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Billie Eilish Sweeps Top Awards at the Grammys
The 18-year-old won five Grammys, including record of the year and best new artist, at a ceremony in which Kobe Bryant, who died on Sunday, was mourned.
Published Jan. 26, 2020Updated Jan. 27, 2020, 10:24 a.m. ET
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A big night for an 18-year-old auteur.
LOS ANGELES — The 62nd annual Grammy Awardsanointed a new star in Billie Eilish, even as the mood Sunday night was darkened by the death earlier that day of the basketball great Kobe Bryant, who spent much of his N.B.A. career playing at the Staples Center, the arena where the show was held.
Eilish, an 18-year-old auteur with a moody and idiosyncratic aesthetic, won five awards, including the four most prestigious and competitive prizes — album, record and song of the year, and best new artist. She was the first artist to sweep the top awards since Christopher Cross in 1981, besting competition from Lizzo, Lil Nas X, Ariana Grande and others. 
“Bad Guy,” a No. 1 hit, took record and song of the year — the latter prize recognizes songwriting — while “When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?” won album of the year as well as best pop vocal album. She is the youngest artist to win album of the year.
When accepting the award for best new artist, Eilish recognized the fans — even other artists’ fans, who, she said, would surely be dogging her for years. 
“I love all fandoms,” she said. “You guys make this worth it.” 
Finneas O’Connell, her brother, accepting with her for song of the year, noted that they record together in a bedroom in their family home. “This is to all the kids that are making music in their bedroom today,” he said, holding the trophy. “You’re going to get one of these.”
Finneas, as he is known, also won producer of the year and an engineering award.
Lizzo declares, ‘Tonight is for Kobe.’
Lizzo and Alicia Keys set a mournful and celebratory tone right from the start of the show, with both addressing Bryant’s death in a helicopter crash. 
“Tonight is for Kobe,” Lizzo announced as the show began, and went straight into a bold, full-throated medley of her songs “Cuz I Love You” and “Truth Hurts,” backed up by a mini orchestra and surrounded by ballerinas with otherworldly lights in their tutus.
Keys, the host for the night, then walked solemnly to the stage and said softy, “Here we are together, on music’s biggest night, celebrating the artists that do it best, but to be honest with you we’re all feeling crazy sadness right now.”
“We’re literally standing here heartbroken in the house that Kobe Bryant built,” Keys went on to say. Keys then invited members of the group Boyz II Men to the stage and sang part of their elegiac song “It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday” with them. 
Lizzo, a charismatic and outspoken performer who had worked in obscurity for almost a decade before her breakout last year, won three awards, but all in lesser categories. “Truth Hurts,” her breakthrough track, won best pop solo performance, while “Jerome” won traditional R&B performance and the deluxe version of her album “Cuz I Love You” took urban contemporary album.
Lil Nas X, a gleeful master of internet memes, won two for his “country-trap” hybrid “Old Town Road”: best pop duo/group performance and best music video.
Well before Bryant’s death, a degree of anxiety had hung over the Grammys, following the removal just days ago of the head of the Recording Academy, the organization behind the awards — a clash that brought out accusations of vote-rigging and sexual harassment, and criticisms that the academy had been moving too slowly to reach its stated goals of becoming more diverse and inclusive. 
Keys seemed to obliquely allude to those issues — and more — in a speech and piano medley near the start of the show. “It’s been a hell of a week, damn,” she said, as she twinkled chords at the keyboard. “This is a serious one. Real talk — there’s a lot going on.” 
She added, “It’s time for newness. We refuse the negative energy, we refuse the old systems.” She also took aim at President Trump, saying he should be replaced by the Bronx singer-rapper Cardi B.
There were other nods to Grammy controversies. After Tyler, the Creator won best rap album for “Igor,” an ambitious and genre-defying album, he said he was grateful for the honor but that the categorizing of his music as rap still felt like a “backhanded compliment.” 
“Whenever we — and I mean guys that look like me — do anything that’s genre-bending or anything, they always put it in a rap or urban category,” Tyler said backstage. “When I hear that I’m like, ‘Why can’t we just be in pop?’” 
Hours before the show, the news of Bryant’s death led to gasps in the press room. The Grammys take place at the Staples Center, where championship banners Bryant helped the Los Angeles Lakers win hang from the building’s rafters, along with his jerseys. 
“In Staples Arena, where Kobe created so many memories for all of us, preparing to pay tribute to another brilliant man we lost too soon, Nipsey Hussle,” John Legend wrote on Twitter. “Life can be so brutal and senseless sometimes.”
Flags outside the arena were lowered to half-staff as preparations for the event continued, and lights shined on Bryant’s jerseys inside. Harvey Mason Jr., the chairman and interim chief of the Recording Academy, called for a moment of silence.
“Since we are in his house, I would ask you to join me in a moment of silence,” Mason said, The Associated Press reported.
Tanya Tucker wins for the first time in her career. 
All but nine of the Grammys’ 84 awards were given out before the television broadcast, in a separate “premiere” ceremony that, as usual, was plagued by celebrity absences — but also featured non-stars celebrating how a Grammy win can be a career-defining moment. 
Beyoncé’s concert special “Homecoming” won best music film, while Michelle Obama won best spoken word album for the audio version of her book “Becoming.” Neither was present to accept. 
Gary Clark Jr., a guitarist adored by critics and rock and blues purists, won three awards. His album “This Land” took best contemporary blues album, while the title track from that release won best rock song and best rock performance. 
The early ceremony featured some landmarks. Tanya Tucker, the 61-year-old country singer, won the first Grammys of her career, taking best country album for “While I’m Livin’,” her first release in a decade, and best country song for “Bring My Flowers Now.” 
Gloria Gaynor, the disco diva who won in 1980 for her anthem “I Will Survive,” took home her first award since then — best roots gospel album, for “Testimony.” Tracy Young became the first woman to win the best remixed recording category for a version of Madonna’s “I Rise.” 
“We’ve shattered the glass ceiling together,” Young said when accepting the award. “I proudly accept this on behalf of all female producers who have been overlooked.” 
Nipsey Hussle, the rapper who died last March at 33, won his first Grammy for “Racks in the Middle,” which took best rap performance. Family members spoke, including his grandmother, who said: “I wanted to thank all of you for showing all the love that I have felt for him all of his life and will always live in my heart. So thank you, thank you, thank you.” Hussle was celebrated during the telecast in a performance segment, and “Higher” by DJ Khaled, Hussle and John Legend won best rap/sung performance. 
Beyond the Grammy glitz, a battle is raging behind the scenes.
This year’s event, featuring a fresh crop of stars competing for the top awards., was supposed to represent “a new era for the Recording Academy,” one that would be more attuned to pop’s current pulse after years of bruising criticism over the Grammys’ poor record in recognizing women and artists of color in the major categories.
That “new era” statement was made just two months ago, when nominations were announced, by Deborah Dugan, the academy’s new chief executive. She had been telegraphed as the bold new leader the Grammys needed, and came armed with an unsparing critique of the academy’s record on diversity by Michelle Obama’s former chief of staff, the Time’s Up leader Tina Tchen.
