The 54th Grammy Nominees (for 2011) that have played at Calvin College (22 nominations, 17 artists)
Friday, December 02, 2011
The Grammy Nominations were announced Wednesday night, so we decided to make a list of artist who are nominees and have performed at Calvin. Some of them in the quite recent past.
Best Dance/Electronica Album – Zonoscope Cut Copy
Best Rock Performance – “Down By The Water” The Decemberists
Best Rock Song - “Down By The Water” The Decemberists
Best Rock Album – The Whole Love Wilco
Best Alternative Music Album – Codes and Keys Death Cab For Cutie
Best Rap Performance – “The Show Goes On” Lupe Fiasco
Best Rap Song - “The Show Goes On” Lupe Fiasco
Best Rap Album – LASERS Lupe Fiasco
Best Country Duo/Group Performance – “Barton Hallow” The Civil Wars
Best Country Song – “God Gave Me You” written by Dave Barnes
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album – Ghosts Upon the Earth Gungor
Best Americana Album – Hard Bargain Emmylou Harris
Best Bluegrass Album – Sleep With One Eye Open Chris Thile (formerly of Nickel Creek) & Michael Daves
Best Blues Album – The Reflection Keb Mo
Best Folk Album – Barton Hallow The Civil Wars, I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive Steve Earle, Helplessness Blues Fleet Foxes, The Harrow & The Harvest Gillian Welch
Best World Music Album – Songs from a Zulu Farm Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Best Instrumental Composition – “Life in Eleven” Béla Fleck & the Flecktones
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical – The Harrow & the Harvest Gillian Welch
Best Short Form Music Video – “All Is Not Lost” OK GO
1 comment on "The 54th Grammy Nominees (for 2011) that have played at Calvin College (22 nominations, 17 artists)"
As a student at Calvin, I want to express my sincere appreciation to the SAO and all people involved in bringing these wonderful artists to Calvin. It is awesome so have such great line ups every semester. We are so thankful!