By: Andy Gensler
(Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)
Este Haim, Daneille Haim, and Alana Haim of HAIM rock the 63rd Annual Grammys at the Los Angeles Convention Center on March 14, 2021. In an exceedingly trying year devoid of live performance, it was gratifying to see the 63rd annual Grammy Awards do something it s never done: devote itself almost entirely to live performance. The core mission of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, which oversees the Grammys, is to honor the year’s best recorded music. And of course the show s always had inspired performances with impressive and creative production; but it s also had loads of interminable speechifying, comedic skits and drawn out tributes. Thankfully this year, more than ever before, live performance took center stage.
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2of5In this video grab provided by CBS and the Recording Academy, Taylor Swift performs a medley at the 63rd annual Grammy Awards at the Los Angeles Convention Center on Sunday, March 14, 2021. (CBS/Recording Academy via AP)APShow MoreShow Less
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4of5FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2017, file photo, various Grammy Awards are displayed at the Grammy Museum Experience at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. The Recording Academy is partnering with Berklee College of Music and Arizona State University to complete a study focused on women s representation in the music industry.. The academy, which puts on the annual Grammy Awards, said the lack of female cre
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Awards shows are generally overblown affairs, which is part of why we ask a seasoned cultural critic like Ashley Spurgeon to take a poke at the big ones when they come around. (Sadly, Spurgeon wasn’t available this weekend, so no Oh Balls™ recap this time.) But the messages they send get to a huge audience regardless. It’s good to see a focus on the work of women, Black people and other people of color among the slate of nominees and winners just a couple of years after The Recording Academy’s then-leader responded to criticism by telling women they needed to “step up” if they wanted to be recognized.
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