But just 10 days ago, Dugan was removed from her position, stunning the industry and plunging the normally cheery pre-Grammys week into mudslinging and chaos that has threatened to overshadow the event itself.
Dugan claimed in a 44-page complaint to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that she had been retaliated against for uncovering misconduct including sexual harassment, vote rigging and rampant conflicts of interest. The academy, in turn, said that an assistant had complained about a toxic and bullying work environment, and that Dugan had demanded a $22 million payoff to leave quietly, a charge Dugan has denied.
Accepting an award at Clive Davis’s glamorous annual pre-Grammys party, the hip-hop mogul Diddy avoided mentioning Dugan by name but criticized the academy for its failure to recognize hip-hop artists of color in the top categories. Over the last decade, for example, just one nonwhite artist — Bruno Mars — has won album of the year.
“Truth be told, hip-hop has never been respected by the Grammys; black music has never been respected by the Grammys to the point that it should be,” Diddy said. “For years, we have allowed institutions that have never had our best interests at heart to judge us. And that stops right now.”
He added: “You’ve got 365 days’ notice to get this [expletive] together.”
Big names perform, including Tyler, the Creator — but not Taylor Swift.
The industry was riveted on Friday with reports that Taylor Swift would not appear on the show. Was Swift ��� always an outspoken backer of women — dropping out in protest, or was she simply unprepared or uninterested? Everyone, including fans and the most powerful people in music, was left to guess. 
Tyler, the Creator’s two-song segment began with Boyz II Men and the R&B singer Charlie Wilson harmonizing to Tyler’s song “Earfquake,” done as an old-fashioned doo-wop set piece, complete with the singers surrounding a burning barrel. For “New Magic Wand,” Tyler shifted into a surrealistic scene in which a troupe of dancers — all dressed like him, in asymmetric suits and platinum pageboy wigs — walked to the stage and moshed violently as Tyler screamed with distortion, a set of picturesque homes burning down behind him. 
As Bryant’s fans mourned him and his 13-year-old daugher Gianna, who also died in the helicopter crash, the father-daughter relationship found poignant expression in Camila Cabello’s song “First Man.” First singing it while home videos showed her as a young girl with her father, Alejandro, Cabello then walked to him in the front row, serenading him as he dabbed away tears.
Eilish, whose debut album is filled with creeping noises, booming electronics and dentist’s drills, performed her song “When the Party’s Over” in the most Grammy format of all — a delicate piano ballad, played with her brother. 
The Spanish singer Rosalía performed her songs “Juro Que” and “Malamente” with a mixture of flamenco touches — acoustic guitar and claps — and booming beats and hip-hop dance moves.
Ariana Grande, who did not perform last year after a public clash with the show’s producer, Ken Ehrlich, put on an elaborate segment. She went from a straight concert performance of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “My Favorite Things” with a small orchestra, to a staged version of her hit “7 Rings” — which is based on Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic — with a boudoir-striptease theme. At the end, she smiled with relief, as if she had finally gotten the chance to do it. 
The show had plenty of reverent tributes. Hussle was feted in a segment with Legend, DJ Khaled, Roddy Ricch, Meek Mill, YG and the gospel star Kirk Franklin. From New Orleans, Trombone Shorty and members of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band closed the annual “in memoriam” segment.
In classic Grammy fashion, the show also dripped with nostalgia, much of it with little explanation to a viewer from outside the music business. Aerosmith played “Walk This Way” with Run-DMC. (Aerosmith had headlined a Grammy charity event two nights before.) Prince was celebrated by Usher, Sheila E. and FKA Twigs in a Vegas-like spectacle. (CBS is taping a Prince special on Tuesday.) 
And near the end came a recreation of the ensemble song “I Sing the Body Electric” from the 1980 movie “Fame.” Ehrlich, the producer, began his association with the show that year, and this year is to be his farewell. 
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Bob Dylan Has a Lot on His Mind
In a rare interview, the Nobel Prize winner discusses mortality, drawing inspiration from the past, and his new album, “Rough and Rowdy Ways.”
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By Douglas Brinkley
Published June 12, 2020Updated Sept. 18, 2020
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A few years ago, sitting beneath shade trees in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., I had a two-hour discussion with Bob Dylan that touched on Malcolm X, the French Revolution, Franklin Roosevelt and World War II. At one juncture, he asked me what I knew about the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864. When I answered, “Not enough,” he got up from his folding chair, climbed into his tour bus, and came back five minutes later with photocopies describing how U.S. troops had butchered hundreds of peaceful Cheyenne and Arapahoe in southeastern Colorado.
Given the nature of our relationship, I felt comfortable reaching out to him in April after, in the midst of the coronavirus crisis, he unexpectedly released his epic, 17-minute song “Murder Most Foul,” about the Kennedy assassination. Even though he hadn’t done a major interview outside of his own website since winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2016, he agreed to a phone chat from his Malibu home, which turned out to be his only interview before next Friday’s release of “Rough and Rowdy Ways,” his first album of original songs since “Tempest” in 2012.
Like most conversations with Dylan, “Rough and Rowdy Ways” covers complex territory: trances and hymns, defiant blues, love longings, comic juxtapositions, prankster wordplay, patriotic ardor, maverick steadfastness, lyrical Cubism, twilight-age reflections and spiritual contentment.
In the high-octane showstopper “Goodbye Jimmy Reed,” Dylan honors the Mississippi bluesman with dragon-fierce harmonica riffs and bawdy lyrics. In the slow blues “Crossing the Rubicon,” he feels “the bones beneath my skin” and considers his options before death: “Three miles north of purgatory — one step from the great beyond/I prayed to the cross and I kissed the girls and I crossed the Rubicon.”
“Mother of Muses” is a hymn to the natural world, gospel choirs and military men like William Tecumseh Sherman and George Patton, “who cleared the path for Presley to sing/who cleared the path for Martin Luther King.” And “Key West (Philosopher’s Pirate),” is an ethereal meditation on immortality set on a drive down Route 1 to the Florida Keys, with Donnie Herron’s accordion channeling the Band’s Garth Hudson. In it he pays homage to, “Ginsberg, Corso and Kerouac.”
ImageDylan says he doesn’t think about mortality in a personal sense: “I think about the death of the human race.”Credit...William C. Eckenberg/The New York Times
Perhaps someday he’ll write a song or paint a picture to honor George Floyd. In the 1960s and 1970s, following the work of black leaders of the civil rights movement, Dylan also worked to expose the arrogance of white privilege and the viciousness of racial hatred in America through songs like “George Jackson,” “Only a Pawn in Their Game,” and “The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll.” One of his most fierce lines about policing and race came in his 1976 ballad “Hurricane”: “In Paterson that’s just the way things go/If you’re black you might as well not show up on the street/Unless you want to draw the heat.”
I had a brief follow-up with Dylan, 79, one day after Floyd was killed in Minneapolis. Clearly shaken by the horror that had occurred in his home state, he sounded depressed. “It sickened me no end to see George tortured to death like that,” he said. “It was beyond ugly. Let’s hope that justice comes swift for the Floyd family and for the nation.”
