Stompin’ Tom Connors – 1936 to 2013
Stompin’ Tom Connors, one of Canada’s great folk heroes, passed away on March 6, 2013 of natural causes at his home in Peterborough Ontario.
His songs were about Canada, the places from coast to coast, with a focus on the working people from working towns in Ontario.
Stompin’ Tom was a fiercely patriotic Canadian in his songs and career.
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Bruno Mars performing with Sting, Rihanna, Damien and Ziggy Marley
Mumford and Sons CD “Babel” is the big winner of the Grammys with a sales increase of more than 50% according to Soundscan and 394% for the song “I Will Wait” on 7Digital.
In social media, NextBigSound reported that Bruno Mars saw the biggest increase with 125K Twitter new followers and 1.7 million new YouTube views from February 8-10. Continue reading
55th Grammy Awards
Here is the 2nd part of our post on were to find the award-winning music from the 55th Grammy Awards for music released in 2012.
The award-winning music is available on iTunes, Google, Microsoft Xbox Music and Amazon.com, which also has the complete The 55th Grammy Award nominees
Amazon is pricing some of the top CDs as low as $3.99. Amazon.com has the added bonus of AutoRip. When you buy most CDs, Amazon.com gives you a free instant MP3 download of the CD plus Cloud storage of your music. (Not available in all countries)
55th Grammy Awards
The annual Grammy Award is the most coveted award for musicians.
This year’s winners represent the best in new and old artists from around the world who have made an impression in the United States.
As a side note, the Latin music market in the United States is so large they have their own separate Latin Grammy Awards. Continue reading
Taylor Swift turns the Grammy’s into an Alice in Wonderland Cirque du Soleil (photo CBS)
Taylor Swift did not win a Grammy at the 2013 Grammy Awards which just goes to show how silly those awards can be.
But her fans got the best of the night when she opened the show with a new performance of “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together.”
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Folk group Mumford and Sons win two awards at 55th Grammys (photo Grammy.com)
Mumford and Sons won the 2012 Grammy Award for Album of the Year for “Babel” and Best Long Form Music Video for “Big Easy Express” with Old Crow Medicine Show and Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros.
Mumford and Sons were also top performers on the 55th Grammy Awards show blowing the doors off the Staples Center with a rousing “I Will Wait” from “Babel”. They were so hot that Taylor Swift was singing along in the audience.
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Mumford and Sons performing with the Austin High School Marching Band in Big Easy Express
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“Big Easy Express” is a great music film about Mumford and Sons, Old Crow Medicine Show and Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros.
I reviewed the iTunes version of “Big Easy Express last year. “I did not want the movie to end,” I wrote at the time.
“It felt like I had been with the bands on the trip and in the audience. “Big Easy Express” left me with that mixed emotion of joy and nostalgia all at once.” Review – Mumford and Sons Big Easy Express. Continue reading