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The Grammy AwardsThere are a number of other bluegrass artists with Grammy nominations announced yesterday.

Rhonda Vincent and Bobby Osborne are nominated in the Best Country Collaboration With Vocals category for Midnight Angel, from Rhonda’s All American Bluegrass Girl CD.

The Del McCoury Band received a nomination for The Promised Land in the Best Southern, Country, Or Bluegrass Gospel Album category.

Then, of course, we have the Best Bluegrass Album category. Those nominees are:

Long List Of Heartaches – The Grascals
Bluegrass – Jim Lauderdale
Instrumentals – Ricky Skaggs And Kentucky Thunder
Live At The Ryman – Marty Stuart And His Fabulous Superlatives
All American Bluegrass Girl – Rhonda Vincent

See the complete list of nominees on the Grammy web site.

UPDATE 8:00 a.m. Also receiving a Grammy nomination yesterday was Ralph Stanley. His A Distant land To Roam CD was nominated in the Best Traditional Folk Album category.

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