Roy Trakin
Roy Trakin is a Recording Academy/GRAMMY.com contributor.
GRAMMY winner reveals the headspace that inspired an overlooked "mellow, melancholy" Flaming Lips gem and his favorite Paul McCartney deep track.
GRAMMYs
Sep 21, 2017 – 2:23 pm
GRAMMY winner reflects on how his deep track "Why" from 2005's Hero came to be, and how God, Deniece Williams and Stevie Wonder intervened.
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Sep 5, 2017 – 12:29 pm
Fort Worth, Texas, native and GRAMMY winner Kirk Franklin is arguably the current leading light in contemporary g
GRAMMYs
Jun 28, 2017 – 5:03 pm
(The Making Of GRAMMY-Winning Recordings series presents firsthand accounts of the creative process behind some of music's biggest recordings.
GRAMMYs
May 15, 2017 – 2:36 am
As Adele ascends to the stage in the middle of Staples Center in Los Angeles for the first of her eight sold-out summer shows, she has them at "Hello." A
GRAMMYs
May 15, 2017 – 2:36 am
The last 15 months have been an unfortunate harbinger of what to expect in music in the next decade or so, starting with the death of King of the Blues B.B.
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Aug 11, 2016 – 5:12 pm
Shopping for the latest album releases used to be so easy.
GRAMMYs
May 26, 2016 – 11:06 am
Nathan East — longtime bassist for GRAMMY-nominated smooth jazz quartet Fourplay — is set to release his self-titled debut solo album on March 25.
GRAMMYs
Dec 2, 2014 – 4:06 pm
Veteran awards show producer Salli Frattini spent 19 years at MTV, starting in 1988 as a line producer and going on to become senior vice president and head of production.
GRAMMYs
Dec 2, 2014 – 4:06 pm
(Crawdaddy! magazine founder Paul Williams died March 27 at age 64. Williams has been credited with helping create rock music criticism.)
GRAMMYs
Dec 2, 2014 – 4:06 pm
(Epic Records Chairman/CEO Antonio "L.A." Reid will receive the President's Merit Award at the 2013 GRAMMY Salute To Industry Icons during the Pre-GRAMMY Gala on Feb.
GRAMMYs
Dec 2, 2014 – 4:06 pm
Recently, veteran music business attorney Donald S.
GRAMMYs
Dec 2, 2014 – 4:06 pm
Over the last decade, as the recorded music industry contracted at a double-digit annual rate, the live concert touring business continued to grow, with worldwide ticket revenues rising from $1.5 b
GRAMMYs
Dec 2, 2014 – 4:06 pm
