Oklahoma Rock Newsblog

Nominees for The 52nd Grammy Awards were announced last night by The Recording Academy.

One-time Grammy winner Kings of Leon, which includes Oklahoma-born members Matthew and Nathan Followill, earned four nominations:

Record Of The Year - “Use Somebody”

Song Of The Year - “Use Somebody”

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals - “Use Somebody”

Best Rock Song - “Use Somebody”

GAP Band founder and two-time Grammy nominee Charlie Wilson earned two more nominations:

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance - “There Goes My Baby”

Best R&B Album - Uncle Charlie

Four-time Grammy winner Carrie Underwood earned two nominations:

Best Female Country Vocal Performance - “Just A Dream”

Best Country Collaboration With Vocals - “I Told You So” (with Randy Travis)

Oklahoma transplant and two-time Grammy nominee Miranda Lambert earned one nomination:

Best Female Country Vocal Performance - “Dead Flowers”

Two-time Grammy winner Brooks & Dunn, featuring Tulsa’s Ronnie Dunn, earned one nomination:

Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals - “Cowgirls Don’t Cry”

Alice in Chains, which features Atoka-resident Jerry Cantrell, earned one nomination:

Best Hard Rock Performance - “Check My Brain”

Rascal Flatts, featuring Jon Don Rooney of Picher, earned one nomination:

Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals - “Here Comes Goodbye”

Norman harpist Yolanda Kondonassis, along with flutist Joshua Smith and violist Cynthia Phelps, earned one nomination:

Best Chamber Music Performance - “Takemitsu, Toru: And Then I Knew ‘Twas Wind”

The Woody Guthrie box set My Dusty Road earned two nominations:

Best Historical Album - My Dusty Road

Best Album Notes - My Dusty Road

Two-time Grammy winner Mason Williams co-produced a box set on Woodstock, which landed one nomination:

Best Historical Album - Woodstock — 40 Years On: Back To Yasgur’s Farm

The compilation album Singing Through The Hard Times: A Tribute To Utah Phillips, which features four-time Grammy nominee and Liftime Achievement Award winner Tom Paxton’s version of “I Remember Loving You”, earned a nomination:

Best Traditional Folk Album - Singing Through The Hard Times: A Tribute To Utah Phillips

Brewer and Shipley, featuring Oklahoma City’s Michael Brewer, landed their song “One Toke Over the Line” on the soundtrack for Gonzo: The Life And Work Of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson. The soundtrack’s album notes writers landed one nomination:

Best Album Notes - Gonzo: The Life And Work Of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson — Music From The Film

Tulsa actress Alfre Woodard directed and co-produced a spoken word album, which landed a nomination:

Best Spoken Word Album For Children - Nelson Mandela’s Favorite African Folktales

For a complete list of nominations, click here.

The 52nd GRAMMY Awards will be held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on January 31, 2010 and will air live on CBS.

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