The Grammy telecast (live blog here) was surprisingly strong this year. Sure, the stage was only 3 feet deep most of the time and soaked in water because of Fun., the sound mixing made it so you could only hear…
Below you’ll find my complete live blog for the 55th Grammys. Start at the bottom and work your way to the top. This wordpress Liveblog plugin works beautifully but still needs more customization options. I’d love to be able to…
Last night (pretty close to this morning in my neck of the woods), the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences announced the nominees for the 55th Annual Grammy Awards. This year’s ceremony covers all the audio recordings released from…
I have to give credit to the Grammys for one big thing: they tried this year. They really tried to make a fun and exciting ceremony for television. The telecast played like a concert, not an awards ceremony, and the…
The short answer is not much. The long, bullet-point answer: 1: Janelle Monae Killed It
The Best New Artist nominees at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards present a wonderful cross-section of the recorded music industry. Nominated are: Justin Bieber–Pop Drake–Hip-Hop Florence & The Machine–Alternative Mumford & Sons–English Folk/Rock Esperanza Spalding–Jazz/Fusion The first thing to know…
On 1 December 2010, the nominations for the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards were announced. There are surprises, there are snubs, and there are met expectations.
Grammys: The awards split in ways I didn't expect, with the exception of Gaga. I nailed NARAS viewing her only as a dance artist with a breakout hit. Swift takes Album because Kanye West is a braying ass; Beyonce takes…
I’ll finish this series up before the end of the year. I wasn’t going much further with it, anyway. I have Album after this and a few of the more interesting categories and that’s it. Record of the Year reads…
Song of the Year is the odd category out in the Big Four of the Grammy Awards. It's the category that for some reason confuses people even more than the record/album distinction. To put it simply: Song of the Year…
Handicapping the Best New Artist race for the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards, nominees released 2 December 2009.