The Grammy Award

Grammy Award

A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...

 for "Best Surround Sound

Surround sound

Surround sound encompasses a range of techniques such as for enriching the sound reproduction quality of an audio source with audio channels reproduced via additional, discrete speakers. Surround sound is characterized by a listener location or sweet spot where the audio effects work best, and...

 Album" was first awarded in 2005, as the first category in a new "Surround Sound" field.

Nominees:

• An Evening With Dave Grusin
  • Frank Filipetti & Eric Schilling, surround mix engineers; Frank Filipetti, surround mastering engineer; Phil Ramone, surround producer (Various Artists)
• Grace For Drowning
  Grace for Drowning
  Reception for the album has been generally positive. Ben Bland of Steroboard wrote positively of the album, stating "For a work so defiantly widescreen in its intentions as this, it is truly remarkable that there is nothing that could, or rather should, be accused of being filler or being over the...
  
  
  • Steven Wilson, surround mix engineer; Paschal Byrne, surround mastering engineer; Steven Wilson, surround producer (Steven Wilson
    Steven Wilson
    Steven John Wilson is an English musician, best known as the founder, lead guitarist, singer and songwriter of progressive rock band Porcupine Tree...
    
    )
• Kind
  • Morten Lindberg, surround mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Kjetil Almenning, Ensemble 96 & Nidaros String Quartet)
• Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs (Super Deluxe Edition)
  Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
  Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs is a blues-rock album by Derek and the Dominos, released in November 1970, best known for its eponymous title track, "Layla"...
  
  
  • Elliot Scheiner, surround mix engineer; Bob Ludwig, surround mastering engineer; Bill Levenson & Elliot Scheiner, surround producers (Derek & The Dominos)
• Spohr: String Sextet In C Major, Op. 140 & Nonet In F Major, Op. 31
  • Andreas Spreer, surround mix engineer; Andreas Spreer, surround mastering engineer; Andreas Spreer, surround producer (Camerata Freden)

53rd Annual Grammy Awards

53rd Grammy Awards

The 53rd annual Grammy Awards were held on February 13, 2011, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. They were broadcast on CBS with a rating of 26.6 million viewers. Barbra Streisand was honored as the MusiCares Person of the Year two nights prior to the telecast on February 11. Nominations were...

For vocal or instrumental albums released during September 1, 2009 through September 30, 2010.
Nominees announced: November 30th, 2010.
Award ceremony: February 13, 2011.

Best Surround Sound Album:

• Britten's Orchestra

Keith O. Johnson, surround mix engineer; Keith O. Johnson, surround mastering engineer; David Frost, surround producer (Micheal Stern & Kansas City Symphony) [Reference Recordings]

Other Nominees:

• The Incident
  The Incident (album)
  The Incident is the tenth studio album by British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree. It was released on September 14, 2009 by Roadrunner Records. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Surround Sound Album and reached the Top 25 on both the US and UK album charts.-History:The band...
  
  

Steven Wilson, surround mix engineer; Darcy Proper, surround mastering engineer; Steven Wilson, surround producer (Porcupine Tree) [Roadrunner Records]

• Parallax Eden

David Miles Huber, surround mix engineers; David Miles Huber, surround mastering engineer; David Miles Huber, surround producer (David Miles Huber) [51bpm]

• Songs And Stories (Monster Music Version)

Don Murray, surround mix engineers; Sangwook Nam & Doug Sax, surround mastering engineers; John Burk, Noel Lee & Marcus Miller, surround producers (George Benson) [Concord Records/Monster Music]

• Trondheimsolistene - In Folk Style

orten Lindberg, surround mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (TrondheimSolistene) [2L]

52nd Annual Grammy Awards.

For vocal or instrumental albums released during October 1, 2008 through September 30, 2009.
Nominees announced: December 2nd, 2009.
Award ceremony: January 31, 2010.

