10/05/2025
GRAMMY® voting has started! We are thrilled to announce that Sessions: Rhode Island has been submitted for the GRAMMY® Awards. The album is a homage to various musical styles from around the globe, drawing superstar musicians together in a recording session that took two afternoons as part of the URI Guitar and Mandolin University of Rhode Island Guitar and Mandolin Festival.
We will be in 3 categories:
1) Classical: Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
2) Latin, Global, Reggae & New Age, Ambient, or Chant: Best Global Music Album
3) Production, Engineering, Composition & Arrangement: Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
PLEASE SHARE, we would be so grateful.
We were so honored to chart in consecutive weeks as No.1 and No.2 on the Classical Crossover Billboard Charts back when it was released.
There are so many incredible musicians featured on this album, 'm still in awe of the amazing musicians we got to work with: Simon Shaheen سيمون شاهين سيمون شاهين, Badi Assad, Bridget Kibbey, Jacob (Yaki) Yaki Reuven, Mike Block Music, Derek Gripper, Rene Izquierdo, The Great Necks, Maharajah Flamenco Trio, Silviu Ciulei, Ramin Yazdanpanah, David Cobb, Adam Levin, Classical Guitarist, Will Knuth, Matthew Rohde, Jim Davidson, Jim Perona, Jim Perona (Official Music Page), Victor Main, Chinnawat Themkumkwun, Matthew Anderson, and Scott Borg.
Thank you for your consideration!
To stream the album go to https://open.spotify.com/album/7BllJbbhQcy4lUk2QambaE
For more information, please go to the awesome Soundset Recordings. https://www.soundset.com/album/SR1176/?sort=&asc_desc=DESC&resultpage=
