2023 GRAMMYs to be presented Sunday, February 5
LOS ANGELES (November 15, 2022) The Tennessee State University "Aristocrat of Bands" is among the nominees announced today for the 2023 GRAMMY Awards, to be presented
in Los Angeles on Sunday, February 5.
The Nashville-based marching band is nominated in the "Best Roots Gospel Album" category which is open to albums "containing greater than 50% playing time of newly recorded, vocal, traditional/roots gospel music, including country, Southern gospel, bluegrass, and Americana recordings."
The five nominees contending for the GRAMMY are:
• Let's Just Praise The Lord
Gaither Vocal Band
• Confessio - Irish American Roots
Keith & Kristyn Getty
• The Willie Nelson Family
Willie Nelson
• 2:22
Karen Peck & New River
• The Urban Hymnal
Tennessee State University Marching Band
The Tennessee State University Band has achieved a substantial roster of national performances, including presidential inaugural parades and the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade.
The band is also recognized as the first HBCU marching band to appear on national television, in 1955 during halftime of the Rams versus Bears NFL game.
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