2017 Louisiana Grammy Award Nominees…
The nominations for the 2017 Grammy Awards are out and many Louisiana artists are up to receive big honors. Nominees with Louisiana ties include:
– Barry Ancelet & Sam Broussard: Best Regional Roots Music Album (Broken Promised Land)
– Lauren Daigle: Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
– Keith Hart: Grammy Music Educator Award for his work at KIPP Believe College Prep
– Vasti Jackson: Best Traditional Blues Album (The Soul of Jimmie Rodgers)
– Solange Knowles: Best Traditional R&B Performance (‘Cranes in the Sky’)
– Branford Marsalis: Best Jazz Vocal Album for The Branford Marsalis Quartet with special guest Kurt Elling (Upward Spiral)
– Kenny Neal: Best Contemporary Blues Album (Bloodline)
– Roddie Romero & the Hub City All Stars: Best American Roots Song (‘Gulfstream’), Best Regional Roots Music Album (Gulfstream)
– Khris Royal as part of the horn section for Rebelution’s Falling Into Place, up for Best Reggae Album
– Bobby Rush: Best Traditional Blues Album (Porcupine Meat)
– Various Artists: Best Regional Roots Music Album (I Wanna Sing Right: Rediscovering Lomax In the Evangeline Country)
See the complete list of nominees at the L.A. Times. The 59th Annual Grammy Awards will be held February 12, 2017.