Best Surround Sound Album:

• Transmigration

Michael Bishop, surround mix engineer; Michael Bishop, surround mastering engineer; Elaine Martone, surround producer (Robert Spano, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Choruses) [Telarc]

Other Nominees:

• Colabs

David Miles Huber, surround mix engineer; David Miles Huber, surround mastering engineer; David Miles Huber, surround producer (David Miles Huber, Allen Hart, DJ Muad'Deep, Seren Wen, Musetta, Henta, Marcell Marias & Gail Pettis) [51bpm]

• Flute Mystery

Morten Lindberg & Hans Peter L'Orange, surround mix engineers; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Emily Beynon, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Fred Johnny Berg, Catherine Beynon & Philharmonia Orchestra) [2L/Lindberg Lyd]

• Kleiberg: Treble & Bass

Morten Lindberg & Hans Peter L'Orange, surround mix engineers; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Daniel Reuss, Trondheim Symfoniorkester, Marianne Thorsen, & Göran Sjölin) [2L/Lindberg Lyd]

• Genesis 1970–1975

Nick Davis, surround mix engineer; Tony Cousins, surround mastering engineer; Nick Davis, surround producer (Genesis

Genesis (band)

Genesis are an English rock band that formed in 1967. The band currently comprises the longest-tenured members Tony Banks , Mike Rutherford and Phil Collins . Past members Peter Gabriel , Steve Hackett and Anthony Phillips , also played major roles in the band in its early years...

) [Atlantic/Rhino]

51st Annual Grammy Awards.

For vocal or instrumental albums released during October 1, 2007 through September 30, 2008.
Nominees announced: December 4, 2008.
Award ceremony: February 8, 2009.

Best Surround Sound Album:

• Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition; Night On Bald Mountain; Prelude To Khovanshchina

Michael Bishop, surround mix engineer; Michael Bishop, surround mastering engineer; Robert Woods, surround producer (Paavo Järvi & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra)[Telarc]

Other Nominees:

• Divertimenti

Morten Lindberg & Hans Peter L'Orange, surround mix engineers; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Øyvind Gimse & TrondheimSolistene)[2L]

• Rheinberger: Sacred Choral Works

John Newton, surround mix engineer; Jonathan Cooper & Mark Donahue, surround mastering engineers; Blanton Alspaugh, surround producer (Charles Bruffy, Phoenix Bach Choir & Kansas City Chorale)[Chandos]

• Ringo 5.1: The Surround Sound Collection
  Ringo 5.1: The Surround Sound Collection
  Ringo 5.1: The Surround Sound Collection is a DVD-Audio compilation by Ringo Starr. The tracks featured are from his albums Ringo Rama and Choose Love.-Disc: 1:#Fading in and Fading Out#Never Without You#Choose Love#Imagine Me There...
  
  

Bruce Sugar, surround mix engineer; Chris Bellman, surround mastering engineer; Bill Crowley, Ringo Starr & Bruce Sugar, surround producers (Ringo Starr)[Koch]

• Sensurround + B-Sides

Tohru Takayama, surround mix engineer; Keigo Oyamada, surround producer (Cornelius)[Everloving]

50th Annual Grammy Awards.

For vocal or instrumental albums released during October 1, 2006 through September 30, 2007.
Nominees announced: December 6, 2007.
Award ceremony: February 19, 2008.

Best Surround Sound Album:

• The Beatles
  The Beatles
  The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
  
  : Love

Paul Hicks, surround mix engineer; Tim Young, surround mastering engineer; George Martin & Giles Martin, surround producers (The Beatles) [Apple/Capitol Records]

Other Nominees:

• The Flaming Lips
  The Flaming Lips
  The Flaming Lips are an American alternative rock band, formed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1983.Melodically, their sound contains lush, multi-layered, psychedelic rock arrangements, but lyrically their compositions show elements of space rock, including unusual song and album titles—such as "What...
  
   & Dave Fridmann
  Dave Fridmann
  Dave Fridmann is an American record producer and musician. From 1990 onwards he co-produced all releases by Mercury Rev and The Flaming Lips...
  
  : At War with the Mystics
  At War with the Mystics
  -At War with the Mystics 5.1:Like The Soft Bulletin and Yoshimi, At War with the Mystics was released as a special edition 5.1 CD+DVD-Audio mix on October 24, 2006...
  
