Courtesy of The Recording AcademyThe 60th annual Grammy Awards ceremony takes place this Sunday, January 28, at New York City’s Madison Square Garden, and among this year’s nominees are a couple of acclaimed artists who are no longer with us: Gregg Allman and Leonard Cohen.
Allman, who died in May at age 69, received nods for Best Americana Album for his posthumous final record, Southern Blood, and for Best American Roots Song for the tune “My Only True Friend.” Cohen, who passed away in November 2016 at age 82, will vie for the Best Rock Performance honor for “You Want It Darker” and for Best American Roots Performance award, for “Steer My Way.”
Other veteran acts vying for trophies at the Grammys include Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, the late Glen Campbell, Randy Newman, The Grateful Dead and Yusuf — a.k.a. Cat Stevens.
Meanwhile, among the many performers at this year’s Grammys will be U2, Sting and Elton John, the latter of whom will collaborating with young pop star Miley Cyrus.
The music world lost many high-profile artists over the past year, including Allman, Campbell, Tom Petty, Steely Dan‘s Walter Becker and rock ‘n’ roll pioneers Chuck Berry and Fats Domino. Grammy executive producer Ken Ehrlich tells ABC Radio that tributes to the musicians we lost will “definitely” be a part of Sunday’s show. In fact, an homage to Berry and Domino featuring The Late Show band leader Jon Batiste and blues-rocker Gary Clark Jr. already has been confirmed.
The Grammy ceremony airs live at 7:30 p.m. ET on CBS. Most of the awards actually will handed out during a pre-show ceremony hosted by Paul Shaffer that will stream via Grammy.com starting at 3 p.m. ET.
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