The Grammys are tomorrow night – probably won’t watch. But we’re pulling for some people:
Category 69 – Best Hawaiian Music Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)* Slack Key Dreams Of The Ponomoe
Kapono Beamer
[Kapono Beamer Enterprises, Ltd]* Sweet & Lovely
Raiatea Helm
[Raiatea Helm Records]* Kiho’alu – Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar
Ledward Ka’apana
* Slack Key Guitar: The Artistry Of Sonny Lim
Sonny Lim
[Palm Records]* Masters Of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar – Vol. 1 WINNER!
Various Artists
Daniel Ho, Paul Konwiser & Wayne Wong, producers
[Daniel Ho Creations]
Okay, this is getting pretty obscure:
FIELD 27 – PRODUCTION, NON-CLASSICAL
Category 90 – Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
(An Engineer’s Award. (Artists names appear in parenthesis.))* Back Home
Alan Douglas & Mick Guzauski, engineers (Eric Clapton)
[Reprise/Duck Records]* Deceiver
Gary Paczosa & Chris Thile, engineers (Chris Thile)
[Sugar Hill Records]* Lonely Runs Both Ways
Gary Paczosa, engineer (Alison Krauss And Union Station)
[Rounder Records]* Mr. A-Z
Carl Glanville, Kevin Kadish, Steve Lillywhite, Samuel “Vaughan” Merrick, Jim Scott & David
Thoener, engineers (Jason Mraz)
Well, darn it, my friend Debbie doesn’t have anything in there for choral stuff (she sings with a chorus in Washington that’s won a few Grammys in its time. So good luck, all you horsies, and several others besides. However, there’s a few dead ponies in this race (looks hard at Mariah Carey) who’ll probably win all the glory.
UPDATE: Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Vol. I was the winner in the Hawaiian music category – this is going to be interesting, because on a future date, we’ll be seeing Ledward Kaapana perform at the MHSK venue. No hard feelings, Led, we were rooting for you, too.
Also, Jason Mraz picked up a left-handed Grammy; his producer Steve Lillywhite was nominated for both the big U2 album that swept everything, and “Mr A-Z.” Cool.
iTunes: Jason Mraz: Wordplay (Lillywhite Mix): Wordplay – EP [3:16]