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Industry Chat: Jed Hilly of the Americana Music Association

By Nick Purdy on 10:50 AM on July 24, 2009

Readers of Paste have long noticed our affinity for a certain segment of the music world known as "Americana." For some music lovers, it's an epithet—for others, it's a sign of life. Long revered (and now defunct) magazine No Depression carried the torch for the genre and helped popularize the term. Ten years ago, an industry association was born to encourage development of the genre. Paste recently spoke with the executive director of the Americana Music Association, Jed Hilly....  read more

Found in: Music, Features

What Does the Grammys Snubbing Polka Mean for Polka King Jimmy Sturr?

By Catherine Prewitt on 12:50 PM on June 16, 2009

Jimmy Sturr is just what you’d expect from the self-proclaimed “hottest musical attraction in the Polka field.” In photos, his bright blue eyes and tidy white smile all but sparkle in every shot, and when Paste got him on the phone recently, he greeted us with a massively chipper, “Morning!” Asked how he was doing, he replied, “I’m incredible!"...  read more

Found in: Music, News

2009 Grammy Awards Live Blog

By Josh Jackson and Nick Purdy on 7:01 PM on February 8, 2009

As we said in our Grammy Predictions, we have a love/hate relationship with the Grammys.  But hey, we love music, so we're watching to see what happens. Could be a big year for Lil Wayne (did you see his interview with "Miss" Katie Couric?). Could be a controversial night if Coldplay's alleged Joe Satriani rip-off grabs some hardware ("Viva La Vida" by Coldplay and Satriani's "If I Could Fly"). But plenty of great artists are nominated (M.I.A., Allison Krauss/Robert Plant, Radiohead, Gnarls Barkley, Daft Punk, Brazilian Girls....we could go on), so as always, it'll be worth watching, especially for the...  read more

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Paste's guide to the 2009 Grammy Awards

By Paste Staff on 4:00 PM on February 6, 2009

Check out our predictions, proclamations, egregious shafts, live-blog coverage and more...  read more

Found in: Music, News

Most Egregious Grammy Shafts

By Rachael Maddux on 1:00 PM on February 6, 2009

We know the Grammy Awards almost always get it wrong, but sometimes they get it really, really wrong....  read more

Found in: Music, Features

2009 Grammy Predictions and Proclamations

By Paste Staff on 8:00 AM on February 5, 2009

We've got a love/hate relationship with the Grammys. We love that amazing artists get mainstream recognition from time to time (see The White Stripes last year or Alison Krauss every year)...  read more

Found in: Music, Features

Radiohead, McCartney and Timberlake added to Grammys

By Joe Shearer on 8:20 AM on January 27, 2009

For the first time in nine years, Radiohead will make a live-television appearance in the U.S. when it performs at the 51st annual Grammy Awards ceremony. The band is nominated for a total of seven awards, including Album of the Year and Best Rock Song....  read more

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Lil Wayne, Coldplay, more to perform at Grammy awards

By Jeremy Medina on 4:50 PM on January 14, 2009

Lil Wayne will celebrate a successful year with a live performance at the biggest music award show on the planet. After walking away with eight Grammy nominations in December (the most of any performer), the MC was a shoo-in to perform at the Feb. 8 show....  read more

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2009 Grammy noms spread love but focus on stars

By Henry Freedland on 1:15 PM on December 4, 2008

There are 110 categories spanning 31 fields in the...  read more

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