GRAMMY WATCH – Bluegrass, Blues, Folk, Regional Roots, Reggae and World Music Album Categories – My Picks and Predictions

Here are my picks and predictions for these categories for The 58^th Annual Grammy Awards.

Best Bluegrass Album
• Pocket Full Of Keys
      Dale Ann Bradley
      [Pinecastle Records]

• Before The Sun Goes Down
      Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley
      [Compass Records Group]

• In Session
      Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
      [Mountain Home Music Company]

• Man Of Constant Sorrow
      Ralph Stanley & Friends
      [Red River Entertainment]

• The Muscle Shoals Recordings
      The Steeldrivers
      [Rounder]

My Pick & Prediction: MAN OF CONSTANT SORROW

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Best Blues Album
• Descendants Of Hill Country
      Cedric Burnside Project
      [Cedric Burnside Project]

• Outskirts Of Love
      Shemekia Copeland
      [Alligator Records]

• Born To Play Guitar
      Buddy Guy
      [RCA Records/Silvertone Records]

• Worthy
      Bettye LaVette
      [Cherry Red]

• Muddy Waters 100
      John Primer & Various Artists
      [Raisin Music Records]

My Pick: WORTHY – Bettye LaVette SHOULD already have a Grammy, but this is pretty much a man’s game – no matter what these wonderful Blues divas do.

My Prediction: BORN TO PLAY GUITAR – see above and Guy has six career Grammy Awards, is a perennial favorite here and still delivers the goods.

For once, I hope I am wrong and the award got to a very worthy LaVette,

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Best Folk Album
• Wood, Wire & Words
      Norman Blake
      [Plectrafone Records]

• Béla Fleck And Abigail Washburn
      Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn
      [Rounder]

• Tomorrow Is My Turn
      Rhiannon Giddens
      [Nonesuch]

• Servant Of Love
      Patty Griffin
      [PGM]

• Didn't He Ramble
      Glen Hansard
      [Anti]

My Pick and Prediction: Béla Fleck And Abigail Washburn

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Best Regional Roots Music Album
• Go Go Juice
      Jon Cleary
      [FHQ Records]

• La La La La
      Natalie Ai Kamauu
      [KEKO Records]

• Kawaiokalena
      Keali'i Reichel
      [Punahele Productions]

• Get Ready
      The Revelers
      [The Revelers]

• Generations
      Windwalker And The MCW
      [MCW Productions / PK Productions LLC]

My Pick and Prediction: GET READY

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Best Reggae Album
• Branches Of The Same Tree
      Rocky Dawuni
      [Cumbancha]

• The Cure
      Jah Cure
      [VP Records]

• Acousticalevy
      Barrington Levy
      [Doctor Dread Presents]

• Zion Awake
      Luciano
      [Vpal Music]

• Strictly Roots
      Morgan Heritage
      [CTBC Music Group]

My Pick and Prediction: THE CURE

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Best World Music Album
• Gilbertos Samba Ao Vivo
      Gilberto Gil
      [Masterworks]

• Sings
      Angelique Kidjo
      [429 Records]

• Music From Inala
      Ladysmith Black Mambazo With Ella Spira & The Inala Ensemble
      [Ladysmith Black Mambazo]

• Home
      Anoushka Shankar
      [Deutsche Grammophon]

• I Have No Everything Here
      Zomba Prison Project
      [Six Degrees]

My Pick and Prediction: MUSIC FROM INALA

THE 58^TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS will be telecast live on CBS, Monday February 15, 2016 at 8PM/EST – PM/PST.  For everything GRAMMY, including a Full List of this year’s Nominees visit their website at http://www.grammy.com/

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