The 55th Annual Grammy Nominations are out and artists who play Deering banjos are heavily represented – including one of the biggest categories of them all, Album of the Year!
Banjos are definitely in vogue and successful artists are not just playing any banjo – they are playing American made Deering banjos!
55th Annual Grammy Nominations – Deering Artists
Mumford & Sons
Babel
Album of the Year
Babel – Mumford & Sons
Best Rock Performance
I Will Wait – Mumford & Sons
Best Rock Song
I Will Wait – Mumford & Sons
Best New Artist
The Lumineers
Best Country Solo Performance
Home – Dierks Bentley
Springsteen – Eric Church
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
Avett Brothers
Carpenter
Safe & Sound – Taylor Swift (with the Civil Wars)
Best Country Song
Springsteen – Eric Church
Best Americana Album
The Carpenter – The Avett Brothers
Babel – Mumford & Sons
Best Bluegrass Album
Beat The Devil And Carry A Rail – Noam Pikelny
Nobody Knows You – Steep Canyon Rangers
Noam Pikelny
Beat The Devil And Carry A Rail
Best Folk Album
Leaving Eden – Carolina Chocolate Drops
Best Song Written For Visual Media
Learn Me Right (From Brave) – Mumford & Sons
Safe & Sound (From the Hunger Games) – Taylor Swift
Best Album Notes
Banjo Diary: Lessons From Tradition – Stephen Wade
Producer of the Year
Markus Dravs – Babel – Mumford & Sons
Best Long Form Music Video
Big Easy Express – Mumford & Sons (with Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Old Crow Medicine Show)
One Comment
That is fantastic, I dont like Taylor Swift, I think she is a poor excuse for an entainer but I love the sounds of Mumford & Sons. I love old country, not the new rock stuff!
I love my Banjo, I have been told by manny people it has the best tone of any banjo they have heard.