Shore Fire Clients Earn 30 Nominations for the 2026 GRAMMY Awards | Shore Fire Media

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7 November, 2025Print

Shore Fire Clients Earn 30 Nominations for the 2026 GRAMMY Awards

Alison Krauss & Union Station, Anoushka Shankar, Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, Bon Iver, Margo Price, PJ Morton, Samara Joy, Tasha Cobbs Leonard and Tobias Jesso Jr. All Receive Multiple Nominations

Additional Nods Include Bilal, Bruce Springsteen, Deborah Silver & The Count Basie Orchestra, Grace Potter, Jacob Collier, Joni Mitchell (Rhino Entertainment), Rhiannon Giddens, Samantha Fish, Taj Mahal and Keb' Mo', Terri Lyne Carrington and Trombone Shorty

NEW YORK, Nov. 7, 2025 — Shore Fire Media congratulates the clients and projects we have represented over the past GRAMMY year that collectively earned 30 nominations for the 2026 GRAMMY Awards. Announced by the Recording Academy today, this year’s nominations reflect the breadth and diversity of Shore Fire’s roster — with clients up for awards spanning genres including pop, rock, alternative, R&B, jazz, country, Americana, American roots, bluegrass, blues, folk, regional roots, gospel, contemporary Christian and global music as well as in package, historical, engineering and arrangement categories.

Several GRAMMY-winning Shore Fire clients were nominated for multiple awards again this year. Five-for-five GRAMMY-winner Samara Joy added two more nominations — for Best Jazz Performance and Best Jazz Vocal Album — to her so-far flawless tally. Already a two-time GRAMMY-winner, Bon Iver received two more nominations as well: Best Alternative Music Performance and Best Alternative Music Album. Also a two-time GRAMMY-winner, Tobias Jesso Jr. received a Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical nod for his work on projects by Dijon, Justin Bieber, Bon Iver, Miley Cyrus, Olivia Dean and HAIM as well as an Album of the Year nomination for his credit on Bieber’s “Swag.”

Five-time GRAMMY-winner PJ Morton was nominated for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song and Best Gospel Album. Six-time GRAMMY-winner Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra received two separate nominations for Best Latin Jazz Album — both of which included contributions by fellow Shore Fire client Kabir Sehgal. Alison Krauss & Union Station was nominated for Best American Roots Performance and Best Bluegrass Album — which also received a nod for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical — adding to a GRAMMY scorecard that already includes a historic 27 wins for Krauss.

Also up for multiple awards: Margo Price got nods for Best Country Duo/Group Performance and Best Traditional Country Album, and was the only woman nominated in the latter category; Anoushka Shankar was nominated for Best Global Music Performance as well as Best Global Music Album; and Tasha Cobbs Leonard received Best Gospel Performance/Song and Best Gospel Album nominations.

Several other Shore Fire clients were nominated for awards at the 2026 GRAMMYs as well: Bilal for Best Progressive R&B Album; Bruce Springsteen for Best Recording Package; Deborah Silver & The Count Basie Orchestra for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album; Grace Potter for Best Americana Performance; Jacob Collier for Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals; Joni Mitchell (Rhino Entertainment) for Best Historical Album; Rhiannon Giddens for Best Folk Album; Samantha Fish for Best Contemporary Blues Album; TajMo (Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo') for Best Traditional Blues Album; Terri Lyne Carrington for Best Jazz Vocal Album; and Trombone Shorty for Best Regional Roots Music Album.

Shore Fire also congratulates the Miles Davis Estate, Sara Gazarek of the Eastman School of Music and Sehgal for their contributions to GRAMMY-nominated projects as well as Dan Auerbach on his Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical nomination for his work with Hermanos Gutiérrez, The Velveteers and Jeremie Albino, among others.

The 68th GRAMMY Awards will take place live at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026 — broadcasting on the CBS television network and streaming on Paramount+. All of the 2026 GRAMMY nominees represented by Shore Fire and their nominated works are detailed below, while the complete list of those up for awards at the upcoming ceremony is available at GRAMMY.com.

ALISON KRAUSS & UNION STATION
Best American Roots Performance - “Richmond On The James”
Best Bluegrass Album - “Arcadia”
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical - “Arcadia”

ANOUSHKA SHANKAR
Best Global Music Performance - “Daybreak”
Best Global Music Album - “Chapter III: We Return To Light”

ARTURO O'FARRILL & THE AFRO LATIN JAZZ ORCHESTRA
Best Latin Jazz Album - “Mundoagua - Celebrating Carla Bley”
Best Latin Jazz Album - “The Original Influencers: Dizzy, Chano & Chico Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra”

BILAL
Best Progressive R&B Album - “Adjust Brightness”

BON IVER
Best Alternative Music Performance - “Everything Is Peaceful Love”
Best Alternative Music Album - “SABLE, fABLE”

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
Best Recording Package - “Tracks II: The Lost Albums”

DEBORAH SILVER & THE COUNT BASIE ORCHESTRA
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album - “Basie Rocks!”

GRACE POTTER
Best Americana Performance - “Poison In My Well”

JACOB COLLIER
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals - “Keep An Eye On Summer”

JONI MITCHELL (RHINO ENTERTAINMENT)
Best Historical Album - “Joni Mitchell Archives - Volume 4: The Asylum Years (1976-1980)”

MARGO PRICE
Best Country Duo/Group Performance - “Love Me Like You Used To Do”
Best Traditional Country Album - “Hard Headed Woman”

PJ MORTON
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song - “Amazing”
Best Gospel Album - “Heart Of Mine”

RHIANNON GIDDENS
Best Folk Album - “What Did The Blackbird Say To The Crow”

SAMANTHA FISH
Best Contemporary Blues Album - “Paper Doll”

SAMARA JOY
Best Jazz Performance - “Peace Of Mind / Dreams Come True”
Best Jazz Vocal Album - “Portrait”

TAJ MAHAL & KEB' MO'
Best Traditional Blues Album - “Room On The Porch”

TASHA COBBS LEONARD
Best Gospel Performance/Song - “Church”
Best Gospel Album - “Tasha”

TERRI LYNE CARRINGTON
Best Jazz Vocal Album - “We Insist 2025!”

TOBIAS JESSO JR.
Songwriter Of The Year, Non-Classical
Album Of The Year - “SWAG” (Justin Bieber)

TROMBONE SHORTY
Best Regional Roots Music Album - “Second Line Sunday”

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