Dan DeLuca is an Inquirer pop music critic. But his "In the Mix" column in the Weekend section ventures further afield, into books, movies, TV, the Internet, graphic novels and anything you might call "popular culture."
Email Dan at ddeluca@phillynews.com
- Gallery: The 2010 Grammys
In the Mix: Album of the Year preview- A Phila.-area flavor to nominees list
These aren't the best of times for the music business. But no amount of fretting - album sales were down 12.7 percent in 2009, according to Nielsen SoundScan - can get in the way of the industry throwing a star-studded prime-time party in celebration of itself.
- Video: Grammy picks for Album of the Year
- Beyonce's Booty
If we're to count as our own the Grammy nominations for Wyomissing-raised Taylor Swift - the no-longer-teenage country-pop princess has seven - then artists connected with the Philadelphia area had a pretty amazing 2009 when it came to being acknowledged by the Recording Academy.
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Album of the Year Beyoncé, I Am . . . Sasha Fierce; the Black Eyed Peas, The E.N.D.; Lady Gaga, The Fame; Dave Matthews Band, Big Whiskey & the Groogrux King; Taylor Swift, Fearless.
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These days, it's not so easy to find indie-rock that actually rocks in any sort of aggressive, messy, blood-on-the-floor way.
- Tough, tender classics from three phases of Pendergrass' career.The career of Philadelphia soul great Teddy Pendergrass, who died Wednesday, had three distinct phases. As the drummer for Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, Pendergrass stepped to the mike and sang many of the defining hits of the Gamble and Huff 1970s Philly soul era, from "The Love I Lost" to "If You Don't Know Me By Now."
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Inquirer critic Dan DeLuca writes about pop music at http://go.philly.com/inthemix.
- Keeping the spirit, cutting the cliches, we've rounded up 26 songs for the season.Christmas music doesn't have to jingle with the same old silver-bell ho-ho-hum. Nothing against Nat King Cole - and by the way, if you're seeking a tried, true, and altogether classy holiday option, his The Christmas Song collection has just been reissued for the umpteenth time.
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Inquirer critic Dan DeLuca writes about pop music and culture at http://go.philly.com/inthemix.
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How exactly did the Beatles destroy rock-and-roll? Why were so many Great American Songbook standouts penned by Jewish tunesmiths? And what exactly is the Tao of Wu?
- The pop decade ends tumultuously, with death, assault, bullying - and critical picks trending indie. Here, our critic's Top Ten for the year.In 2009, music began to seem more and more like sports. Most of the events that got people talking, and tweeting, happened off the playing field - and at awards time.
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Amadou & Mariam Welcome to Mali (Nonesuch) Girls Album (True Panther Sounds/Matador) Miranda Lambert Revolution (Columbia
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1. Major Lazer, Guns Don't Kill People, Lazers Do (Mad Decent). This reggae-dancehall record from Philadelphia DJ-producer Diplo and his Brit partner Switch comes with a cartoony made-up backstory, and guest spots from Amanda Blank and Santigold and a host of Jamaican vocalists. Kinetic, chaotic and crazy.
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