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In the News (Fri 11 Dec 09)

  
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Lauryn Hill was named best new artist at last night's 41st Grammy Awards and by night's end, had also won the album of the year honors for "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill," marking the first time a hip-hop artist has won the most prestigious of Grammy awards.
For the first time ever, all of the nominees for album of the year were women, as were four of the five for record of the year and three of the five for best new artist.
Madonna, previously relegated to a video award in 1991, won her first musical Grammys as "Ray of Light" was named best pop album and best dance recording.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/style/music/features/grammys99.htm   (1245 words)

  
 Billboard Goes To The Grammys 2006
Theriot and her awards team then assess all the entries to make sure they are actually eligible.
Grammy voters send their ballots to Deloitte, which then tabulates the data and prepare the awards department for the next round, which is even more complicated.
People complain that the nominees, especially for album of the year, song of the year and record of the year, are either too commercial or not commercial enough.
www.billboard.com /bbcom/grammy/2006/voting/index.jsp   (973 words)

  
 Grammy Award for Best Historical Album - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Grammy Award for Best Historical Album has been presented since 1979.
In 1979 the award was known as Best Historical Repackage Album
Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Historical_Album   (627 words)

  
 washingtonpost.com: Style Live: Music & Nightlife
EW YORK – Forty-one albums into his career, Bob Dylan finally earned recognition from the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences as "Time Out of Mind" was named album of the year at the 40th annual Grammy Awards last night at Radio City Music Hall in New York.
Apparently not everyone agreed with Combs's awards: Old Dirty Bastard of the Wu-Tang Clan interrupted the ceremonies as Colvin was coming to the stage for her award.
Denver, who was killed in a plane crash, won for best musical album for children with "All Aboard!" His daughter, Anna Kate, commented, "He always wanted one of these," and his son, Zachary, said they were taking the award to the family home in Aspen.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/style/music/features/grammywinners98.htm   (1198 words)

  
 The Mountain Times
Holt was present at the Grammys and accepted the award on behalf of himself and Watson.
Holt gave his speech at the Grammy podium and then was whisked away to a media room for pictures and interviews with the press.
The Grammy was officially the sixth individually awarded to Watson although he has also taken part in larger ensemble projects that have won the award.
www.mountaintimes.com /mtweekly/2003/0227/grammy.php3   (842 words)

  
 The first Grammy nominees in the Hawaiian music category are
The brothers are hoping a Hawaiian Grammy award resonates with local musicians, sparking them to pursue Hawaiian music and, perhaps, withdraw from the Jawaiian sound that has permeated the Island music scene for a couple of decades.
Other categories in the awards ceremony are as diverse as best polka album, best album notes and best chamber music performance and best spoken word album for children.
When the Grammy award for Best Hawaiian Music Album is announced tomorrow at the 47th annual event in Los Angeles, it will be a historical moment, not only for the winner and five nominees, but the state, Hawaii's indigenous culture and thousands of musicians who have kept the music vibrant and alive.
www.dannycouchfanaddicts.com /grammy2.htm   (13604 words)

  
 Miles Davis, MP3 Music Download at eMusic
Released in 1958, the album was later inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, intended to honor recordings made before the Grammy Awards were instituted in 1959.
The album was not issued until 1964, when it reached the charts and earned a Grammy nomination for Best Instrumental Jazz Performance by a Large Group or Soloist with Large Group.
Aura, an album he had recorded in 1984, was released by Columbia in 1989 and brought him his fifth Grammy for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance by a Soloist (on a Jazz Recording).
www.emusic.com /artist/10561/10561936.html   (2260 words)

  
 hip online: news
Jones, nominated for five Grammys, also won best pop vocal album and best female pop vocal performance for her album "Come Away With Me." "Come Away With Me" producer Arif Mardin won producer of the year.
The Grammy performance is one of the few they've done together since their breakup in 1970.
Because Grammys are awarded in 104 categories, many were given before the show.
www.hiponline.com /features/grammy_awards/45/index.php3   (920 words)

  
 Album Notes by U of M Professor Among GRAMMY® Nominations
University of Memphis music professor David Evans has received a GRAMMY® nomination for his album notes for Screamin' and Hollerin' The Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton, a seven-CD box set including the works of blues singer and guitarist Charley Patton as well as interviews and recordings of those who knew Patton.
Patton was born in Hinds County, Mississippi in the late 1800s and recorded prolifically after 1929 and established himself as the foremost blues singer in the Mississippi Delta.
Evans will be at the 45th Annual GRAMMY® Awards show to air Feb. 23 on CBS to see if he is a winner in the "Best Album Notes" category for his essay "Charley Patton: The Conscience of the Delta." In 1980, Dr. Evans received a GRAMMY® nomination for his album notes for Atlanta Blues: 1933.
www.memphis.edu /releases/feb03/grammy.html   (277 words)

