

Cuttin’ Grass – Vol. 1 (Butcher Shoppe Sessions) – Sturgill Simpson

Music Is What I See – Rhonda Vincent

BEST TRADITIONAL BLUES ALBUM

100 Years Of Blues – Elvin Bishop & Charlie Musselwhite

Traveler’s Blues – Blues Traveler

I Be Trying – Cedric Burnside

Be Ready When I Call You – Guy Davis

Take Me Back – Kim Wilson

BEST CONTEMPORARY BLUES ALBUM

Delta Kream – The Black Keys Featuring Eric Deaton & Kenny Brown

Royal Tea – Joe Bonamassa

Uncivil War – Shemekia Copeland

Fire It Up – Steve Cropper

662 – Christone “Kingfish” Ingram

BEST FOLK ALBUM

One Night Lonely [Live] – Mary Chapin Carpenter

Long Violent History – Tyler Childers

Wednesday (Extended Edition) – Madison Cunningham

They’re Calling Me Home – Rhiannon Giddens With Francesco Turrisi

Blue Heron Suite – Sarah Jarosz

BEST REGIONAL ROOTS MUSIC ALBUM

Live In New Orleans! – Sean Ardoin And Kreole Rock And Soul

Bloodstains & Teardrops – Big Chief Monk Boudreaux

My People – Cha Wa

Corey Ledet Zydeco – Corey Ledet Zydeco

Kau Ka Pe’a – Kalani Pe’a

BEST GLOBAL MUSIC PERFORMANCE

Mohabbat – Arooj Aftab

Do Yourself – Angelique Kidjo & Burna Boy

Pà Pá Pà – Femi Kuti

Blewu – Yo-Yo Ma & Angelique Kidjo

Essence – WizKid Featuring Tems

BEST GLOBAL MUSIC ALBUM

Voice Of Bunbon, Vol. 1 – Rocky Dawuni

East West Players Presents: Daniel Ho & Friends Live In Concert – Daniel Ho & Friends

Mother Nature – Angelique Kidjo

Legacy + – Femi Kuti And Made Kuti

Made In Lagos: Deluxe Edition – WizKid

BEST CHILDREN’S MUSIC ALBUM

Actívate – 123 Andrés

All One Tribe – 1 Tribe Collective

Black To The Future – Pierce Freelon

A Colorful World – Falu

Crayon Kids – Lucky Diaz And The Family Jam Band