Grammy Nominee Party Aids L.A. Wildfires Victims

Music Row Magazine | Robert K. Oermann

The Nashville chapter of the Recording Academy pledged its support for the L.A. wildfire victims while celebrating its Grammy nominees on Tuesday evening (Jan. 21).

“Music gives us hope,” said Alicia Warwick, the organization’s senior executive director in Nashville. “Please turn your attention to the cards on your tables. You can contribute to the relief.” Each cocktail table contained a mounted card describing the $1 million contribution by the Academy’s MusiCares Fire Relief and urged donations. This is a charity for members of the music community who were affected. “Let us use the power of music to uplift and to support their needs.”

Nominees Nathan Dantzler, Julian Bunetta and Ian Fitchuk. Photo: Ed Rode for Getty Images

The occasion was the Recording Academy’s annual party to honor the chapter’s Grammy nominees. Staged at the Loews Vanderbilt Plaza, the event is always a recognition of Nashville’s diversity.

Chapter board president Armand Hutton is a previous Grammy nominee as an arranger. “The Nashville chapter has over 110 nominees and 171 nominations in 47 different categories,” he told the crowd. “Our music community is a library of genres. We’re inspired to recognize these talented nominees in this room.”

Four-time jazz nominee Bela Fleck, the bluegrass band Sister Sadie, debut bluegrass artist Bronwyn Keith Hynes, gospel nominees Authentic Unlimited, country’s Dan Smyers and blues nominees Jon Tiven, Joe Bonamassa and Eddie Gore worked the red carpet. Jessie Jo Dillon and Jessi Alexander made history as two Nashville women nominated as Grammy Songwriters of the Year.

Alice Randall’s songs were the basis for the album My Black Country. Rhiannon Giddens is nominated in the American Roots category for her performance of “The Ballad of Sally Anne” on it. Randall will be Giddens’ “date” to the Feb. 2 Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.

Attendee Cam (Cameron Ochs) is nominated for her work on the Beyonce album Cowboy Carter. Daniel Tashian and Ian Fitchuk earned nominations for their work with Kacey Musgraves on Deeper Well. Nominee Christopher Rowe aided Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department, while Julian Bunetta was recognized due to his work with Sabrina Carpenter.

Others nominees who RSVP’d for the party included Rob Ickes, Dane Allen, Nathan Dantzler, Cody Fry, Trey Hensley, Nioshi Jackson, Will Kimbrough, Rob McCoury, Autumn Nelon Streetman, Melodie Walker, Kelvin Wooten, Kevin Young, Andrew Stanton, Pascal LeBoeuf, Lloyd Nix, Jess Russ, Sajan Nauriyal, Josiah Prince and Dan Tyminski.

This will be the 67th annual Grammy Awards presentations.