January 2010

Taylor Swift Bags Album of the Year Grammy Plus Three More

The biggest Grammy award of the night went to Taylor Swift. Her album “Fearless” won album of the year. Swift said, we will tell this story over and over. How in 2010 we won album of the year. Taylor Swift also won a Grammy for best country album. In all, she won four Grammys.

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Grammys Award Big Night to Beyonce, Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift wasn’t exactly on her game when performing an offkey disaster with Stevie Nicks at the 2010 Grammys, but it didn’t seem to matter as she went home with the coveted Album of the Year honors for Fearless. At the ripe old age of 20, she becomes the youngest artist to win the award and the best part is she didn’t have to contend with Kanye West storming the stage to put his two cents in.

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Lady Antebellum Looks to Blowup Sales Expectations

We know already that the sophomore album from Lady Antebellum, “Need You Now” will almost certainly make their debut at No. 1 next week on Billboard’s 200 chart. However, now it seems the album is going to sell even more copies than was originally anticipated.

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My Morning Jacket Tours with Preservation Hall

My Morning Jacket is hitting the tour trail once again. It will be the first time they’ve been out on the road in almost a year. They have a run of spring dates coming up with Preservation Hall Jazz Band. The indie rock band will kick off their tour in Birmingham, AL on April 20. That will be followed up with shows in eight cities in the southeastern US. Currently the schedule wraps up in Columbus, OH on May 2.

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Zac Brown Band Books West Coast Tour Dates

The first round for Zac Brown Band’s West Coast dates for their “Breaking Southern Ground Tour” have been plotted behind “The Foundation,” the group’s release from 2008. Last September, the award winning country band kicked their run off. They will be returning with a concert on March 2 in San Diego. Currently the West Coast trek, which will visit 15 cities, is scheduled to wrap up in Everett, WA on March 21.

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Mary J Blige Performs with Andrea Bocelli for Haiti Relief

Andrea Bocelli and Mary J. Blige will be performing “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” the Simon & Garfunkel song, in a special fund raising performance during the Grammy’s 52nd Annual Awards show. Following the telecast on January 31 the duet will be at iTunes.com/Target and available for purchase. According to a recent press release, all proceeds will be given to the American Red Cross.

Forty years ago “Bridge Over Troubled Water” received Grammy Awards for Song of the Year, Album of the Year and Record of the Year.

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Bob Dylan Joins Smokey Robinson in Performance at White House

In commemoration of the Black History Month in February, President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will host the annual “In Performance at the White House” event with the special purpose of looking back at the monumentally historic Civil Rights Movement through music and special performances.

Among those scheduled to perform are Jennifer Hudson, John Legend, Seal and music icons John Mellencamp, Smokey Robinson, Natalie Cole and the legendary Bob Dylan. The Howard University Choir and the Blind Boys of Alabama are also expected to perform in the event.

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James Taylor Books Four Nights at New York's Carnegie Hall

Next year, James Taylor will be having a mini-series at Carnegie Hall in New York called “Perspectives: James Taylor.” The shows are scheduled to take place in April and May of 2011.

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Trans-Siberian Orchestra Hits Theaters with Beethoven this Spring

Trans-Siberian Orchestra has announced a slate of spring concerts. The rock symphony will be performing “Beethoven’s Last Night” at the shows in its entirety. The tour of intimate theaters will kick off in Cincinnati on March 25 and feature 30 other concerts across the eastern part of the US. Currently the tour concludes in Grand Prairie, TX on May 2.

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Dave Matthews Band Unpacks Summer Tour for 2010

One of the hardest touring bands in music is charting its concert dates for its annual summer tour. Dave Matthews and company will kick off their North American tour in at Hartford, Connecticut’s Comcast Theatre on May 28 and subsequently wrap things up at St Paul’s Xcel Energy Center on September 15.

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