{"id":28228,"date":"2019-02-11T11:19:04","date_gmt":"2019-02-11T16:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/college.unc.edu\/?p=28228"},"modified":"2024-07-02T17:10:33","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T17:10:33","slug":"grammy-wins-ferris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/?p=28228","title":{"rendered":"Two Grammys for Bill Ferris"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Bill Ferris spent his career documenting the stories and music of the American South. His life&#8217;s work has now resulted in two Grammy awards.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Professor, Folklorist and Grammy Winner\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mBQLiTCqk30?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The pinnacle of many academic careers arrives with a Nobel Prize recognition in Sweden, but for William Ferris, that highlight moment came in California.<\/p>\n<p>Ferris, the Joel R. Williamson eminent professor emeritus of history, won two Grammy awards Sunday in Los Angeles. Ferris\u2019 box set \u201cVoices of Mississippi\u201d won best historical album and best album notes. The four-disc set features dozens of Ferris\u2019 audio recordings of blues and gospel musicians, storytellers and documentary films.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I heard I was a Grammy nominee, it\u2019s to my world like a Nobel award because the Grammys are all about music and recordings, which is what my life has been dedicated to,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><em>Watch this video of Ferris and listen to an interview with him on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unc.edu\/discover\/well-said-the-songs-of-the-american-south-2\/\">Well Said<\/a>, Carolina\u2019s podcast.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Video by Rob Holliday, University Communications<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Enjoy some photos from the Grammy ceremony (click to make larger):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The pinnacle of many academic careers arrives with a Nobel Prize recognition in Sweden, but for William Ferris, that highlight moment came in California. Ferris, the Joel R. Williamson eminent professor emeritus of history, won two Grammy awards Sunday, Feb. 10, in Los Angeles. 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