2012 folk-related Grammy awards

Subject: RE: 2012 folk-related Grammy awards
From: Joe Offer
Date: 15 Feb 12 - 11:39 PM

I guess it's good that they combined polka into "Regional Roots Music." Jimmy Sturr used to win the polka category year after year after year. He's good, but sometimes he seemed to get a little set in his ways. He's don't polka versions of everything imaginable.

And I'm a polka lover.

-Joe Wisconsinite-

Subject: 2012 folk-related Grammy awards
From: Desert Dancer
Date: 15 Feb 12 - 06:48 PM

Thanks to Folkworks.org for making this post easy.

RIP to the Hawaiian and Native American categories. (And don't ask me what the difference is between Americana and Folk, in this context.)

~ Becky in Long Beach

Winners marked with ***

40. Best Regional Mexican Or Tejano Album

***Bicentenario
Pepe Aguila
[Venemusic]

Orale
Mariachi Divas De Cindy Shea
[Shea Records/East Side Records]

Amor A La Musica
Mariachi Los Arrieros Del Valle
[Los Arrieros]

Eres Un Farsante
Paquita La Del Barrio
[Balboa Records, Co]

Huevos Rancheros
Joan Sebastian
[Fonovisa]

41. Best Banda Or Norteño Album

Estare Mejor
El Güero Y Su Banda Centenario
[A.R.C. Discos]

Intocable 2011
Intocable
[Good I Music]

***Los Tigres Del Norte And Friends
Los Tigres Del Norte
[Fonovisa]

El Árbol
Los Tucanes De Tijuana
[Fonovisa]

No Vengo A Ver Si Puedo... Si Por Que Puedo Vengo
Michael Salgado
[Zurdo Records]

42. Best Tropical Latin Album

Homenaje A Los Rumberos
Edwin Bonilla
[Sonic Projects Records]

***The Last Mambo
Cachao
[Eventus/Sony Music Latin]

Mongorama
José Rizo's Mongorama
[Saungu Records]

43. Best Americana Album

Emotional Jukebox
Linda Chorney
[Dance More Less War Records]

Pull Up Some Dust And Sit Down
Ry Cooder
[Perro Verde Records LLC/Nonesuch]

Hard Bargain
Emmylou Harris
[Nonesuch]

***Ramble At The Ryman
Levon Helm
[Vanguard/Dirt Farmer Music]

Blessed
Lucinda Williams
[Lost Highway Records]

44. Best Bluegrass Album

***Paper Airplane
Alison Krauss & Union Station
[Rounder]

Reason And Rhyme: Bluegrass Songs By Robert Hunter & Jim Lauderdale
Jim Lauderdale
[Sugar Hill Records]

Rare Bird Alert
Steve Martin And The Steep Canyon Rangers
[Rounder]

Old Memories: The Songs Of Bill Monroe
The Del McCoury Band
[McCoury Music]

A Mother's Prayer
Ralph Stanley
[Rebel Records]

Sleep With One Eye Open
Chris Thile & Michael Daves
[Nonesuch]

45. Best Blues Album

Low Country Blues
Gregg Allman
[Rounder]

Roadside Attractions
Marcia Ball
[Alligator]

Man In Motion
Warren Haynes
[Stax Records]

The Reflection
Keb Mo
[Yolabelle International/Ryko Records]

***Revelator
Tedeschi Trucks Band
[Masterworks]

46. Best Folk Album

***Barton Hollow
The Civil Wars
[Sensibility Music LLC]

I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive
Steve Earle
[New West Records]

Helplessness Blues
Fleet Foxes
[Sub Pop]

Ukulele Songs
Eddie Vedder
[Monkeywrench Inc./Universal Republic]

The Harrow & The Harvest
Gillian Welch
[Acony Records]

47. Best Regional Roots Music Album

Can't Sit Down
C.J. Chenier
[World Village]

Wao Akua - The Forest Of The Gods
George Kahumoku, Jr.
[Daniel Ho Creations]

***Rebirth Of New Orleans
Rebirth Brass Band
[Basin Street Records]

Grand Isle
Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys
[Mamou Playboy Records]

Not Just Another Polka
Jimmy Sturr & His Orchesta
[Starr Record]

48. Best Reggae Album

Harlem-Kingston Express Live!
Monty Alexander
[Motéma Music]

Reggae Knights
Israel Vibration
[Mediacom/VPAL]

***Revelation Pt 1: The Root Of Life
Stephen Marley
[Tuff Gong/Universal Republic]

Wild And Free
Ziggy Marley
[Tuff Gong Worldwide]

Summer In Kingston
Shaggy
[Ranch Entertainment]

49. Best World Music Album

AfroCubism
AfroCubism
[World Circuit/Nonesuch]

Africa For Africa
Femi Kuti
[Knitting Factory Records]

Songs From A Zulu Farm
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
[Razor & Tie]

***Tassili
Tinariwen
[Anti Records]

50. Best Children's Album

***All About Bullies... Big And Small
(Various Artists)

James Cravero, Gloria Domina, Kevin Mackie, Steve Pullara & Patrick Robinson, producers
[Cool Beans Music & East Coast Recording Co.]

Are We There Yet?
The Papa Hugs Band
[Indie]

Fitness Rock & Roll
Miss Amy
[Ionian Productions, Inc]

GulfAlive
The Banana Plant
[The Banana Plant]

I Love: Tom T. Hall's Songs Of Fox Hollow
(Various Artists)

Eric Brace & Peter Cooper, producers
[Red Beet Records]