Обнародован перечень претендентов на получение премии "Грэмми", церемония вручения которой состоится в Лос-Анджелесе 10 февраля. Best Traditional Blues Album (Vocal or Instrumental.)

· Pinetop Perkins On The 88's - Live In Chicago Pinetop Perkins [Sagebrush Productions/Vizztone Label Group] · Live...And In Concert From San Francisco Otis Rush [Blues Express, Inc.] · 10 Days Out: Blues From The Backroads Kenny Wayne Shepherd Featuring Various Artists [Reprise Records] · Old School Koko Taylor [Alligator Records] · Last Of The Great Mississippi Delta Bluesmen: Live In Dallas Henry James Townsend, Joe Willie "Pinetop" Perkins, Robert Lockwood, Jr. & David "Honeyboy" Edwards [The Blue Shoe Project]

Best Contemporary Blues Album (Vocal or Instrumental.)

· Into The Blues Joan Armatrading [429 Records] · Is It News Doyle Bramhall [Yep Roc Records] · The Road To Escondido JJ Cale & Eric Clapton [Reprise Records/Warner Music Group] · Truth Robben Ford [Concord Records] · The Scene Of The Crime Bettye LaVette [Anti]