Burlington, MA – Rounder Records has announced that its artists have received twelve Grammy^® nominations for the 50th Annual Grammy^® Awards, the most nominations in Rounder history! The awards ceremony will take place on February 10th at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, and once again will be broadcast live on the CBS Television Network at 8pm EST.

Rounders Bluegrass Grammy^® Nominations include:

Banjo giant Tony Trischka received his first Grammy^® nomination for Best Bluegrass Album with Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular and joining him in this category is legendary bluegrass band J.D. Crowe & The New South with a nomination for Lefty’s Old Guitar. Mary Chapin Carpenter earned a Grammy^® nod in the Best Traditional Folk Album for The Calling while string sensation Cathy Fink garnered a nomination for her acclaimed album Banjo Talkin’.

Alison Krauss picked up nominations for Best Female Country Vocal (”Simple Love”) and Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals (”Gone Gone Gone [Done Moved On]“) with Robert Plant. Krauss, as a solo artist, collaborator, producer, and with Union Station, has 20 Grammy^® awards to her credit, the most of any female artist or any country artist. She’s also tied for 7th on the all-time Grammy^® winners list.

Below is the complete list of Rounder Records’ Grammy^® nominations:

Robert Plant | Alison Krauss
Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals – “Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On),” from Raising Sand

Alison Krauss

Best Female Country Vocal – “Simple Love,” from A Hundred Miles or More: A Collection

J.D. Crowe & The New South
Best Bluegrass Album – Lefty’s Old Guitar

Tony Trischka
Best Bluegrass Album – Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular

Cathy Fink
Best Traditional Folk Album – Banjo Talkin’