2008 Blues Grammy Nominees
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]
Best Zydeco Or Cajun Music Album (Vocal or Instrumental.)
Le Cowboy Creole, Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie [Times Square Records]
King Cake, Lisa Haley [Blue Fiddle Records]
Live: Á La Blue Moon, Lost Bayou Ramblers [Swallow Records]
Blues De Musicien, Pine Leaf Boys [Arhoolie Records]
Racines, Racines [Swallow Records]
The La Louisianne Sessions, Roddie Romero And The Hub City All-Stars [Octavia Records]
Live! Worldwide, Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience [AIM Trading Group P/L]
Best Historical Album
Actionable Offenses: Indecent Phonograph Recordings From The 1890s, David Giovannoni, Meagan Hennessey & Richard Martin, compilation producers; Richard Martin, mastering engineer (Various Artists) [Archeophone Records]
Forever Changing: The Golden Age Of Elektra Records 1963-1973 (Deluxe Edition), Stuart Batsford, Mick Houghton & Phil Smee, compilation producers; Dan Hersch & Bill Inglot, mastering engineers (Various Artists) [Rhino]
The Live Wire - Woody Guthrie In Performance 1949, Nora Guthrie & Jorge Arévalo Mateus, compilation producers; Jamie Howarth, Steve Rosenthal, Warren Russell-Smith & Dr. Kevin Short, mastering engineers (Woody Guthrie) [Woody Guthrie Publications]
Love Is The Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965-1970, Alec Palao, compilation producer; Dan Hersch, Bill Inglot & Dave Schultz, mastering engineers (Various Artists) [Rhino]
People Take Warning! Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs 1913-1938, Christopher King & Henry "Hank" Sapoznik, compilation producers; Christopher King & Robert Vosgien, mastering engineers (Various Artists) [Tompkins Square]