7 Grammy winners you didn’t hear on TV
Only 10 of the 95 Grammys awarded on Sunday night were presented during the telecast, and The New York Times music newsletter The Amplifier, written by Lindsay Zoladz, compiled a playlist highlighting seven winners who didn’t get prime‑time moments. Zoladz’s roundup notes Baltimore rock band Turnstile took home two Grammys — best metal performance for “Birds” and best rock album for Never Enough — while FKA twigs won best dance/electronic album for Eusexua.
The Cure picked up best alternative music album for Songs of a Lost World and best alternative performance for the single “Alone.” Billy Strings won best bluegrass album for Highway Prayers, his second consecutive and third overall bluegrass trophy, and the trio I’m With Her — Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz and Aoife O’Donovan — won best folk album for Wild and Clear and Blue, with the lead track “Ancient Light” taking best American roots song, the newsletter says.
The preshow produced an ecstatic winner when Durand Bernarr took best progressive R&B album for Bloom; Zoladz recounts his hurried sprint to the stage and quoted his opening line, “Happy Black History Month for the rest of my life!” The roundup also highlights Tyler Childers, who won best country song for “Bitin’ List,” and notes that the Dalai Lama won in the best audiobook, narration and storytelling category, his first Grammy.
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