BLUES
BEST TRADITIONAL BLUES ALBUM
"Blues to the Bone" - Etta James
BEST CONTEMPORARY BLUES ALBUM
"Keep It Simple" - Keb' Mo'
FOLK
BEST TRADITIONAL FOLK ALBUM
"Beautiful Dreamer -- The Songs of Stephen Foster" - Various Artists
BEST CONTEMPORARY FOLK ALBUM
"The Revolution Starts . . . Now" - Steve Earle
BEST NATIVE AMERICAN MUSIC ALBUM
"Cedar Dream Songs" - Bill Miller
BEST HAWAIIAN MUSIC ALBUM
"Slack Key Guitar Volume 2" - Various Artists
REGGAE
BEST REGGAE ALBUM
"True Love" - Toots & the Maytals
WORLD MUSIC
BEST TRADITIONAL WORLD MUSIC ALBUM
"Raise Your Spirit Higher" - Ladysmith Black Mambazo
BEST CONTEMPORARY WORLD MUSIC ALBUM
"Egypt" - Youssou N'Dour
POLKA
BEST POLKA ALBUM
"Let's Kiss: 25th Anniversary Album" - Brave Combo
CHILDREN'S
BEST MUSICAL ALBUM FOR CHILDREN
"cELLAbration! A Tribute to Ella Jenkins" - Various Artists
BEST SPOKEN WORD ALBUM FOR CHILDREN
"The Train They Call the City of New Orleans" - Tom Chapin
BEST SPOKEN WORD ALBUM
"My Life" - Bill Clinton
COMEDY
BEST COMEDY ALBUM
"The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents ... America: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction" - Jon Stewart and the Cast of the Daily Show
MUSICAL SHOW
BEST MUSICAL SHOW ALBUM
"Wicked" - Stephen Schwartz, producer. Stephen Schwartz, composer/lyricist. Original Broadway Cast Recording With Kristin Chenoweth & Idina Menzel
FILM/TV/VISUAL MEDIA
BEST COMPILATION SOUNDTRACK ALBUM FOR A MOTION PICTURE, TELEVISION OR OTHER VISUAL MEDIA
"Garden State" - Various Artists
BEST SCORE SOUNDTRACK ALBUM FOR A MOTION PICTURE, TELEVISION OR OTHER VISUAL MEDIA
"The Lord of the Rings -- The Return of the King" - Howard Shore, composer (Howard Shore)
BEST SONG WRITTEN FOR A MOTION PICTURE, TELEVISION OR OTHER VISUAL MEDIA
"Into the West" (from "The Lord of the Rings -- The Return of the King"), Annie Lennox , Howard Shore & Fran Walsh, songwriters (Annie Lennox)
COMPOSING/ARRANGING
BEST INSTRUMENTAL COMPOSITION
"Merengue" - Paquito D'Rivera
BEST INSTRUMENTAL ARRANGEMENT
"Past, Present & Future" - Slide Hampton, arranger
BEST INSTRUMENTAL ARRANGEMENT
BEST INSTRUMENTAL ARRANGEMENT ACCOMPANYING VOCALIST(S)
"Over the Rainbow" - Victor Vanacore
PACKAGE
BEST RECORDING PACKAGE
"A Ghost Is Born" - Peter Buchanan-Smith & Dan Nadel, art directors (Wilco)
BEST BOXED OR SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION PACKAGE
"Once in a Lifetime" - Stefan Sagmeister, art director (Talking Heads)
ALBUM NOTES
BEST ALBUM NOTES
"The Complete Columbia Recordings of Woody Herman and His Orchestra & Woodchoppers (1945-1947)" - Loren Schoenberg, album notes writer (Woody Herman & His Orchestra)
HISTORICAL
BEST HISTORICAL ALBUM
"Night Train to Nashville: Music City Rhythm & Blues, 1945-1970" - Daniel Cooper & Michael Gray, compilation producers. Joseph M. Palmaccio & Alan Stoker, mastering engineers (Various Artists)
PRODUCTION, NON-CLASSICAL
BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, NON-CLASSICAL
"Genius Loves Company" - Robert Fernandez, John Harris, Terry Howard, Pete Karam, Joel Moss, Al Schmitt & Ed Thacker, engineers (Ray Charles & Various Artists)
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, NON-CLASSICAL
John Shanks
BEST REMIXED RECORDING, NON-CLASSICAL
"It's My Life (Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Mix)" - Jacques Lu Cont, remixer (No Doubt)
SURROUND SOUND
BEST SURROUND SOUND ALBUM
"Genius Loves Company" - Al Schmitt, surround mix engineer; Robert Hadley & Doug Sax, surround mastering engineers; John Burk, Phil Ramone & Herbert Waltl, surround producers (Ray Charles & Various Artists)
MUSIC VIDEO
BEST SHORT FORM MUSIC VIDEO
"Vertigo" - U2. Alex & Martin, video director; Grace Bodie, video producer
BEST LONG FORM MUSIC VIDEO
"Concert For George" - Various Artists. David Leland, video director; Ray Cooper, Olivia Harrison & Jon Kamen, video producers
Wicked Talk About Movies, Mr. Armani and the Gays
Aug 19, 2008 7:00 am PDT
Kristin Chenoweth wants the movie adaptation of the Broadway musical Wicked to be made pronto. Why? Because Chenoweth wants to play Glinda, the role she originated in the original Tony Award-winning show. "I did create it," Chen...
May 11, 2007 10:22 am PDT
Competition is fierce on Broadway this year among Tony Award seekers for best musical as Mary Poppins goes head-to-head with Jackie O.'s relatives and a rock musical takes on a whodunit for nominations Tuesday. Last season, Tony nominato...
Chenoweth buoyant in Met performance
Jan 21, 2007 3:35 am PST
Kristin Chenoweth has an outsized personality that shines best on stage, even one as vast as the Metropolitan Opera. And there she was Friday, giving her all in a solo concert backed by 12 sterling musicians, two dancers and, for several n...
Levine to Stay at Met Until at Least 2013
Feb 13, 2006 4:10 pm PST
James Levine has agreed to stay at the Metropolitan Opera until at least 2013, and incoming general manager Peter Gelb has given the conductor a lifetime invitation to remain on one of the world's premier podiums. Levine, whose current c...
Broadway As a Stocking Stuffer? You Bet
Dec 8, 2004 10:36 am PST
Gift cards are everywhere this time of the year, so why should Broadway be excluded from what could be the perfect stocking stuffer this Christmas? Now, the League of American Theatres and Producers has established the Broadway Gift Card...