Tammy La Gorce is a Recording Academy/GRAMMY.com contributor.
When LL Cool J takes the stage to open the 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards, nobody's going to question his hosting credentials. The two-time GRAMMY-winning rapper, also star of "NCIS: Los Angeles," is a multiplatform dynamo. Plus he's experienced — he led last year's GRAMMY extravaganza at Staples Center. The producers of Music's Biggest Night haven't always relied on the kind…
Ask any number of children's music artists to name the godparents of "kindie" (indie music for 2–10-year-olds) and you'll get a variety of answers. Some reach as far back as the legendary GRAMMY winner Pete Seeger, while others cite GRAMMY-winning alternative rockers They Might Be Giants, who released their first children's album, No!, in 2002. Confusion is understandable. The subgenre is…
At 41, Christian McBride is young to be considered a jazz dignitary. But few would deny him the title. The three-time GRAMMY-winning bassist has performed as a sideman on more than 300 recordings and his collaborators span the genre rainbow. In addition to fellow jazz greats Freddie Hubbard, Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny, Diana Krall, Chick Corea, and Wynton Marsalis, he…
(To commemorate the GRAMMY Hall Of Fame's 40th Anniversary in 2013, GRAMMY.com has launched GRAMMY Hall Of Fame Inspirations. The ongoing series will feature conversations with GRAMMY winners and esteemed individuals who will identify GRAMMY Hall Of Fame recordings that have influenced them and helped shape their careers.) If there is a polar opposite to an overnight sensation, Darlene Love is…
(To commemorate the GRAMMY Hall Of Fame's 40th Anniversary in 2013, GRAMMY.com has launched GRAMMY Hall Of Fame Inspirations. The ongoing series will feature conversations with various individuals who will identify GRAMMY Hall Of Fame recordings that have influenced them and helped shape their careers.)Music fans not old enough to remember when the Rascals — featuring Eddie Brigati alongside Felix…
Welcome to Forgotten Videos. For some, these videos are forgotten, for others just filed away, and for others still, a totally brand-new discovery. Whichever category you fall into, each week we'll feature a video that's possibly been collecting dust when what it really deserves is a fresh look. Or vice-versa. … We're not here to judge, we just want to…
Welcome to Forgotten Videos. For some, these videos are forgotten, for others just filed away, and for others still, a totally brand-new discovery. Whichever category you fall into, each week we'll feature a video that's possibly been collecting dust when what it really deserves is a fresh look. Or vice-versa. … We're not here to judge, we just want to…
Since taking home Best New Artist honors at the 43rd Annual GRAMMY Awards in 2001, Southern singer/songwriter (and older sister of alt-country artist Allison Moorer) Shelby Lynne has been prolific yet unpredictable. After releasing a pair of self-produced albums in 2003 and 2005 — Identity Crisis and Suit Yourself, respectively — she portrayed Johnny Cash's mother Carrie in the 2005…
(To listen to a sample of the sounds generated by the Swarmatron, click here, or see it in action in a video excerpt from How To Destroy Angels, Trent Reznor's project with wife Mariqueen Maandig and Atticus Ross.)While Leon Dewan does not know Trent Reznor personally, he knows a pretty good story about him.The former Nine Inch Nails frontman, who…
The TV-viewing public fell in love with Zach Braff during his nearly decade-long run as Dr. John Dorian on the series "Scrubs," which aired from 2001– 2010. Midway through the series, the movie-going public fell in love with him in 2004 when he became the auteur responsible for the award-winning indie film Garden State, which netted Braff his first career…
