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Grammys 2023: Steve Lacy performs, Wet Leg & Måneskin lose out on Best New Artist

February 6, 2023 by WDNY Radio

While the dedicated categories were handed out during the pre-show, Steve Lacy still brought alternative music to Grammy night.

Lacy performed his breakout hit “Bad Habit,” which was nominated for Song and Record of the Year. Bonnie Raitt‘s “Just Like That” won Song of the Year, while Lizzo‘s “About Damn Time” won Record of the Year.

Meanwhile, Wet Leg and Måneskin had a chance to be alternative winners during the main show in the Best New Artist category, but they lost out to jazz singer Samara Joy. Coldplay‘s Music of the Spheres was nominated for Album of the Year, which went to Harry Styles‘ Harry’s House.

Wet Leg didn’t go home empty-handed, though — the duo won Best Alternative Music Performance for “Chaise Longue” and Best Alternative Music Album for their self-titled debut album.

In the rock categories, Ozzy Osbourne‘s Patient Number 9 won Best Rock Album, while Americana artist Brandi Carlile won Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance for her track “Broken Horses,” which she also performed during the ceremony.

Ozzy also won Best Metal Performance for “Degradation Blues,” featuring Black Sabbath‘s Tony Iommi.

Grammys 2023: Bonnie Raitt wins Song of the Year; Christine McVie remembered & more

February 5, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Bonnie Raitt proved once again she’s a Grammy favorite. The 73-year-old Rock and Roll Hall of Famer picked up three trophies Sunday, including the coveted Song of the Year award for “Just Like That,” beating out such big hits as Harry Styles’ “As It Was,” Lizzo’s “About Damn Time,” Beyoncé’s “Break My Soul,” and others.

Earlier in the evening, Bonnie won two other trophies — Best Americana Performance for “Made Up Mind” and Best American Roots Song for “Just Like That” — bringing her career total wins to 13. The two wins for “Just Like That” also mark her first Grammy wins as a songwriter.

While Sunday’s Grammys were filled were great performances, some of the most touching moments came during the In Memoriam segment, which paid tribute to the artists we lost last year.

One of the more emotional moments came during the touching tribute to Fleetwood Mac’s Christine McVie, who passed away in November. The performance of her classic “Songbird” featured Christine’s bandmate Mick Fleetwood on drums and Sheryl Crow on piano and vocals, with help by Raitt on vocals as well.

Jeff Beck, who passed away in January, was also remembered during the segment with a clip of him playing guitar, while a tribute to David Crosby, who also passed away January, featured a clip of his classic Crosby, Stills & Nash tune ‘Guinevere.”

The segment also featured images projected on the screen of others we lost, including Jerry Lee Lewis, The Crickets’ Jerry Allison, The Rascals’ Dino Danelli, Tom Verlaine, Foreigner’s Ian McDonald, The Clash’s Keith Levene, and others.

Grammys 2023: Bonnie Raitt wins, Christine McVie remembered & more

February 5, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Bonnie Raitt was a big winner at Sunday’s Grammys, taking home three wins, including Song of the Year for “Just Like That,” beating out big hits like Harry Styles’ “As It Was,” Lizzo’s “About Damn Time” and others.

Bonnie, 73, also won Best Americana Performance for “Made Up Mind” and Best American Roots Song for “Just Like That.” The new wins bring Bonnie’s lifetime Grammy total to 13, while the two wins for “Just Like That” mark her first Grammy trophies as a songwriter.

Some of the night’s other winners included an orchestral version of Fleetwood Mac’s “Songbird” for Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals, Edgar Winter‘s Brother Johnny for Best Contemporary Blues Album, and The Grateful Dead’s In and Out of The Garden: Madison Square Garden ’81 ’82 ’83 for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package.

One of the more emotional moments came during the touching tribute to Fleetwood Mac’s Christine McVie, who passed away in November. The performance of her classic “Songbird” featured Christine’s bandmate Mick Fleetwood on drums and Sheryl Crow on piano and vocals, assisted by Raitt.

Jeff Beck, who passed away in January, was also remembered with a clip of him playing guitar, while David Crosby, who also passed away in January, was remembered with a clip of his classic Crosby, Stills & Nash tune “Guinevere.”

