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In 2009, hip-hop star Chris Brown was arrested and charged with assault after beating up his then-girlfriend, pop superstar Rihanna. Flash forward three years and, whaddya know, Brown is performing not once, but twice on the Grammy Awards telecast.

Although the very great loss of pop star Whitney Houston loomed over Sunday night's Grammy awards, another name caught my eye in the "In Memoriam" section of the show. I saw the name "Hazel Dickens" and I started to wonder where in the world had I heard that name before?

At this writing, I am playing "Springsteen" by Eric Church. Ironically, The Boss kicked off last night's Grammy Awards in Los Angle-Ease. One could say that, with a few exceptions, it was all downhill from there.

Sometimes, a movie comes along where the music and the story come together perfectly; Joel and Ethan Coen's 2001 masterpiece O, Brother Where Art Thou? is one of the best of the past decade.  Not only did the film gross more than respectable numbers, its soundtrack became the breakout star.  Th...

If you tune into The WBKR Waking Crew, you know that Moon and I argue about the Grammys everytime they roll around.  I love the Grammy Awards.  Moon doesn't think anyone watches or cares (though I do want to mention that even he DVR'd last night's show! Lol!)  And last night's show was AWESOME!  And, as usual, there were some hits and some gigantic misses!  But the biggest "hit" of all,

Lady Antebellum has had an incredible year with numerous awards and nominations and it looks like 2011 will be no different.