   5.1

The Flaming Lips & Dave Fridmann, surround mix engineers; The Flaming Lips & Dave Fridmann, surround mastering engineers; The Flaming Lips & Dave Fridmann, surround producers [Warner Bros.]

• Porcupine Tree
  Porcupine Tree
  Porcupine Tree is a progressive rock band formed by Steven Wilson in 1987 in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England. Their music is difficult to categorise, being associated with both psychedelic rock and progressive rock, yet having been influenced by trance, krautrock and ambient due to Steven...
  
  : Fear of a Blank Planet
  Fear of a Blank Planet
  Fear of a Blank Planet is the ninth studio album by British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree and their best selling . Released by Roadrunner on 16 April 2007 in the UK and Europe, 24 April 2007 in the United States through Atlantic, 25 April 2007 in Japan on WHD and 1 May 2007 in Canada by WEA...
  
  

Steven Wilson, surround mix engineer; Darcy Proper, surround mastering engineer; Porcupine Tree, surround producers [Atlantic Records]

• Charles Bruffy
  Charles Bruffy
  Charles Bruffy is a noted American choral conductor. He is artistic director of the Kansas City Chorale and the Phoenix Chorale and is Chorus Director of the Kansas City Symphony.-Education:...
  
  , Kansas City Chorale
  Kansas City Chorale
  The Kansas City Chorale is a professional 24-voice chorus conducted by Charles Bruffy. They perform an annual concert series in Kansas City and a concert in Phoenix each year with their sister choir, the Phoenix Chorale, also conducted by Mr. Bruffy. During his tenure as conductor, the chorus has...
  
   & Phoenix Bach Choir: Grechaninov
  Alexander Gretchaninov
  Alexander Tikhonovich Gretchaninov was a Russian Romantic composer.-His life:Gretchaninov started his musical studies rather late because his father, a businessman, had expected the boy to take over the family firm...
  
  : Passion Week

John Newton, surround mix engineer; Jonathan Cooper, surround mastering engineer; Blanton Alspaugh, surround producer [Chandos Records]

• Robert Spano
  Robert Spano
  Robert Spano is an American conductor and pianist. Since 2001 he has been Music Director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra , and he served as Music Director of the Brooklyn Philharmonic from 1996 to 2004...
  
   & Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
  Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
  The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Robert Spano has been its music director since 2001...
  
   & Chamber Chorus: Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5
  Symphony No. 5 (Vaughan Williams)
  Symphony No. 5 by English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams was written between 1938 and 1943. In style it represents a shift away from the violent dissonance of the Fourth Symphony, and a return to the more romantic style of the earlier Pastoral Symphony...
  
  ; Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
  Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
  Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, also known as the Tallis Fantasia, is a work for string orchestra by the British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams. It was composed in 1910, and performed for the first time in September of that year at Gloucester Cathedral for the Three Choirs Festival...
  
  ; Serenade to Music
  Serenade to Music
  Serenade to Music is a work by Ralph Vaughan Williams for 16 vocal soloists and orchestra, composed in 1938. The text is an adaptation of the discussion about music and the music of the spheres in Act V, Scene 1 of The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare. Vaughan Williams later arranged...
  
  

Michael Bishop, surround mix engineer; Michael Bishop, surround mastering engineer; Elaine Martone, surround producer [Telarc]

49th Annual Grammy Awards.

For vocal or instrumental albums released during October 1, 2005 through September 30, 2006.
Nominees announced: December 7, 2006.
Award ceremony: February 11, 2007.

Best Surround Sound Album:

• Donald Fagen
  Donald Fagen
  Donald Jay Fagen is an American musician and songwriter, best known as the co-founder, lead singer, and the principal songwriter of the rock band Steely Dan ....
  
  : Morph The Cat
  Morph the Cat
  Morph the Cat is a Grammy Award-winning 2006 album by Donald Fagen, his first solo release since 1993. The nine-track album was released in the US on March 14, 2006....
  
