One of the coolest things about being a popular musician must be the ability to occasionally share the stage with your heroes. Neo-folk outfit Mumford & Sons have gotten to do that several times over the past couple of years. At the Grammy Awards last year, the quartet shared the stage with Bob Dylan for a rendition of “Maggie’s Farm,” and just a couple of days ago, at the Pinkpop Festival in Holland, the band got to share the stage […]
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Popblerd’s 2012 Grammy Preview & Predictions: General Field
Will Adele sweep Record, Song & Album of the Year? See what we think.
Popblerd’s Grammy Preview & Predictions 2012: Rock Categories
Hey y’all! The same way that some consider the Academy Awards the Super Bowl for non-sports fans, the Grammy Awards is like the Super Bowl for a certain strain of music fan. Of course, I’m a football fan, so it’s kinda like having the Super Bowl a week after the Super Bowl…and it’s very likely that this year, Madonna will be at both. I won’t go into specifics about the history of the Grammy Awards. You all have Wikipedia for […]
Grammy Nominations Announced Tonight; Who’s Gonna Clean Up?
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Grammy nominations get announced tonight. Who will come up as the big nominee? Besides Adele, that is…
Chart Stalker 4/13/11: Adele Reclaims the Throne
As if to give us a second to catch our breath after a few weeks of solid activity, this week’s Billboard chart numbers kinda suck. Adele’s 21 returns to the #1 spot with 88,000 copies sold, just a 6% decline over the previous week’s scans. The British singer’s numbers have been ridiculously consistent both here and in her home country (where “consistent” would be a bit of an understatement-the album’s spent it’s entire 11-week life at #1) and brings my […]
Chart Stalker 3/2/11: Rolling in Adele
As expected, Adele takes the #1 spot on this week’s chart with her sophomore effort, 21. The British singer-songwriter nails down the biggest chart week of 2011, with an impressive 352,000 units sold. To give a little perspective here, I don’t think Adele’s debut album hit the 350K mark until the Grammy nominations were announced more than six months after the album’s release. To give some more perspective, 21 is already the second biggest selling album of 2011, following Mumford […]
Chart Stalker 2/16/10: Now! A Ray of Sunshine
Lookie, lookie! Our first six-figure total of 2011 has arrived, and it only took two months for it to happen! (Sarcasm, folks). The 37th volume of the venerable “Now That’s What I Call Music” series takes the top spot on this week’s Billboard Album chart with 151,000 copies sold. It’s by far the best sales week of the year for any album, and it’s also the best sales week for the “Now” franchise in quite some time. This week’s chart […]
Popblerd! Presents: Your 2011 Grammy Awards Live Blog (& Drinking Game)!
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Some folks go crazy over the Academy Awards. Some folks go nuts over the Super Bowl. For me, unless a New York City team is in the World Series or Super Bowl, my most exciting pop culture event has to be the Grammy Awards. It intrigued me as a kid-it was probably the first award show I ever saw. I believe it was the 1980 ceremony, and all I remember is that The Doobie Brothers were performing, I was watching […]
Popblerd!’s 2011 Grammy Preview: General Field
And now, here are the big’uns. The Grammy Awards are tonight, and so far, we’ve looked at picks for rap, country, R&B, pop, dance and rock. All that’s left (besides polka, classical and a bunch of other categories I know absolutely nothing about) are the major, prestige categories. So, without further ado, let’s see who’s up for the serious hardware on “music’s biggest night”, and don’t forget that I will be live-blogging the show tonight, with updates on the site […]
Popblerd!’s 2011 Grammy Preview: Rock
It’s the dinosaurs, y’all! Grammy’s rock categories typically tend to honor those who have attained a certain tenure in the industry. Grizzled vets get carte blanche, and if you’re an up and comer, you know you’ve been accepted into the rock establishment when the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences starts heaping little golden gramophones on your ass (i.e. Kings of Leon, Green Day, Foo Fighters, The White Stripes, etc.) This year’s most interesting category overall (to me) is […]
Who The Hell Is…Cadillac Sky?
If you’d asked me this question two weeks ago, I wouldn’t have had an answer for you! However, I was fortunate enough to catch the Mumford and Sons show at the House of Blues here in Boston. There are times when I skip opening acts, but this time I got to the venue early, knowing damn well the place was gonna fill up quick. Definitely a good call on my part. To call Cadillac Sky yet another alt-country or neo-bluegrass […]
