LOS ANGELES - Brandi Carlile paid tribute to John Prine, Bruno Mars celebrated Little Richard and Lionel Richie honoured Kenny Rogers during an in memoriam segment on Sunday night’s Grammy Awards that featured an especially long list of names after a year of the coronavirus pandemic. Oslin, musician and composer Adam Schlesinger, folk singer Trini Lopez and many others. Earlier Sunday, Prine won two posthumous Grammys for best American roots song and best American roots performance, a year after receiving a lifetime achievement award at the Grammys. Carlile told The Associated Press that it didn’t bother her to be performing without an audience at the pandemic-restricted Grammys because “this time I’m just performing for John Prine. Corea, who died of a rare form of cancer at age 79, won the trophy for best improvised jazz solo and best jazz instrumental album.

Source: thestar March 15, 2021 05:03 UTC