RSS feedWorld music winners are announced at the 2009 Grammys
Posted on February 9th, 2009 in World Music by Songlines.
At the Staples Center in Los Angeles on February 8, the 51st annual Grammy Awards ceremony took place – and their some top world music names among the winners.
The biggest story of the night involved the ever experimental Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant, who picked up five awards with Alison Krauss for their Americana folk collaboration Raising Sand, including Album of the Year.
In the world music categories, Ladysmith Black Mambazo won Best Traditional Album for Ilembe: Honouring Shaka Zulu and Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussein, Sikiru Adepoju and Giovanni Hidalgo won Best Contemporary Album for Global Drum Project.
Among the many Latin music categories that are such a strong presence at the Grammys, Mexico’s Los Tigres Del Norte won Best Norteño Album for Raíces, José Feliciano won Best Tropical Latin Album for Señor Bachata and Juanes won Best Latin Pop Album for La Vida…Es Un Ratico.
The compilation album Come to Me Great Mystery – Native American Healing Songs won Best Native American Music Album and Pete Seeger’s At 89 won a US-centric Best Traditional Folk Album category. In the reggae category, Burning Spear’s Jah Is Real won Best Album.
