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Grammy Award For Best Traditional Folk Album
The Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album was awarded from 1987 to 2011. Until 1993 the award was known as the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Recording. An award for Best Contemporary Folk Album was also presented. Prior to 1987 contemporary and traditional folk were combined as the Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording. The award was discontinued in a major overhaul of Grammy categories. In 2012 this category was merged with Best Contemporary Folk Album The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album was awarded from 1987 to 2011. Until 1991 the award was known as the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Recording. In 2007, this category was renamed Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album. As ... to form the new Best Folk Album category. Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year. Recipients References {{DEFAULTSORT:Grammy Award For Best Traditional Folk Album Album awards Gram ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folk Music
Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted orally, music with unknown composers, music that is played on traditional instruments, music about cultural or national identity, music that changes between generations (folk process), music associated with a people's folklore, or music performed by custom over a long period of time. It has been contrasted with commercial and classical styles. The term originated in the 19th century, but folk music extends beyond that. Starting in the mid-20th century, a new form of popular folk music evolved from traditional folk music. This process and period is called the (second) folk revival and reached a zenith in the 1960s. This form of music is sometimes called contemporary folk music or folk rev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaka Zulu (album)
''Shaka Zulu'' is a 1987 album by South African a cappella group Ladysmith Black Mambazo. History Following the collaboration on Paul Simon's 1986 album ''Graceland'' which brought the group to international prominence, ''Shaka Zulu'' (produced by Simon) marked the band's first genuine international hit, securing them an American audience which would be built upon by the successes of ''Journey of Dreams'' (1988) and ''Two Worlds, One Heart'' (1990). ''Shaka Zulu'' was a collection of newly recorded versions of older Mambazo hits, such as "Unomathemba", "Hello My Baby" and "Lomhlaba Kawunoni". ''Shaka Zulu'' won a Grammy in 1988 for ''Best Traditional Folk Recording''. The album was also featured in Robert Dimery's 2006 musical reference book ''1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die''. Reception In his consumer guide for ''The Village Voice'', Robert Christgau felt the album had a "generalized gospel yearning", and a lyric sheet and songs in English that would appeal to Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
32nd Grammy Awards
The 32nd Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 21, 1990, and hosted by Garry Shandling. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year. Performers * Bette Midler - Wind Beneath My Wings * Gloria Estefan - Don't Wanna Lose You * Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives Me Crazy * Michael Bolton & Kenny G - How Am I Supposed To Live Without You * Don Henley - The End of the Innocence * Rodney Crowell - After All This Time * k.d. lang - Luck In My Eyes * Billy Joel - We Didn't Start The Fire * Bonnie Raitt - Thing Called Love * Mike + The Mechanics - The Living Years * Aaron Neville & Linda Ronstadt - Don't Know Much * Milli Vanilli - Girl You Know It’s True Presenters * Anita Baker, Sting & Stevie Wonder - Record of the Year * Natalie Cole & Ella Fitzgerald - Album of the Year * Michael Bolton & Kenny G - Song of the Year * Kris Kristofferson - Best New Artist * Exposé & Randy Travis - Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals * Patrick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Heartbeat
''Irish Heartbeat'' is the eighteenth studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison and is a collaboration with the traditional Irish musical group the Chieftains, released in 1988. It was recorded at Windmill Lane Studios in Dublin, Ireland, and reached number 18 in the UK album charts. Recording The album was recorded on dates from September to December 1987 and in January 1988. The Chieftains and Van Morrison had met years before at the Edinburgh rock festival. They joined up in Belfast during Morrison's '' No Guru'' tour and afterwards, Morrison and Paddy Moloney discussed recording an album together during a walk. They each had a list of songs and reached a consensus to cover two of Morrison's previously released tracks (the title track was one) and the rest from traditional Irish songs. Recalled Moloney:I think at that time Van was searching for his Irish roots. It was this man of blues, of rock ‘n’ roll, jazz and more importantly soul, coming home ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Van Morrison
Sir George Ivan Morrison (born 31 August 1945), known professionally as Van Morrison, is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist whose recording career spans seven decades. He has won two Grammy Awards. As a teenager in the late 1950s, he played a variety of instruments such as guitar, harmonica, keyboards and saxophone for several Irish showbands, covering the popular hits of that time. Known as "Van the Man" to his fans, Morrison rose to prominence in the mid 1960s as the lead singer of the Northern Irish R&B and rock band Them. With Them, he recorded the garage band classic " Gloria". Under the pop-oriented guidance of Bert Berns, Morrison's solo career began in 1967 with the release of the hit single "Brown Eyed Girl". After Berns's death, Warner Bros. Records bought out Morrison's contract and allowed him three sessions to record ''Astral Weeks'' (1968). While initially a poor seller, the album has become regarded as a classic. ''Moondance'' (197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulgarian State Television Female Vocal Choir
