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Bob Dylan to Perform at Grammys with Mumford & Sons, Avett Bros.

Posted on Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 11:34 AM

The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (NARAS) has saved its biggest performance news for last: Today the music industry association announced legendary singer-songwriter Bob Dylan will perform at Sunday night's 53rd annual Grammy Awards in a tribute to acoustic music.

Dylan, a ten-time Grammy winner, will perform as part of a salute to acoustic music most appropriately with British roots rock band Mumford & Sons and the Avett Brothers, sibling pickers from North Carolina. Mumford & Sons are up for two nominations: Best New Artist and Best Rock Song for "Little Lion Man."

NARAS also announced that seminal hip-hop producer and Dr. Dre will play the ceremony with his longtime protégée Eminem. Dr. Dre will be making his first Grammy stage performance on Sunday night when he duets live with Eminem, who leads this year's nominations with ten. Dr. Dre received a nod for his role as a producer on Eminem's "Recovery" album.

It also was announced that Adam Levine, frontman for the band Maroon 5, will share the performance stage with Eminem. Maroon 5 is nominated for Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals for "Misery."

Previously announced Grammy night performers include Arcade Fire, Eminem, Lady Antebellum, Lady Gaga, Miranda Lambert, Muse, Katy Perry, and Barbra Streisand. Justin Bieber and Usher will perform with Jaden Smith. Other Grammy nominees slated to play include B.o.B,Bruno Mars, and Janelle Monáe; Drake and Rihanna; Cee Lo Green with Gwyneth Paltrow and the Jim Henson Company Puppets; Mick Jaggerwith Raphael Saadiq; and Esperanza Spalding. Performing a special tribute to soul legend Aretha Franklin are Yolanda Adams, Christina Aguilera, Jennifer Hudson, Martina McBride and Florence Welch of Florence & the Machine.

 

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‘Music City 411- Robin Gibb Tribute

By: Andrew Vaughan

It’s truly heartbreaking to see the pain Robin Gibb’s family is going through right now. The Bee Gees singer is in a coma after suffering with liver cancer and most recently pneumonia. Of course, several big name pop acts have passed away recently- Davy Jones of The Monkees probably the most recent. Now I knew Davy to talk to but I’d never met his family. Which is why hearing about the Gibb family’s pain surrounding Robin is so difficult to handle.

 

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