These are edited excerpts from the two conversations.
Was “Murder Most Foul” written as a nostalgic eulogy for a long-lost time?
To me it’s not nostalgic. I don’t think of “Murder Most Foul” as a glorification of the past or some kind of send-off to a lost age. It speaks to me in the moment. It always did, especially when I was writing the lyrics out.
Somebody auctioned off a sheaf of unpublished transcripts in the 1990s that you wrote about J.F.K.’s murder. Were those prose notes for an essay or were you hoping to write a song like “Murder Most Foul” for a long time?
I’m not aware of ever wanting to write a song about J.F.K. A lot of those auctioned-off documents have been forged. The forgeries are easy to spot because somebody always signs my name on the bottom.
Were you surprised that this 17-minute-long song was your first No. 1 Billboard hit?
I was, yeah.
“I Contain Multitudes” has a powerful line: “I sleep with life and death in the same bed.” I suppose we all feel that way when we hit a certain age. Do you think about mortality often?
I think about the death of the human race. The long strange trip of the naked ape. Not to be light on it, but everybody’s life is so transient. Every human being, no matter how strong or mighty, is frail when it comes to death. I think about it in general terms, not in a personal way.
There is a lot of apocalyptic sentiment in “Murder Most Foul.” Are you worried that in 2020 we’re past the point of no return? That technology and hyper-industrialization are going to work against human life on Earth?
Sure, there’s a lot of reasons to be apprehensive about that. There’s definitely a lot more anxiety and nervousness around now than there used to be. But that only applies to people of a certain age like me and you, Doug. We have a tendency to live in the past, but that’s only us. Youngsters don’t have that tendency. They have no past, so all they know is what they see and hear, and they’ll believe anything. In 20 or 30 years from now, they’ll be at the forefront. When you see somebody that is 10 years old, he’s going to be in control in 20 or 30 years, and he won’t have a clue about the world we knew. Young people who are in their teens now have no memory lane to remember. So it’s probably best to get into that mind-set as soon as we can, because that’s going to be the reality.
As far as technology goes, it makes everybody vulnerable. But young people don’t think like that. They could care less. Telecommunications and advanced technology is the world they were born into. Our world is already obsolete.
A line in “False Prophet” — “I’m the last of the best — you can bury the rest” — reminded me of the recent deaths of John Prine and Little Richard. Did you listen to their music after they passed as a kind of tribute?
Both of those guys were triumphant in their work. They don’t need anybody doing tributes. Everybody knows what they did and who they were. And they deserve all the respect and acclaim that they received. No doubt about it. But Little Richard I grew up with. And he was there before me. Lit a match under me. Tuned me into things I never would have known on my own. So I think of him differently. John came after me. So it’s not the same thing. I acknowledge them differently.
ImageFrom left, George Harrison, Dylan, Little Richard and Mike Love at the 1988 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony.Credit...Ebet Roberts/Redferns, via Getty Images
Why didn’t more people pay attention to Little Richard’s gospel music?
Probably because gospel music is the music of good news and in these days there just isn’t any. Good news in today’s world is like a fugitive, treated like a hoodlum and put on the run. Castigated. All we see is good-for-nothing news. And we have to thank the media industry for that. It stirs people up. Gossip and dirty laundry. Dark news that depresses and horrifies you.
On the other hand, gospel news is exemplary. It can give you courage. You can pace your life accordingly, or try to, anyway. And you can do it with honor and principles. There are theories of truth in gospel but to most people it’s unimportant. Their lives are lived out too fast. Too many bad influences. Sex and politics and murder is the way to go if you want to get people’s attention. It excites us, that’s our problem.
Little Richard was a great gospel singer. But I think he was looked at as an outsider or an interloper in the gospel world. They didn’t accept him there. And of course the rock ’n’ roll world wanted to keep him singing “Good Golly, Miss Molly.” So his gospel music wasn’t accepted in either world. I think the same thing happened to Sister Rosetta Tharpe. I can’t imagine either of them being bothered too much about it. Both are what we used to call people of high character. Genuine, plenty talented and who knew themselves, weren’t swayed by anything from the outside. Little Richard, I know was like that.
But so was Robert Johnson, even more so. Robert was one of the most inventive geniuses of all time. But he probably had no audience to speak of. He was so far ahead of his time that we still haven’t caught up with him. His status today couldn’t be any higher. Yet in his day, his songs must have confused people. It just goes to show you that great people follow their own path.
On the album “Tempest” you perform “Roll on John” as a tribute to John Lennon. Is there another person you’d like to write a ballad for?
Those kinds of songs for me just come out of the blue, out of thin air. I never plan to write any of them. But in saying that, there are certain public figures that are just in your subconscious for one reason or another. None of those songs with designated names are intentionally written. They just fall down from space. I’m just as bewildered as anybody else as to why I write them. The folk tradition has a long history of songs about people, though. John Henry, Mr. Garfield, Roosevelt. I guess I’m just locked into that tradition.
You honor many great recording artists in your songs. Your mention of Don Henley and Glenn Frey on “Murder Most Foul” came off as a bit of a surprise to me. What Eagles songs do you enjoy the most?
“New Kid in Town,” “Life in the Fast Lane,” “Pretty Maids All in a Row.” That could be one of the best songs ever.
ImageDylan received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Barack Obama in 2012.Credit...Luke Sharrett for The New York Times
You also refer to Art Pepper, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Thelonious Monk, Oscar Peterson and Stan Getz in “Murder Most Foul.” How has jazz inspired you as a songwriter and poet over your long career? Are there jazz artists you’ve been listening to lately?
Maybe Miles’s early stuff on Capitol Records. But what’s jazz? Dixieland, bebop, high-speed fusion? What do you call jazz? Is it Sonny Rollins? I like Sonny’s calypso stuff but is that jazz? Jo Stafford, Joni James, Kay Starr — I think they were all jazz singers. King Pleasure, that’s my idea of a jazz singer. I don’t know, you can put anything into that category. Jazz goes back to the Roaring Twenties. Paul Whiteman was called the king of jazz. I’m sure if you asked Lester Young he wouldn’t know what you’re talking about.
Has any of it ever inspired me? Well yeah. Probably a lot. Ella Fitzgerald as a singer inspires me. Oscar Peterson as a piano player, absolutely. Has any of it inspired me as a songwriter? Yeah, “Ruby, My Dear” by Monk. That song set me off in some direction to do something along those lines. I remember listening to that over and over.
What role does improvisation play in your music?
None at all. There’s no way you can change the nature of a song once you’ve invented it. You can set different guitar or piano patterns upon the structural lines and go from there, but that’s not improvisation. Improvisation leaves you open to good or bad performances and the idea is to stay consistent. You basically play the same thing time after time in the most perfect way you can.
“I Contain Multitudes” is surprisingly autobiographical in parts. The last two verses exude a take-no-prisoners stoicism while the rest of the song is a humorous confessional. Did you have fun grappling with contradictory impulses of yourself and human nature in general?
