![]() ![]() “I can’t think of a time when we’ve ever censored an artist from going on stage and expressing themselves artistically,” he says. First and foremost, he told The Daily Beast, the Grammys stand for “artistic freedom.” There were 19 musical numbers in last year’s show, and there will be at least that many this year.Īll that music and visual production leaves ample opportunity, for artists who are so inclined, to weave social and political content into their time on stage-provided it passes the vetting of The Recording Academy, CBS, and the show’s veteran producer, Ken Ehrlich.Įhrlich is in his 38th year with the show and he’s overseen a lot of musical numbers, good, bad, and weird. It de-emphasized the handing out of awards-only a dozen or so of the 84 trophies are handed out in the main, televised show-and prioritized live performances. And around the turn of the millennium, the show decided that bigger is better (size, self-aggrandizement, it’s rather Trump-like, honestly), and moved permanently from theaters to arenas. ![]() ![]() Unlike the boozy, breezy ballroom that hosts the Globes or the august, quiet confidence of the Oscars, the Grammys like to crow about their own importance-“Music’s Biggest Night” and all. Now that the Golden Globes are behind us, with Seth Meyers’ savage opening, Oprah’s soaring oratory, and Natalie Portman’s biting ad-lib to remember, we’re less than a week away from a different kind of award show that will, in its own way, reckon with The Reckoning: The Grammy Awards, which for its 60th edition will return to New York for the first time in 15 years. ![]()
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