Raising Sand

...conservative tastes didn't win out. Robert Plant and Alison Krauss won the album of the year award for "Raising Sand," a record of sepia-toned country and rockabilly standards released two years ago. They beat out Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter...

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...of the year, music's highest honor. This year's field, widely hailed as a solid reflection of 2008's worthiest works, pits the duo's Raising Sand against Coldplay's Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends, Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III,...

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...Recording Academy's 17,000 voters. Those voters will decide in upcoming weeks whether the album of the year award will go to "Raising Sand" by Plant and Krauss, "In Rainbows" by Radiohead, "Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends" by...

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...groundbreaking CD ``In Rainbows.'' Rounding out the category was singer-songwriter Ne-Yo's ``Year of the Gentleman,'' and Robert Plant's musical collaboration with Alison Krauss, ``Raising Sand.'' The nominations were unveiled during a...

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...for album of the year. Wayne will be competing with Coldplay s Viva La Vida, Radiohead s In Rainbows, Ne-Yo s Year of the Gentleman and Robert Plant's collaboration with Alison Krauss, called Raising Sand. During the GRAMMY Nominations...

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...USA TODAY Lil Wayne left the Grammys loaded down with four golden trophies, but it wasn't a great shock to anyone that his haul didn't include the night's top award, which went to Robert Plant and Alison Krauss for Raising Sand. The rapper...

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...Year nods for Viva La Vida and Tha Carter III, respectively. Ne-Yo (Year of the Gentleman) and fun-music couple Alison Krauss and Robert Plant (Raising Sand) also were nominated. Radiohead rounded out the category with a nod for In Rainbows,...

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...and bluegrass star Alison Krauss. Their folk-rock disc Raising Sand garnered five awards, including Record of the Year for "Please Read the Letter" and Best Pop Collaboration with Vocal for "Rich Woman." Front-runner Lil Wayne took just...

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...I think it's a good way to spend a Sunday. " "Raising Sand" pulled ahead at the end of the night after a tight contest with Lil Wayne and Coldplay, who had the top two best-selling albums of 2008. Lil Wayne, the bawdy and gifted New Orleans...

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