San Francisco, CA. (Top40 Charts/ IODA) - IODA, the global leader in digital distribution, marketing, and technology solutions for the independent music industry, today announced that among the 2007 Grammy nominations, 61 are from the IODA family. The nominations reflect the success of more than 50 artists from more than 35 independent record labels distributed by IODA.
'IODA congratulates all of the Grammy nominees from our catalog,' said Kevin Arnold, founder and CEO of IODA. 'To have such strong representation among this year's field reflects the strength and quality of music coming out of independent labels today. We are thrilled and honored to be a part of their success.'
The nominations came from across 30 categories, including Best New Artist (Feist/Arts & Crafts), Best Pop Vocal Album (Feist/Arts & Crafts), Best Female Country Vocal (Alison Krauss/Rounder), Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals (Robert Plant and Alison Krauss/Rounder), Best Music Album for Children (Sweet Honey in the Rock/Appleseed), Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album (Patty Griffin/ATO), Best Classical Album (Leonard Slatkin/Naxos), Best Contemporary World Album (Bebel Gilberto/Six Degrees), Best Traditional Blues Album (Koko Taylor/Alligator Records), Best New Age Album (Kitaro/Domo Records), and Best Reggae Album (Lee 'Scratch' Perry/Megawave).
A full listing of the nominations follows below.
Nomination Category-Artist-Album/Release-Label
Best Contemporary World Music Album-Ceu-Ceu-[Six Degrees Records/Urban Jungle Records/Starbucks Entertainment]
Best Traditional Blues Album-Otis Rush-Live and in Concert from San Francisco-"[Blues Express, Inc]"
Best Choral Performance-Antoni Wit-Penderecki: Seven Gates of Jerusalem-[Naxos]
Best Small Ensemble Performance-Swiss Baroque Soloists-"BACH, J.S.: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-6"-[Naxos]
Best Native American Music Album (Vocal or Instrumental)-" R. Carlos Nakai, Cliff Sarde, William Eaton & Randy Wood"-Reconnections-[Canyon Records]
Best Engineered Album-Classical-Dallas Wind Symphony-Maslanka: Garden of Dreams-[Reference Recordings]
Best Orchestral Performance-Jose Serebrier-Shostakovich: The Golden Age-[Naxos]
Best Small Ensemble Performance-Stile Antico-Music for Compline-[Harmonia Mundi]
Best New Age Album-Ottmar Liebert-One Guitar-[Spiral Subwave Records Int'l]
Best Country Instrumental Performance-Greencards-Viridian-[Dualtone]
Best Small Ensemble Performance-Moscow Soloists-Yuri Bashmet-Stravinsky: Apollo / Concerto for Strings; Prokofiev: 20 Visions Fugitives-[Onyx Classics]
Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album-Patty Griffin-Children Running Through-[ATO Records]
Best Contemporary Jazz Album-Brian Bromberg-Downright Upright-[Artistry Music]
Best Large Jazz Ensemble-The Bob Florence Limited Edition-Eternal Licks & Grooves-[MAMA Records]
Best Contemporary World Music-Bebel Gilberto-Momento-[Six Degrees]
Best Tropical Latin Album-Spanish Harlem Orchestra-United We Swing-[Six Degrees]
Best Traditional Blues Album-Koko Taylor-Old School-[Alligator Records]
Best Bluegrass Album-J.D. Crowe & The New South-Lefty's Old Guitar -[Rounder]
Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album-Mary Chapin Carpenter-The Calling-[Rounder]
Best Instrumental Composition-Philip Glass-Notes on a Scandal-[Rounder]
Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television, or other Visual Media-Philip Glass-Notes on a Scandal-[Rounder]
Best Musical Album for Children-Peter Himmelman-My Green Kite-[Rounder]
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance-Feist-The Reminder-[Arts & Crafts]
Best New Artist-Feist-The Reminder-[Arts & Crafts]
