Bay Area Musicians Win Big At The 61st Annual Grammy Awards
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- The 61st Annual Grammy Awards kicked off on Sunday evening and many Bay Area music stars took home the coveted gold gramophone.
Here's a list of the winners:
First-time nominee H.E.R. from Vallejo won Best R&B Performance for her feature on Daniel Caesar's song "Best Part." She also won Best R&B Album for her self-titled project "H.E.R." She was nominated for 5 total awards.
Congratulations @HERMusicx! She just won "Best R&B Album". This is her 2nd win tonight. The Bay Area is so proud! #Grammys
— KPIX 5 (@KPIXtv) February 11, 2019
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Oakland's own Fantastic Negrito won the award for Best Contemporary Blues Album for his second full-length album "Please Don't Be Dead." This is his second Grammy victory.
Congratulations to #Oakland's own @MusicNegrito! He won the #GRAMMY for #BestContemporaryBluesAlbum. #GRAMMYs #GrammysKPIX pic.twitter.com/4wQSq5Vz4V
— KPIX 5 (@KPIXtv) February 10, 2019
Shawn Murphy and his team won Best Engineered Album, Classical for their work on "Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 and 11."
Congratulations to the Bay Area's Shawn Murphy for "Best Engineered Album Classical" for his work on Shostakovich symphonies nos. 4 & 11#KPIX #PIXNow #GrammysKPIX #grammys https://t.co/pvPBvdIczw pic.twitter.com/F9as3H3Wu3
— KPIX 5 (@KPIXtv) February 11, 2019
Oakland-based metal band High On Fire won Best Metal Performance for "Electric Messiah."
Oakland's High on Fire wins the Grammy for "Best Metal Performance" for their work on "Electric Messiah". #KPIX #PIXNow #grammys #GrammysKPIX #highonfire #electricmessiah https://t.co/lSwlbcCaMH pic.twitter.com/EWAYJtB0aU
— KPIX 5 (@KPIXtv) February 11, 2019
The strings of San Francisco's Kronos Quartet won Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance.
A full list of all of the night's nominations and winners can be viewed here.