The nominees for the 2023 GRAMMYs have been announced and we’re proud to have a large number of Proper distributed artists among them. Aoife O’Donovan receives three nominations for Best American Roots Performance, Best American Roots Song and Best Folk Album, Proper also has three nominees in both the Best Jazz Instrumental Album category and Best Contemporary Blues Album category, two nominees in the Best New Artist category and Best Bluegrass category and many more. You can find all of the Proper distributed nominees below and find the full list of all GRAMMY nominees here.
The 2023 GRAMMYs, officially known as the 65th GRAMMY Awards, will air live on Sunday, February 5, from Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena. The special ceremony’s broadcast time, hosts, presenters, and performers are set to be announced soon.
Best New Artist
Samara Joy
Molly Tuttle
Best Progressive R&B Album
Moonchild – Starfruit
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
New Standards Vol. 1 – Terri Lyne Carrington, Kris Davis, Linda May Han Oh, Nicholas Payton & Matthew Stevens
Live At The Detroit Jazz Festival – Wayne Shorter, Terri Lyne Carrington, Leo Genovese & esperanza spalding
Parallel Motion – Yellowjackets
Best Large Jazz Instrumental Album
Center Stage – Steve Gadd, Eddie Gomez, Ronnie Cuber & WDR Big Band
Best Latin Jazz Album
Crisálida – Danilo Pérez Featuring The Global Messengers
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
For God Is With Us – For KING & COUNTRY & Hillary Scott; Josh Kerr, Jordan Reynolds, Joel Smallbone & Luke Smallbone, songwriters
Best American Roots Performance
Oh Betty – Fantastic Negrito
Prodigal Daughter – Aoife O’Donovan & Allison Russell
Best American Roots Song
Prodigal Daughter – Tim O’Brien & Aoife O’Donovan (Aoife O’Donovan & Allison Russell)
Best Bluegrass Album
Almost Proud – The Del McCoury Band
Calling You From My Mountain – Peter Rowan
Best Traditional Blues Album
Mississippi Son – Charlie Musselwhite
John Mayall – The Sun Is Shining Down
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Done Come Too Far – Shemekia Copeland
Set Sail – North Mississippi Allstars
Brother Johnny – Edgar Winter
Best Folk Album
Age of Apathy – Aoife O’Donovan
Best Album Notes
Andy Irvine & Paul Brady – Gareth Murphy, album notes writer (Andy Irvine & Paul Brady)
Best Orchestral Performance
Works By Florence Price, Valerie Coleman, Jessie Montgomerie – New York Youth Symphony, Michael Repper & Michelle Cann
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Stranger: Works for Tenor by Nico Muhly – Nicholas Phan, soloist (Eric Jacobson; Brooklyn Rider & The Knights; Reginald Mobley)