The 54th GRAMMY Awards Pre-Telecast presented trophies in about 70 categories Sunday afternoon. The Foo Fighters took four GRAMMYs, while Kanye West and cyberbanking act Skrillex won three each. With the GRAMMY advertisement aloof underway, all three could acquire added GRAMMYs coming. And eyes will still be on Adele in accurate as she looks to add to her two Pre-Telecast wins.
The GRAMMY Pre-Telecast awards presentation accident has appear into its own in contempo years, with the two-and-a-half hour appearance featuring music performances and aerial assembly values, and a bulk of artisan presenters. Interspersed amid the awards that were accustomed out above-mentioned to the televised appearance were performances by the Larry Batiste Orchestra with co-hosts Dave Koz and MC Lyte, a accumulation of aerial changeable actuality singers (Kim Burrell, Le'Andrea Johnson, Kelly Price, and Tri-I-Tee 5:7), the Rebirth Brass Bandage and Steve Earle.
Joyce DiDonato brought the admirers to its anxiety back she performed for the abounding abode at the Los Angeles Convention Center, accomplish abroad from the Staples Center in city Los Angeles, area the GRAMMY advertisement will booty place. Back DiDonato afterwards accustomed her GRAMMY for Best Classical Instrumental Solo for "Diva Divo," she thanked the admirers for absolution “an opera babe appear here.” She again rallied the admirers on the affair of music education, reminding the admirers that "there's a war on the arts now …We charge added musicians in our lives."
Keeping the commemoration affective calmly were accolade presenters Brandon Heath, Gerald Clayton, Chick Corea, Arturo O’Farrill, OK Go, Esperanza Spalding and Jimmy Jam.
Excited accepting speeches were plentiful. Among the highlights was an acutely afraid John Paul White of the Civil Wars who said of the duo's win, "I aloof absent a bet…" The duo took home two GRAMMYs during the festivities, for Best Folk Anthology and Best Country Duo/Group Performance Barton Hollow and the clue of the aforementioned name.
Joy Williams, the added bisected of the Civil Wars, was bright backstage. "We dreamed of this, but never got anywhere abreast it. Our alone belief while authoritative this music was 'How do we feel about it? ' and 'Is it article we can be appreciative of?' So, to accomplish a almanac that we're both angrily appreciative of and to win the GRAMMY is complete icing on the cake."
One of the evening's best agitating moments came back the backward Amy Winehouse's parents abutting Tony Bennett onstage to acquire the GRAMMY for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for "Body And Soul," from Bennett's Duets II album. Back Winehouse's ancestor recalled that he'd asked her if she knew the lyrics to "Body And Soul," he said she'd told him, "Yes, Dad. You've been singing it to me for years."
Paul Epworth was called Ambassador Of The Year, Non-Classical. The British ambassador was accustomed for his assignment with GRAMMY adept Adele as able-bodied as up-and-comers Foster The People.
"This is my third GRAMMY, so I shouldn’t be as aflame as I am," said anew all-powerful GRAMMY Ambassador Of The Year, Classical, Judith Sherman. "But I had the best year of my life, recording-wise. … Back they were advertisement the nominees, I was arresting my husband's hand. He's a violinist. I admiration if he’ll be able to comedy tomorrow.
Electronic music ambassador Skrillex sat in the advanced row, conceivably anticipating his advantageous night with three wins surrounding his Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites album. Raising a agleam gold GRAMMY bronze aloft his head, Skrillex gushed in atheism that alone a year ago he'd been active illegally in a barn amplitude in city Los Angeles, recording in his bedroom. "This is the best surreal moment of my life," he said of his fresh cachet as GRAMMY winner. "… It agency a lot, not aloof for me, but for the accomplished cyberbanking community." He was asked backstage what he planned to do with his trophy. "When I get an apartment, I'll amount that out," he said. "I'm in a auberge now. I fly to Europe tomorrow, so I don't apperceive area it's activity to go."
Booker T. Jones, frontman for the allegorical Stax Records abode bandage Booker T. & The M.G.'s, won Best Pop Instrumental Anthology for The Road From Memphis. It was his third GRAMMY win. In 2007, he and his bandage were bestowed with a Lifetime Achievement Accolade recipients by The Recording Academy. "I'm aloof adequate and exhilarated," he said afterwards accepting his award. "I was able to accurate myself in a way that I'd hadn't anytime afore on this album."
Trey Parker, bisected of the artistic aggregation (along with Matt Stone) for the absonant activated television alternation “South Park” brought home a Best Musical Theater Anthology GRAMMY for his assignment as co-producer, co-composer and co-lyricist on The Book Of Mormon, his Tony-winning stageplay. "I'm activity absolutely absolutely good," he said backstage. "I'm aloof animated we didn't lose. I would've been so abject out."
Taylor Swift accustomed her two Pre-Telecast wins with her absorbing faculty of afraid youth. And the Foo Fighters came out with accretion apish aggravation afterwards what seemed like four about after wins.
It's all a abundant commencement to Music's Biggest Night.
