A handful of Mississippians are up for golden gramophones with the 2026 Grammy Award nominations being announced Friday.

Legendary bluesman Bobby Rush was nominated for Best Traditional Blues Album. Rush’s latest album, “Young Fashioned Ways,” is named after the Muddy Waters song of the same name, but is a fitting title for the 92-year-old Rush’s longevity. Joined by Louisiana’s Kenny Wayne Shepherd, the album mixes traditional blues with rock-influenced guitar work and features new songs as well as reimagined versions of four classic Rush tracks.

“[Shepherd] told me that he had nothing in mind, but I did,” Rush said when asked how the 10-song album came about. “I said I got four or five songs, but I lied about that. I had about 130. I came up with my guitar, he sat down with his guitar…

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