Congratulations to all of the Mountain Stage alumni who were nominated and won awards at the 68th GRAMMY Awards. We were honored to have some of these talented musicians grace our stage over the past four decades.
Check out the full list of nominees and winners at NPR.org
Photos by Amos Perrine, Brian Blauser, Chris Morris, Josh Saul, Cassidy Roark.
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Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Nominated: BEATrio by Béla Fleck, Edmar Castañeda, Antonio Sánchez
Best Country Solo Performance
Nominated: “Nose on the Grindstone,” Tyler Childers
WINNER: “Bad as I Used to Be [From F1® The Movie],” Chris Stapleton
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
Nominated: “A Song to Sing,” Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton
Nominated: “Love Me Like You Used to Do,” Margo Price and Tyler Childers
Nomination: “Honky Tonk Hall of Fame,” George Strait, Chris Stapleton
Best Country Song
WINNER: “Bitin’ List,” Tyler Childers, songwriter (Tyler Childers)
Nominated: “A Song to Sing,” Jenee Fleenor, Jesse Frasure, Miranda Lambert, Chris Stapleton, songwriters (Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton)
Best Traditional Country Album
Nominated: Dollar a Day, Charley Crockett
Nominated: Hard Headed Woman, Margo Price
Best Contemporary Country Album
Nominated: Snipe Hunter, Tyler Childers
Nominated: Evangeline Vs. The Machine, Eric Church
Best American Roots Performance
Nominated: “LONELY AVENUE,” Jon Batiste Featuring Randy Newman
Nominated: “Ancient Light,” I’m With Her
Nominated: “Crimson and Clay,” Jason Isbell
Nominated: “Richmond on the James,” Alison Krauss & Union Station
WINNER: “Beautiful Strangers,” Mavis Staples
Best Americana Performance
Nominated: “Boom,” Sierra Hull
Nominated: “Poison in My Well,” Maggie Rose & Grace Potter
WINNER: “Godspeed,” Mavis Staples
Nominated: “That’s Gonna Leave a Mark,” Molly Tuttle
Best American Roots Song
WINNER: “Ancient Light,” Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’Donovan & Sara Watkins, songwriters (I’m With Her)
Nominated: “Foxes in the Snow,” Jason Isbell, songwriter (Jason Isbell)
Nominated: “Spitfire,” Sierra Hull, songwriter (Sierra Hull)
Best Americana Album
Nominated: Bloom, Larkin Poe
Nominated: So Long Little Miss Sunshine, Molly Tuttle
Best Bluegrass Album
Nominated: Carter & Cleveland, Michael Cleveland & Jason Carter
Nominated: A Tip Toe High Wire, Sierra Hull
Nominated: Arcadia, Alison Krauss & Union Station
Nominated: Outrun, The Steeldrivers
Best Traditional Blues Album
WINNER: Ain’t Done With the Blues, Buddy Guy
Nominated: Room on the Porch, Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’
Nominated: One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey, Maria Muldaur
Nominated: Look Out Highway, Charlie Musselwhite
Nominated: Young Fashioned Ways, Kenny Wayne Shepherd & Bobby Rush
Best Contemporary Blues Album
WINNER: Preacher Kids, Robert Randolph
Nominated: Family, Southern Avenue
Best Folk Album
Nominated: What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow, Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson
Nominated: Crown of Roses, Patty Griffin
WINNER: Wild and Clear and Blue, I’m With Her
Nominated: Foxes in the Snow, Jason Isbell
Best Regional Roots Music Album
Nominated: For Fat Man, Preservation Brass
Nominated: Second Line Sunday, Trombone Shorty and New Breed Brass Band
WINNER: A Tribute to the King of Zydeco, Various Artists (including Steve Riley, Charley Crockett, Steve Earle, Taj Mahal, Kam Franklin of The Suffers, Lucinda Williams, C.J. Chenier, David Hidalgo, Shannon McNally, Molly Tuttle, John Hiatt, Johnny Nicholas, Steve Riley, Marcia Ball, Geno Delafose, Sonny Landreth, and more)
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
WINNER: That Wasn’t A Dream
Joseph Lorge & Blake Mills, engineers; Patricia Sullivan, mastering engineer (Pino Palladino, Blake Mills)