The 49th Annual Grammy Awards are tonight and while I missed the Police reunion (I'm sure there will be 14 versions available on YouTube tomorrow), I am very happy that Dan Zanes won the award for Best Musical Album for Children for Catch That Train! (review here). Wow, I've interviewed a Grammy winner.
See a smiling Zanes and Father Goose during the ceremony here.
Congratulations also to Bill Harley, who won the award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children for his album Blah Blah Blah: Stories About Clams, Swamp Monsters, Pirates & Dogs.
49th Annual Grammy Nominations -- Children's Field
The nominations for the 49th Annual Grammy Awards were released today and, as always, they included two children's-related fields.
Regular readers of the site will have a "one of these things is not like the other" moment.
News: Children's Grammy Noms Announced
The Grammy nominations were announced yesterday and the nods for the two children's categories are:
Best Musical Album For Children (For albums consisting of predominantly music or song vs. spoken word.)
> Beethoven's Wig 2: More Sing Along Symphonies - Beethoven's Wig [Rounder Kids]
> cELLAbration! A Tribute To Ella Jenkins - Various Artists, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, producers [Smithsonian Folkways Recordings]
> House Party - Dan Zanes And Friends [Festival Five Records]
> Merry Fishes To All - Trout Fishing In America [Trout Records]
> Sharing Cultures With Ella Jenkins - Ella Jenkins [Smithsonian Folkways Recordings]
Best Spoken Word Album For Children (For albums consisting of predominantly spoken word vs. music or song.)
> The Best Halloween Ever - Elaine Stritch [Harper Children's Audio]
> Carnival Of The Animals - John Lithgow [Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers]
> The Emperor's New Clothes - Peter Schickele [Newport Classic]
> Green Eggs And Ham And Other Servings Of Dr. Seuss - Various Artists John McElroy, producer[Listening Library]
> The Story Of Classical Music - Marin Alsop [Naxos Audio Books]
> The Train They Call The City Of New Orleans - Tom Chapin [Live Oak Media]
The Grammys will be televised Feb. 13, 2005, although I would be surprised to see either of these categories awarded during the broadcast.
