Limerick-based duo win Grammy award in US for Best Folk Album
Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi: won Best Folk Album at Sunday night's Grammys
The Limerick-based duo of Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi took home the 2022 Grammy Award in the Best Folk Album category, announced on Sunday night at the annual US music awards ceremony at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
They're Calling Me Home album - recorded at Hellfire Studios, a small studio on a farm in the foothills of the Dublin mountains - won the honours in a crowded field, including genre standouts Sarah Jarosz, Madison Cunningham, Tyler Childers and Mary Chapin Carpenter. The win was accompanied by a nomination in the Best Roots Song category.