I didn’t really have to grapple much. It’s the kind of thing where you pile up stream-of-consciousness verses and then leave it alone and come pull things out. In that particular song, the last few verses came first. So that’s where the song was going all along. Obviously, the catalyst for the song is the title line. It’s one of those where you write it on instinct. Kind of in a trance state. Most of my recent songs are like that. The lyrics are the real thing, tangible, they’re not metaphors. The songs seem to know themselves and they know that I can sing them, vocally and rhythmically. They kind of write themselves and count on me to sing them.
Once again in this song you name a lot of people. What made you decide to mention Anne Frank next to Indiana Jones?
Her story means a lot. It’s profound. And hard to articulate or paraphrase, especially in modern culture. Everybody’s got such a short attention span. But you’re taking Anne’s name out of context, she’s part of a trilogy. You could just as well ask, “What made you decide to include Indiana Jones or the Rolling Stones?” The names themselves are not solitary. It’s the combination of them that adds up to something more than their singular parts. To go too much into detail is irrelevant. The song is like a painting, you can’t see it all at once if you’re standing too close. The individual pieces are just part of a whole.
“I Contain Multitudes” is more like trance writing. Well, it’s not more like trance writing, it is trance writing. It’s the way I actually feel about things. It is my identity and I’m not going to question it, I am in no position to. Every line has a particular purpose. Somewhere in the universe those three names must have paid a price for what they represent and they’re locked together. And I can hardly explain that. Why or where or how, but those are the facts.
But Indiana Jones was a fictional character?
Yeah, but the John Williams score brought him to life. Without that music it wouldn’t have been much of a movie. It’s the music which makes Indy come alive. So that maybe is one of the reasons he is in the song. I don’t know, all three names came at once.
A reference to the Rolling Stones makes it into “I Contain Multitudes.” Just as a lark, which Stones songs do you wish you could’ve written?
Oh, I don’t know, maybe “Angie,” “Ventilator Blues” and what else, let me see. Oh yeah, “Wild Horses.”
ImageDylan and a host of folk-music icons at the Newport Folk Festival in 1963.Credit...Rowland Scherman/Getty Images
Charlie Sexton began playing with you for a few years in 1999, and returned to the fold in 2009. What makes him such a special player? It’s as if you can read each other’s minds.
As far as Charlie goes, he can read anybody’s mind. Charlie, though, creates songs and sings them as well, and he can play guitar to beat the band. There aren’t any of my songs that Charlie doesn’t feel part of and he’s always played great with me. “False Prophet” is only one of three 12-bar structural things on this record. Charlie is good on all the songs. He’s not a show-off guitar player, although he can do that if he wants. He’s very restrained in his playing but can be explosive when he wants to be. It’s a classic style of playing. Very old school. He inhabits a song rather than attacking it. He’s always done that with me.
How have you spent the last couple of months home-sheltered in Malibu? Have you been able to weld or paint?
Yeah, a little bit.
Are you able to be musically creative while at home? Do you play piano and tool around in your private studio?
I do that mostly in hotel rooms. A hotel room is the closest I get to a private studio.
Does having the Pacific Ocean in your backyard help you process the Covid-19 pandemic in a spiritual way? There is a theory called “blue mind” which believes that living near water is a health curative.
Yeah, I can believe that. “Cool Water,” “Many Rivers to Cross,” “How Deep Is the Ocean.” I hear any of those songs and it’s like some kind of cure. I don’t know what for, but a cure for something that I don’t even know I have. A fix of some kind. It’s like a spiritual thing. Water is a spiritual thing. I never heard of “blue mind” before. Sounds like it could be some kind of slow blues song. Something Van Morrison would write. Maybe he has, I don’t know.
It’s too bad that just when the play “Girl From the North Country,” which features your music, was getting rave reviews, production had to shutter because of Covid-19. Have you seen the play or watched the video of it?
Sure, I’ve seen it and it affected me. I saw it as an anonymous spectator, not as someone who had anything to do with it. I just let it happen. The play had me crying at the end. I can’t even say why. When the curtain came down, I was stunned. I really was. Too bad Broadway shut down because I wanted to see it again.
Do you think of this pandemic in almost biblical terms? A plague that has swept the land?
I think it’s a forerunner of something else to come. It’s an invasion for sure, and it’s widespread, but biblical? You mean like some kind of warning sign for people to repent of their wrongdoings? That would imply that the world is in line for some sort of divine punishment. Extreme arrogance can have some disastrous penalties. Maybe we are on the eve of destruction. There are numerous ways you can think about this virus. I think you just have to let it run its course.
Out of all your compositions, “When I Paint My Masterpiece” has grown on me over the years. What made you bring it back to the forefront of recent concerts?
It’s grown on me as well. I think this song has something to do with the classical world, something that’s out of reach. Someplace you’d like to be beyond your experience. Something that is so supreme and first rate that you could never come back down from the mountain. That you’ve achieved the unthinkable. That’s what the song tries to say, and you’d have to put it in that context. In saying that though, even if you do paint your masterpiece, what will you do then? Well, obviously you have to paint another masterpiece. So it could become some kind of never ending cycle, a trap of some kind. The song doesn’t say that though.
A few years ago I saw you play a bluegrass-sounding version of “Summer Days.” Have you ever thought about recording a bluegrass album?
I’ve never thought about that. Bluegrass music is mysterious and deep rooted and you almost have to be born playing it. Just because you are a great singer, or a great this or that doesn’t mean you can be in a bluegrass band. It’s almost like classical music. It’s harmonic and meditative, but it’s out for blood. If you ever heard the Osborne Brothers, then you know what I mean. It’s an unforgiving music and you can only stretch it so far. Beatles songs played in a bluegrass style don’t make any sense. It’s the wrong repertoire, and that’s been done. There are elements of bluegrass music for sure in what I play, especially the intensity and similar themes. But I don’t have the high tenor voice and we don’t have three-part harmony or consistent banjo. I listen to Bill Monroe a lot, but I more or less stick to what I can do best.
How is your health holding up? You seem to be fit as a fiddle. How do you keep mind and body working together in unison?
Oh, that’s the big question, isn’t it? How does anybody do it? Your mind and body go hand in hand. There has to be some kind of agreement. I like to think of the mind as spirit and the body as substance. How you integrate those two things, I have no idea. I just try to go on a straight line and stay on it, stay on the level.
Douglas Brinkley is the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Chair in Humanities and professor of history at Rice University. He is the author of “American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race.”
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General licences and authorisations to import live animals or animal products
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General licences and authorisations to import live animals or animal products
Published 18 March 2015 Last updated 12 July 2022 + show all updates
12 July 2022
Revoked licence number L/96/2 for sheep and goats and added a new general licence IMP/GEN/2022/01 for sheep and goats in Northern Ireland.
18 February 2022
Removed the Embryos, ova and semen from third countries (IMP/GEN/2012/03) general licence as it is out of date.
13 October 2021
Removed the ‘Hay and straw from EU and certain other European countries (IMP/GEN/2011/08)’ and ‘Hay and straw from third countries (IMP/GEN/2020/01)’ licences. These are being reviewed due to the risk of African swine fever entering the UK.
18 February 2021
Updated general licence for genetic material – added IMP/GEN/2021/01 which replaces IMP/GEN/2012/06.
