Cityfolk's 2010 Grammy Connections

Nominations for the 2010 Grammys were recently announced, and as usual, some Cityfolk favorites were nominated. Who are you rooting for?

Best Jazz Vocal Album

Luciana Souza, Tide

Best Improvised Jazz Solo

Villa Palmeras
Miguel Zenón, soloist
Track from: Esta Plena

Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Solo or Group

Quartet Live
Gary Burton, Pat Metheny, Steve Swallow & Antonio Sanchez

Best Latin Jazz Album

Esta Plena
Miguel Zenón

Best Tropical Latin Album

Bach In Havana
Tiempo Libre

Best Bluegrass Album

Could We Get Any Closer?
Jim Lauderdale

Destination Life
Rhonda Vincent

Best Traditional Blues Album

Stomp! The Blues Tonight
Duke Robillard

Best Contemporary Blues Album

The Truth According To Ruthie Foster
Ruthie Foster

Live: Hope At The Hideout
Mavis Staples

Best Traditional Folk Album

Naked With Friends
Maura O'Connell

Best Hawaiian Music Album

He Nani
Tia Carrere & Daniel Ho

Masters Of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar, Volume 2 (Various Artists)
Daniel Ho, George Kahumoku, Jr., Paul Konwiser & Wayne Wong, producers

Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album

Alligator Purse
Beausoleil Avec Michael Doucet

Best Traditional World Music Album

Ancient Sounds
Rahim Alhaj And Amjad Ali Khan

Double Play
Liz Carroll & John Doyle

Douga Mansa
Mamadou Diabate

Best Contemporary World Music Album

Throw Down Your Heart: Tales From The Acoustic Planet, Vol. 3 — Africa Sessions
Béla Fleck

Seya
Oumou Sangare

Best Musical Album for Children

Banjo To Beatbox
Cathy (Fink) & Marcy (Marxer) With Special Guest Christylez Bacon

Best Classical Crossover Album

The Melody Of Rhythm
Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain & Edgar Meyer (Detroit Symphony Orchestra)

Yo-Yo Ma & Friends: Songs Of Joy And Peace
Yo-Yo Ma (Odair Assad, Sergio Assad, Chris Botti, Dave Brubeck, Matt Brubeck, John Clayton, Paquito d'Rivera, Renée Fleming, Diana Krall, Alison Krauss, Natalie McMaster, Edgar Meyer, Cristina Pato, Joshua Redman, Jake Shimabukuro, Silk Road Ensemble, James Taylor, Chris Thile, Wu Tong, Alon Yavnai & Amelia Zirin-Brown)