  

Elliot Scheiner, surround mix engineer; Darcy Proper, surround mastering engineer; Donald Fagen, surround producer
[Reprise Records]

Other Nominees:

• Ensemble 96
  Ensemble 96
  Ensemble 96 is a Norwegian chamber choir located in Oslo. The choir works mainly with contemporary music and is partly funded by government grants. It has released several CDs, and given concerts and participated in national and international choral competitions...
  
   Conducted By Øystein Fevang
  Øystein Fevang
  Øystein Fevang is a Norwegian singer and choir conductor. He conducts the Oslo Philharmonic Choir. He studied singing and conducting at the music conservatory in Oslo and at the Norwegian Academy of Music...
  
  : Immortal Nystedt

Morten Lindberg & Hans Peter L'Orange, surround mix engineers; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer
[2L]

• Ladysmith Black Mambazo
  Ladysmith Black Mambazo
  Ladysmith Black Mambazo is a male choral group from South Africa that sings in the vocal styles of isicathamiya and mbube. They rose to worldwide prominence as a result of singing with Paul Simon on his album, Graceland and have won multiple awards, including three Grammy Awards...
  
  : Long Walk To Freedom
  Long Walk to Freedom
  Long Walk to Freedom is an autobiographical work written by Nelson Mandela, and published in 1995 by Little Brown & Co. The book profiles his early life, coming of age, education and 27 years in prison. Mandela was once regarded as a terrorist but he is now regarded as uncontroversial...
  
  

Martin Walters, surround mix engineer; Martin Walters, surround mastering engineer; Martin Walters, surround producer
[Heads Up International]

• "Weird Al" Yankovic
  "Weird Al" Yankovic
  Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic is an American singer-songwriter, music producer, accordionist, actor, comedian, writer, satirist, and parodist. Yankovic is known for his humorous songs that make light of popular culture and that often parody specific songs by contemporary musical acts...
  
  : Straight Outta Lynwood
  Straight Outta Lynwood
  Straight Outta Lynwood is the 12th studio album by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It was released on September 26, 2006 in the U.S. by Volcano, on September 30, 2006 in Australia, on October 3 in Canada, on October 6, 2006 in New Zealand, November 13, 2006 in the United Kingdom, and November 24, 2006 in...
  
  

Tony Papa, surround mix engineer; Bernie Grundman, surround mastering engineer; Al Yankovic, surround producer
[Volcano/Zomba Label Group]

• Alan Parsons
  Alan Parsons
  Alan Parsons is a British audio engineer, musician, and record producer. He was involved with the production of several significant albums, including The Beatles' Abbey Road and Let It Be, as well as Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon for which Pink Floyd credit him as an important contributor...
  
  : A Valid Path
  A Valid Path
  A Valid Path is the fourth solo album that Alan Parsons recorded after splitting from his previous group The Alan Parsons Project. The gap between this and his previous album, The Time Machine, was the second greatest period between two consecutive albums, second only to the time between the split...
  
  

P.J. Olsson & Alan Parsons, surround mix engineers; Bob Michaels, surround mastering engineer; Alan Parsons, surround producer
[Immergent]

48th Annual Grammy Awards.

For vocal or instrumental albums released during October 1, 2004 through September 30, 2005.
Nominees announced: December 8, 2005.
Award ceremony: February 8, 2006.

Best Surround Sound Album:

• Dire Straits
  Dire Straits
  Dire Straits were a British rock band active from 1977 to 1995, composed of Mark Knopfler , his younger brother David Knopfler , John Illsley , and Pick Withers .Dire Straits' sound drew from a variety of musical influences, including jazz, folk, blues, and came closest...
  
  : Brothers In Arms - 20th Anniversary Edition

Chuck Ainlay, surround mix engineer; Bob Ludwig, surround mastering engineer; Chuck Ainlay & Mark Knopfler, surround producers
[Warner Bros.]