The segment also featured images projected on the screen of others we lost, including Olivia Newton-John, Jerry Lee Lewis and more.

The evening also included a celebration of this year’s MusiCares Persons of the Year, Berry Gordy and Smokey Robinson. The performance kicked off with Stevie Wonder and Wanmore performing “The Way You Do the Things You Do,” followed by Stevie and Smokey teaming for “Tears of a Clown,” and wrapping with Stevie and Chris Stapleton performing “Higher Ground.”

Grammys 2023: Willie Nelson nabs two, Kacey Musgraves pays tribute to Loretta Lynn & more

February 5, 2023 by WDNY Radio

The 65th annual Grammy Awards went down in Los Angeles Sunday Night with Willie Nelson walking away the big country winner, with two trophies. The 89-year-old legend won Best Country Album for A Beautiful Time, and Best Country Solo Performance for “Live Forever,” bringing his total career Grammy wins to 12.

The night’s other big country winners included Carly Pearce and Ashley McBryde, who each took home their first Grammy, winning Best Country Duo/Group performance for “Never Wanted to Be That Girl.” Best Country song went to Cody Johnson’s track ‘Til You Can’t,” which was written by Matt Rogers and Ben Stennis.

Brandi Carlile also took home awards but not in country categories. She won Best Rock Performance and Best Rock Song for “Broken Horses,” and Best Americana album for In These Silent Days.

Grammy night also featured two special country performances. Luke Combs made his Grammy performance debut with “Going Going Gone,” while Kacey Musgraves helped the Grammys pay tribute to the legendary Loretta Lynn, who passed away in October, with a performance of Lynn’s signature song “Coal Miner’s Daughter.” During the performance, Naomi Judd was also remembered with a photo projected on the screen.

And that’s not all. Chris Stapleton also helped bring the house down, teaming with Stevie Wonder for a performance of Wonder’s classic “Higher Ground,” to help celebrate this year’s MusiCares Persons of the Year, Smokey Robinson and Berry Gordy.

Grammys 2023: Ozzy Osbourne, Bonnie Raitt & more take home awards

February 5, 2023 by WDNY Radio

As per usual, many of this year’s Grammy winners were announced before the actual main show took place Sunday night. Here’s who took home the Grammy gold:

Ozzy Osbourne won two of the four Grammys for which he was nominated: Best Rock Album for Patient Number 9, and Best Metal Performance for the song “Degradation Blues,” featuring Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi.

Bonnie Raitt also added to her Grammy haul, taking home two wins, this time for Best Americana Performance for “Made Up Mind” and Best American Roots Song for “Just Like That.”

Among the other early winners: an orchestral version of Fleetwood Mac‘s “Songbird” for Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals, Edgar Winter’s Taylor Hawkins-featuring Brother Johnny for Best Contemporary Blues Album, and The Grateful Dead’s In and Out of The Garden: Madison Square Garden ’81 ’82 ’83 for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package.

Meanwhile, at the pre-Grammy Special Merit Awards Saturday, Nirvana received the Lifetime Achievement Award. Surviving members Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear attended the ceremony to accept the honor. Heart’s Ann and Nancy Wilson were also honored with Lifetime Achievement Award, with Billboard noting that only Nancy was on hand to accept the honor.

Grammys 2023: Ozzy Osbourne, Wet Leg, Brandi Carlile win rock & alternative awards

February 5, 2023 by WDNY Radio

As per usual, the rock, alternative and metal Grammy categories were announced before the actual main show took place Sunday night. Here’s who took home the Grammy gold:

Ozzy Osbourne won two of the four Grammys for which he was nominated: Best Rock Album for Patient Number 9, and Best Metal Performance for the song “Degradation Blues,” featuring Black Sabbath‘s Tony Iommi.

Wet Leg was also a double winner, picking up Best Alternative Music Performance for “Chaise Longue” and Best Alternative Music Album for their self-titled debut album.

Americana artist Brandi Carlile won both Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance for her track “Broken Horses.”

Other early winners include Jack Antonoff for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical and Steve Lacy‘s Gemini Rights for Best Progressive R&B Album.

