48th Annual GRAMMY Award Winners Announced

02/08/2006 09:33PM

Contributed by: WMC_News_Dept.

Santa Mónica (California), USA - The Recording Academy announced this evening the winners of the Grammy Awards.

The Best Traditional World Music Album went to In the Heart of the Moon by Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate (World Circuit/Nonesuch). [You can read the review of this CD here: The Gentle Heart of Mali].

The winner of Best Contemporary World Music Album is Eletracústico by Gilberto Gil (Warner Music Latina).

Eddie Palmieri won Best Latin Jazz Album with Listen Here! (Concord Picante).

The Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album went to Cuban legend Bebo Valdés with Bebo De Cuba (Calle 54 Records).

Willy Chirino won Best Salsa/Merengue Album (Vocal or Instrumental.) with Son del Alma (Latinum Music) .

The Best Reggae Album award went to Damian Marley for Welcome to Jamrock (Tuff Gong/Universal). [Read this related story: Damian ''Jr. Gong'' Marley's Welcome To Jamrock Certified Gold by RIAA; Project Also Nominated for Two Grammy Awards].

The Best Native American Music Album went to Sacred Ground - A Tribute To Mother Earth, featuring Various Artists, Jim Wilson, producer (Silverwave Records/Katahdin Productions). [Read this related story: Sacred Ground Wins Grammy for Best Native American Music Album]

Bluegrass singer and multi-instrumentalist Tim O'Brien won the Best Traditional Folk Album category with Fiddler's Green (Sugar Hill Records)

The Best Contemporary Folk Album award went to Fair & Square by John Prine (Oh Boy Records)

Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Vol. 1. 1 won the Best Hawaiian Music Album. Various Artists. Daniel Ho, Paul Konwiser & Wayne Wong, producers (Daniel Ho Creations).

For information about other winners go to:

http://www.grammy.com/Grammy_Awards/Annual_Show/48_nominees.aspx

The Grammy Awards — the American music industry's premier event — took place on Wednesday, Feb. 8, at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles.

Established in 1957, the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc., also known as The Recording Academy, is an organization of musicians, producers, engineers and recording professionals that is dedicated to improving the cultural condition and quality of life for music and its makers. Internationally known for the grammy Awards, The Recording Academy is responsible for groundbreaking professional development, cultural enrichment, advocacy, education and human services programs — including the creation of the national public education campaign What's The Download. For more information, visit www.grammy.com.