Grammy Awards
Recap: 2019 Grammy Awards show brings out big performances
Photo Courtesy of GRAMMY.com Story by Aaliyah Johnson / Contributing Writer The 61st annual Grammy Awards ceremony was nothing short of exciting. With an array of different artists giving out stunning performances, there was no doubt that Sunday night would be extraordinary. The night started off with Grammy nominee Camila Cabello’s colorful and explosive performance …
60th annual Grammy Awards full of upsets, surprises
Story by Aaliyah Johnson / Contributing Writer The 60th annual Grammy Awards was filled to the brim with excitement, diversity and politically charged messages throughout the night. With many different categories ranging from latin to hip-hop to rock, Sunday night provided one of the most diverse Grammy Awards in history. It was also the first …
Tributes and glitches galore: The high and lows of the 58th Grammy Awards
Story by Sara Snoddy and Jordan Trice Was it just us, or was Monday night’s Grammy Awards a little off? Whether it was the frequent technical glitches — the sound guy might want to steer clear of Adele fans — or the awkwardly arduous tributes to music legends, something about this Grammy’s year just didn’t sound right. Maybe …
Sidelines FM: 02/16/16
On this week’s edition of Sidelines FM, we played a mix of Grammy winners, Nashville favorites and new releases. We kicked things off with Kendrick Lamar‘s “These Walls,” which took home a Grammy for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration at this year’s ceremony. Lamar, who was nominated 11 times, also took home Best Rap Album, Song and Performance, …
MTSU Alum Street Symphony Talks Grammy Win
When MTSU alumnus Torrance Esmond, who produces under the name “Street Symphony,” was in the studio producing Lecrae’s “Messengers,” he knew they had made something big. “We needed a kind of big record that would be a game-changer in Christian music,” Esmond said in a phone interview last week. “The night that we did it, we …
Four Former MTSU Students Nominated for Grammys
By Erin Moore // Contributing Writer Four former MTSU students have received nominations in this year’s Grammy Awards. Luke Laird, who graduated MTSU with a degree in music business in 2001, is a previous Grammy winner from 2014. He won a Grammy for Best Country Album for his work on Kasey Musgraves’ “Same Trailer, Different …