It would be nice to think that the garlanding of Robert Plant and Alison Krauss's Raising Sand was an attempt by the US recording industry to try and head off any thoughts of a Led Zep resuurection. But it's even nicer to think that a bloody good record has been given prizes. If it was just Alison K...

Welcome to Idolator's liveblog of the 2009 Grammy Awards, a year in which there will be more spectacle and less award-doling than ever. Well, at least it seems that way: The 3 1/2-hour telecast will have no more than 10 brass gramophones handed out during its running time, presumably because the mus...

Winners from the 2009 Grammy Awards, presented Sunday night in Los Angeles: Album Of The Year: "Raising Sand," Robert Plant and Alison Krauss (Rounder) Rap Album: Lil Wayne, "Tha Carter III" (Universal) Male Pop Vocal Performance: "Say," John Mayer; track from "Continuum" (Columbia) Record of the Ye...

Earlier this month, we examined LA Times blogger Todd Martens' attempt to predict the nominees for the Best New Artist Grammy ahead of the Sept. 30 cutoff point for next year's awards. Martens decided to take on the Album of the Year category this week, giving me (and you!) even more to post about a...

Eddie called me out to comment on EW’s top 25 country albums you have to hear, even if you don't like country music. Since I pretty much do whatever Eddie requests - he asks so nicely - I could do naught but respond, albeit reluctantly. I am not what I'd call a big country fan; I don't dislike it,...

The speculation surrounding the will they, won’t they, please, I hope they do, Led Zeppelin world tour rumour mill has taken a new twist today, with Whitesnake singer David Coverdale claiming that it IS going to happen, it’s just a case of when. This story goes right back to when Led Zep...

Alison Krauss, both solo and backed by her band Union Station, has been a dominant figure in the bluegrass and alternative country scenes for two decades. Robert Plant, among other things, was the lead singer of Led Zeppelin. Neither needs much of an introduction, but the two performers hardly come ...

I only got 13 albums that came out in 2007, all CDs, as opposed to downloads or vinyl. Unlike the movies I didn't see, this fact does not particularly distress me as much as it might, since I did download some individual cuts as well as older albums I had on vinyl. So coming up with a Top 10 seemed ...

Here are the 10 most played tunes on my iTunes for the year (10 and 11 tied for the same number of plays). 1. "Creep" by Radiohead, performed by the Edward Welles Quartet.2. "Hope and Memory" by Howard Shore, from the Lord of the Rings, Return of the King soundtrack.3. "Luna" from Ayre by Osvaldo Go...

Bad news for the six or seven billion people who tried to get tickets for Led Zeppelin's comeback concert at the O2 in London on Monday night - that was pretty much your only chance. Such was the anticipation of Led Zeppelin's comeback that they could have just dicked around on a massive pia...