Last year, the
Musicians and music activists raised their voices in protest, with a number of artists, including Latin jazz musician Bobby Sanabria, launching a class action suit to rescind the changes.
Yesterday, a
"The reason we did this is because we believe in the academy," Sanabria told the L.A. Times. "This past year, all of us were left out in the lurch—all of the people eliminated in terms of 31 categories. You can’t have 6,000 musicians competing for one Grammy. You could, theoretically have that, but it’s just unfair. For example, the traditional roots music category is about six different genres of music, and you have Latin jazz competing against traditional jazz and contemporary jazz. It’s ridiculous. It devalues the music."
Last spring, the
The
"I would anticipate there would be some changes this year, but what I don’t think will change will be the overall restructuring," Portnow said. "We found a different way to categorize and to look at this very challenging process. We try to be objective about something that is subjective. The overall infrastructure that we implemented seems to work well. I think there will be individual tweaks and adjustments based on a review of how it went last year and what’s going on in music."
THE COUNT: COLDPLAY IS HOT, COUNTRY'S COOKIN' IN THE U.K.
The latest tidbits from the bustling live sector (3/28a)
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THE NEW UMG
Gosh, we hope there are more press releases.
TIKTOK BANNED!
Unless the Senate manages to make this whole thing go away, that is.
THE NEW HUGE COUNTRY ACT
No, not that one.
TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN PLAYLIST
Now 100% unlicensed!
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