Shore Fire Roster Earns 21 GRAMMY Nominations in 15 Categories
Two each for Kesha, Mura Masa, ODESZA and CeCe Winans; Blind Boys of Alabama, Bruce Springsteen, Natalie Grant, Offa Rex, TajMo, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Yusuf / Cat Stevens, Zac Brown Band and Comedy Dynamics get nods
Shore Fire Media congratulates the clients and projects we represented during the past GRAMMY year who collectively earned 21 nominations this morning in categories encompassing pop, dance/electronic, country, folk, gospel, roots, blues, Christian, comedy and spoken word.
Kesha's 'Rainbow' earned a nod for Best Pop Vocal Album, with her smash single "Praying" receiving a Best Pop Solo Performance nomination. ODESZA picked up nominations for Best Dance Recording for "Line Of Sight" and Best Dance/Electronic Album for 'A Moment Apart.' Mura Masa's self-titled debut album was nominated for Best Dance/Electronic Album and Best Recording Package. CeCe Winans earned a pair of nominations, for Best Gospel Album ('Let Them Fall In Love') and Best Gospel Performance/Song ("Never Have To Be Alone").
Comedy Dynamics received four nominations, for albums by Dave Chappelle, Jim Gaffigan, Jerry Seinfeld and Sarah Silverman. Twenty-time GRAMMY winner Bruce Springsteen received the first Best Spoken Word nomination of his career, for the audiobook version of his autobiography, 'Born To Run.' Zac Brown Band received a nomination for Best Country Duo/Group Performance for "My Old Man." Chris Walden's arrangement of "White Christmas" from Herb Alpert's 'The Christmas Wish' garnered a Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella nod. The Blind Boys Of Alabama, Natalie Grant, Offa Rex, TajMo, the Tedeschi Trucks Band and Yusuf / Cat Stevens each received nominations.
Congratulations to Downtown Music Publishing, whose roster earned nominations across 15 categories, including Song Of The Year (Benny Blanco, co-writer of "Issues"), Best Americana Album (Jason Isbell), and Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Hans Zimmer).
For a full list of nominees, go here: http://www.grammy.com/nominees
The 60th Annual GRAMMY Awards will be held Sunday, Jan. 28, at New York's Madison Square Garden and will be broadcast live on CBS.
Shore Fire Media congratulates the clients and projects represented during the GRAMMY year on the following nominations:
BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE
Praying
Kesha
Track from: Rainbow
Label: Kemosabe Records/RCA Records
BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM
Rainbow
Kesha
Label: Kemosabe Records/RCA Records
BEST DANCE RECORDING
Line Of Sight
ODESZA Featuring WYNNE & Mansionair
Track from: A Moment Apart
Label: Counter Records/Ninja Tune
BEST DANCE/ELECTRONIC ALBUM
Mura Masa
Mura Masa
Label: Anchor Point/Downtown/Geffen
A Moment Apart
ODESZA
Label: Counter Records/Ninja Tune
BEST COUNTRY DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE
My Old Man
Zac Brown Band
Track From: WELCOME HOME
Label: Southern Ground/Elektra Records
BEST GOSPEL PERFORMANCE/SONG
Never Have To Be Alone
CeCe Winans; Alvin Love III and Dwan Hill, songwriters
Track from: Let Them Fall In Love
Label: Puresprings Gospel Label/Thirty Tigers
BEST CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC PERFORMANCE/SONG
Clean
Natalie Grant; Natalie Grant, songwriter
Track from: Be One
Label: Curb Records
BEST GOSPEL ALBUM
Let Them Fall In Love
CeCe Winans
Label: Puresprings Gospel Label/Thirty Tigers
BEST AMERICAN ROOTS PERFORMANCE
Let My Mother Live
Blind Boys Of Alabama
Track from: Almost Home
Label: Amazon Music
BEST CONTEMPORARY BLUES ALBUM
TajMo
Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo'
Label: Concord Records
Live From The Fox Oakland
Tedeschi Trucks Band
Label: Fantasy Records
BEST FOLK ALBUM
The Queen Of Hearts
Offa Rex
Label: Nonesuch Records
The Laughing Apple
Yusuf / Cat Stevens
Label: Cat-O-Log Records/Decca Records
BEST SPOKEN WORD ALBUM (INCLUDES POETRY, AUDIO BOOKS & STORYTELLING)
Born To Run
Bruce Springsteen
Label: Simon & Schuster Audio
BEST COMEDY ALBUM
The Age Of Spin & Deep In The Heart Of Texas
Dave Chappelle
Label: Comedy Dynamics
Cinco
Jim Gaffigan
Label: Comedy Dynamics
Jerry Before Seinfeld
Jerry Seinfeld
Label: Comedy Dynamics
A Speck Of Dust
Sarah Silverman
Label: Comedy Dynamics
BEST ARRANGEMENT, INSTRUMENTAL OR A CAPPELLA
White Christmas
Chris Walden, arranger (Herb Alpert)
Track from: The Christmas Wish
Label: Herb Alpert Presents
BEST RECORDING PACKAGE
Mura Masa
Alex Crossan & Matt De Jong, art directors (Mura Masa)
Label: Anchor Point/Downtown/Geffen