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Grammy countdown: How Beyonce lost record of the year
Pop & HissThe category: Record of the year The field at a glance: Despite the runaway success of Taylor Swift, one could argue that this award was Beyoncé's to lose. Her "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" dance has become a...... -
2010 Grammy Awards live!
Pop & HissPop & Hiss live-blogged the 2010 Grammy Awards -- typos and all! 8:30 p.m. The Grammy Awards took a bet on youth in 2010, giving its top prize to country star Taylor Swift. The 20-year-old won four Grammys, including album...... -
Watch out, Grammy: Taylor Swift and Beyonce shatter records
Gold DerbyTaylor Swift didn't merely bag the biggest Grammy of all â album of the year for "Fearless" â she became at age 20 the youngest recipient of that prize, eclipsing Alanis Morissette, who was 21 when she triumphed for "Jagged Little Pill" (1996). Taylor... -
Jakob Dylan gets help on new album from T Bone Burnett, Neko Case
Pop & HissSongwriting can be viewed as a sort of alchemy, a process through which a musician creates something rare and valuable -- whether personally, artistically or commercially -- out of the base materials of everyday life. Jakob Dylanâs forthcoming album, â... -
Album review: Jakob Dylan's 'Women and Country'
Pop & HissThe son of a legend, Jakob Dylan would seemingly have all the cred one could need. But after five albums with modern rock outfit the Wallflowers, each with a declining chart impact, and one rather quiet solo acoustic effort with...... -
Album review: Alan Jackson's 'Freight Train'
Pop & HissSet aside for a moment the master mechanicâs precision and economy with which Alan Jackson assembles words and music into songs: Youâve got to admire the veteran country star for steadfastly refusing to join in the boasting so common on...... -
Jypsi: A family band's breakthrough plans
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterTHE STAR-MAKING machine in Nashville does a lot of things well, but nurturing musicians who work outside the box isn't one of them. In the 1950s, Buddy Holly was rebuffed when he first recorded there, and Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings spent most of...Tags: Radio Industry, Willie Nelson, Bluegrass (genre), Sony Corp., Dolly Parton
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A whole lot of country at Stagecoach Festival
Times Staff WriterINDIO — "Do you guys out here like the real, hard-core, traditional bluegrass music?" Jamie Dailey, of the fast-picking band Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, inquired Sunday afternoon at the Stagecoach Festival here. Those gathered at his feet roared...Tags: Country and Western (genre), Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Festive Events, Kris Kristofferson, Kenny Chesney
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Robert Plant and Alison Krauss at the Greek Theatre
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe genre of pop standards is a bit out of bounds for Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, whose high-profile collaboration excavates a more traditional sector of America's musical geography. But when the singers and their band came to the Greek Theatre on...Tags: Tom Waits, Led Zeppelin (music group), Entertainment, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Robert Plant
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A new harmony for music labels, TV
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIt's the sobering reality of today's music business -- a record company executive can sign a new act and then tell her, "Keep your day job." That was one message neo-soul singer Sharon Little got from Larry Jenkins, head of the new CBS Records label,...Tags: Coldplay (music group), ABC (tv network), E-Commerce Industry, Entertainment, Sony Corp.
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Live: Dolly Parton at the Greek Theatre
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterFew musicians embrace the yin-yang interplay of artist and performer as wholeheartedly as Dolly Parton did Sunday night at the Greek Theatre. Having spent most of the last decade in a rewarding return to her Smoky Mountain bluegrass roots with a series of...Tags: Miley Cyrus, Minority Groups, Barbie (fictional character), Bette Midler, Entertainment
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Jimmie Rodgers: A voice that carried
Special to The TimesBear Family Records' remarkable new release, "Let Me Be Your Sidetrack: The Influence of Jimmie Rodgers," makes a persuasive argument that Rodgers is one of the most important figures in the history of country music. According to the liner notes for...Tags: Death, Country and Western (genre), Merle Haggard, Genres, Bob Dylan
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