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Grammy Winners: Plant & Krauss, Coldplay, Mayer

The Grammys are easy to dismiss as a relic of another time in the music industry when lavish parties and limos seemed appropriate.  I personally haven't watched an entire show. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2009/02/grammy-winners-plant-krauss-coldplay-mayer-more.html]

,   and  Bruce Houghton

The Grammys are easy to dismiss as a relic of another time in the music industry when lavish parties and limos seemed appropriate.  I personally haven't watched an entire show for years, but its hard to deny that on some level and for some genres, The Grammys still matter.  It was also good to see a rather left field collaboration between Led Zep's Robert Plant & bluegrass queen Alison Krauss win both Album and Record Of The Year and three other awards on independent Rounder.

  • Grammy
    Album of the Year:     "Raising Sand," Robert Plant and Alison Krauss; T Bone Burnett, producer. (Rounder)
  • Rap Album: "Tha Carter III," Lil Wayne (Cash Money/Universal Motown)
  • Male Pop Vocal Performance: "Say," John Mayer; track from "Continuum" (Columbia)
  • Record of the Year: "Please Read The Letter," Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
  • New Artist: Adele

  • Rock Album: "Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends," Coldplay (Capitol)
  • Pop Collaboration With Vocals: "Rich Woman," Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, track from "Raising Sand" (Rounder)
  • Song of the Year: "Viva La Vida"
  • Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals: "Stay," Sugarland, track from "Enjoy the Ride" (Mercury)
  • R&B Album: "Jennifer Hudson," Jennifer Hudson (Arista)
  • Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Rick Rubin (Death Magnetic, Home Before Dark, Mercy, Seeing Things, Weezer)
  • Best Rock Song: Bruce Springsteen, “Girls in Their Summer Clothes”

    • All the winners: quck but complete list of winners and official site.

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