• Harry Connick, Jr. for "In Concert on Broadway" (see album credits)

• Ledisi for the single "Pieces of Me" from the album "Pieces of Me"

• "Pieces of Me" by Charles Harmon, Claude Kelly and Ledisi Young

• Ledisi for "Pieces of Me"

• Chris Brown, Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes for the single "Look At Me Now"

• DJ Khaled, Drake, Rick Ross and Lil Wayne for the single "I'm On One"

• Kelly Rowland and Lil Wayne for the single "Motivation"

• "Look At Me Now" by Jean Baptiste, Chris Brown, Ryan Buendia, Trevor Smith, Dwayne Carter Jr. (aka Lil Wayne) and Wesley Pentz

• Lil Wayne for "Tha Carter IV"

• Trin-I-Tee 5:7 for "Angel & Chanelle (Deluxe Edition)"

• Lucinda Williams for "Blessed"

• C.J. Chenier for "Can't Sit Down" (see album credits)

• Rebirth Brass Band for "Rebirth of New Orleans" [Grammy winner]
  (see album credits)

• Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys for "Grand Isle"

  Guests/contributors on "Grand Isle" include C.C. Adcock, Quintron & Miss Pussycat, and Jon Cleary - see album credits

• The Banana Plant for "GulfAlive"

• John Larroquette and others for "How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying"

• Patrick Dupré Quigley, Seraphic Fire, and others for "Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45"

• Patrick Dupré Quigley and Seraphic Fire for "A Seraphic Fire Christmas"

The Grammy Awards Pre-Telecast Ceremony will take place on Sunday, Feb. 12 from 1-3:30 p.m. PT at the Los Angeles Convention Center and it will be streamed live in its entirety at www.grammy.com/live. Scheduled performers include Trin-I-Tee 5:7 and Rebirth Brass Band.

Legendary New Orleans musician, bandleader, composer, producer and arranger Dave Bartholomew is among the recipients of the 2012 Grammy Trustees Awards. Read more.

Jeff Beck is nominated in the Best Rock Album category for "Rock 'n' Roll Party Honoring Les Paul." The album features a guest appearance by Trombone Shorty.

Chris Brown is nominated in the Best R&B Album category [Grammy winner] for "F.A.M.E." The album features a guest appearance by Lil Wayne on the track "Look At Me Now". Lil Wayne also shares writing credits on the song.

Gregg Allman is nominated in the Best Blues Album category for "Low Country Blues." The album features backing from Dr. John on piano.

Texas-born, Louisiana-raised swamp boogie queen Marcia Ball is nominated in the Best Blues Album category for "Roadside Attractions."

Warren Haynes is nominated in the Best Blues Album category for "Man in Motion." The album features backing from George Porter Jr. (bass), Ivan Neville (organ, clavinet, backing vocals), and Raymond Weber (drums).

Steve Earle is nominated in the Best Folk Album category for "I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive." The album features guest appearances by Tracey Griffin (flugelhorn), Jon Gross (tuba), Roland Guerin (bass), Michael Brown (euphonium), and Sammie "Big Sam" Williams (trombone). Allen Toussaint provided the horn arrangements.

Tinariwen is nominated in the Best World Music Album category [Grammy winner] for "Tassili." The album features guest appearance by the Dirty Dozen Brass Band's Gregory Davis and Roger Lewis.

"True Blood: Music from the HBO Original Series Volume 3" is nominated in the Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media category. The album includes the Slim Harpo track "Te Ni Nee Ni Nu." Another track, "She's Not There" (performed by Neko Case and Nick Cave) was produced by C.C. Adcock, and features backing from Jon Cleary on piano and Keith Frank on bass and accordion.