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    Feb 11, 2013 |Story| WSBT Radio

  1. Elton Leads Tribute To Levon Helm At Grammys

    In one of the Grammys' more touching moments on Sunday evening, an all-star crew of musicians &ndash; including&nbsp;<a style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #003366; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/elton-john">Elton John</a>, Mumford &amp; Sons, the Alabama Shakes' Brittany Howard, Mavis Staples and producer T Bone Burnett &ndash; joined forces to pay tribute to the late Levon Helm and other musicians lost in the past year with a spirited cover of<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #003366; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/the-band">The Band</a>'s<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-style: italic;"><a style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #003366; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/music-from-big-pink-19680810">Music From Big Pink</a></em><span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>classic "The Weight." "As we commemorate the passing of these great men and women, we remember the teachers and students of Sandy Hook whose songs unfortunately ended too soon," John remarked before cranking out the opening piano notes of the performance. In the last years of his life, Helm &ndash; who died from cancer in April at age 71 &ndash; would hold "midnight rambles" in his barn in Woodstock, New York, drawing in musicians from<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #003366; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/live-report-levon-helm-with-my-morning-jacket-20101018">My Morning Jacket</a><span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>to Lucinda Williams to join him for multi-hour, freewheeling jam sessions. Sunday's tribute to the Band drummer and vocalist felt much like another ramble, although one without its principal mastermind behind the kit. The Grammys cover of "The Weight" was a gigantic group-hug: John played piano while the other featured performers traded off on vocal duties. Brown, John and Marcus Mumford each chipped in with one verse apiece, but it was the two female performers who stole the spotlight: Howard spiced up her verse with grizzly, rough-and-tumble charm and Staples, acting far younger than her 73 years, remained howling into the mike long after the song's final note rang out. See the performance <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xxfael_zac-brown-band-elton-john-mumford-sons-mavis-staples-brittany-howard-tribute-to-levon-helm-grammys-2_music#.URj0Ox3g2So">here</a>.
    In one of the Grammys' more touching moments on Sunday evening, an all-star crew of musicians – including Elton John, Mumford & Sons, the Alabama Shakes' Brittany Howard, Mavis Staples and producer T Bone Burnett – joined forces to pay tribute...

    Tags: Music, Pink (singer), Music Industry, My Morning Jacket (music group), Elton John

    2. Feb 11, 2013 |Story| WSBT Radio

  2. Black Keys win three as Grammys spread widely

    <span style=&quot;color: #292727; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22.5px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fafafa; display: inline !important; float: none;">LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Grammy awards were bestowed widely on Sunday as Australian singer Gotye, New York indie-pop trio FUN. and British folk band Mumford &amp; Sons took home top honors on the music's industry's biggest night.</span>
    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Grammy awards were bestowed widely on Sunday as Australian singer Gotye, New York indie-pop trio FUN. and British folk band Mumford & Sons took home top honors on the music's industry's biggest night. On an evening that...

    Tags: United Kingdom, Gotye (music artist), Carney (music group), Skrillex (music group), Justin Timberlake

    3. Feb 7, 2013 |Story| WSBT Radio

  3. Zac Brown Joins Levon Helm Tribute For Grammys

    <span style=&quot;font-size: small;">Zac Brown will join Elton John, and Mumford &amp; Sons, Mavis Staples and Alabama Shakes&rsquo; Brittany Howard for a tribute to the late Levon Helm on the Grammy Awards. The artists will perform during the show&rsquo;s annual &ldquo;In Memoriam&rdquo; segment, featuring those that we lost in music this past year. Zac is up for Best Country Album for the Zac Brown Band&rsquo;s Uncaged. The 55th Annual Grammy Awards will air live on Sunday at 8PM Eastern on CBS. Other country artists performing at the Grammys include Dierks Bentley andMiranda Lambert, Taylor Swift, and Carrie Underwood. Presenting are Tim McGraw, Faith Hill and Keith Urban.</span>
    Zac Brown will join Elton John, and Mumford & Sons, Mavis Staples and Alabama Shakes’ Brittany Howard for a tribute to the late Levon Helm on the Grammy Awards. The artists will perform during the show’s annual “In Memoriam”...

    Tags: Dierks Bentley, Keith Urban, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Elton John

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