Perhaps what's even more interesting was the nomination Colorado-based rootsy trio the Lumineers scored for Best New Artist - an honor they shared with blockbuster buzz band the Alabama Shakes, among others.
Without further ado, I give you a full list of folk, roots, and Americana artists nominated in the roots music categories and elsewhere. Winners are noted in bold. For a full list of all Grammy nominees in every category, you can visit Grammy.com.
Best Folk Album
Carolina Chocolate Drops - Leaving Eden
Ry Cooder - Election Special
Luther Dickinson - Hambone's Meditations
WINNER: Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, and Chris Thile - The Goat Rodeo Sessions
Various - This One's For Him: A Tribute to Guy Clark
Best Americana Album
The Avett Brothers - The Carpenter
John Fullbright - From the Ground Up
The Lumineers - The Lumineers
Mumford & Sons - Babel
WINNER: Bonnie Raitt - Slipstream
Best Bluegrass Album
Dailey & Vincent - The Gospel Side Of
The Grascals - Life Finds a Way
Noam Pikelny - Beat the Devil & Carry a Rail
Special Consensus - Scratch Gravel Road
WINNER: Steep Canyon Rangers - Nobody Knows You
Folk and Americana artists nominated in other categories
- Mumford & Sons - Album of the Year for Babel (WINNER), Best Rock Performance and Best Rock Song for "I Will Wait", Best Long-form Music Video for "Big Easy Express" (with OCMS, Edward Sharpe, etc.), Producer Markus Dravs nominated for Producer of the Year
- Jack White - Album of the Year and Best Rock Album for Blunderbuss, Best Rock Song for "Freedom at 21"
- Alabama Shakes - Best New Artist, Best Rock Performance for "Hold On", Best Recording Package for Boys and Girls
- The Lumineers - Best New Artist
- Bruce Springsteen - Best Rock Performance and Best Rock Song for "We Take Care of Our Own", Best Rock Album for Wrecking Ball
- Tom Waits - Best Alternative Music Album for Bad as Me
- The Civil Wars (with Taylor Swift) - Best Country Duo/Group Performance and Best Song Written for Visual Media for "Safe and Sound" (from The Hunger Games soundtrack)
- Elizabeth Mitchell - Best Children's Album for Little Seed: Songs for Children by Woody Guthrie
- Aimee Mann - Best Recording Package for Charmer
- Woody at 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection - Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package (WINNER), Best Historical Album
- Old-Time Smoky Mountain Music: 34 Historic Songs, Ballads, And Instrumentals Recorded In The Great Smoky Mountains By "Song Catcher" Joseph S. Hall - Best Historical Album
- Ryan Adams - Ashes and Fire - Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