  
 God to Grammy Winners: Don't Thank Me for That Lousy Song (NY Rock)
The Grammys opened with a Madonna video montage and the Lady herself getting down to "Music." Buffer than ever, she removed her jacket to reveal a fl tank top with the words "Material Girl" printed on it.
N*Sync takes the award for worst dressed band of the night, though Elton John did in fact raid their dressing rooms once their song was over.
Best Pop Vocal Album went to Steely Dan for Two Against Nature, their first all-new album since 1979.
www.nyrock.com /features/2001/grammy.asp   (2464 words)

  
 Howstuffworks "How the GRAMMYs Work"
The GRAMMY ceremony itself has a red carpet, a throng of reporters and winners who thank the Academy, much like the Oscars and the Emmys.
The Record of the Year award recognizes one specific track or commercially released single, and the Album of the Year award recognizes an entire album.
Regardless of whether they receive their award on live TV or earlier in the day, each winner gets a small statue of a gramophone.
www.howstuffworks.com /grammys.htm/printable   (873 words)

  
 John Hammond
A Grammy Award winner and four time nominee, Hammond is also a multiple W.C. Handy award winner who has shared the stage and/or recorded with many of the masters, including Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, John Lee Hooker and Howlin' Wolf.
This is the second time John has been honored with this award as Ready for Love was named Blues Album of the Year in 2003.
John Hammond's album, In Your Arms Again, was awarded a nomination for Best Acoustic Album of the Year.
www.rosebudus.com /hammond   (1673 words)

  
 Lycos Music
LIVE AT THE BBC was nominated for a 1996 Grammy Award for Best Historical Album.
Although the guitars are often electric, LIVE AT THE BBC is, essentially, the Beatles Unplugged--yanked out of the recording studio, gathered around a few microphones and encouraged to show off their raw craft, naked voices and rock'n'roll roots.
Although they had honed their craft in British and German rock clubs, the Beatles were mostly known as a studio band, and the radio shows served as a sort of behind-the-curtains glimpse of the studio wizards.
entertainment.lycos.com /music/album.php?id=81455   (682 words)

  
 2001 Grammy Award winners   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Eminem - the target of 100 protesters outside the awards show - was honored for best solo rap performance, best rap album and best rap performance by a duo or group for his collaboration with his mentor and producer, Dr. Dre.
Eminem's nomination for album of the year was controversial, because it was the first time a rapper was nominated for the show's top award.
Jennifer Lopez, who provided the Grammys' most memorable moment last year with her navel-plunging Versace dress, was not present, but the spirit of her dress was there with Toni Braxton's eye-popping silver Richard Tyler frock.
www.jsonline.com /enter/music/feb01/grammywinners2.asp   (1825 words)

  
 CNN.com - Jones sweeps major Grammys - Feb. 24, 2003
Newcomer Norah Jones swept the Grammys, winning album of the year, record of the year and song of the year.
Springsteen won three awards: best male rock performance, best rock song and best rock album, all for "The Rising." However, in his 30-year career, the singer and guitarist has never won album of the year.
India.Arie, who was shut out in seven nominations last year, won two Grammys, for best R&B album and best urban/alternative performance.
premium.asia.cnn.com /2003/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/23/grammys/index.html   (1036 words)

  
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A true recording innovator for RCA Records, Ethel helped to develop "stereo action." She also was instrumental in launching mambo dance music with famed performer Perez Prado's worldwide hit, "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White".
In 1982 Ethel won a Grammy Award for Best Historical Album for The Tommy Dorsey/Frank Sinatra Sessions.
In 1997, WIM was proud to honor Ethel with a Touchstone Award.
www.womeninmusic.org /ethelgabriel.html   (106 words)

  
 MSN Music - 2005 Grammy Awards
Classical Album: "Adams: On the Transmigration of Souls," Lorin Maazel, conductor; John Adams and Lawrence Rock, producers.
Album Notes: "The Complete Columbia Recordings of Woody Herman and His Orchestra and Woodchoppers (1945-1947)," Loren Schoenberg, album notes writer (Woody Herman and His Orchestra).
Historical Album: "Night Train to Nashville: Music City Rhythm and Blues, 1945-1970," Daniel Cooper and Michael Gray, compilation producers.
music.msn.com /grammys/2005List   (1045 words)

  
 Augusta Georgia: Features:Newcomer Norah Jones wins 5 Grammys 02/24/03
Norah Jones holds her Grammys received for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and Best Pop Vocal Album at the 45th Annual Grammy Sunday.
She also won for best female pop vocal, best new artist, best album of the year, and for record of the year for "Don't Know Why," written by Jesse Harris, who won the song of the year Grammy.
His Sept. 11-inspired "The Rising" was honored for male rock vocal, rock album and rock song, although the Boss lost out for album and song of the year.
chronicle.augusta.com /stories/022403/fea_grammy.shtml   (1924 words)

  
 CNN.com - Complete list of Grammy winners - Feb. 24, 2003
Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring," Howard Shore, composer.
Album Notes: David Evans, album notes writer (Charley Patton).
Historical Album: "Screamin' and Hollerin' The Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton," Charley Patton.
www.cnn.com /2003/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/24/grammy.list.ap/index.html   (1109 words)

