the EAR 2.0 » awards http://www.ethnomusic.ucla.edu/archive/ear Ethnomusicology Archive Report Sun, 07 Jun 2009 20:25:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Jesús Guzmán wins Grammy http://www.ethnomusic.ucla.edu/archive/ear/20090211-guzman-grammy/ http://www.ethnomusic.ucla.edu/archive/ear/20090211-guzman-grammy/#comments Thu, 12 Feb 2009 03:22:43 +0000 mrussell http://www.ethnomusic.ucla.edu/archive/ear/?p=169 Jesús Guzmán, the UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology lecturer who directs the UCLA mariachi ensemble and is musical director of Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano, won the Grammy for BEST REGIONAL MEXICAN ALBUM for “Amor, Dolor Y Lágrimas: Música Ranchera,” Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano.

Congratulations to Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano.  For anyone who would like to listen to the CD, please come to the Archive and ask for ARCD 6856.

]]> http://www.ethnomusic.ucla.edu/archive/ear/20090211-guzman-grammy/feed/ 0 “Let Me Take You There” Nominated for NAACP Image Award http://www.ethnomusic.ucla.edu/archive/ear/20090108-keyes-image-nomination/ http://www.ethnomusic.ucla.edu/archive/ear/20090108-keyes-image-nomination/#comments Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:50:35 +0000 ambittel http://www.ethnomusic.ucla.edu/archive/ear/?p=163 This just in from the Department of Ethnomusicology Faculty News:

Cheryl Keyes was nominated for an NAACP Image Award under the category of “world music” for her debut CD, “Let Me Take You There.” The 40th NAACP Image Awards airs live on February 12, 2009 on FOX.

The CD and Professor Keyes were recently the subjects of our inaugural EARcast and an extended recording review (with audio examples!) by a fellow scholar of African-American music, Dr. Miles White.  A copy of the album is available in the Archive, ARCD 7175.

Congratulations, Dr. Keyes!

See more information and a full list of nominees [PDF] at the 40th NAACP Image Awards site.

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