Songs of Remembering Is in Consideration for the 2027 GRAMMY® Awards

Songs of Remembering, Tonality's album with Wild Up featuring Angel Blue, Jamal M. Moore, and Ogi, is in consideration for the 2027 GRAMMY® Awards in the following categories:

Album of the Year

Best Choral Performance

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella: "No More!" from Running From, Running To: A Musical Reflection on Ahmaud Arbery (Alexander Lloyd Blake, Ogi, and Antonio Fernandez)

Best Engineered Album, Classical: John Chapman

Producer of the Year, Classical: Joseph Trapanese

Released in February 2026 on Bright Shiny Things, the album is built around Running From, Running To, our eight-movement choral work honoring Ahmaud Arbery, co-written by Dr. Alexander Lloyd Blake and Ogi. The work premiered at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in May 2025. The album also includes new arrangements of "Poor Wayfaring Stranger" and the world-premiere recording of "Deep River."

BBC Music Magazine called the album "a dignified act of remembrance, pain and anger … touching and done with a clear sense of love."

"I hope people walk away feeling more connected: to Ahmaud, to each other, and to the ways these stories shape all of us." Dr. Alexander Lloyd Blake, Founding Artistic Director

Thank you to Wild Up, Angel Blue, Jamal M. Moore, Ogi, Antonio Fernandez, John Chapman, Joseph Trapanese, and the team at Bright Shiny Things.

Listen to Songs of Remembering

Official FYC page from Bright Shiny Things