Vanochtend zijn de genomineerden voor de 2020 Grammy’s bekendgemaakt. Onder de country artiesten zijn Ashley McBryde, Miranda Lambert, Dolly Parton, Eric Church, Tanya Tucker, Dan + Shay, Brandi Carlile, Lil Nas X, Billy Ray Cyrus e.a. meermalen genomineerd.

Tanya Tucker staat met 4 nominaties bovenaan. Ze is genomineerd voor Song Of The Year: “Bring My Flowers Now”, Best Country Album: “While I’m Livin’”, Best Country Solo Performance: “Bring My Flowers Now,” en Best Country Song: “Bring My Flowers Now”. Tanya’s album “While I’m Livin’”, geproduceerd door Brandi Carlile en Shooter Jennings, werd afgelopen augustus uitgebracht en was Tanya’s eerste album na 17 jaar.

De Grammy Awards  wordt op 26 januari vanuit het Staples Center in Los Angeles uitgezonden op CBS.

Hieronder een overzicht van de country genomineerden:

Best Country Solo Performance

• “All Your’n” | Tyler Childers
• “Girl Goin’ Nowhere” | Ashley McBryde
• “Ride Me Back Home” | Willie Nelson
• “God’s Country” | Blake Shelton
• “Bring My Flowers Now” | Tanya Tucker

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

• “Brand New Man” | Brooks & Dunn With Luke Combs
• “I Don’t Remember Me (Before You)” | Brothers Osborne
• “Speechless” | Dan + Shay
• “The Daughters” | Little Big Town
• “Common” | Maren Morris feat. Brandi Carlile

Best Country Song (awarded to songwriters)

• “Bring My Flowers Now” | Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth, Tim Hanseroth & Tanya Tucker | (Tanya Tucker)
• “Girl Goin’ Nowhere | Jeremy Bussey & Ashley McBryde | (Ashley McBryde)
• “It All Comes Out in the Wash” | Miranda Lambert, Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna & Liz Rose | (Miranda Lambert)
• “Some of It” | Eric Church, Clint Daniels, Jeff Hyde & Bobby Pinson | (Eric Church)
• “Speechless” | Shay Mooney, Jordan Reynolds, Dan Smyers & Laura Veltz | (Dan + Shay)

Best Country Album

• Desperate Man | Eric Church
• Stronger Than the Truth | Reba McEntire
• Interstate Gospel | Pistol Annies
• Center Point Road | Thomas Rhett
• While I’m Livin’ | Tanya Tucker

Best American Roots Performance

• “Saint Honesty” | Sara Bareilles
• “Father Mountain” | Calexico And Iron & Wine
• “I’m On My Way” | Rhiannon Giddens With Francesco Turrisi
• “Call My Name” | I’m With Her
• “Faraway Look” | Yola

Best American Roots Song

• “Black Myself” | Amythyst Kiah, Songwriter (Our Native Daughters)
• “Call My Name” | Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’donovan & Sara Watkins, Songwriters (I’m With Her)
• “Crossing To Jerusalem” | Rosanne Cash & John Leventhal, Songwriters (Rosanne Cash)
• “Faraway Look” | Dan Auerbach, Yola Carter & Pat Mclaughlin, Songwriters (Yola)
• “I Don’t Wanna Ride The Rails No More” | Vince Gill, Songwriter (Vince Gill)

Best Americana Album

• “Years To Burn” | Calexico And Iron & Wine
• “Who Are You Now” | Madison Cunningham
• “Oklahoma” | Keb’ Mo’
• “Tales Of America” | J.S. Ondara
• “Walk Through Fire” | Yola

Best Bluegrass Album

• “Tall Fiddler” | Michael Cleveland
• “Live In Prague, Czech Republic” | Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
• “Toil, Tears & Trouble” | The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys
• “Royal Traveller” | Missy Raines
• “If You Can’t Stand The Heat” | Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen

Best Folk Album

• My Finest Work Yet, Andrew Bird
• Rearrange My Heart, Che Apalache
• Patty Griffin, Patty Griffin
• Evening Machines, Gregory Alan Isakov
• Front Porch, Joy Williams