Shore Fire Artists Earn 18 Grammy Award Nominations

SHORE FIRE ARTISTS EARN 18 GRAMMY AWARD NOMINATIONS

ZAC BROWN BAND, RICKY SKAGGS, AND EL DEBARGE EARN MULTIPLE NOMINATIONS

Shore Fire artists earned 18 GRAMMY Award nominations, as announced last
night by The Recording Academy. Zac Brown Band earned four nominations,
including Best Country Album, while Ricky Skaggs and El DeBarge each
earned a pair of nominations, including Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel
Album and Best R&B Song, respectively.

Shore Fire acts were nominated for Best Album GRAMMY Awards in 9 different categories.

Additional congratulations go to Elvis Costello, whose duet with Lucinda
Williams on her “Kiss Like Your Kiss” is up for Best Song Written For
Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media; Dr. John, whose
rendition of Randy Newman’s “Down in New Orleans” is nominated in the
same category; Chip Taylor, whose ‘Yonkers NY’ album received a
nomination for Best Recording Package; “Return to Sender” from Ricky
Skaggs’ ‘Mosaic,’ which is nominated for Best Gospel Song; and to our
new client Will Sheff of Okkervil River, who is nominated in the Best
Album Notes category.

The 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards will be held February 13 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles and will be broadcast live on CBS.

Shore Fire Media clients received the following nominations:

Best Pop Instrumental Performance:

The Brian Setzer Orchestra – Sleepwalk (Surfdog Records)

Best Pop Vocal Album:

Susan Boyle – I Dreamed A Dream (Sony/SYCO Music/Columbia Records)

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance:

El DeBarge – Second Chance (Geffen)

Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals:

Chuck Brown, Jill Scott & Marcus Miller – Love (Raw Venture Records & Tapes, Inc.)

Best R&B Song:

El DeBarge – Second Chance (Geffen)

Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals:

Zac Brown Band – Free (Home Grown/Big Picture/Atlantic)

Best Country Collaboration With Vocals:

Zac Brown Band & Alan Jackson – As She’s Walking Away (Southern Ground/Atlantic)

Best Country Instrumental Performance:

Cherryholmes – Tattoo Of A Smudge (Skaggs Family Records)

Best Country Song:

Zac Brown Band – Free (Home Grown/Big Picture/Atlantic)

Best Country Album:

Zac Brown Band – You Get What You Give ((Southern Ground/Atlantic)

Best Contemporary Jazz Album:

Trombone Shorty – Backatown (Verve Forecast)

Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album:

Ricky Skaggs – Mosaic (Skaggs Family Records)

Best Americana Album:

Mavis Staples – You Are Not Alone (ANTI-)

Best Contemporary Blues Album:

Dr. John And The Lower 911 – Tribal (429 Records)

Best Traditional Folk Album:

Ricky Skaggs – Ricky Skaggs Solo: Songs My Dad Loved (Skaggs Family Records)

Best Contemporary World Music Album:

Angelique Kidjo – ÕY¨Ö (Razor & Tie Entertainment)

Best Musical Album For Children:

Pete Seeger With The Rivertown Kids And Friends – Tomorrow’s Children (Appleseed)

Best Surround Sound Album:

Steve Wilson (Porcupine Tree) – The Incident (Roadrunner Record