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Grammy Awards provide a big boost for indie music

5029 days ago

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Arcade Fire’s album-of-the-year Grammy award on Sunday night for “The Suburbs” was a victory for a lot of people, and not just because it seemed as if the Canadian rock collective brought half the population of its native Montreal onstage durin... more info

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Operation Save Jonah! Bieber’s Best New Artist Grammy Loss Leaves Beliebers In Tears

5030 days ago

Pop Crunch — Ladies & Gents of America: Behold….This. Is. Your. Future. The Belieber Nation has been in a state of chaos ever since Esperanza Spalding stole the Best New Artist Grammy out from under Bieber’s bangs and now we have evidence of Spalding accident... more info

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Q-Tip To Produce Esperanza Spalding New Album

5030 days ago

The Hip Hop Chronicle — Q-Tip has revealed that he will be producing Esperanza Spalding’s next album. The Jazz bassist who won Best New Artist at Sunday’s Grammy Awards has been part of a fan backlash after she beat Justin Bieber and Drake to the award. In her defense, ... more info

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Whoopi Goldberg Livid Over Inaccurate New York Times Oscars Article

5031 days ago

Pop Crunch — Uh-oh, Whoopi’s mad — and you know what that means: Run for your life! The View’s Whoopi Goldberg is angrier then a Justin Bieber fan at an Esperanza Spalding concert after she became the glaring omission in a New York Times article over the we... more info

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Some go on to have full careers, others fall off forever -- what will Esperanza Spalding's fate be?

5031 days ago

Topix — When it was time to award Best New Artist at last night's Grammys, many people didn't know who winner Esparanza Spalding was -- but now that she's won, will she become a household name? For years, industry insiders have said that those who win the BN... more info

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Grammy Awards: Grammy show a sales winner for performers

5031 days ago

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Mumford & Sons, which performed on the Sunday telecast, has seen a huge sales jump in just one day. It's the same for Grammy winners the Arcade Fire, Lady Antebellum and Esperanza Spalding.Lots of upsets, life-size Jim Henson Co. puppets and a giant... more info

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Lady Gaga "essential" viewing at the Grammys

5031 days ago

Guardian Music — The Grammys will never be hip, but between Gaga's egg and Cee Lo's muppets they were in danger of becoming essential viewingThis time we knew for sure which came first: the chicken or the egg. Lady Gaga emerged from an egg-shaped cocoon to lead a tro... more info

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Justin Bieber Fans On the Rampage!

5031 days ago

Mjsbigblog — Justin Bieber fans went on a rampage last night after the tween fav lost the Best New Artist Grammy to jazz artist, Esperanza Spalding. One “super clever” tween hacker, in a fit of adolescent pique, managed to deface Spalding’s Wikipedia pag... more info

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Grammy Awards: With her best new artist win, Esperanza Spalding is jazzed

5031 days ago

Topix — She was the least well known and the lowest-selling artist in the group. But that didn't stop Esperanza Spalding, a 26-year-old jazz vocalist and bassist who combines old-school cool with an ebullient personality that has energized her genre, from wi... more info

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