4 June 2020
Updated hay and straw from third countries licence to IMP/GEN/2020/01.
19 March 2020
Added bovine ova and embryos from the Channel Islands general licence
24 February 2020
Updated the samples from EU countries: facilitation letter
29 January 2020
Updated dog or cat semen from donors compliant with regulation 576/2013 or 998/2003
5 March 2019
Added IMP/GEN/2019/01 (for import of bovine semen from the Channel Island).
12 July 2018
Updated general licences for research and diagnostic samples – added IMP/GEN/18/03 and IMP/GEN/18/04 which replaces IMP/GEN/14/03 and IMP/GEN/14/04.
12 June 2018
Amendment notice about Jersey being declared officially free of EBL disease for IMP/GEN/2014/09 (cattle) added.
25 May 2018
Updated the licence for “Imports of pearls in oyster shells (containing oyster flesh) in ready to sell containers not for human consumption”.
11 April 2018
Removed the ‘Certain finished manufactured products general licence (TAY/GEN/94/1144)’ as it is out of date.
18 October 2017
Updated to reflect that the ‘Certain products not subject to veterinary checks (IMP/GEN/2007/01)’ licence has been revoked.
8 August 2017
Captive or pet birds general licences – added IMP/GEN/2017/02 which replaces general licences IMP/GEN/2011/07 and IMP/GEN/2004/7
26 June 2017
Updated IMP/GEN/2016/12 to version including signature, date of issue and stamp.
17 February 2017
Added general licence for the import of meat extracts or meat concentrates (IMP/GEN/2017/01).
24 January 2017
Updated to reflect that the ‘Glucosamine, chondroitin and chitosan-livestock, poultry, fish (IMP/GEN/2015/05)’ authorisation has been revoked.
3 January 2017
Added general authorisations for gelatine capsules for human consumption: IMP/GEN/2016/07, IMP/GEN/2016/08, IMP/GEN/2016/09, IMP/GEN/2016/10, IMP/GEN/2016/11 and IMP/GEN/2016/12.
15 November 2016
Removed the Pet health feed and supplements (TAY/GEN/2005/912) licence as it is out of date.
27 July 2016
Added general licence for import of bovine ova and embryos from Northern Ireland (IMP-GEN-2016-05).
21 July 2016
Updated the licence: Import of laboratory produced Rodent or Lagomorph Embryos/Ova/Semen to a research facility in Great Britain (IMP/GEN/RM37).
5 July 2016
Added general licence for import of laboratory produced Rodent or Lagomorph Embryos/Ova/Semen to a research facility in Great Britain (IMP/GEN/RM37).
23 May 2016
Added licence for fresh or chilled hides and skins from ungulates for further processing from The Channel Islands and Isle of Man (IMP/GEN/2016/04).
20 April 2016
Replaced Cattle from Isle of Man (IMP/GEN/2015/01) with Cattle from Isle of Man (IMP/GEN/2016/03).
14 March 2016
Added licence for imports of pearls in oyster shells (containing oyster flesh) in ready to sell containers not for human consumption (IMP/GEN/2016/02).
25 February 2016
Added ‘Dog or cat semen from donors compliant with regulation 576/2013 or 998/2003’ to genetic material
4 February 2016
Replaced licence: IMP/GEN/2010/13 with IMP/GEN/2016/01 (Cattle aged 15 days and over from Northern Ireland)
11 November 2015
IMP-GEN-2015-07 licence has been revoked and replaced with IMP-GEN-2015-09
6 November 2015
Uploaded Non-domestic ungulates from Northern Ireland (IMP/GEN/2015/08) which replaces the revoked licence IMP/GEN/2013/02.
2 November 2015
Added licence for non domestic ungulates from Isle of Man (IMP/GEN/2015/07).
15 October 2015
Added the licence “certain products for in vitro use with 10% or less animal by-product carrier/stabilizer” under ‘Products not for human consumption’
8 September 2015
Updated Glucosamine, chondroitin and chitosan-livestock, poultry, fish due to an amendment to EU legislation.
4 August 2015
Replaced Sheep and goats from Isle of Man (IMP/GEN/2015/02) with Sheep and goats from Isle of Man (IMP/GEN/2015/04) as there was an error in original licence (missing conditions).
17 July 2015
Added the general licences for Cattle from Isle of Man (IMP/GEN/2015/01), Sheep and goats from Isle of Man (IMP/GEN/2015/02) and Pigs for slaughter from Isle of Man (IMP/GEN/2015/03).
18 March 2015
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The most thrilling saga of 2020 continues
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2020 Goals Update #234: August 21st (It’s My Birthday!)
Had breakfast and watched two episodes of BB22 with mom
Spent most of the afternoon going through my things and tidying up
Helped my mom make my birthday meal, burritos
Talked to my friend Bri on the phone for an hour and a half
Read In Cold Blood for 30m 56s and read 22 pages
Wrote half a page in my journal
Today was a good day. I turned 31! I always have such awful anxiety about getting older and not having accomplished as much as I wanted to or even accomplishing the things I wanted to, but I didn’t feel that way this year. I still have time anxiety but I didn’t spend my day down on myself or feel that I was getting too old to do what I wanted in life. That’s progress!! I was in a great mood when I got up and spent time with my mom watching TV and later cooking with her. When she went off to study I started working on my room. I went through the totes I have in my room and took out things I didn’t see myself needing soon and put them in a tote to go to the shed. I think if I haven’t thought of those things in a year, they should probably go. OR maybe we will have that yard sale my mom is always talking about. I got a few things put away, but the entire room is still a work in progress. My bestie called and we talked for a bit. I got in my reading for the night and now I am getting ready for bed or at least laying down to watch TV. 
I have been back, fully active on booklr for a year now. I think I picked back up on it a week before my birthday last year. I love being a part of booklr, even if I have been less socially active on the blog over the past few months. I am still working on that. 
I will continue In Cold Blood tomorrow. I need to edit the wedding photos and videos I took and post those. I might work on the room some more tomorrow. If I can devote at least an hour each day to my space, I think I could make some genuine progress on it!
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Lemme introduce myself: I am tired, awkward, mad about everything all the time and have a little mole on my upper lip. #thatsme #digitalart #artist #meettheartist #2020update https://www.instagram.com/p/CAoPd8EnUWq/?igshid=1i0g68dmpf2ci
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[Updated 2020 Ver.4.2.8] MINI MILITIA ULTRA DESTROYER GOD MOD+DEATH SPRAYER+ UNLIMITED HEALTH AND EVERYTHING!
