The 61st annual Grammy Awards Presentation took place Sunday night (2/11/19) in Los Angeles, and as is in most years, the televised portion is reserved for the big industry money making award presentations, while a smaller ceremony took place earlier in the night awarding less mainstream genres. Although there was a nice live performance tribute to Aretha Franklin and a hot St Vincent/Dua Lip performance, the night belonged to Brandi Carlile with her stellar live performance and taking home three awards- Americana Album of the Year (By the Way, I Forgive You), Best American Roots Song (The Joke) and Best American Roots Performance (The Joke).
While all the winners can be found here, we listed the winners of most interest to Glide…
Record of the Year
“This Is America” — Childish Gambino
Best Rock Performance
“When Bad Does Good” — Chris Cornell
Best Rock Song
“Masseduction” — Jack Antonoff and Annie Clark, songwriters (St. Vincent)
Best Rock Album
“From the Fires” — Greta Van Fleet
Best Alternative Music Album
“Colors” — Beck
Best Metal Performance
“Electric Messiah” — High on Fire
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
“Emanon” — The Wayne Shorter Quartet
Best Americana Album
“By the Way, I Forgive You” — Brandi Carlile
Best Music Video
“This Is America” — Childish Gambino
Best Comedy Album
“Equanimity & the Bird Revelation” — Dave Chappelle
Best Immersive Audio Album
“Eye in the Sky – 35th Anniversary Edition” — Alan Parsons, surround mix engineer; Dave Donnelly, P.J. Olsson and Alan Parsons, surround mastering engineers; Alan Parsons, surround producer
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
“Steve Gadd Band” — Steve Gadd
Best American Roots Performance
“The Joke” — Brandi Carlile
Best American Roots Song
“The Joke” — Brandi Carlile, Dave Cobb, Phil Hanseroth and Tim Hanseroth, songwriters
Best Bluegrass Album
“The Travelin’ Mccourys” — The Travelin’ Mccourys
Best Traditional Blues Album
“The Blues Is Alive and Well” — Buddy Guy
Best Contemporary Blues Album
“Please Don’t Be Dead” — Fantastic Negrito
Best Folk Album
“All Ashore” — Punch Brothers
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
“My Way” — Willie Nelson
Best Reggae Album
“44/876” — Sting and Shaggy
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
“Don’t Fence Me In” — John Daversa, soloist. Track from: “American Dreamers: Voices of Hope, Music of Freedom