  
 GRAMMY.com - 49th Annual Grammy Awards Nominee List
(Award to the Conductor and to the Orchestra.)
(Award to the Conductor, Album Producer(s) and Principal Soloists.)
(Award to the Ensemble (and to the Conductor.))
www.grammy.com /GRAMMY_Awards/49th_Show/list.aspx   (3928 words)

  
 Songwriters Hall of Fame   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Grammy Award for Best Historical Album: "The Duke Ellington Centennial Edition: The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (1927-1973)"
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Large Group or Soloist with Large Group: "...
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Large Group or Soloist with Large Group (Performing Artist: Duke Ellington) - ELLINGTON 66
www.songwritershalloffame.org /discog_awards.asp?exhibitId=9   (284 words)

  
 CMT.com : Loretta Lynn : Lynn, Wilson, McGraw and Dixie Chicks Win Grammys
Arriving at the podium and cradling her country album of the year trophy, Lynn said, "Hey, this is what this business is all about, ain't it?" She continued, "The main thing about country music is, I love to sing it.
Although the Dixie Chicks have been shunned at the CMA and ACM award shows in recent years, the trio's "Top of the World" won a Grammy for best country performance by a duo or group with vocal.
The best bluegrass album honor went to Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder's Brand New Strings, but the best country instrumental performance was a bluegrass song, too.
www.cmt.com /artists/news/1496910/02132005/lynn_loretta.jhtml   (1141 words)

  
 The Beatles' Grammy and Academy Awards and Emmy Award Nominations
The Beatles' (and solo Beatles) Grammy Awards, Academy Awards and Emmy Award Nominations
Asked by another reporter about an upcoming album of classical music, he said it was news to him.
He sounded annoyed when somebody asked him if being inducted as a solo artist gave him a sense of "closure." He questioned the use of the word "closure" and said he was not dying next year.
abbeyrd.best.vwh.net /grammy.htm   (4210 words)

  
 Duke Robillard
Charlie Musselwhite is nominated for 5 awards, including Traditional Blues Male Artist of the Year, Album of the Year and Traditional Blues Album of the Year (Delta Hardware), Song of the Year ("Church is Out") and his perennial nomination for Best Instrumentalist- Harmonica.
The 49th annual Grammy nominations were announced with Rosebud artists Allen Toussaint, Duke Robillard and Ann Savoy honored in the Pop, Blues and Folk categories, respectively.
Duke Robillard garnered a nomination for Traditional Blues Album of the Year for his album Blue Mood: The Songs of T-Bone Walker and again is honored for his virtuosity with a nomination for Best Instrumentalist-Guitar which he has won four of the past five years.
www.rosebudus.com /robillard/index.html   (1784 words)

  
 Garrett Lakes Arts Festival•McHenry, MD•Deep Creek Lake   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
He won the 1996 Grammy Award for Best Historical Album for his participation in The Heifetz Collection.
Friedman's recordings with Andre Previn of the Bach Sonatas for Violin and Clavecin and the Franck and Debussy sonatas won Grammy Award nominations.
In November 2000, he received the Ignace J. Paderewski Award for Distinguished Contributions to Society and Culture.
www.artsandentertainment.org /friedman.html   (815 words)

  
 Yaddo Writer is a 2004 Grammy Award Winner   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Writer Tom Piazza won a 2004 Grammy Award for the 5,000-word essay he composed at Yaddo last June for the album notes for
Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey, which was named Best Historical Album at the Grammy Awards ceremony Sunday in Los Angeles.
"I love music and I've written about it a lot, but this is the most extensive set of album notes I've ever written," said Mr.
yaddo.org /yaddo/tompiazza.shtml   (293 words)

  
 1999 Grammy Awards — Infoplease.com
The 42nd Annual Grammy Awards were presented at Los Angeles' Staples Center on February 23, 2000.
Looking Grim at the Grammys: Ralph Stanley's performance of 'O Death' wasn't the only ominous note.
New York, New York.(Briefs)(Grammy award return, possibly Latin Grammys too; new look for WNBC; growth of Expecting Models Inc.; other......
www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0872658.html   (495 words)

  
 Congahead: Grammy Award Winning LP Endorsers
Chino and George perform on the Spanish Harlem Orchestra's Grammy Award-Winning recording "Across 110th Street".
This second installment is currently scheduled to be released in late summer 2005.
The recording won "Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album".
www.congahead.com /On_The_Scene/grammys05/index.html   (164 words)

  
 Smithsonian Folkways - Awards - Gospel Albums, Historical & American Popular Music & Children's CDs
One of the most recent additions to our catalogue is harp and guitar music of the Colombian Orinoco plains recorded in Bogotá, Colombia in September 2003.
It was released as Sí Soy Llanero: Joropo Music of the Orinoco Plains of Eastern Colombia in June 2004.
Winner: 2003 Wrangler Award for Outstanding Traditional Western Music Album from The Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Museum® (43rd annual Western Heritage Awards)
www.folkways.si.edu /about_folkways/awards.html   (498 words)

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