FROM THE 62nd GRAMMYAWARDS
The 62nd Annual Grammy Awards took place in January 2020, with singer Lizzo receiving the most nominations of any artist with eight. Ultimately though, the night belonged to Billie Eilish andher brother Finneas who won five awards each. Eilish became the first artist to win the major four categories of Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best New Artist in the same year since Christopher Cross in 1981. She also took home a host of other prizes in the 2019/20 awards season, winning big at the American Music Awards, Brit awards and MTV Video Music Awards, just to name a few. She even broke Guinness World Records for the youngest female artist at No.1 on UK albums chart, and the most simultaneous US Hot 100 entries by a female. Here are just a few other winning albums from this year’s Grammy’s that are definitely worth checking out.
BEST LARGE JAZZ ENSEMBLE ALBUM: THE OMNI-AMERICAN BOOK CLUB – BRIAN LYNCH BIG BAND
The Omni-American Book Club is one of Brian Lynch’s most ambitious projects to date. This expansive album of music for large ensemble connects Lynch’s lifelong passion for reading and the books that have shaped his life with his original music.
BEST AMERICANA ALBUM: OKLAHOMA – KEB'MO'
Kevin Roosevelt Moore, known as Keb’ Mo’, is an American blues musician and five-time Grammy Award winner. Oklahoma is his 14th studio album and his fifth Grammy award. The album featured guest contributions from Rosanne Cash, Jaci Velasquez, Robert Randolph, Taj Mahal and a duet with Robbie Brooks Moore, his wife.
BEST CONTEMPORARY INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM: METTAVOLUTION – RODRIGO Y GABRIELA
Mettavolution is the fifth studio album by Mexican duo Rodrigo y Gabriela. Three years in the making, it brings together the duo’s passionate interest in Buddhism, the history of human evolution and the liberation of the potential we have as a species; all expressed through the medium of two acoustic guitars.
