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Win Tickets to See Nanci Griffith at the GRAMMY Museum on Monday

By Eric Richardson — June 03, 2009
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GRAMMY-winning songwriter Nanci Griffith pays a visit to the GRAMMY Museum's 200-seat Sound Stage on Monday, June 8, to talk about her upcoming release "The Loving Kind," described as one of the most politically outspoken albums of her career. We've got tickets to send some blogdowntown readers to see the show.

GRAMMY Museum Kicks Off Backstage Pass Series with Staind

By Eric Richardson — May 19, 2009

|Photo Gallery| Given the chance to ask questions of Staind vocalist Aaron Lewis and guitarist Mike Mushok, one student from Lou Dantzler Preparatory Charter High School knew just what he wanted to find out. "How much money do you guys make?" The students were on-hand to attend soundcheck for the band's show at Club Nokia as part of the GRAMMY Museum's Backstage Pass program...

'Bandslam' Stars Visit GRAMMY Museum to Promote Music

By Eric Richardson — May 16, 2009
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|Photo Gallery| The stars of the upcoming film 'Bandslam' paid a visit to the GRAMMY Museum Friday morning to tell 200 students from Los Angeles middle schools the importance of music. Vanessa Hudgens, Aly Michalka and Gaelan Connell were joined by Mitchell Lieb of Hollywood Records and songwriter Lucy Walsh in the event.

School's Downtown Location Makes for a Unique Field Trip

By Eric Richardson — March 09, 2009
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Drivers and oncoming pedestrians were likely a little confused when they encountered ninety students walking down Figueroa on Monday morning. The 9th graders are students at Oscar de la Hoya Animo Charter High School, currently located in the World Trade Center at 3rd and Figueroa. This morning they used their convenient Downtown location to take a walking...

GRAMMY Week Museum Lineup Includes a Show for the Kids

By Ed Fuentes — February 05, 2009
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In the days leading up to Sunday's GRAMMY Awards, to be held at Staples Center, the show's namesake museum has an appropriately full slate of events. Over the next three days, Downtowners can head over to the GRAMMY Museum to meet a New Orleans musician legend, forget the rain by listening to live Hawaiian music and bring along the kids to hear tunes targeted...

Wednesday: Grammy Museum Presents Jazz Icon Charlie Haden

By Ed Fuentes — January 16, 2009

The Grammy Museum will host The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts' Duke Jazz Talks Jan 21. The West Coast edition of the series, traditionally held at New York's Lincoln Center, is a one-on-one conversation between Los Angeles based Grammy winning jazz composer/ bassist Charlie Haden and Bob Santelli, Executive Director of The Grammy Museum.

Local Schools Pay First of Many Visits to GRAMMY Museum

By Eric Richardson — December 05, 2008

|Photo Gallery| After waiting through a ribbon cutting ceremony that included speeches by dignitaries from the city, Recording Academy and AEG, students from middle and high schools in the 9th Council District were among the first to enter the GRAMMY Museum this morning. Even AEG President & CEO Tim Leiweke was ready to get past the opening ceremonies and into normal operation...

GRAMMY Museum All About the Music

By Eric Richardson — December 02, 2008
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|Photo Gallery| When it opens to the public on Saturday, the GRAMMY Museum at L.A. Live will join a small list of major music museums around the country: Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Nashville's Country Music Hall of Fame and Seattle's Experience Music Project. All highlight the history of music. "We're not so much about the history of anything really," GRAMMY Museum...