For the 48th Grammy Awards (2006), nominees included: Kapono Beamer for "Slack Key Dreams of the Ponomoe", Raiatea Helm for "Sweet & Lovely", Ledward Kaapana for "Kiho'alu: Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar", Sonny Lim for "Slack Key Guitar: The Artistry of Sonny Lim", and Daniel Ho, Paul Konwiser and Wayne Wong for "Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar: Volume One". Allmusic's Adam Greenberg described "Slack Key Dreams of the Ponomoe" as an ambient album with an "easy listening" sound accented with slack key motives. Songs about Beamer's family and childhood were sung in Hawaiian but also English. "Sweet & Lovely" featured "classic, early tourist-era" Hawaiian music and guest performances by Kealiʻi Reichel and Auntie Genoa Keawe. Greenberg complimented Helm for her ukulele playing and "stunning" falsetto. Lim's first solo album contained slack key compositions fused with "touches of folk and possibly even adult contemporary stylings". "Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar", which peaked at number fifteen on "Billboard" Top World Music Albums chart, featured twelve live tracks recorded from the weekly slack key guitar concerts that took place in Maui. Awards were presented to Ho, Konwiser and Wong as producers of the compilation album. Peter deAquino, George and Keoki Kahumoku, and Garrett Probst joined producers Ho and Wong on stage at the podium during the pre-telecast ceremony to accept the award.