Grammy Award Nominees Announced with Several Echoes Artists Nominated
Congratulations to Echoes Artists Who Are Nominated for Grammys
Several Echoes artist got nominated for Grammys from across the spectrum of categories including Best Alternative Album,. Best Dance/Electronic album, Best Pop Vocal album and more. The New Age category got it as close to right as they’ve been in years and it’s nice to see acts like Aphex Twin, Beck and Anoushka Shankar get in there. Very disapointed to see the new Contemporary Instrumental category completely overrun with Smooth Jazz. You can see a complete list at Grammy.com.
BEST NEW AGE ALBUM
Bhakti – Paul Avgerinos
Ritual – Peter Kater & R. Carlos Nakai
Winds Of Samsara – Ricky Kej & Wouter Kellerman
Symphony Live In Istanbul – Kitaro
In Love And Longing – Silvia Nakkach & David Darling
BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM
St. Vincent – St. Vincent
BEST DANCE/ELECTRONIC ALBUM
Syro – Aphex Twin
While (1<2) – Deadmau5
BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM
Ghost Stories – Coldplay
BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE
Blue Moon – Beck
BEST ROCK SONG
Blue Moon – Beck
BEST ROCK ALBUM
Morning Phase – Beck
BEST WORLD MUSIC ALBUM
Toumani & Sidiki -Toumani Diabaté & Sidiki Diabaté
Our World In Song – Wu Man, Luis Conte & Daniel Ho
Traces Of You – Anoushka Shankar
BEST SCORE SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA
Gone Girl – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
Gravity – Steven Price
Saving Mr. Banks – Thomas Newman