Prog at the Grammy Awards 2010
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Topic: Prog at the Grammy Awards 2010
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Subject: Prog at the Grammy Awards 2010
Date Posted: January 31 2010 at 19:37
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The Fusion genre seems to be kept in high respect outside the world of prog. Several PA artists have won Grammy Awards tonight: Béla Fleck won Best Pop Instrumental Performance and Best Contemporary World Music Album Jeff Beck won Best Rock Instrumental Performance Joe Zawinul (RIP) & The Zawinul Syndicate won Best Contemporary Jazz Album Chick Corea & John McLaughlin Five Peace Band won Best Jazz Instrumental album Also, Brendan O'Brien won Producer of the Year (Non-Classical) for his work including Mastodon's Crack The Skye David Byrne & Brian Eno were nominated for several awards (do they count?), also Steve Vai got a nomination, and so did Nick Davis & Tony Cousins for the Genesis Remasters surround production. Good year! http://www.grammy.com/nominees - http://www.grammy.com/nominees |
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Posted By: MovingPictures07
Date Posted: January 31 2010 at 19:49
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Even though the Grammy awards are pretty much a joke...
w00t for Bela Fleck and for other awesome musicians keeping the spirit of innovative music alive! ------------- 
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Posted By: Tsevir Leirbag
Date Posted: January 31 2010 at 20:00
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Béla Fleck pop?
What the f*ck?  ------------- Les mains, les pieds balancés Sur tant de mers, tant de planchers, Un marin mort, Il dormira - Paul Éluard |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: January 31 2010 at 20:02
| He does a lot of varied stuff, I think that album is pop-ified World Music (but I'm not sure). |
Posted By: ProgressiveAttic
Date Posted: January 31 2010 at 20:11
this + Genesis inducted in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame... what's wrong with the world???    ------------- Michael's Sonic Kaleidoscope Mondays 5:00pm EST(re-runs Thursdays 3:00pm) @ Delicious Agony Progressive Rock Radio(http://www.deliciousagony.com) 
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: January 31 2010 at 20:24
Also, Chris (Moatilliatta) would love to hear that Phoenix won Best Alternative. 
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Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: January 31 2010 at 20:40
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Alternative? I thought Phoenix was dance-pop... I wonder if anybody actually watches all the classical and mixing awards at the end. And how does one have a rap gospel or country gospel album? ------------- if you own a sodastream i hate you |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: January 31 2010 at 20:46
The variety of gospel types amazed me too.  A lot of the categorizing they do is bullsh*t, but it all gets interesting at Jazz/Instrumental/Gospel/Classical etc. Some of that stuff sounds interesting, I'll try and find some.
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: January 31 2010 at 20:51
toss a 10 ton boulder from gospel and you'll hit the blues, jazz, and country (real country.. not the sh*t pumped out of Nashville these days by LA transplants who couldn't hack it there and whose only talent is a pretty face, looking good in a hat and choosing good song writers  )... gospel is one of the prime roots of american music. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
harmonium.ro wrote:Posted By: UndercoverBoy
Date Posted: January 31 2010 at 21:52
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Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: January 31 2010 at 22:00
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Hey thanks for all that info! I've been meaning to check out that McLaughlin/Corea project. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Kestrel
Date Posted: January 31 2010 at 23:41
| The art director for Byrne & Eno's album won best recording package. Weird. |
Posted By: SMSM
Date Posted: February 06 2010 at 11:14
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There is no progressive rock catagory despite bands like Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, etc being mainstays of mainstream radio.
Personally I am glad will Santana wiinning for his Supernatural cd, which featured a bunch of guest stars, but ignored for far better recordings he released without the superstar factor..
Likewise with John Lee Hooker and how many other who have won with recordings featuring a lot of "sizzle", when but they did not win with other recordings featuring a lot of "steak" (substance).
P.S. Jethro Tull deserved to beat Metallicala as their Crest of a Knave Recording was a lot more heavier in substance than Metallica's In Justice for All
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Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: February 06 2010 at 13:12
I picked it up this week and I am glad that I did. highly recommend it. |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: February 06 2010 at 14:31
| ^ Yeah, Rico and I were at one of the concerts of the tour and it was excellent indeed. Great band (no0t just the "stars"). |