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2020 MASSIVE UPDATE ★★★★★ THE best mod of Mini Militia of 2018-19 on internet, supported and downloaded by lakhs of people from around the globe. Once again we have brought an updated 2020 version of our mod! Enjoy it, share it and don't forget to comment! article continued after ad var aax_size='728x90'; var aax_pubname = 'knowasiak20-21'; var aax_src='302'; Download the Mod or continue reading for more details: Download Ultra Destroyer God Mod Updated var aax_size='300x250'; var aax_pubname = 'knowasiak20-21'; var aax_src='302'; Features of this mod: No lag in game!Death sprayer – You can fire unlimited bullets, cutter or blades per shotUnlimited health – You will never diePrimary Weapon – Rocket luancherSecondary Weapon – Saw cutterOne shot kill – Kill your enemies with one shotBirth Waiting Time 0 – You will re spawn instantlyUnlimited Nitro – Unlimited flyingUnlimited Ammo – You have unlimited ammoZOOM 7X – You can see zoom out 7XNo reload – Your don’t have to wait for reloadRadar Everywhere – It will indicate your enemy by red arrowPro pack – Pro pack is activated by default. Features Of this Mod + Update 2020 features: Semi-automatic Rifle - it is automatically on burst fire mode always so that you have to jest give direction.A Read the full article
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Prompts Are Here!
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Hello Kacchako Fandom!
Call me Mod G!  I’ll be (and already have been) handling the Tumblr for this years event!  The blog is all ready, so please feel free to give it a look!  Now without further ado, your 2020 Prompts!
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Sparring vs Villain AU
Sparring: bring out your training ideas because Bakugou and Uraraka are strengthening their quirks and skills! Who’s going to win?! Villain AU: an alternate universe where Bakugou, Uraraka, or both are villains! Are they in the mafia? Maybe the Yakuza? Or have they switched sides to join the League of Villains? Take your pick of any villainous activities you can think of! 
Royalty AU vs Fake Engagement
Royalty AU: this alternate universe is for your favorite royalty tropes such as kings and queens, princesses, pharaohs or sultans! Take your pick! Fake Engagement:  this is not limited to fake dating or pretend marriages, but those are classic options to choose from! Any fake arrangement fits the bill!
Desserts vs Our Future
Desserts: this is for all your Kacchako dessert fantasies! Do they make mochi together? Perhaps go on an ice cream date? Channel your inner sweet tooth, and make it so sugary, we have to brush our teeth afterward! Our Future: Kacchako and their lives in the future. This can be any point in their lives together! 
Established Relationship vs Star Gazing
Established Relationship: Bakugou and Uraraka are in an official relationship! Did they just agree to start dating? Are they married now? Here’s your chance to give your take on what a serious relationship would entail between them! Star Gazing: Kacchako enjoying a beautiful starlit sky together! 
Festivals vs Hand Holdings
Festivals: Kacchako enjoying any festival you can think of, whether they are real-life festivals or ones you’ve created yourself! Hand holding: Any form of Kacchako holding hands! You can build whatever world you like around them holding hands! 
Sparring vs Villain AU
Sparring: bring out your training ideas because Bakugou and Uraraka are strengthening their quirks and skills! Who’s going to win?! Villain AU: an alternate universe where Bakugou, Uraraka, or both are villains! Are they in the mafia? Maybe the Yakuza? Or have they switched sides to join the League of Villains? Take your pick of any villainous activities you can think of! 
Spy/Agent AU vs Quirk Swap
Spy/Agent AU: Is it a Mr. & Mrs. Smith take? Maybe James bond? Our favorite pair are on a secret mission, and it’s up to you to decide the action and adventure that goes along with it! Quirk Swap: Oh no, somehow their quirks have been swapped! This is not limited to Bakugou and Uraraka swapping quirks, but the reactions and responses to the quirk swap focus are on Kacchako! 
Hurt/Comfort vs It Was Always You
Hurt/Comfort: someone is in pain, it can be physically or mentally, and they need support and love from their partner. It Was Always You: a broadening take on the soulmate AU. How do Bakugou and Uraraka learn how important they are to each other?
Spicy Mochi 
This is a bonus, 8th, day of the event to close the week out with a bang!  Participants choose the topic they want to create for!
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कोरोनावायरस के खतरे के बीच इस बार IPL सीजन 2020 संयुक्त अरब अमीरात (UAE) में खेला जा रहा है। किंग्स इलेवन पंजाब के बल्लेबाज क्रिस गेल ने IPL सीजन 2020 के अपने पहले ही मैच में एक ख़ास रिकॉर्ड अपने नाम कर लिया। वह टी-20 क्रिकेट में चौकों और छक्कों की मदद से 10000 रन बनाने वाले दुनिया के पहले खिलाड़ी बन गए हैं।
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As per the Health Commission of Lanzhou, the capital city of Gansu province, 3,245 people have tested positive for the disease, which is reportedly caused by contact with livestock carrying the bacteria Brucella. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #brucella#health#chinavirus#chinesevirus#coronavirus#2020virus#brucellavirus#men#menhealth#manbody#infertilebody#body#humanbody#infertility#men#humans#body#bodyfacts#news#updates#2020updates#follow#followforfollow#likeandshare https://www.instagram.com/p/CFR8ft0n8eN/?igshid=g2qqw5dsbwa3
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2020 Grammy Winners: The Complete List
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Compiled by Lauren Messman
Published Jan. 26, 2020Updated Jan. 27, 2020, 10:28 a.m. ET
The 62nd annual Grammy Awards were on Sunday. Here are highlights from the show:
Billie Eilish won five awards, including record, album and song of the year, capping a night that also saw multiple wins for Lizzo and Lil Nas X.
Our critics and writers weigh in on the best and worst moments.
Lizzo and host Alicia Keys kicked off the show by addressing the death of the basketball star Kobe Bryant.
The ousted Grammys chief Deborah Dugan is at war with the Recording Academy. In a speech, Keys seemed to reference the turmoil.
Check out the red carpet looks.
See the complete list of winners below:
Record of the Year
“Bad Guy,” Billie Eilish
Album of the Year
“When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?,” Billie Eilish
Song of the Year
“Bad Guy,” Billie Eilish O’Connell and Finneas O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)
Best New Artist
Billie Eilish
Best Pop Solo Performance
“Truth Hurts,” Lizzo
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
“Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus
Best Pop Vocal Album
“When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?,” Billie Eilish
Best Rock Performance
“This Land,” Gary Clark Jr.
Best Rock Song
“This Land,” Gary Clark Jr., songwriter (Gary Clark Jr.)
