Grammys: Where were the Latino musicians?
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‘There’s been an understandable amount of head-scratching and second-guessing in some quarters over the shortage of Latino and Latin American musical artists presenting trophies at the Grammys earlier this month,’ writes Reed Johnson on the Los Angeles Times music blog Pop & Hiss:
Musically, CBS’ 3 1/2 -hour broadcast on Feb. 8 reflected what Times pop critic Ann Powers called ‘the great wide mess of styles and sounds that fill the marketplace,’ including artists as dissimilar as Neil Diamond and Lil Wayne. But while Latino musicians were represented within that mishmash, they were noticeably absent from the presenters’ ranks.
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-- Deborah Bonello in Mexico City