The Grammys is the biggest night in music, turning the Nate Ruess' (Fun.) of today into the Stings of tomorrow! This year was a spectacle to behold at the Grammys with artist after artist rocking the house, particularly Bruno Mars, Rhianna, and 2013 Ravinia artist Sting (featured below)!
The Grammys are a great way to start the year. Here at Ravinia, we enjoy the award ceremony aftermath where an artist like Miguel, who opened for Jennifer Hudson in 2011 at the festival, can now be referred to "Grammy award winner Miguel." It's an honor to recognize Ravinia artists new and old in their recent Grammy wins:
Best R&B Song: Miguel ('11)
Best Country Solo Performance: Carrie Underwood ('09, '10, '11)
Best Country Song: Blown Away – Carrie Underwood ('09, '10, '11)
Best Improvised Jazz Solo: Hot House – Gary Burton ('79, '92, '93, '06) & Chick Corea, soloists
Best Jazz Vocal Album: Radio Music Society – Esperanza Spalding ('12)
Best Jazz Instrumental Album: Unity Band – Pat Metheny Unity Band ('79, '81, '82, '83, '87, '95)
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Dear Diz (Every Day I Think Of You) – Arturo Sandoval ('92, '93, '94, '96, '07)
Best Americana Album: Slipstream – Bonnie Raitt ('02, '06, '09)
Best Bluegrass Album: Nobody Knows You – Steep Canyon Rangers ('10, '11)
Best Blues Album: Locked Down – Dr. John ('12)
Best Regional Roots Music Album: The Band Courtbouillon – Wayne Toups ('89, '90), Steve Riley & Wilson Savoy
Best Reggae Album: Rebirth – Jimmy Cliff ('12)
Best World Music Album: The Living Room Sessions Part 1 – Ravi Shankar ('69, '71 – '73)
Best Spoke Word Album: Society's Child: My Autobiography – Janis Ian ('98, '00)
Best Musical Theater Album: Once: A New Musical prod. by Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova of Swell Season ('10)
Best Instrumental Composition: Mozart Goes Dancing – Chick Corea & Gary Burton ('79, '92, '93, '06)
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s): City of Roses – Thara Memory & Esperanza Spalding ('12)
Best Boxed or Special Llimited Edition Package: Woody at 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection (featured in '12)
Best Orchestral Performance: Adams: Harmonielehre & Short Tide In A Fast Machine – Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor ('70, '82 – '87)
Best Opera Recording: Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen – James Levine ('71 – '92) & Fabio Luisi, conductors
Best Classical Instrumental Solo: Kurtág & Ligeti: Music For Viola – Kim Kashkashian ('03, '05, '07, '09, '10, '11)
Best Classical Vocal Solo: Poèmes – Renée Fleming ('94, '97, '98, '04, '06, '10)