Grammys

Mumford & Sons take home album of the year Grammy

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 08:10:42 +0000

Listen to Mandalit del Barco's radio report from the Grammys at the audio link.

The folk-rock quartet Mumford & Sons won album of the year for Babel and The Black Keys dominated the rock category at the 55th Grammy Awards on Sunday night.

Who is Esperanza Spalding?

Abe Beeson — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 23:44:58 +0000

Esperanza Spalding walked into the KPLU Seattle studios like some teenaged gunslinger. However, she’d been working full time in music for most of her 25 years, and her chosen weapon was a double-bass that reached just above her impressive afro.

Now a Grammy Award winner for Best New Artist (take that, Justin Bieber!), I’ve recently enjoyed listening back to our meeting a year ago, and specifically our interview.

A Grammys pop quiz

John Kessler and John Maynard — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 13:25:27 +0000

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kplu/local-kplu-951398.mp3

The Grammys have been awarded since 1959, when Henry Mancini's "Peter Gunn" was the hit of the year. Some of the greats have been honored along the way, from Frank Sinatra to The Beatles to Quincy Jones.

Some not-so-greats have been honored, too. Milli Vanilli had to give theirs back-- seems they weren't actually on their award-winning record.