All Songs Considered, NPR’s Online Music Show, has a Grammys edition.
Each year the Grammys hand out awards for nearly every conceivable category of music, from “best jazz instrumental album, individual or group” to “best engineered classical album.” Did you ever wonder how it all works? On this edition of All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen talks with Ron Roeker, vice president of communications for the Recording Academy about the selection process; plus a look at the “best new artist” category. Below you’ll find the five Grammy nominees for best new artist, along with listener and staff picks for best new artist from the past year.