Grammy Award

Plant/Krauss Win the Year

source: TV.com

Green Day announces Robert Plant and Allison Krauss as the GRAMMY winners for Album of the Year www.tv.com

Published Mon, Aug 10

Grammy-worthy polkas, paczki to liven lakefront

source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

 WI Correct pronunciation is not required to enjoy paczki, chrusciki and sernik - "yummy pastries" will suffice. However, valid IDs are required to sip the country's unforgettable honey liquor, krupnik. Polka artist Jimmy Sturr, who took home 18 Grammys, ...

Published Wed, Jun 17

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

source: Paste Magazine

That's right—the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences announced recently that they've eliminated the Grammy for Best Polka Album, which Jimmy Sturr and His Orchestra has taken home 18 of the past 24 years. Nominated nearly every one of those ...

Published Tue, Jun 16

Grammy snub can't kill polka

source: postandcourier.com

 SC Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom-De-Ay" will be noticeably absent at next year's Grammy Awards show. There will be no "Beer Barrel Polka"; no more awards for 19-Grammy-winner Jimmy Sturr; no hope for Milwaukee's Mike Schneider Polka Band. The Recording Academy has ...

Published Mon, Jun 15

Tony Bennett swings by the Orpheum

source: vancouversun.com

  Canada The resulting MTV Unplugged: Tony Bennett album went platinum and, besides taking the Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance Grammy award for the third straight year, also won the top Grammy prize of Album of the Year.

Published Mon, Jun 15

Diana Krall leads the resurgence of interest in the standards

source: Examiner.com

Krall had her wider breakthrough with lipuma added orchestrations by Johnny Mandel for the 1999 "When I Look in Your Eyes", one of the rare jazz-oriented discs to receive a Grammy nomination in the overall Album of the Year category. ...

Published Sun, Jun 14

Polka community battles loss of Grammy category

source: Youngstown Vindicator

 OH “From what I understand, the Grammys eliminated the category because there wasn't enough participation,” said Cleveland native and Poland resident Pawlowski, whose radio show this year celebrates its 15th year broadcasting to over 23 counties. ...

Published Sat, Jun 13

Drivin' and drinkin'? Highway 101 and 'Whiskey'

source: New West

 MT They also garnered the awards for Vocal Group of the Year from both the CMA and ACM awards for 1988, as well as Grammy nominations for Single of the Year and Album of the Year. Following albums produced a couple of No. 1's (“Do You Love Me? ...

Published Thu, Jun 11