Four Smithsonian Folkways releases earned nominations for the 58th GRAMMY Awards! The winners will be announced by The Recording Academy on February 15, 2016. Click here for the complete list of nominees.

¡Come Bien! Eat Right! José-Luis Orozco, a fun-filled, bilingual album about food and nutrition, was nominated in the Best Children’s Album category, while Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano’s Tradición, Arte y Pasión, which pays tribute to the golden age of Mariachi and its late founder, was nominated in the Best Regional Mexican Album category. Both of these releases are part of the Tradiciones/Traditions series of Latin American music presented with support from the Smithsonian Latino Center.

Smithsonian Folkways archivist and producer Jeff Place earned a nomination in the Best Album Notes category for his work on the in-depth box set Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection. And Fannie Lou Hamer’s posthumous album Songs My Mother Taught Me, produced by Mark Puryear and mastered by Pete Reiniger, earned a nomination in the Best Historical Album category. The Fannie Lou Hamer album is part of the African American Legacy Series and, like the Lead Belly box set, is presented with support from the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Smithsonian Folkways has now earned 29 lifetime GRAMMY nominations and seven GRAMMY awards .

Nomination List:

Best Children's Album

¡Come Bien! Eat Right!
José-Luis Orozco
[Smithsonian Folkways Recordings]
(Part of the Tradiciones Series produced with support from the Smithsonian Latino Center)

Best Album Notes

Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection
Jeff Place, album notes writer (Lead Belly)
[Smithsonian Folkways Recordings]
(Produced with support from the National Museum of African American History and Culture)

Best Historical Album

Songs My Mother Taught Me
Mark Puryear, compilation producer; Pete Reiniger,
mastering engineer (Fannie Lou Hamer)
[Smithsonian Folkways Recordings]
(Part of the African American Legacy Series produced with support from NMAAHC)

Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)

Tradición, Arte y Pasión
[Smithsonian Folkways Recordings]
(Part of the Tradiciones Series produced with support from the Smithsonian Latino Center)