tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post5865364570143888936..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: No more Native GrammysRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-38636358770912688842011-05-27T12:58:27.479-07:002011-05-27T12:58:27.479-07:00Non-Native join the protest:
http://www.bbc.co.uk...Non-Native join the protest:<br /><br />http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13562604<br /><br /><b>Carlos Santana and Herbie Hancock battle Grammy changes</b><br /><br />Contemporary blues, Native American, Hawaiian, and Latin jazz are among the 31 categories that are being cut from the prestigious awards show.<br /><br />The musicians are calling for the categories to be reinstated, saying the reductions unfairly target ethnic music.<br /><br />Paul Simon, of Simon and Garfunkel fame, wrote a separate letter to Mr Portnow.<br /><br />"I believe the Grammys have done a disservice to many talented musicians by combining previously distinct and separate types of music into a catch-all of blurry larger categories," he wrote.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-89706732642996260202011-05-05T13:21:54.603-07:002011-05-05T13:21:54.603-07:00May 9th, 2011 - PRESS CONFERENCE AGAINST NARAS’ SL...May 9th, 2011 - PRESS CONFERENCE AGAINST NARAS’ SLASHING OF GRAMMYS<br />NARAS ERASES 31 CATEGORIES FROM GRAMMYS<br /><br />OUTRAGED MUSIC COMMUNITY RESPONDS<br /><br />http://www.GrammyWatch.infoGrammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01528794988968580717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-60918004641807871712011-04-18T12:53:33.066-07:002011-04-18T12:53:33.066-07:00For more on the subject, see:
http://newsok.com/n...For more on the subject, see:<br /><br />http://newsok.com/native-american-category-cut-from-awards/article/3558453<br /><br /><b>Grammy overhaul eliminates best Native American music album category</b><br /><br />Starting next year, albums formerly in the Native American category will be shifted to the newly created best regional roots music category, which also will include Hawaiian, Zydeco and Cajun music.<br /><br />But 2006 Grammy contender Cheevers Toppah said the Native American category already featured a jumble of musical styles, including traditional singing, American Indian gospel hymns and flute instrumentals. He and Alex E. Smith were nominated for their album “Intonation,” which fused traditional Southern Plains singing with contemporary harmonizing.<br /><br />The Weatherford resident believes historical significance should have preserved the category.<br /><br />“It is a business what they’re doing, and sometimes business has to do what’s in their best interests,” said Toppah, 28, who is Kiowa and Navajo. “But sometimes I just think there are certain things you don’t get rid of — like pretty much what your country is based on.”Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-50541878240612229032011-04-08T10:23:58.135-07:002011-04-08T10:23:58.135-07:00I don't know, the amount of people who listen ...I don't know, the amount of people who listen to Native American music is probably pretty small therefore the only judges would be likey Native Americans.Potholderzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16376615893258194694noreply@blogger.com