Best Rock Album
“Social Cues,” Cage the Elephant
Best Alternative Music Album
“Father of the Bride,” Vampire Weekend
Best Metal Performance
“7empest,” Tool
Best R&B Performance
“Come Home,” Anderson .Paak featuring André 3000
Best R&B Song
“Say So,” PJ Morton, songwriter (PJ Morton featuring JoJo)
Best Urban Contemporary Album
“Cuz I Love You (Deluxe),” Lizzo
Best R&B Album
“Ventura,” Anderson .Paak
Best Traditional R&B Performance
“Jerome,” Lizzo
Best Rap Performance
“Racks in the Middle,” Nipsey Hussle featuring Roddy Ricch and Hit-Boy
Best Rap Song
“A Lot,” Jermaine Cole, Dacoury Natche, 21 Savage and Anthony White, songwriters (21 Savage featuring J. Cole)
Best Rap Album
“Igor,” Tyler, the Creator
Best Rap/Sung Performance
“Higher,” DJ Khaled featuring Nipsey Hussle and John Legend
Best Country Solo Performance
“Ride Me Back Home,” Willie Nelson
Best Country Album
“While I’m Livin’,” Tanya Tucker
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
“Finding Gabriel,” Brad Mehldau
Best Latin Pop Album
“#Eldisco,” Alejandro Sanz
Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album
“El Mal Querer,” Rosalía
Best Americana Album
“Oklahoma,” Keb’ Mo’
Best Song Written for Visual Media
“I’ll Never Love Again (Film Version),” Natalie Hemby, Lady Gaga, Hillary Lindsey and Aaron Raitiere, songwriters (Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper)
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Finneas
Best Music Video
“Old Town Road (Official Movie),” Calmatic, video director; Candice Dragonas, Melissa Larsen and Saul Levitz, video producers (Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus)
Best Comedy Album
“Sticks & Stones,” Dave Chappelle
Best Musical Theater Album
“Hadestown,” Reeve Carney, André De Shields, Amber Gray, Eva Noblezada and Patrick Page, principal soloists; Mara Isaacs, David Lai, Anaïs Mitchell and Todd Sickafoose, producers (Anaïs Mitchell, composer and lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast)
Best Instrumental Composition
“Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge Symphonic Suite,” John Williams, composer (John Williams)
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
“Moon River,” Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier)
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals“All Night Long,” Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier featuring Jules Buckley, Take 6 and Metropole Orkest)
A Grammys Red Carpet Fantasia
We went to the Grammys red carpet in Los Angeles.
Best Recording Package
Chris Cornell, Barry Ament, Jeff Ament and Joe Spix, art directors (Chris Cornell)
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
“Woodstock: Back to the Garden — The Definitive 50th Anniversary Archive,” Masaki Koike, art director (Various Artists)
Best Album Notes
“Stax ’68: A Memphis Story,” Steve Greenberg, album notes writer (Various Artists)
Best Historical Album
“Pete Seeger: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection,” Jeff Place and Robert Santelli, compilation producers; Pete Reiniger, mastering engineer (Pete Seeger)
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
“When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?,” Rob Kinelski and Finneas O’Connell, engineers; John Greenham, mastering engineer (Billie Eilish)
Best Remixed Recording
“I Rise (Tracy Young’s Pride Intro Radio Remix),” Tracy Young, remixer (Madonna)
Best Immersive Audio Album
“Lux,” Morten Lindberg, immersive audio engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive audio mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive audio producer (Anita Brevik, Trondheimsolistene and Nidarosdomens Jentekor)
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
“Mettavolution,” Rodrigo y Gabriela
Best Gospel Performance/Song
“Love Theory,” Kirk Franklin, songwriter (Kirk Franklin)
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
“God Only Knows,” Josh Kerr, Jordan Reynolds, Joel Smallbone, Luke Smallbone and Tedd Tjornhom, songwriters (For King & Country and Dolly Parton)
Best Gospel Album
“Long Live Love,” Kirk Franklin
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
“Burn the Ships,” For King & Country
Best Roots Gospel Album
“Testimony,” Gloria Gaynor
Best World Music Album
“Celia,” Angelique Kidjo
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
“A Star Is Born,” Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
“Chernobyl,” Hildur Guonadottir, composer
Best New Age Album
“Wings,” Peter Kater
Best American Roots Performance
“Saint Honesty,” Sara Bareilles
Best American Roots Song
“Call My Name,” Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’Donovan and Sara Watkins, songwriters (I’m With Her)
Best Bluegrass Album
“Tall Fiddler,” Michael Cleveland
Best Traditional Blues Album
“Tall, Dark & Handsome,” Delbert McClinton and Self-Made Men + Dana
Best Contemporary Blues Album
“This Land,” Gary Clark Jr.
Best Folk Album
“Patty Griffin,” Patty Griffin
Best Children’s Album
“Ageless Songs for the Child Archetype,” Jon Samson
Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books and Storytelling)
“Becoming,” Michelle Obama
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)
“De Ayer Para Siempre,” Mariachi Los Camperos
Best Tropical Latin Album
“Opus,” Marc Anthony
“A Journey Through Cuban Music,” Aymée Nuviola
Best Regional Roots Music Album
“Good Time,” Ranky Tanky
Best Music Film
“Homecoming,” Beyoncé Knowles-Carter and Ed Burke, video directors; Steve Pamon and Erinn Williams, video producers (Beyoncé)
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
“Speechless,” Dan + Shay
Best Country Song
“Bring My Flowers Now,” Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth, Tim Hanseroth and Tanya Tucker, songwriters (Tanya Tucker)
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
“Look Now,” Elvis Costello and the Imposters
Best Engineered Album, Classical
“Riley: Sun Rings,” Leslie Ann Jones, engineer; John Kilgore, Judith Sherman and David Harrington, engineers/mixers; Robert C. Ludwig, mastering engineer (Kronos Quartet)
Producer of the Year, Classical
Blanton Alspaugh
Best Orchestral Performance
“Norman: Sustain,” Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)
Best Opera Recording
“Picker: Fantastic Mr. Fox,” Gil Rose, conductor; John Brancy, Andrew Craig Brown, Gabriel Preisser, Krista River and Edwin Vega; Gil Rose, producer (Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Boston Children’s Chorus)
Best Choral Performance
“Duruflé: Complete Choral Works,” Robert Simpson, conductor (Ken Cowan; Houston Chamber Choir)
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
“Shaw: Orange,” Attacca Quartet
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
“Marsalis: Violin Concerto; Fiddle Dance Suite,” Nicola Benedetti; Cristian Măcelaru, conductor (Philadelphia Orchestra)
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
“Songplay,” Joyce DiDonato; Chuck Israels, Jimmy Madison, Charlie Porter and Craig Terry, accompanists (Steve Barnett and Lautaro Greco)
Best Classical Compendium
“The Poetry of Places,” Nadia Shpachenko; Marina A. Ledin and Victor Ledin, producers
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
“Higdon: Harp Concerto,” Jennifer Higdon, composer (Yolanda Kondonassis, Ward Stare and the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra)
Best Dance Recording
“Got to Keep On,” The Chemical Brothers, producers; Steve Dub Jones and Tom Rowlands, mixers (The Chemical Brothers)
Best Dance/Electronic Album
“No Geography,” The Chemical Brothers
Best Reggae Album
“Rapture,” Koffee
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
“Sozinho,” Randy Brecker, soloist
Best Jazz Vocal Album
“12 Little Spells,” Esperanza Spalding
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
“The Omni-American Book Club,” Brian Lynch Big Band
Best Latin Jazz Album
“Antidote,” Chick Corea and the Spanish Heart Band
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Guns N’ Roses NEW album update: Slash busy jamming in lockdown with Axl Rose, Duff McKagan GUNS N' ROSES new album has had an exciting update from Slash who says he hasn't "been doing much else" in lockdown but working on new material with Axl Rose and Duff McKagan. By GEORGE SIMPSON PUBLISHED: 09:42, Sat, Jul 4, 2020UPDATED: 10:09, Sat, Jul 4, 2020 by Express https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/1305004/Guns-N-Roses-new-album-Slash-new-music-Axl-Rose-Duff-McKagan/amp I hope so ❤❤❤ #gunsnroses🌹🔫 #gunsnrosesfan #GNR #GnFnR #axlrose #slash #duffmackagan #newalbum https://www.instagram.com/p/CCS75wOphE9/?igshid=19cde1gs7r1ja
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April 9, 2020
Updates on the Uinen/Arien piece!
