Flight of the Conchords up for second Grammy

Flight of the Conchords. Photo / Mark Mitchell

New Zealand's popular folk parody duo Flight of the Conchords have been nominated for a Grammy - the United States music industry's biggest award.

The funnymen, who have their own TV series in the United States, have been nominated for best comedy album of the year for their self-titled CD.

The duo won the 2007 Best Comedy Album Grammy for their EP

The Distant Future

.

The award ceremony will be aired on February 8.

Meanwhile, the trailer for the new season of hit TV show

Flight of The Conchords

has debuted online.

The forty second teaser - starring Kiwi comedy duo Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement - promotes the second season of

Flight of the Conchords

, due to hit TV screens in America in January.

Watch the trailer below:

- NZPA / NZ HERALD ONLINE