{"id":39995,"date":"2025-11-07T19:39:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T19:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/39995\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T19:39:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T19:39:09","slug":"miranda-lambert-kirk-franklin-among-north-texas-grammy-nominees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/39995\/","title":{"rendered":"Miranda Lambert, Kirk Franklin among North Texas Grammy nominees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Miranda Lambert, Charley Crockett, Kirk Franklin and the Dallas String Quartet are among the North Texas nominees for the 68th annual Grammy Awards, announced Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Lambert \u2014 who lived in Van Alstyne, north of Dallas, before moving to Lindale \u2014 scored four nominations, including two in the same category. She\u2019ll compete against herself for the country duo\/group performance award for \u201cTrailblazer,\u201d her collab with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/arts-entertainment\/music\/2025\/05\/03\/reba-mcentire-interview-acm-awards-frisco\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/arts-entertainment\/music\/2025\/05\/03\/reba-mcentire-interview-acm-awards-frisco\/\">Reba McEntire<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/arts-entertainment\/music\/2025\/05\/08\/academy-of-country-music-awards-live-frisco\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/arts-entertainment\/music\/2025\/05\/08\/academy-of-country-music-awards-live-frisco\/\">Lainey Wilson<\/a>, and \u201cA Song to Sing,\u201d her duet with Chris Stapleton.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">\u201cA Song to Sing\u201d also earned Lambert a country song award nomination as a co-writer. She\u2019s also in the running for the contemporary country award with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/arts-entertainment\/music\/2024\/09\/05\/miranda-lambert-talks-about-new-album-texas-roots-and-living-out-her-dreams\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/arts-entertainment\/music\/2024\/09\/05\/miranda-lambert-talks-about-new-album-texas-roots-and-living-out-her-dreams\/\">Postcards from Texas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Related<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"aspect-ratio:190 \/ 127\" class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-related-story-module__2UraD flex-none object-cover dmnc_images-modern-image-module__QFaG- max-w-full h-auto text-white dmnc_images-modern-image-module__9Zlll bg-gray-light object-contain dmnc_images-modern-image-module__P3kZ4 w-full\" width=\"190\" height=\"127\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AGOXTQ7JJJH5JN3FU6ZJOTPP7U.jpeg\" alt=\"Miranda Lambert, who turned 40 this year, is the most-lauded country singer-songwriter to...\"\/><\/p>\n<p>News Roundups<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__3beff secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-20 text-center text-gray-dark\">Catch up on the day&#8217;s news you need to know.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__8MgJa flex flex-wrap text-gray-dark secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-10 text-center justify-center\">By signing up, you agree to our\u00a0<a class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__lU9-l border-b border-gray-dark hover_border-0 focus_border-0 active_border-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/help\/terms-of-service\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Terms of Service<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__lU9-l border-b border-gray-dark hover_border-0 focus_border-0 active_border-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/help\/privacy-policy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Crockett\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/arts-entertainment\/music\/2025\/08\/14\/charley-crockett-throws-a-curveball-in-his-latest-album-dollar-a-day\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/arts-entertainment\/music\/2025\/08\/14\/charley-crockett-throws-a-curveball-in-his-latest-album-dollar-a-day\/\">Dollar A Day<\/a> is up for traditional country album, competing with two Nelsons \u2014 Willie and Lukas. It\u2019s Crockett\u2019s second nomination to date, after a nod last year in the same category for $10 Cowboy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Twenty-time Grammy winner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/faith\/2023\/11\/16\/fort-worths-kirk-franklin-on-meeting-his-birth-father-at-53-and-new-album-fathers-day\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/faith\/2023\/11\/16\/fort-worths-kirk-franklin-on-meeting-his-birth-father-at-53-and-new-album-fathers-day\/\">Kirk Franklin<\/a> is up for the gospel performance\/song Grammy for \u201cDo It Again.