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2012 Grammy Award for Best Blues Album Goes to Tedeschi Trucks Band

Matthew Wilkening — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:15:45 +0000

Allman Brothers Band guitarist Derek Trucks beat out two of his bandmates to win the 2012 Grammy Award for Best Blues Album this afternoon. He is receiving the honor as part of the Tedeschi Trucks Band for their 2011 album ‘Revelator.’

'Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs' Wins 2012 Grammy Award for Best Surround Sound

Shauna Wright — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:20:11 +0000

Engineers Elliot Scheiner, Bob Ludwig and Bill Levenson won a Best Surround Sound Grammy for their work on the re-release of Eric Clapton‘s old band Derek & the Dominos’ ‘Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs.’ The defining album celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2011, and the new set included remastered original songs plus a bunch [...]

Artist Coalition Calls for Grammy Boycott After Several Categories Given the Ax

Amory Gritta — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:00:41 +0000

If you've ever sat through an entire Grammy Awards show, the idea of having a few less categories might not strike you as such a bad idea -- but for some of the artists affected by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences' recent decision to whittle down the number of awards, it's a potentially racist affront.

A group of musicians -- including Paul Simon and jazz legend Herbie Hancock -- has banded together to call for a boycott of CBS, which airs the awards ceremony, and is investigating a legal response to the Grammy cutbacks. As artist Bobby Sanabria put it in an interview with the AP, "We will ask people to stop watching CBS, boycott their sponsors and then write them. We’re at a critical juncture."