The Bulgarian State Television Female Vocal Choir is an internationally renowned world music ensemble that performs modern arrangements of traditional Bulgarian folk melodies. It is most recognized for its contribution to Marcel Cellier's Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares (The Mystery Of The Bulgarian Voices) project. First created in 1952 as the Ensemble for Folk Songs of the Bulgarian Radio by Georgi Boyadjiev, the choir is now under the direction of Dora Hristova. The choir was granted the name Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares by Marcel Cellier in 1997, in recognition of the fact that it had contributed most of the songs on the original compilations. Membership and methods Singers are chosen from country villages for the beauty and openness of their voices, and undergo extensive training in the unique, centuries-old singing style. Influenced by Bulgaria's Thracian, Bulgarian, Ottoman and Byzantine history, their music is striking in its use of diaphonic singing and distinctive tim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pretty Boy Floyd
Charles Arthur Floyd (February 3, 1904 – October 22, 1934), nicknamed Pretty Boy Floyd, was an American bank robber. He operated in the West and Central states, and his criminal exploits gained widespread press coverage in the 1930s. He was seen positively by the public because it was believed that during robberies he burned mortgage documents, freeing many people from their debts. He was pursued and killed by a group of Bureau of Investigation (BOI) agents led by Melvin Purvis. Historians have speculated as to which officers were at the event, but accounts document that local officers Robert "Pete" Pyle and George Curran were present at his fatal shooting and also at his embalming. Floyd has continued to be a familiar figure in American popular culture, sometimes seen as notorious, other times portrayed as a tragic figure, even a victim of the hard times of the Great Depression in the United States. Early life Floyd was born in Bartow County, Georgia in 1904. His family mov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Often regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture during a career spanning more than 60 years. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s, when songs such as "Blowin' in the Wind" (1963) and " The Times They Are a-Changin' (1964) became anthems for the civil rights and antiwar movements. His lyrics during this period incorporated a range of political, social, philosophical, and literary influences, defying pop music conventions and appealing to the burgeoning counterculture. Following his self-titled debut album in 1962, which comprised mainly traditional folk songs, Dylan made his breakthrough as a songwriter with the release of ''The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan'' the following year. The album features "Blowin' in the Wind" and the thematically complex " A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall". Many of his s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Vision Shared
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version can be written in two forms: the double-storey a and single-storey ɑ. The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English grammar, " a", and its variant " an", are indefinite articles. History The earliest certain ancestor of "A" is aleph (also written 'aleph), the first letter of the Phoenician alphabet, which consisted entirely of consonants (for that reason, it is also called an abjad to distinguish it f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
31st Grammy Awards
The 31st Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 22, 1989, at Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year. Album of the Year went to George Michael for ''Faith'', and Song of the Year went to Bobby McFerrin for "Don't Worry, Be Happy". Performers Award winners ;Record of the Year * Linda Goldstein (producer) & Bobby McFerrin for "Don't Worry, Be Happy" ;Album of the Year *George Michael (producer & artist) for ''Faith'' ; Song of the Year *Bobby McFerrin for "Don't Worry, Be Happy" ;Best New Artist *Tracy Chapman Blues * Best Traditional Blues Recording **Willie Dixon for '' Hidden Charms'' * Best Contemporary Blues Recording **The Robert Cray Band for '' Don't Be Afraid of the Dark'' Children's * Best Recording for Children **Ry Cooder (producer & composer), Mark Sottnick (producer) & Robin Williams for ''Pecos Bill'' Classical * Best Orchestral Recording ** Robert Woods (producer), Louis Lane, Robert Shaw ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belizaire The Cajun
''Belizaire the Cajun'' is a 1986 film directed by Glen Pitre and starring Armand Assante. It was screened in the ''Un Certain Regard'' section at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival. It chronicles the story of Belizaire Breaux, a village healer ('' traiteur'') in Acadiana in 1859, who becomes entangled in a violent conflict between Cajuns and the new Anglophone arrivals to Southwest Louisiana. Cast * Armand Assante as Belizaire Breaux * Gail Youngs as Alida Thibodaux * Michael Schoeffling as Hypolite Leger * Stephen McHattie as James Willoughby * Will Patton as Matthew Perry * Nancy Barrett as Rebecca * Loulan Pitre, Sr. as Sheriff * Andre Delaunay as Dolsin * Jim Levert as Amadee Meaux * Ernie Vincent as Old Perry * Paul Landry as Sosthene * Allan Durand as Priest * Robert Duvall Robert Selden Duvall (; born January 5, 1931) is an American actor and filmmaker. His career spans more than seven decades and he is considered one of the greatest American actors of all time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BeauSoleil
BeauSoleil (French, ''beautiful sun'') is a Cajun band from Louisiana, United States. Band history Founded in 1975, BeauSoleil (often billed as "BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet") released its first album in 1977 and became one of the most well-known bands performing traditional and original music rooted in the folk tunes of the Cajuns and Louisiana Creole people, Creoles of Louisiana. In early years they appeared at CODOFIL's annual "Tribute to Cajun Music" in Lafayette, Louisiana. They were part of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 1983. BeauSoleil tours extensively in the U.S. and internationally. While its repertoire includes hundreds of traditional Cajun music, Cajun, Creole music, Creole and zydeco songs, BeauSoleil has also pushed past constraints of purely traditional instrumentation, rhythm, and lyrics of Louisiana folk music, incorporating elements of rock and roll, jazz, blues, calypso music, calypso, and other genres in original compositions and reworkings of trad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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