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Grammys 2021: The Country Music Winners From Best Country Album to Best American Roots Performance, the complete country and Americana rundown Joseph Hudak, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Awards in the Americana and country music categories were handed out during the 63rd Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony on Sunday afternoon with John Prine winning a pair of posthumous Grammys for his song “I Remember Everything.” Written with Pat McLaughlin, “I Remember Everything” was named Best American Roots Songs and Best American Roots Performance. It is the final song that Prine recorded before his death in April from complications related to Covid-19. “The music community in Nashville and beyond, your love and encouragement has meant the world to us this past year,” Fiona Whelan Prine, the songwriter’s widow, said in a Zoom acceptance speech, flanked by her sons. “Merry Christmas,” offered Tommy Prine, a nod to his father’s yearlong love of the holi ....
Philly bluesman Frank Bey is up for a posthumous Grammy for his final album ‘All My Dues Are Paid’ Dan DeLuca, The Philadelphia Inquirer Frank Bey released his final album in January 2020, putting an exclamation point on a music career that stretched over five decades. Five months later, the Philadelphia blues singer who grew up in the Jim Crow South in Millen, Ga., died at age 74, after a yearslong struggle with kidney disease. But after Bey’s death, his star continues to burn bright. On Sunday, All My Dues Are Paid is up for a Grammy for best traditional blues album. He’s posthumously competing against blues and soul greats Robert Cray, Bobby Rush, Don Bryant, and Jimmy “Duck” Holmes. ....
Austin 360 Austin acts Ruthie Foster and Sue Foley are among a handful of local nominees for the Blues Music Awards, which will be presented virtually at 4 p.m. June 6 via the Blues Foundation s Facebook page and YouTube Channel. Foster and Foley are up against each other in the contemporary blues female artist category, along with Shemekia Copeland, Samantha Fish and Shaun Murphy. Foster also received a nomination in the instrumentalist/vocals category. Foster s 2020 album Live at the Paramount recently received a Grammy nomination as well. Kathy Murray, leader of long-running Austin band Kathy & the Kilowatts, is nominated for song of the year along with co-writers Frankie Bey, Rick Estrin and Kid Andersen for Bey s single All My Dues Are Paid. It s the title track from Bey s 2020 release, which is nominated for soul blues album at the Blues Music Awards as well as best traditional blues album at this year s Grammy Awards. ....