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DVDfever.co.uk – Various Artists: GRAMMY Nominees 2009 CD reviewElly Roberts reviews
GRAMMY Recordings/Rhino Entertainment
- Released: January 2009
- Rating: 10/10
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With the imminent arrival of the 51st Grammys in LAs Staple Center set for 8 February,all artists will be rushing out for new gear.
With several categories up for grabs, theres a host of both UK and American talent vying to be top dog.
On the home front, Welsh songbird Duffy will be in line for Best New Artist, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, along with Adele, Katy Perry, Sara Bareilles, Leona Lewis and Pink. My moneys on Duffy which would do wonders in cracking the US. Leona might be the dark horse here with Bleeding Love. Katy Perry will be a serious contender too. With Slumdog doing well, M.I.A. might, just, get a gong, but no money on her.
Strong contenders are Plant and Krauss (Raising Sand) with their country-lilted cover of Page and Plants original Please Read The Letter from Walking Into Clarksdale. Theyll be up against Coldplay in the Best Record of The Year and Album Of The Year. Someone please tell me the difference ! Big things for Estelle possibly with American Boy as Song Of The Year though Adelle might have something to say about that.
On the band front, it looks like Coldplay (ah..ouch) but perennial country rockers Eagles might pip them with Waiting In The Weeds, while Maroon 5 are outsiders.
Both great songs by a duo are Gnarls Barkley and One Republic. One Republic win hands down with the brilliant Apologize.
Radiohead for Album Of The Year? No. No chance, for Ne-Yo either.
The Verdict : Excellent comp.
Radio: Hear tracks soon onwrexhamfm.com Weblink:rhino.com
The full list of tracks included are :
1. Viva La Vida Coldplay
2. American Boy Estelle ft. Kanye West
3. Love Song Sara Bareilles
4. Closer NE-YO
5. Got Money Lil Wayne ft. T-Pain
6. Please Read The Letter Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
7. House Of Cards Radiohead
8. Love Dont Live Here Lady Antebellum
9. Burnin Up Jonas Brothers
10. Need U Bad Jazmine Sullivan
11. Mercy Duffy
12. Paper Planes M.I.A.
13. Chasing Pavements Adelle
14. I Kissed A Girl Katy Perry
15. Bleeding Love Leona Lewis
16. So What Pink
17. Going On Gnarls Barkley
18. Apologize One Republic
19. Wont Go Home Without You Maroon 5
20. Waiting In The Weeds Eagles View the discussion thread.blog comments powered by Disqus= 0) {query += ‘url’ + i + ‘=’ + encodeURIComponent(links[i].href) + ‘&’;}}document.write(”);})();//]]]]>]]>
Elly Roberts passed away in 2011, but he was a man who was so passionate about all types of music and loved meeting his musical heroes, such as Mick Hucknall at a book signing at the Trafford Centre, Manchester in 2007.
A former teacher and also a music journalist, DJ and radio presenter on local community station Calon FM, plus appearances on BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Cymru and BBC Radio 2, Elly started doing reviews for DVDfever.co.uk in 2004 and he did the majority of the CD and concerts reviews on the website.
I know also that he loved getting away for the summer to Spain and I hope that wherever he is now he is enjoying the hot sunshine and, as one of his friends has said on his Facebook page, that he is interviewing his musical heroes.