They’ve each been nominated in the Spoken Word category three times before – and they’re competing against a couple of living legends (whom people under 35 may not even remember).
Tag: 12.06.13
Drag Queens, Soul Sisters And A Proto-Carrie: 2014 Grammy Noms For Musical Theater
There are three nominees. Did we give enough hints for you to guess them?
Classical Grammy Nominations 2014: An Esa-Pekka Year?
Salonen (or his work) is nominated in three different categories. Other nominees include the familiar (Rattle, DiDonato, Bartoli; Wagner, Beethoven, Pärt), those we should know better (Lutoslawski, Palestrina; Maria João Pires, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir), the up-and-coming (2013 Pulitzer winner Caroline Shaw; New York Polyphony), the little-known (Leonardo Vinci, not to be confused with that mirror-writing Mona Lisa guy), and the beleaguered (Osmo and the Minnesotans).
Upstarts Upset Chick Corea In 2014 Grammy Jazz Nominations
“A winner of 20 Grammys, including two last year, Corea, with his latest album The Vigil, was shut out Friday night in this year’s list of nominees, which again offered a welcome blend of relative newcomers and familiar faces.”
Tom Krause, 79, Bass-Baritone
While he had an operatic repertoire of over 50 roles in eight languages, he was known even more for lieder and concert music, and he made more than 100 recordings.
Why Your Book Failed?
Do you think the editor’s decision to refrain from intervening in the text was an instance of the dereliction of standards in the publishing industry, or was it an indication of lingering prudence and respect for the practice of literature within what the author would invariably refer to as the “military-industrial publishing complex”?
Milwaukee Symphony Declared Emergency And Downsizes
“The orchestra, which had already been downsized from 88 to about 79 members under previous cost-cutting efforts, will be shrunk again by another 11 percent for next season to number in the mid- to upper-60s. The MSO also eliminated seven administration employees, and now has a staff of 30.”
Want More Perseverance? Stimulate Your Brain
“The salience network is thought to be central in prepping the brain for action, such as when a driver must respond to someone darting across the road or a student readies herself for a pop quiz.”
Stop Saying ‘Love, Actually’ Is Romantic – It’s The Opposite
“What does Love Actually tell us about love, actually? Well, I think it tells us a number of things, most of them wrong and a few of them appalling.”
When The Movie Is So Much More Fun Than The Book
“The moment I unwrapped my present I knew something had gone horribly wrong.”