| Artist(s) | Category | Title & YouTube Link |
| Mikky Ekko (w/ Rihanna) |
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance |
Stay |
| PJ Morton, songwriter |
Best R&B Song |
Only One |
| Hunter Hayes |
Best Country Solo Performance |
I Want Crazy |
| Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift & Keith Urban |
Best Country Duo/Group Performance |
Highway Don't Care |
| Tim McGraw |
Best Country Album |
Two Lanes of Freedom |
| Terence Blanchard |
Best Improvised Jazz Solo |
Don't Run |
| Allen Toussaint |
Best American Roots Song |
Shrimp Po-Boy, Dressed |
| Allen Toussaint |
Best Americana Album |
Songbook |
| Bobby Rush |
Best Blues Album |
Down in Louisiana |
| Various Artists (*) |
Best Folk Album |
They All Played For Us: Arhoolie Records 50th Anniversary Celebration |
| Hot 8 Brass Band |
Best Regional Roots Music Album |
The Life & Times of the Hot 8 Brass Band |
| Zachary Richard |
Best Regional Roots Music Album |
Le Fou |
| Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience [w] (also David Farrell, George G. Receli) |
Best Regional Roots Music Album |
Dockside Sessions (see album credits) |
| Various Artists (*) |
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media |
Django Unchained |
| Trina Shoemaker and Eric Conn |
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical |
for Andrew Duhon's The Moorings |
| Notes: Recording eligibility period was October 1, 2012 through September 30, 2013. Performers at this years Grammy Awards show included Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue with Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Mary Lambert, Madonna, and Queen Latifah (medley of "Same Love" and "Open Your Heart"), and Best Country Solo Performance nominee Hunter Hayes (his new single "Invisible"). Zydeco legend Clifton Chenier (1925–1987) was among the Recording Academy's Lifetime Achievement Award recipients for 2014. Read Arhoolie Records President Chris Strachwitz' tribute to the "King of Zydeco". 2014 additions to the Grammy Hall of Fame included Louis Armstrong's 1938 recording of "Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen". Terrance Simien's "Dockside Sessions" features guest appearances by Marcella Simien, Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Shannon McNally. The album "They All Played For Us: Arhoolie Records 50th Anniversary Celebration" includes performances by David Doucet, Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band, Treme Brass Band, and Savoy Family Band. The "Django Unchained" soundtrack includes a track by Brother Dege, AKA Dege Legg ("Too Old to Die Young"). Cee Lo Green was nominated in the Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album category for "Cee Lo's Magic Moment". The album features a guest appearance by Trombone Shorty (with Rod Stewart) on "Merry Christmas, Baby". Shreveport, Louisiana native Mikky Ekko was nominated (with Rihanna) in the Best Pop Duo/Group Performance category for the single "Stay". The song was written by Ekko and Justin Parker. Rihanna and Ekko performed the track at last year's Grammy awards (watch the video). The song is from Rihanna's album "Unapologetic," which was nominated in the Best Urban Contemporary Album category. Jason Aldean's album "Night Train" was nominated in the Best Country Album category. The LP includes a track ("Take A Little Ride") co-written by Jim McCormick. The Pretty Lights album "A Color Map of the Sun" was nominated in the Best Dance/Electronica Album category. The album includes guests appearances by many local musicians including Mario Abney, Jeff Albert, Wes Anderson, Glen David Andrews, Andrew Baham, Uncle Lionel Batiste (RIP), Detroit Brooks, Big Al Carson, Thais Clark, Brian Coogan, Rod Hodges, Ben Jaffe, Carl LeBlanc, Simon Lott, and Earl Scioneaux III (see full credits). Bishop Paul S. Morton was nominated in the Best Gospel Album category for "Best Days Yet". Bishop Morton is Co-Pastor of Greater St. Stephen Full Gospel Baptist Church in New Orleans. He is the father of PJ Morton, who was nominated for Best R&B Song. PJ Morton wrote and produced four songs on "Best Days Yet". Chinese pianist Lang Lang paid tribute to classical piano legend and Shreveport, LA native Van Cliburn (1934-2013) in the annual 'In Memoriam' segment. |
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