| Artist(s) | Category | Title & YouTube Link |
| Ledisi |
Best R&B Performance |
High |
| Ledisi |
Best Traditional R&B Performance |
All the Way |
| PJ Morton |
Best R&B Song |
First Began |
| Ledisi |
Best R&B Album |
Let Love Rule |
| PJ Morton |
Best R&B Album |
Gumbo |
| John Beasley |
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album |
MONK'estra Vol. 2 |
| Sonny Landreth |
Best Contemporary Blues Album |
Recorded Live in Lafayette |
Lost Bayou Ramblers [w]
(also Korey Richey, Eric Heigle) |
Best Regional Music Album |
Kalenda (see album credits) |
| Dwayne Dopsie and the Zydeco Hellraisers |
Best Regional Music Album |
Top of the Mountain |
| John Beasley |
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella |
Ugly Beauty/Pannonica |
| Notes: Recording eligibility period was October 1, 2016 through September 30, 2017. Performances at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards included a tribute to Fats Domino and Chuck Berry by Jon Batiste, Gary Clark Jr. and Joe Saylor. They performed "Ain't That a Shame" and "Maybellene". The trio also presented the award for Best Pop Solo Performance (won by Ed Sheeran). Watch Red Carpet interviews with nominees PJ Morton and Ledisi. Watch Louis Michot of Lost Bayou Ramblers talk about their Grammy win for Best Regional Music Album (for "Kalenda"). NOLA funk legends The Meters were among the music artists receiving Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards. They were honored at the concert special "GRAMMY Salute to Music Legends 2018" on July 14, 2018. Read more here. The taped event aired on PBS on 10/5/2018. Past Louisiana Lifetime Achievement Award honorees include Louis Armstrong, Fats Domino, Mahalia Jackson, Van Cliburn, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jelly Roll Morton, Clifton Chenier, and Buddy Guy. Fats Domino (1928-2017), Keely Smith (1928-2017), and Lonnie Brooks (1933-2017) were included in the annual Grammy 'In Memoriam' segment. 2018 additions to the Grammy Hall of Fame included Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five's 1927 recording of "Savoy Blues". Personnel on the track were Armstrong, Kid Ory, Johnny Dodds, Lil Hardin Armstrong, Johnny St. Cyr and Lonnie Johnson. Arcade Fire's "Everything Now" was nominated for Best Alternative Music Album. It was partially recorded at Boombox Studios in New Orleans. Contributors to the album included Charlie Gabriel, Helen Gillet, Rebecca Crenshaw, Akia Nevills, Kayla Jasmine, Tracci Lee, and Anjelika "Jelly" Joseph. |
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