• Various Artists (including Chris Thomas King and The Cox Family) for the "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" Soundtrack (Grammy winner)

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

• Lucinda Williams for "Essence" (single)

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

• Harry Connick, Jr. for "Songs I Heard" (Grammy winner)

Best Female Rock Vocal Performance

• Lucinda Williams for "Get Right With God" (Grammy winner)

Best Female Country Vocal Performance

• Lucinda Williams for "Cold, Cold Heart"

Best Male Country Vocal Performance

• Tim McGraw for "Grown Men Don't Cry"

Best Country Performance Duo or Group with Vocal

• Brooks & Dunn for "Ain't Nothing 'Bout You"

Best Country Collaboration with Vocals

• Jo Dee Messina & Tim McGraw for "Bring On The Rain"

Best Country Album

• Tim McGraw for "Set This Circus Down"

• Various Artists (including Lucinda Williams) for "Timeless - Hank Williams Tribute" (Grammy winner)

Best Jazz Instrumental Solo

• Terence Blanchard for "Lost In A Fog"

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

• Nicholas Payton for "Dear Louis"

Best Latin Jazz Album

• Los Hombres Calientes (Irvin Mayfield & Bill Summers) for "Vol. 3: New Congo Square"

Best Traditional Blues Album

• Various Artists (including Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown and Chris Thomas King) for "Hellhound On My Trail: Songs Of Robert Johnson"

Best Contemporary Blues Album

• Dr. John for "Creole Moon"

• Buddy Guy for "Sweet Tea"

Best Traditional Folk Album

• BeauSoleil for "Looking Back Tomorrow: BeauSoleil Live"

• Various Artists (including Lucinda Williams and Victoria Williams) for "Avalon Blues: A Tribute to the Music of Mississippi John Hurt"

• Various Artists (including Chris Thomas King and The Cox Family) for "Down From The Mountain" (Grammy winner)

Best Contemporary Folk Album

• Various Artists (including Lucinda Williams) for "Poet: A Tribute To Townes Van Zandt"

• Lucinda Williams for "Essence"

Best Compilation Soundtrack Album

• Various Artists (including Chris Thomas King and The Cox Family) for the "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" soundtrack (Grammy winner)

Best Recording Package

• Megan Barra, art director - for Sonny Landreth's "Levee Town"