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February 10, 2017

In a Song Exploder segment from sister station KPCC's The Frame, R&B singer-songwriter Solange Knowles breaks down her Grammy-nominated song 'Cranes In the Sky,' one of the many highlights from her highly regarded 2016 album, 'A Seat at the Table.'

Song Exploder: Solange breaks down 'Cranes in the Sky'

Song Exploder: Solange breaks down 'Cranes in the Sky'

Hrishikesh Hirway and Cameron Kell • Feb 10, 2017

In a Song Exploder segment from sister station KPCC's The Frame, R&B singer-songwriter Solange Knowles breaks down her Grammy-nominated song 'Cranes In the Sky,' one of the many highlights from her highly regarded 2016 album, 'A Seat at the Table.'

The Anointed Ones: The Grammys Place Bets On Country Music's Future

The Anointed Ones: The Grammys Place Bets On Country Music's Future

Stephen Thompson • Feb 10, 2017

If Sturgill Simpson wins Album Of The Year at the Grammys this weekend, it'll be surprising -- but not shocking.

The Disruptors: Best Rap Album Nominees Bask In Hip-Hop's Digital Dominance

The Disruptors: Best Rap Album Nominees Bask In Hip-Hop's Digital Dominance

Rodney Carmichael • Feb 10, 2017

The nominees in the Grammy Awards' Best Rap Album category show how hip-hop has, across multiple platforms from video to streaming audio to crowd-funding, come to own the Internet.

How the Grammys Work

How the Grammys Work

Luke Taylor and Leah Garaas • Feb 10, 2017

On Sunday, Feb. 12, the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (also known as The Recording Academy) will host its 59th annual Grammy Awards presentation. Awards will be given in multiple categories -- but how does it all work? Here's an infographic and an article to explain it.

Coffee Break: Grammy nominees

Coffee Break: Grammy nominees

Anna Reed • Feb 10, 2017

For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what nominees for the 59th Grammy Awards do you want to hear?

Today in Music History: Amy Winehouse cleans up at the Grammys

Today in Music History: Amy Winehouse cleans up at the Grammys

Feb 10, 2017

Today in Music History: Frank Sinatra started a five-week run at No. 1 on the U.S. album chart with 'Come Fly With Me'; Carole King's 'Tapestry' was released; Paula Abdul started a three-week run at No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with "Opposites Attract" (starring our own MC Skat Kat / Production Manager Derrick Stevens) and Amy Winehouse won big at the 2008 Grammys.

Neon and nature: Poliça reflect on five years as a band

Neon and nature: Poliça reflect on five years as a band

Cecilia Johnson • Feb 10, 2017

“[The Current] started playing ‘Wandering Star’ by the new local band Poliça five months ago,” Mark Wheat wrote back in February 2012. “Our audience immediately reacted emailing and calling every time I played it, liking it for reasons they often couldn’t describe […] I’ve also always loved two drummers in a band, but it has seldom…

Friday Five: Dead Man Winter, McNasty Brass Band, and more new Minnesota music videos

Friday Five: Dead Man Winter, McNasty Brass Band, and more new Minnesota music videos

Cecilia Johnson • Feb 10, 2017

Dead Man Winter, “Destroyer” I had trouble deciding what to screencap from this video. Lydia Liza throwing off her coat? Holly Hansen dancing with her guitar? Lazerbeak doing air banjo? I ended up at Alan Sparhawk doing the most anguished lip syncing of his career. But any of the cameos Dead Man Winter pulled together…

Music News: Streaming release of pre-1995 Prince music nears

Music News: Streaming release of pre-1995 Prince music nears

Jay Gabler • Feb 9, 2017

Today's top music news stories include developments with the Prince catalog, a Grammy Honors speech by Jack White, and Ryan Adams telling the story of the infamous 'Summer of '69' heckler.

De La Soul discuss their Kickstarter-funded (and Grammy-nominated) album, 'And the Anonymous Nobody'

De La Soul discuss their Kickstarter-funded (and Grammy-nominated) album, 'And the Anonymous Nobody'

John Horn and Michelle Lanz • Feb 9, 2017

In an interview with KPCC's John Horn, Dave and Pos of De La Soul reveal their innovative approach to making their latest album, which paid off with a Grammy nomination.

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