Congrats to...Shore Fire Media!

We've all worked hard all year. So I won't hide under false modesty...I wanted to post this press release we sent out today.

SHORE FIRE CLIENTS EARN 21 GRAMMY NOMINATIONS

Multiple Nominations Announced For Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, The Roots And Bela Fleck & The Flecktones

Shore Fire's Diverse Rosters Garners Best Album Nods In 11 Different Categories

Shore Fire clients today earned 21 GRAMMY nominations as announced in a ceremony by the Recording Academy. Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, The Roots and Bela Fleck & The Flecktones (who have all won GRAMMY Awards in past years) each earned multiple honors. Over all, Shore Fire artists we're currently working with or have worked with in the last year were nominated for best album in eleven different categories, evidencing the diversity of our roster. The 49th Annual GRAMMY Awards will be broadcast February 11 from the Staples Center in Los Angeles by CBS.

Shore Fire Media would like to congratulate the clients on the following nominations:

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance:
• KT Tunstall "Black Horse And The Cherry Tree" - from 'Eye To The
Telescope' - Virgin Records

Best Pop Instrumental Performance:
• The Brian Setzer Orchestra "My Favorite Things" from 'Dig That Crazy Christmas' - Surfdog Records
• Bela Fleck & The Flecktones "Subterfuge" - from 'The Hidden Land' - Sony Legacy

Best Pop Vocal Album:
• Elvis Costello 'The River in Reverse' - Verve Forecast

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album:
• Tony Bennett 'Duets: An American Classic' (Produced by Phil Ramone) - Sony
BMG

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance:
• Anita Baker "Christmas Time is Here" from ''Christmas Fantasy' - Blue Note
• Sam Moore Featuring Billy Preston, Zucchero, Eric Clapton & Robert Randolph "You Are So Beautiful" from 'Overnight Sensational' - Rhino Records

Best R&B Performance By A Dup Or Group With Vocals:
• Sly & The Family Stone, John Legend, Joss Stone, with Van Hunt "Family Affair" from 'Different Strokes By Different Folks' - Sony Legacy

Best Rap Performance:
• The Roots "Don't Feel Right" - Def Jam Recordings

Best Rap Album:
• The Roots 'Game Theory' - Def Jam Recordings

Best Bluegrass Album:
• Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder - 'Instrumentals' - Skaggs Family Records

Best Contemporary Jazz Album:
• Bela Fleck & The Flecktones 'The Hidden Land' - Sony Legacy

Best Jazz Vocal Album:
• Diana Krall 'From This Moment On' - Verve Records

Best Traditional Blues Album:
• James Hunter 'People Gonna Talk' - GO Records/Rounder

Best Traditional Folk Album:
• Bruce Springsteen 'We Shall Overcome- The Seeger Sessions' - Columbia Records

Best Reggae Album:
• Matisyahu 'Youth' - Epic/Or Music/JDub
• UB40 'Who You Fighting For' - Rhino

Best Traditional World Music Album:
• Music of Central Asia Vol. 2: Invisible Face of The Beloved: Classical Music Of The Tajiks and Uzbeks The Academy of Maqam - Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Best Contemporary World Music Album:
• The Klezmatics 'Wonder Wheel' - JMG/RED

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s):
• "My Flame Burns Blue (Blood Count)"- (Elvis Costello with The Metropole Orkest) arranger Vince Mendoza - Deutsche Grammophon

Best Long Form Music Video:
• Bruce Springsteen "Wings For Wheels: The Making of Born To Run" Video Director & Producer Thom Zimny - Columbia Records

Additionally, the Phil Ramone-produced "For Once In My Life" by Tony Bennett and Stevie Wonder was nominated for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals.