2010 Grammy Nominations
Posted by: Mary Burkey
Just released – the complete list of nominees for the 2010 Grammy Awards. Read the press release here. Of interest to audiobook fans – the Spoken Word categories:
Category 77
Best Spoken Word Album For Children
(For albums consisting of predominantly spoken word vs. music or song.)
- Aaaaah! Spooky, Scary Stories & Songs
Buck Howdy
[Prairie Dog Entertainment] - Captain Nobody
Dean Pitchford
[Random House Audio/Listening Library] - Nelson Mandela’s Favorite African Folktales
(Various Artists)
Sharon Gelman, Michele McGonigle & Alfre Woodard, producers
[Hachette Audio] - The Phantom Tollbooth
David Hyde Pierce
[Harper Children's Audio] - Scat
Ed Asner
[Random House Audio/Listening Library] - Through The Looking-Glass And What Alice Found There
Harlan Ellison
[Blackstone Audio Inc.]
Category 78
Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Story Telling)
- Always Looking Up
Michael J. Fox
[Hyperion Audio] - Jonathan Winters — A Very Special Time
Jonathan Winters (Music By Verne Langdon & Skip Edwards)
[Dejavu Record Company/The Orchard] - The Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Richard Dreyfuss & David Strathairn
[BBC Audiobooks America] - The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
Various Artists Including Michael Madsen, Sandra Oh, Edward Herrmann & Others
Yuri Rasovsky & Josh Stanton, producers
[Blackstone Audio Inc.] - We Can Have Peace In The Holy Land
Jimmy Carter
[Simon & Schuster Audio] - Wishful Drinking
Carrie Fisher
[Simon & Schuster Audio]
December 7th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
My guess is that Michael J. Fox or Jimmy Carter will win. They seem to go for political figures/celebrities usually with this Grammy award. I wonder if the judges really know much (or listen to the productions) in this category if they just go by the names.
May 31st, 2010 at 10:09 pm
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