Who’s in the running for the Grammy awards? The Beatles and the Rolling Stones. No kidding. And also three local artists: Allison Russell, Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Rufus Wainwright.
Originally from Montreal, Allison Russell stands out with four nominations: two for her song The Returner (best “Americana” performance, best “roots” song), one for her song Eve Was Black (best “American roots” performance) and one last for The Returner, his album released last September (best “Americana” album).
Already winner of three golden gramophones, chef Yannick Nézet-Séguin is in the running twice for the awards ceremony which will take place on February 4. He is in the running in the category of best opera disc for Blanchard: Champion, with the orchestra and chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, an institution he has directed since 2018. His work with the Philadelphia Orchestra has earned him a him a nomination in the category of “best orchestral performance”.
The Metropolitan Orchestra has exceptionally decided to bring forward a concert scheduled for February 3 in order to allow its conductor to travel to Los Angeles to attend the ceremony held the next day and perhaps collect one of the prizes for which he is in the running. race. Yannick Nézet-Séguin has never had the opportunity to receive one of his three Grammys in person to this day.
Rufus Wainwright is cited in the category of best folk album, with his album Folklocracy. The competition will be fierce, because he is pitted against two big names from the folk aristocracy: Joni Mitchell for Joni Mitchell at Newport and Paul Simon for Psalms, two records that are also extremely touching.
What about the Beatles and the Stones in all this? They are respectively nominated in the best video category for I’m Only Sleeping, a song released in 1966 on Revolver, and for Angry, a song which opens the very recent album by the group of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.
SZA dominates the list revealed Friday with nine nominations, followed by Phoebe Bridgers (seven). The essential Taylor Swift has five (mainly for her album Midnights and her song Anti-Hero), while the latter’s collaborator, Jack Antonoff, is cited several times for his work with her and Lana Del Rey. He will also compete against himself more than once.
Here are the nominations in the main categories for the 66th Grammy Awards, the American music industry awards which will be presented on February 4, 2024 in Los Angeles.