Other Nominees:

• Diana Krall
  Diana Krall
  Diana Jean Krall, OC, OBC is a Canadian jazz pianist and singer, known for her contralto vocals. She has sold more than 6 million albums in the US and over 15 million worldwide; altogether, she has sold more albums than any other female jazz artist during the 1990s and 2000s...
  
  : The Girl In The Other Room
  The Girl in the Other Room
  The Girl in the Other Room is the eighth album by jazz singer and pianist Diana Krall. For the first time, she performs songs that she co-wrote with her husband Elvis Costello. The album has already gone top 5 in the UK and debuted high on the Billboard 200 in May 2004...
  
  

Al Schmitt, surround mix engineer; Doug Sax, surround mastering engineer; Al Schmitt, surround producer
[Verve]

• Elton John
  Elton John
  Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE, Hon DMus is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor...
  
  : Honky Château
  Honky Château
  Honky Château is the fifth studio album by British singer/songwriter Elton John, released in 1972. In 2003, the album was ranked number 357 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. It was certified Gold on 7/24/1972 and Platinum on 10/11/1995 by the R.I.A.A...
  
  

Greg Penny

Greg Penny

Greg Penny is an American record producer, recording engineer, mixing engineer, musician, songwriter and artist best known for his work as a producer for Elton John and kd lang, as well as his 5.1 surround sound production and mixing...

, surround mix engineer; Greg Penny

Greg Penny

Greg Penny is an American record producer, recording engineer, mixing engineer, musician, songwriter and artist best known for his work as a producer for Elton John and kd lang, as well as his 5.1 surround sound production and mixing...

, surround mastering engineer; Greg Penny, surround producer
[Universal Music Enterprises]

• Foo Fighters
  Foo Fighters
  Foo Fighters is an American alternative rock band originally formed in 1994 by Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl as a one-man project following the dissolution of his previous band. The band got its name from the UFOs and various aerial phenomena that were reported by Allied aircraft pilots in World War...
  
  : In Your Honor
  In Your Honor
  In Your Honor is the fifth studio album by Foo Fighters, released on June 14, 2005 on BMG. It consists of two discs. The first contains up beat rock songs and the second disc contains mellower acoustic songs.-Development:...
  
  

Elliot Scheiner, surround mix engineer; Bob Ludwig, surround mastering engineer; Nick Raskulinecz, surround producer
[Roswell/Sony/BMG]

• José Serebrier
  José Serebrier
  José Serebrier is a Uruguayan conductor and composer. He married American soprano Carole Farley in 1969.- Youth :Serebrier was born in Montevideo, and first conducted an orchestra at the age of eleven, while at school. The school orchestra toured the country, which meant he was able to notch up...
  
   & Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
  Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
  The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra is an English orchestra. Originally based in Bournemouth, the BSO moved its offices to the adjacent town of Poole in 1979....
  
  : Mussorgsky
  Mussorgsky
  Mussorgsky can refer to:*The Mussorgsky family of Russian nobility;*Modest Mussorgsky, a Russian composer belonging to that family.*Mussorgsky , a 1950 Soviet film about the composer...
  
  /Stokowski
  Stokowski
  Stokowski is surname of:* Ferdynand Ignacy Stokowski , a Polish officer* Leopold Anthony Stokowski , a British-born American orchestral conductor** Olga Samaroff Stokowski...
  
  : Pictures At An Exhibition
  Pictures at an Exhibition (Stokowski orchestration)
  Leopold Stokowski's orchestration of Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky was completed in 1939 and premiered later that year, on 17 November, by the Philadelphia Orchestra. Mussorgsky's original 1874 composition was a suite for piano, however, the piece has gained most of its fame...
  
   - Boris Godunov
  Boris Godunov (opera)
  Boris Godunov is an opera by Modest Mussorgsky . The work was composed between 1868 and 1873 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is Mussorgsky's only completed opera and is considered his masterpiece. Its subjects are the Russian ruler Boris Godunov, who reigned as Tsar during the Time of Troubles,...
  
   - Night on Bare Mountain

Phil Rowlands, surround mix engineer; Phil Rowlands, surround mastering engineer; Nick Parker & Phil Rowlands, surround producers
[Naxos]

47th Annual Grammy Awards.