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2020 Goals Update #223: August 10th
Played Sims 4 for an hour
Re-watched an episode from S1 of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
Went to bed around 3 AM
Got up at 9 AM
Watched the new Big Brother episode with my mom
Watched an episode from S8 of Big Brother
Cleaned out the fridge, cleaned the fridge, and reorganized it
Cleaned out and reorganized the deep freezer and fridge freezer
Ate dinner
Took a nap
Read Americanah for 38m 41s and read 44 pages
Wrote a little over half a page in my journal
Today was a great day. I guess that shows me how good it feels to get things accomplished! After we watched Big Brother we were talking about where we wanted to go for groceries. My mom suggested the Walmart in Douglas because it offered better variety than ours did, with it being a Super Walmart. I suggested Publix in Tifton because it offered all the variety with it being a full grocery store. We might also check out the Walmart Neighborhood Market, too. ANYWAY, that conversation led us to cleaning out the fridge and freezers so we could see what we did and didn’t need. It was so satisfying when it finished. We cleaned until dinnertime. I went to bed shortly after that because I felt drained. I wish I hadn’t slept as long as I did. I’ve got to work on that. I am just happy that I got up at nine this morning instead of sleeping in like I usually do. 
Tomorrow we will get groceries! I will continue reading Americanah. Depending on how I feel once we get back, I might work on my room a little more.
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30 coronavirus cases in outbreak at Bremerton hospital
Officials say the outbreak at St. Michael Medical Center in Kitsap County involves hospital staff and employees.
Author: Associated Press, KING 5 StaffPublished: 8:43 PM PDT August 21, 2020Updated: 11:03 PM PDT August 21, 2020
State health officials say more than 30 COVID-19 cases have been reported in an outbreak at a Bremerton hospital.
The Washington State Department of Health said Friday afternoon the outbreak has affected multiple units at St. Michael Medical Center, which is part of the CHI Franciscan system.
Officials say the outbreak involves hospital staff and employees.
The Kitsap Public Health District and state health officials say they are working with the hospital to contain the outbreak after the first case was reported late last week. Patients discharged from the impacted units have been notified and that new admissions and visitation at the hospital is currently limited.
Public health officials have recommended several mitigation measures, including ongoing COVID-19 testing, robust screening of staff, and limiting non-essential access to the facility, the statement said.  
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Clash of the Titans
Is This the End of Hong Kong?
What could China’s move to strengthen control over Hong Kong with new security laws yield? And why did it propose this now? Let us explain.
By Rick Gladstone
May 21, 2020Updated 5:38 p.m. ET
When Britain returned Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty, in a 1997 handover agreement that ended an era of British colonialism dating to the Opium Wars, China’s top leader at the time, Deng Xiaoping, guaranteed Hong Kong’s way of life for at least 50 years.
Deng was the chief architect of the policy for Hong Kong known as “one country, two systems.”
The policy was the blueprint for preserving the prosperity and autonomy of a freewheeling capitalist enclave on the doorstep of the Chinese Communist mainland which had become critical for financial and trade links to China’s own ambitious economic future. The policy also bolstered China’s image as an increasingly responsible force in the world.
Within a matter of years, however, China began taking steps that eroded the liberties enjoyed by Hong Kong’s 7.5 million people, and the moves have increasingly led to pro-democracy demonstrations and suspicion toward the intent of the Chinese Communist authorities in Beijing.
On Thursday, those authorities announced the most sweeping step yet, with proposed security laws that could effectively subvert Hong Kong’s remaining freedoms and bring it under full Chinese control.
Here are some basic questions and answers on China’s action and the possible repercussions:
What precisely did China announce?
Chinese officials in Beijing said the National People’s Congress, China’s Legislature, would review a plan to establish new laws and an enforcement mechanism for protecting national security in Hong Kong. The announcement provided no details but signaled that the new legislation would allow China’s central government more legal justification to directly respond to the large anti-Beijing protests that upended Hong Kong for much of the past year.
Why did China do this now?
President Xi Jinping, the country’s most authoritarian leader since the Mao era, has viewed the Hong Kong unrest with impatience and exasperation, seeing it as a direct challenge to Communist Party primacy and legitimacy. Chinese government propaganda, under Mr. Xi’s direct control, has increasingly indicated the challenge would be crushed.
One possible catalyst for China’s announcement was the reluctance of Hong Kong’s own Legislature to enact toughened security laws under a provision of the territory’s basic law known as Article 23 — fearing such a move could incite even bigger anti-Beijing protests. The legislation that Beijing has proposed would allow it to bypass Hong Kong’s own legal structure for dealing with what are regarded as security threats.
Another explanation for the timing is Hong Kong’s largely successful struggle to contain the coronavirus pandemic, which at its height prompted a lockdown that effectively derailed the anti-Beijing protests in the territory. With the gradual return to a semblance of normalcy, those protests have started to resume.
What are the ramifications for Hong Kong of China’s action?
The action was likely to provoke anger from pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong, which could lead to even bigger and more violent protests. But the action also sends the message that expression of political dissent or freedom of speech in Hong Kong are now at greater risk than ever, threatening a press that has functioned largely unfettered by political constraints.
Even if the new security laws do not necessarily lead to the closure of newspapers or broadcasters that offend Beijing, chilling effects like self-censorship or reluctance to speak out may be likely. The free flow of information that has been critical to Hong Kong’s economic success also could now be at greater risk — a negative for the many multinational companies that have made Hong Kong their home in Asia. Fears of a Chinese political crackdown in Hong Kong could cause an exodus from its expatriate community — not to mention Hong Kong residents with the means to move elsewhere.
What are the possible consequences for China?
The move could aggravate China’s worsening relations with the United States, which has long criticized China over the erosion of Hong Kong’s autonomy.
President Trump said Thursday that the United States would strongly respond to any attempt by the Chinese authorities to impose a crackdown on Hong Kong. On Wednesday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said China’s threats to pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong could make the United States re-evaluate the special treatment the territory receives as an autonomous region under American law. China’s Foreign Ministry responded that Mr. Pompeo was blatantly interfering in internal Chinese affairs.
More broadly, a Chinese crackdown in Hong Kong could exacerbate a credibility problem for the Beijing authorities, already defending themselves from claims of negligence and cover-up in the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic, which is believed to have originated in Wuhan late last year.
Nearby Asian countries like Vietnam and Thailand already view China’s growing attempts to exert its influence in the region with suspicion. And Taiwan, the self-governing island that Beijing considers part of China, is likely to see a Hong Kong crackdown as further validation of its view that the “one country, two systems” model is a failure and a new reason not to engage with the mainland’s Chinese Communist authorities.
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Rick Gladstone is an editor and writer on the International Desk, based in New York. He has worked at The Times since 1997, starting as an editor in the Business section. @rickgladstone
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