Pamela Chelin is an entertainment journalist based in Los Angeles. Pamela has written and reported for a variety of outlets including LA Times, Rolling Stone, Spin, Billboard, Associated Press, Village Voice, The Daily Beast, Variety, Forbes, TheWrap and LA Weekly (for whom she has written 2 cover stories). Pamela has reported on many entertainment industry lawsuits and she covered and broke verdicts for several high-profile music industry trials.
High school students from throughout Southern California descended upon the GRAMMY Museum on Jan. 27 for a two-hour musical extravaganza. At the inaugural Student Showcase Finale, an eclectic blend of jazz, rock, pop, dance, soul, hip-hop and R&B acts performed for a jam-packed audience inside the Museum's Clive Davis Theater. It had already been a full day at the GRAMMY…
Editor's Note: The 2022 GRAMMYs Awards show, officially known as the 64th GRAMMY Awards, has been rescheduled to Sunday, April 3, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The below article was updated on Tuesday, Jan. 18, to reflect the new show date and location. The GRAMMY Pop categories always see some stiff competition, and the 2022 GRAMMY Awards show is no different. This…
Music's Biggest Night more than lived up to that tagline last night at the 63rd GRAMMY Awards, broadcast from downtown Los Angeles. An elegantly scaled-back event due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the GRAMMYs still managed to seem as big and celebratory as they've ever been. From Harry Styles’ delightful opening performance to Cardi B's and Megan Thee Stallion’s captivating combination…
What better way to kick off GRAMMY Week 2021 and International Women's Day than yesterday's inaugural Women In The Mix virtual celebration? The two-hour event, hosted by Rocsi Diaz, celebrated women's contributions to the music industry, seeking to amplify their voices. With moderated panels, performances, high-profile guests and interviews, Women In The Mix was informative and celebratory and exemplified the importance…
When the soprano saxophonist, composer, and bandleader Paul Winter gazes at the night sky, he's not just looking for the Man on the Moon. Not only did Apollo 15 astronauts name two craters after his songs ("Icarus" and "Ghost Beads"), but they left a cassette copy of Road, a 1970 live album by Winter's longtime band The Paul Winter Consort,…
For years, Tom Petty fans eagerly awaited the release of the second half of Wildflowers, Petty's esteemed second solo record, released on Nov. 1, 1994. Co-produced by multiple GRAMMY-winning producer Rick Rubin, Tom Petty and Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell, Wildflowers was originally conceived as a 25-song double CD, though Petty’s new record label Warner Bros. asked that it be condensed to a 15-song one-disc…
While conversing over Zoom, it’s easy to see why the Haim sisters work so well together. Chatty and affable, they alternate between finishing each other's sentences and talking in unison, and paying rapt attention as each sister speaks. Born and raised in a tight-knit family in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles, bassist/vocalist Este Haim (34), guitarist/vocalist Danielle…
While watching Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers at the Hollywood Bowl in the fall of 2017—which tragically turned out to be their final concert due to Petty's untimely death a week later—New York singer/songwriter Jesse Malin was struck by the lyrics "most things I worry about never happen anyway" as Petty sang "Crawling Back To You" (from his '94 classic Wildflowers). "I loved…
The 2020 GRAMMY Awards were a sight to behold on Sunday, Jan. 26, opening with a brilliant performance from Lizzo and Sasha Flute and closing out with multiple wins from 18-year-old pop wunderkind Billie Eilish, who swept the major categories (Best New Artist, Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year and Album Of The Year, respectively). Though the night had an…
In partnership with Women In Film, on Wednesday, Jan. 22 the GRAMMY Museum presented "A Celebration Of Women And Film," a panel discussion focused on the women who bring film and television to life through music. Moderated by Tracy McKnight (music supervisor, Women in Film board member/former head of film music for Lionsgate), the all-female panel comprised of Doreen Ringer-Ross…
Excitement percolated through the air yesterday afternoon at the "Creating A Collaborative Community for Artists" panel at the GRAMMY Museum where GRAMMY Award-nominated singer/songwriter/musician and record producer Linda Perry, GRAMMY Award winner British pop singer/songwriter Natasha Bedingfield and attorney Monica Zhang (Reed Smith) took the stage for a discussion moderated by Anna Bulbrook (musician and founder of women-led festival and collective Girlschool).…
