Dozens of musicians demonstrated outside the Grammy Awards on Sunday protesting the Recording Academy’s decision to eliminate dozens of ethnic music award categories, including Hawaiian, Haitian, Cajun, Latin jazz, contemporary blues and regional Mexican. Some protesters see racial bias in the revisions, others see them as harmful to low-budget indie labels. Last August, four Latin jazz artists filed a lawsuit with the New York Supreme Court claiming that the dropping of such categories had adversely affected their careers. They also said the academy was violating its "contractual obligations" to its 21,000 members. We speak to Oscar Hernández
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Friday, February 17, 2012
GRAMMY WATCH! BY SARAH BISCONTE - News Nuggets: Artists will protest Grammys for cutting ethnic categories
News Nuggets: Artists will protest Grammys for cutting ethnic categories
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GRAMMY WATCH! BY SARAH BISCONTE: Grammy Awards: Musicians will protest category reductions
Grammy Awards: Musicians will protest category reductions
Some musicians will protest outside the Grammys at Staples Center on Sunday over the Recording Academy's elimination and consolidation of some award categories.
GRAMMY WATCH! BY SARAH BISCONTE: Grammy Protestors Drop Off 23,000 Signatures at NARAS Headquarters
By Justino Aguila, Los Angeles
More than a dozen musicians, community leaders and supporters dropped off a thick stack of documents on Thursday (Feb. 9) with a reported 23,000 signatures at the Recording Academy headquarters as part of an ongoing effort to compel the organization into reinstating 31 categories that were eliminated last year.
The protesting group, comprised mostly of Latin jazz musicians, are also planning to protest the Grammy Awards show on Sunday outside the Staples Center and will later have their own showcase at Mama Juana's nightclub in Studio City at 4 p.m. in an effort to spread the word that their fight is not over.
The protesting group, comprised mostly of Latin jazz musicians, are also planning to protest the Grammy Awards show on Sunday outside the Staples Center and will later have their own showcase at Mama Juana's nightclub in Studio City at 4 p.m. in an effort to spread the word that their fight is not over.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
GRAMMY WATCH! BY SARAH BISCONTE - Musicans Call Out Elimination of Grammy Award Categories as Racist
UPDATE, FEB, 6, 1:56 P.M.: Presente.org andGrammywatch.org, which has its own petition in circulation, are joining forces in calling for a protest this Saturday over the slashing of Grammy Award categories.
The Facebook page for the protest, which encourages supporters to bring their instruments, reads:
Activists invite people to come and listen to the very music the Grammys are set to stop formally recognizing.
more at http://blogs.ocweekly.com/heardmentality/2012/02/musicans_take_issue_with_elimi.php
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The Facebook page for the protest, which encourages supporters to bring their instruments, reads:
Come Support Musicians- Blues, Mexican, Latin Jazz, Gospel, Cajun, Native American, Hawaiian, others- fighting for music justice!The action is being called for from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, February 12, with folks gathering at the corner of S. Figueroa and W. Pico Blvd. in Downtown Los Angeles. Greg Esparza, vocalist with Chicano soul band Thee Midnighters, has already stated his intention to attend. Later that day from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. is an Alternative Grammy Party scheduled to take place at Mama Juana's Latin Lounge in Studio City.
Join us in sending a message to Grammy President, Neil Portnow and the Grammy Board and Demand that they Reinstate the Musical Categories now!
Activists invite people to come and listen to the very music the Grammys are set to stop formally recognizing.
more at http://blogs.ocweekly.com/heardmentality/2012/02/musicans_take_issue_with_elimi.php
Publicist: Sarah Bisconte via email: bravaguapa@mac.com
Grammy Awards Protest Planned By Musicians During Sunday's Show
By Justino Aguila, Los Angeles
In an ongoing effort to reinstate 31 categories that were eliminated from the Grammy Awards, musicians are planning a protest and a musical showcase on the same day as 54th installment of the awards show on Feb. 12, according to a spokesman for the recording artists who filed a lawsuit last year against the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS).
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The protests, mostly by Latin jazz musicians and their supporters, are scheduled to take place in Los Angeles outside the Staples Center from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Artists, community leaders and music fans will gather at the corner of Figueroa Street and Pico Boulevard, according to a spokesperson for Grammy Watch Group Los Angeles, a coalition of musicians from the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles and New York.
The protests, mostly by Latin jazz musicians and their supporters, are scheduled to take place in Los Angeles outside the Staples Center from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Artists, community leaders and music fans will gather at the corner of Figueroa Street and Pico Boulevard, according to a spokesperson for Grammy Watch Group Los Angeles, a coalition of musicians from the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles and New York.
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