Best Pop Vocal Album-Feist-The Reminder-[Arts & Crafts]
Best Female Country Vocal-Alison Krauss-A Hundred Miles or More: A Collection-[Rounder]
Best Instrumental Arrangement-Harry Connick Jr.-Chanson du Vieux Carre-[Marsalis Music/ Rounder]
Best Instrumental Composition-Harry Connick Jr.-Chanson du Vieux Carre-[Marsalis Music/ Rounder]
Best Bluegrass Album-Tony Trischka-Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular -[Rounder]
Best Musical Show Album-Various Artists-Grey Gardens-The Musical-[PS Classics]
Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra)-Marc-Andre Hamelin-Haydn: Piano Sonatas-[Hyperion]
Best Classical Contemporary Composition-Leonard Slatkin-Tower: Made in America-[Naxos]
Best Orchestral Performance-Leonard Slatkin-Tower: Made in America-[Naxos]
Best Classical Album-Leonard Slatkin-Tower: Made in America-[Naxos]
Best Latin Jazz Album-Bobby Sanabria-Big Band Urban Folktales-[Jazzheads]
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)-McGuinness Jazz Orchestra-First Flight-[Summit Records]
Best Traditional Folk Album-Cathy Fink-Banjo Talkin'-[Rounder]
Best Large Jazz Ensemble-The Bill Holman Band-Hommage-[Jazzed Media]
Best Native American Music Album (Vocal or Instrumental)-Black Lodge-Watch This Dancer!-[Canyon Records]
Best Instrumental Arrangement-Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band-"Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas"-[Immergent]
Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra)-Allison Brewster Franzetti-20th Century Piano Sonatas-[Naxos]
Best Choral Performance-SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg-Arnold Schonberg: Gurrelieder-[haenssler CLASSIC]
Best Traditional Folk Album-David Bromberg-Try Me One More Time-[Appleseed]
Best New Age Album (Vocal or Instrumental)-Peter Kater-Faces Of The Sun-[Silver Wave Records]
Best New Age Album-Kitaro-Sacred Journey of Ku-Kai, Volume 3-[Domo Records, Inc]
Best Latin Urban Album-Fulanito-Vacaneria!-[Cutting Records]
Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album-Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie-Le Cowboy Creole-[Times Square Records]
Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals-Robert Plant and Alison Krauss-Raising Sand-[Rounder]
Best Native American Music Album (Vocal or Instrumental)-Konono No 1-Live at Couleur Cafe-[Crammed Discs]
Best Music Album for Children-Sweet Honey in the Rock-Experience 101-[Appleseed]
Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra)-Dmitry Yablonsky-"Rozsa: Violin Concerto, Op. 24, Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Cello, Op.29"-[Naxos]
Best Reggae Album-Lee "Scratch" Perry-The End of an American Dream-[Megawave]
Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album-Pine Leaf Boys-Blues de Musicien-[Arhoolie Records]
Best New Age Album-Paul Winter Consort-Crestone-[Living Music]
Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album-Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience-Live! Worldwide-[AIM ]
Best Tropical Latin Album (Vocal or Instrumental)-Cubanismo! -Greetings from Havana-[AIM ]
Best Small Ensemble Performance-"Kenneth Slowik, conductor; The Smithsonian Chamber Players & Santa Fe Pro Musica"-Mahler: Das Lied Von Der Erde-[Dorian Recordings/ Sono Luminus]
Best Traditional Folk Album-Charlie Louvin-Charlie Louvin-[Tompkins Square]
Best Historical Album-Christopher King & Henry "Hank" Sapoznik-People Take Warning! Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs 1913-1938-[Tompkins Square]
Best Polka Album-Jimmy Sturr and His Orchestra-Come Share the Wine-[Rounder]
Best Southern, Country, Or Bluegrass Gospel Album-Karen Peck and New River-Journey of Joy-[Daywind Records]