For vocal or instrumental albums released during October 1, 2003 through September 30, 2004.
Nominees announced: December 7, 2004.
Award ceremony: February 13, 2005.

Best Surround Sound Album:

• Ray Charles
  Ray Charles
  Ray Charles Robinson , known by his shortened stage name Ray Charles, was an American musician. He was a pioneer in the genre of soul music during the 1950s by fusing rhythm and blues, gospel, and blues styles into his early recordings with Atlantic Records...
  
   & Various Artists: Genius Loves Company
  Genius Loves Company
  Genius Loves Company is the final studio album by rhythm and blues and soul musician Ray Charles, posthumously released August 31, 2004 on Concord Records. Recording sessions for the album took place between June 2003 and March 2004...
  
  

Al Schmitt, surround mix engineer; Robert Hadley & Doug Sax, surround mastering engineers; John Burk, Phil Ramone & Herbert Waltl, surround producers
[Concord Records/Hear Music]

Other Nominees:

• Roxy Music
  Roxy Music
  Roxy Music was a British art rock band formed in 1971 by Bryan Ferry, who became the group's lead vocalist and chief songwriter, and bassist Graham Simpson. The other members are Phil Manzanera , Andy Mackay and Paul Thompson . Former members include Brian Eno , and Eddie Jobson...
  
  : Avalon

Bob Clearmountain, surround mix engineer; Bob Ludwig, surround mastering engineer; Rhett Davies, surround producer
[Virgin Records]

• Michael Tilson Thomas
  Michael Tilson Thomas
  Michael Tilson Thomas is an American conductor, pianist and composer. He is currently music director of the San Francisco Symphony, and artistic director of the New World Symphony Orchestra.-Early years:...
  
   Conducting San Francisco Symphony
  San Francisco Symphony
  The San Francisco Symphony is an orchestra based in San Francisco, California. Since 1980, the orchestra has performed at the Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall. The San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra and the San Francisco Symphony Chorus are part of the organization...
  
  : Mahler: Symphony No. 4
  Symphony No. 4 (Mahler)
  The Symphony No. 4 by Gustav Mahler was written between 1899 and 1901, though it incorporates a song originally written in 1892. The song, "Das himmlische Leben", presents a child's vision of Heaven. It is sung by a soprano in the work's fourth and last movement...
  
  

Markus Heiland, surround mix engineer; Markus Heiland, surround mastering engineer; Andreas Neubronner, surround producer
[SFS Media]

• Bonnie Raitt
  Bonnie Raitt
  Bonnie Lynn Raitt is an American blues singer-songwriter and a renowned slide guitar player. During the 1970s, Raitt released a series of acclaimed roots-influenced albums which incorporated elements of blues, rock, folk and country, but she is perhaps best known for her more commercially...
  
  : Nick Of Time
  Nick of Time
  Nick of Time may refer to:In literature:* The Nick of Time, a novel by Francis King, 2002* The Nick of Time, a collection of essays about haiku by Paul O...
  
  

Ed Cherney, surround mix engineer; James Guthrie & Doug Sax, surround mastering
engineers
[Capitol Records]

• Ladysmith Black Mambazo
  Ladysmith Black Mambazo
  Ladysmith Black Mambazo is a male choral group from South Africa that sings in the vocal styles of isicathamiya and mbube. They rose to worldwide prominence as a result of singing with Paul Simon on his album, Graceland and have won multiple awards, including three Grammy Awards...
  
  : Raise Your Spirit Higher
  Raise Your Spirit Higher
  Raise Your Spirit Higher is an album by the South African isicathamiya group Ladysmith Black Mambazo. It was released on January 27, 2004 and was a North American re-release of the group's latest album, Wenyukela of 2003...
  
  

Matin Walters, surround mix engineer; Paul Blakemore, surround mastering
engineer; Matin Walters, surround producer
[Heads Up International]

See also

:Category:Albums released on DVD-Audio
:Category:Albums released in Super Audio
:Category:Music released on Blu-ray
Surround Sound Album