Awards & Events

The New York imbroglio is over.  Now the 61st Grammy Awards are shifting back to LA, to the familiar Staples Center roost. It's been a really, really rough year for the Grammys and its guiding force, the Rec... Read More...

Performers and fans alike can — and do — grouse about some of the awards given away in the entertainment industry.  But as the sole peer-recognized award in the music industry, the Grammys still command high ... Read More...

Neil Portnow, the longtime president of the Recording Academy and chief overseer of the Grammys, has announced his resignation. In the middle of an extremely rocky year, embattled Recording Academy president... Read More...

Of all the Spotify holdouts, this perhaps speaks the loudest. Because exposure for a cause is great, but actual donations are better.  And after staging a resoundingly successful '12-12-12' charitable concert ... Read More...

You know the drill: make enough noise, get enough signatures, garner enough press, and the powers that be start to change their tune. Which is exactly the strategy being employed by jazz/folk/electronica artis... Read More...

Who knew? Well, Europeans, that's who. But the biggest summer festival is actually Sziget Festival, held in Budapest every August. This is easily the largest summer shindig with a recent attendance level of 38... Read More...