Grammy Day! An All Of It Crossover Episode - a podcast by WNYC

It's Grammy day! Our colleagues at WNYC's All Of It present a special series of fun, thoughtful and illuminating discussions with 5 of the nominees.On Today's Podcast: [00:00:00] Laura Marling’s album, Song for Our Daughter, earned the British singer-songwriter her second Grammy nomination for Best Folk Album. During our week of interviews with Grammy nominees, she joined us for a “Listening Party.” She also performs the album's title track. [AIRED MONDAY, MARCH 8] ---- [00:17:19] Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys has won eight Grammys, including Producer of the Year in 2013. In 2019, he was nominated in the same category, and at the 63rd annual awards ceremony, he’ll be up for the award a third time. During our week of interviews with Grammy nominees, he joined us to discuss his career and the production credits that earned him the nomination. [AIRED TUESDAY, MARCH 9] ---- [00:34:58] In 2019, Emily Lazar made Grammy history as the first female mastering engineer to win the award for Best Engineered Recording, Non Classical for Beck’s Colors. This year, for her work on Coldplay’s Everyday Life, Jacob Collier’s Djesse Vol. 3, and Haim’s Women In Music Pt. III, Lazar becomes the first mastering engineer to be up for three Grammy Album of the Year nominations at once. During our week of interviews with Grammy nominees, she joined us to discuss her career, as well as her recently launched organization, We Are Moving The Needle, whose goal is to support women in the music industry. [AIRED WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10] ---- [00:52:27] Pianist and composer Jon Batiste has two albums nominated for Grammy awards and a new album on the way. Chronology Of A Dream: Live At The Village Vanguard is nominated in the category of Best Contemporary Instrumental Album, and Meditations, his collaboration with guitarist Cory Wong, will be up for Best New Age Album. During our week of interviews with Grammy nominees, Batiste joined us to talk about both projects, his recent Golden Globe win for Pixar's "Soul," and to preview his new album, We Are, which comes out on March 19. [AIRED THURSDAY, MARCH 12] ---- [01:09:41] Last year, Black Pumas were up for the Grammy for Best New Artist. This year, the band — who also performed as part of President Biden’s inauguration special — vie for Album of the Year, Record of the Year, and Best American Roots Performance. Eric Burton and Adrian Quesada joined us during our week of interviews with Grammy nominees to talk about their album, Black Pumas (Deluxe Edition), and share an unreleased performance of their Record of the Year-nominated song, "Colors." [AIRED FRIDAY, MARCH 12] 

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