PAUL BRANDT "FRONTIER" EP WINNING WEEKEND
Listen to 730 CKDM all weekend for any song by Paul Brandt. If you're the 7th caller, we will enter your name into a draw to receive one of 5 copies of Paul Brandt's brand new 4 song VINYL EP "FRONTIER"!
CKDM's morning guy Al Gaines will make the draws Monday morning on the Al Morning show.
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GRAMMYS
The Grammy Awards will celebrate a lot of new music, but its ceremony will have a familiar face up-front in host LL Cool J.
The Recording Academy announced Wednesday that the rap artist and actor will be the master of ceremonies for the fifth consecutive year. The Grammys will be telecast Feb. 15 from the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Somewhat unique to awards shows, the Grammys traditionally focus more on performances than trophy delivery. The host tends to have a lower profile than on other awards shows.
Recording Academy President Neil Portnow says LL Cool J's personality and energy set the perfect tone for the show.
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PARIS - INFORMAL MEMORIALS - PRESERVED
After terrorists struck Paris last month, there were many makeshift memorials put up at the sites of the attacks, including the Bataclan, where the U-S band Eagles of Metal Death was performing. Now, officials in Paris are trying to find a way to make those tributes more permanent. The city has decided to collect and archive notes, poems and drawings left by people at the sites of the November 13th attacks. Teams of workers have been gathering documents from memorial sites and scanning them into digital format _ with the idea of having them displayed on a future website.
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LUKE BRYAN - ACM AWARDS
A newcomer and an old hand _ that's the setup for next year's Academy of Country Music Awards. Luke Bryan will be joined by Dierks Bentley for the show. Bryan will be handling the hosting chores for the fourth time while Bentley will be co-hosting for the first time. Word of the assignments comes from Bryan _ who is the reigning A-C-M Entertainer of the Year. The A-C-M's are set for April 3rd in Las Vegas.
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LITTLE BIG TOWN - GRAMMY SHOPPING
You often hear people who are in the running to win a Grammy say it isn't about winning _ it's just an honour to be nominated. But for some members of Little Big Town, the big thrill is hitting the stores after being nominated. Kimberly Schlapman says she's sure that fellow group member Karen Fairchild thought about going shopping as soon as she heard the group was up for a Grammy. And she's right. Fairchild says she started texting Kacey Musgraves and Ashley Monroe _ and they decided to ``set a girls' day for shopping.'' Jimi Westbrook jokes that if those plans hold, Little Big Town might end up broke.
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STING - CARNEGIE HALL
Sting says he's kept only one autograph he has ever received: from Frank Sinatra. He says the singer personalized an autograph to him, calling him ``the new blue eyes.'' Only problem: Sting says his eyes are green. It was one of many stories Sting weaved during his performance Monday night at Carnegie Hall.
It was his first gig at the famous New York City venue.
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PATTI LABELLE - BET HONOURS
Patti Labelle will be among those honoured at the upcoming B-E-T Honours. The veteran singer will be among those getting special tributes at the event, set for January 23rd at the Warner Theatre in Washington. A special on the awards ceremony will air the following month. Also being honoured this year will be filmmaker Lee Daniels and longtime music executive L-A Reid.
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JOSH RITTER - LESS INTIMATE
Josh Ritter says he's done with sharing his feelings through his music. He says he had stayed away from sharing his personal life through his lyrics _ until the album he released in 2013. That project, ``The Beast in Its Tracks,'' dealt with his experience in rebounding from divorce. Now, Ritter says he'll stop mining his life for music. He says the idea of an artist looking at himself through music is ``something to be used sparingly.'' His new album is titled ``Sermon on the Rocks.''
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VINCE NEIL - I'M A WATER-WASTER?
Vince Neil of Motley Crue does not know he's a water-waster. KNTV-TV in San Francisco reported that Neil was on the list of the Bay Area's biggest violators of water restrictions. Neil says on social media it's news to him and he has not lived in the Bay Area for more than five years.
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ADELE - TOUR
Adele is expanding her tour to Canada and the U-S. Adele will begin her first North American tour in five years on July 5th in St. Paul, Minnesota. Adele will visit Vancouver, Montreal, Quebec and Toronto. All tickets go on sale Thursday. She had to scrap her 2011 tour of the U-S after she suffered a vocal hemorrhage.
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LEON BRIDGES - ``CONCUSSION''
Leon Bridges knows he's going to get a lot of football questions because he wrote the song ``So Long'' for the upcoming film ``Concussion.'' Too bad he knows nothing about football. Bridges says he doesn't follow any sports at all. He saw the film and decided it would be best to write a song that was not too literal. He drew on his experience going back to his hometown and facing criticism that he didn't deserve his successes because he didn't work as hard as other musicians. ``Concussion'' opens on Christmas Day.
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TAYLOR SWIFT - FANS - BOOK
Publisher Simon and Schuster is looking for a superfan to be the honorary author of a new book about Taylor Swift.
The book will be a collection of magazine profiles about Swift and have the feel of a scrapbook. The honorary author will have his or her name on the cover and be paid 10-thousand dollars. Fans who think they can do it can upload a video of up to three minutes making their cases. Simon and Schuster also will sponsor contests to name the book and to design the cover. Find out more at SwiftFanBook-dot-com. Swift is not involved in the book's creation and has not authorized it.
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JOSH GROBAN - BROADWAY
Josh Groban will make his Broadway debut next year in a story torn from ``War and Peace.'' Groban will star in ``Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812.'' It's a musical adaptation of a 70-page excerpt of Tolstoy's ``War and Peace.'' The show is scheduled to arrive on Broadway in September.
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(The Associated Press)