AND THE GRAMMY GOES TO...\COUNTRY.Byline: Elizabeth Cosin Veteran Vince Gill  The introduction of this article is too short.To comply with Wikipedia's lead section guidelines, it should be expanded. captured the Best Country Song and Best Male Country Vocal awards for "Go Rest High on That Mountain," which he wrote for his brother, Bob, who died of a heart attack three years ago. The song combines the spiritual quality of mountain church music with Gill's trademark solid, pop-country vocals. "I just wanted to find a way to hope he was in a better place and say goodbye," Gill explained. Bluegrass bluegrass, any species of the large and widely distributed genus Poa, chiefly range and pasture grasses of economic importance in temperate and cool regions. In general, bluegrasses are perennial with fine-leaved foliage that is bluish green in some species. crooner Alison Krauss took the Best Female Country Vocal Grammy for "Baby, Now That I've Found You," while Shania Twain landed the Best Country Album award for "The Woman in Me." The Mavericks, a rough-edged band that leans more toward Buddy Holly Noun 1. Buddy Holly - United States rock star (1936-1959) Charles Hardin Holley, Holly than Nashville, won for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal for "Here Comes the Rain." Shenandoah, fronted by Krauss, won in the Country Collaboration With Vocals category for "Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart," while the Country Instrument Performance Grammy went to Asleep at the Wheel for "Hightower." The Nashville Bluegrass Band took Best Bluegrass Album for "Unleashed." In the folk categories, Ramblin' Jack Elliott For the composer, see . Ramblin' Jack Elliott (born Elliott Charles Adnopoz, August 1, 1931) is an American folk performer. Originally from Brooklyn, New York, Elliott grew up in a Jewish family[1] and had always wanted to be a cowboy, inspired by the , who remains a key link between Woody Guthrie Noun 1. Woody Guthrie - United States folk singer and songwriter (1912-1967) Guthrie, Woodrow Wilson Guthrie and Bob Dylan's generation, won for Best Traditional Folk Album with the stirring "South Coast." And Emmylou Harris' highly acclaimed "Wrecking Ball" earned her the Grammy for Best Contemporary Folk Album Vocal or Instrumental. CAPTION(S): PHOTO Photo (1) Emmylou Harris (2) Naughty by Nature Naughty by Nature is a Grammy Award Winning American Hip hop group that at the time of its formation in 1991 consisted of Treach, Vin Rock, and the DJ Kay Gee. The group formed in East Orange, New Jersey (colloquially referred to as "Illtown" in the 1980s). (3) Radu Lupu (4) Lena Horne |
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