Best Banda Album
Te Va A Gustar
El Chapo
Best Native American Music Album
Totemic Flute Chants
Johnny Whitehorse
Best Polka Album
Come Share The Wine
Jimmy Sturr And His Orchestra (that makes 17 for Jimmy and the boys!)
Best Alternative Music Album
Icky Thump
The White Stripes
Best Urban/Alternative Performance
Daydreamin’
Lupe Fiasco Featuring Jill Scott
Best Classical Album/Best Classical Contemporary Composition
Tower: Made In America
Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Tim Handley, producer; Tim Handley, engineer/mixer (Nashville Symphony)
Best Chamber Music Performance
Strange Imaginary Animals
Eighth Blackbird
Album Of The Year
River: The Joni Letters
Herbie Hancock
Leonard Cohen, Norah Jones, Joni Mitchell, Corinne Bailey Rae, Luciana Souza & Tina Turner, featured artists; Herbie Hancock & Larry Klein, producers; Helik Hadar, engineer/mixer; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer
P.S. A friend tried to put me up to doing a shot each time Amy Winehouse won a Grammy tonight; glad I didn’t take her up on it!