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The Grammys Turn up the Volume
Yes, trophies are given out. But they are secondary to the celebration of music that was displayed. If the apocalypse is here, we might as well enjoy it. Stomp down the doors of your comfort zone. Hook up with unlikely new friends. Get noisy. Have a party before the flames consume us all. That seemed to ...
Grammy Full-Tilt Performances and Defiant Bravado
At the Grammy Awards, the oldest songs win album of the year. Raising Sand, the duo album by Robert Plant and Alison Krauss with sparse, evocative versions of songs that date back as far as the 1950s, won awards in pop, country and contemporary folk categories before being named album of the year. It was one ...
Voices Newly Amplified by Grammy Nominations
With 1,117 nominees performers, songwriters, producers and more sprinkled over 110 categories, the Grammy Awards can be an unnavigable thicket. Here are some worthy discoveries that shouldnt be allowed to slip through the cracks. Luis Fonsi The Puerto Rican star Luis Fonsi, 30, has been famous for a decade, but now hes becoming interesting ...
Album of the Year Nominee Has Everything the Academy Loves ... but Will It Win?
Robert Plant And Alison Krauss Raising Sand Was Made For The Grammys If it were possible to create the perfect Grammy album, there's a good chance Robert Plant and Alison Krauss' Raising Sand could be it. Take two well-worn, respected veterans. Add one critically lauded producer. Throw in some sandpaper-and-velvet vocals and a baker's dozen of ...
2009 Grammy Awards Live!
Live-blogging the 2009 Grammy Awards 5:01 p.m.: Here we go, opening the 2009 with a Grammy preview of 2010. U2's performing “Get On Your Boots." How many noms are U2 up for? That's right, none. Radiohead, or even Coldplay, should have opened the show. Let one of the album of the year artists start the Grammys. ...
And the Winner Is... Grammy Faceoff '09
Did Weezy make the album of the year? Are the JoBros really the best new artists? Our A-list panel of singers, rappers and producers give you the lowdown on who's taking home a trophy on music's biggest night Grammy's Top 2009 Nominees: Lil Wayne, Coldplay, Radiohead, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss and More Grammy predictions are ...
The Man Who Created the Word "Grammy" and Other Idle Gossip
According to the Grammy Awards website, the music industry's highest honor got its name from a nationwide “name the award" contest back in 1959. Not so according to Grammy-, Emmy- and Clio-winning writer-comedian Stan Freberg, who recently toured the Grammy Museum and emerged incensed. He says the honor's origins (and his role in them) have been ...
Paula Abdul Predicts a Guy Will Win 'American Idol?'
The Dish Rag caught up with American Idol judge Paula Abdul last night at Clive Davis' annual pre-Grammy bash. We got the scoop on her strapless satin printed cocktail dress, who she's wearing to tonight's Grammy Awards and some hints about the new season of American Idol. Paula predicts a guy will win this season!
Producers Select Grammy Openers
Labels once held sway over show's first acts Superstars often open the show like Prince and Beyonce. Other memorable acts have included Sting and the Police; Madonna and the gorillaz; Ricky Martin; and alicia keys with the late Frank Sinatra. One would think such lightning-in-a-bottle Grammy openers are the brainchildren of savvy music managers ...
Grammy Scorecard List of Nominees/ Updated Winners
Field 10 - Jazz All other music categories: =winner RECORD OF THE YEAR “Chasing Pavements," Adele “Viva La Vida," Coldplay “Bleeding Love," Leona Lewis “Paper Planes," M.I.A “Please Read the Letter," Robert Plant and Alison Krauss ALBUM OF THE YEAR “Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends," Coldplay “Tha Carter III," Lil Wayne “Year ...
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