\u201d It\u2019s the Fort Worth artist\u2019s 33rd nomination since 1996.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">The Dallas String Quartet scored its first nod for According to the Moon, a collaboration with Cheryl Engelhardt and Australian artist GEM, in the new age\/ambient\/chant album category.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Violist Ion Zanca founded the quartet in 2007 at Southern Methodist University. Billing itself as \u201cBach meets Bon Jovi,\u201d the group blends strings with drums and guitar on tunes by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/topic\/taylor-swift\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/topic\/taylor-swift\/\">Taylor Swift<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/arts-entertainment\/music\/2021\/09\/02\/guns-n-roses-played-first-full-capacity-american-airlines-center-show-in-a-year-heres-how-it-went\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/arts-entertainment\/music\/2021\/09\/02\/guns-n-roses-played-first-full-capacity-american-airlines-center-show-in-a-year-heres-how-it-went\/\">Guns N\u2019 Roses<\/a>. They play Dec. 17 at the Winspear Opera House.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">The Grammy ceremony takes place Feb. 1 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-subject-tag-list-with-images-list-with-images-module__P4zn3 inline-block pr-8 shrink-0 w-auto flex flex-col\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/arts-entertainment\/music\/2025\/11\/05\/fort-worth-native-kelly-clarkson-returns-stage-months-after-ex-husband-brandon-blackstocks-death\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:190 \/ 127\" class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-subject-tag-list-with-images-list-with-images-module__6H-hI dmnc_images-modern-image-module__QFaG- max-w-full h-auto text-white dmnc_images-modern-image-module__9Zlll bg-gray-light object-contain\" width=\"190\" height=\"127\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1762544349_419_Z5TO55ZJOV35JHFOQHTKPLHPUY.jpg\" alt=\"Kelly Clarkson performs on NBC's &quot;Today&quot; show at Rockefeller Plaza on Tuesday, May 6, 2025,...\"\/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/arts-entertainment\/music\/2025\/11\/05\/fort-worth-native-kelly-clarkson-returns-stage-months-after-ex-husband-brandon-blackstocks-death\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">North Texas native Kelly Clarkson returns to stage months after ex-husband\u2019s death<\/a><\/p>\n<p>She will perform at Las Vegas\u2019 Colosseum at Caesars Palace as part of her \u201cStudio Sessions\u201d residency.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-subject-tag-list-with-images-list-with-images-module__P4zn3 inline-block pr-8 shrink-0 w-auto flex flex-col\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/arts-entertainment\/things-to-do\/2025\/11\/07\/christmas-holiday-concerts-d-fw-andrea-bocelli-leslie-odom\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:190 \/ 127\" class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-subject-tag-list-with-images-list-with-images-module__6H-hI dmnc_images-modern-image-module__QFaG- max-w-full h-auto text-white dmnc_images-modern-image-module__9Zlll bg-gray-light object-contain\" width=\"190\" height=\"127\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1762544349_567_KETV7XOXDZAIBF7BHGZUIUTMRM.jpg\" alt=\"Pentatonix\"\/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/arts-entertainment\/things-to-do\/2025\/11\/07\/christmas-holiday-concerts-d-fw-andrea-bocelli-leslie-odom\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sounds of the season: 13 holiday concerts happening in North Texas<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Get into the holiday spirit by listening to artists like Leslie Odom Jr., Andrea Bocelli, Lindsay Stirling and more in concerts across Dallas-Fort Worth. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Miranda Lambert, Charley Crockett, Kirk Franklin and the Dallas String Quartet are among the North Texas nominees for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39996,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[102,116,24587,278,4661,27,29,28,24588],"class_list":{"0":"post-39995","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-texas","8":"tag-dallas","9":"tag-fort-worth","10":"tag-kirk-franklin","11":"tag-music","12":"tag-pop-music","13":"tag-texas","14":"tag-texas-headlines","15":"tag-texas-news","16":"tag-willie-nelson"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}