Meanwhile, at the pre-Grammy Special Merit Awards Saturday, Nirvana received the Lifetime Achievement Award. Surviving members Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear attended the ceremony to accept the honor.

Smokey Robinson & Berry Gordy honored as MusiCares Persons of the Year

February 4, 2023 by WDNY Radio

The stars came out in Los Angeles Friday night to celebrate Smokey Robinson and Berry Gordy, who were honored as the Recording Academy’s MusiCares Persons of the Year, the first time the organization has had dual honorees.

USA Today reports the star-studded night featured performances of plenty of Motown classics, including a surprise performance by Stevie Wonder, who performed “Try Something New” and joked that Gordy “didn’t think I could sing” when he was younger. Stevie also performed a reggae version of “The Tears of a Clown.”

Lionel Richie was also on hand to celebrate his two friends, performing his classic “Easy.” He told the crowd, “To get a chance to sit here in front of two of my amazing mentors … I don’t know if I’m more excited to be part of the Motown family or having Berry and Smokey as my dear friends.”

Among the other performances: Dionne Warwick sang “My Guy,” Sheryl Crow performed the Jackson 5 hit “I Want You Back,” Brandi Carlile performed “The Tracks of My Tears,” The Temptations treated the crowd to a medley of “The Way You Do the Things You Do,” “I Can’t Get Next to You” and “My Girl, and The Four Tops sang a medley of “Baby I Need Your Loving,” “It’s the Same Old Song,” “Reach Out (I’ll Be There)” and “I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch).”

Smokey himself, who’s 82, also performed a ballad he wrote for Gordy called “Did You Know,” telling Gordy they have “the best friendship in the world,” and adding, “you are so precious.”

Gordy, 93, reiterated Smokey’s sentiment in his acceptance speech, sharing, “I’m happy to be here with my best friend. I mean…damn.”

Korn shares video stream of ’Requiem Mass’ church concert

February 4, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Korn has shared a video stream of the band’s Requiem Mass concert, which took place last year at the Hollywood United Methodist Church in Los Angeles.

The unique performance, which celebrated the release of Korn’s Requiem album, was accompanied by a backing choir and required those attending to wear “appropriate black funeral attire.”

You can watch Requiem Mass streaming now on YouTube.

Korn has also released a live EP capturing the Requiem Mass performance, which is out now.

You can catch Korn perform live this year at the upcoming Sick New World and Bonnaroo festivals.

Depeche Mode announces first ‘Memento Mori’ single, “Ghosts Again”

February 4, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Depeche Mode has revealed the title and premiere date of the first single off the band’s upcoming album, Memento Mori.

The track is titled “Ghosts Again” and will arrive Thursday, February 9, at 11 a.m. ET. You can listen to a brief snippet of the song via Depeche Mode’s Twitter.

Memento Mori is the follow-up to 2017’s Spirit. It is the first Depeche Mode album following the death of band member Andy Fletcher, who died last May.

“We started work on this project early in the pandemic, and its themes were directly inspired by that time,” Depeche Mode’s Martin Gore said of Memento Mori. “After Fletch’s passing, we decided to continue as we’re sure this is what he would have wanted, and that has really given the project an extra level of meaning.”

Depeche Mode will support Memento Mori on a giant world tour, which kicks off in the U.S. in March.

Ringo Starr & Paul McCartney dance together at Los Angeles bash

February 3, 2023 by WDNY Radio

There was a Beatles reunion in Los Angeles this week. Ringo Starr shared video of him dancing with his bandmate Paul McCartney at a party thrown by McCartney’s daughter Stella McCartney.

“Man, this beautiful day is getting better and better we were at the Stella McCartney rollerskating party,” Ringo wrote on Twitter next to a clip of him and McCartney dancing to the ’70s disco hit “Young Hearts Run Free” by Candi Staton. “What a time we had go get them, Paul, peace, and love.”

According to TheNewsMarket, the bash, which took place at Henson Recording Studios, celebrated Stella’s 18-year partnership with Adidas. The party also showed off the Spring Summer 23 Adidas by Stella McCartney collection.

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