Tucson singer-songwriter Linda Chorney turned her Grammys ordeal into a memory and then a movie.
Courtesy Linda Chorney
Linda Chorney Special for the Arizona Daily Star
Editor’s Note: Tucson Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter / filmmaker Linda Chorney got some sort of victory when the Recording Academy announced on April 30th that it was abolishing its nomination review boards.
Chorney was unlikely to be nominated for a Grammy for Best Americana Albums in 2012 – the first time an unsigned indie artist was a finalist for the prestigious award. Your nomination sparked a firestorm that led to a petition attempting to abandon the nominations committee process. It took nearly a decade, but the academy eventually gave in and agreed to disband nomination committees that can decide the merits of a recording or an artist, regardless of things like chart sales and success or critical recognition.
In that column, Chorney wrote an essay on her Grammy experience, “Who the hell is Linda Chorney?” And welcomed a film, When I Sing, which was recognized by film festivals across the country when it released in 2018 Decision of the academy.
The nomination review boards … may they rest in peace and stay there!
I’m not sure how the big labels think the Recording Academy is finally eliminating nomination review boards, but I can promise you that independent artists do backflips from the swoon, much like I did when I was nominated for Best in 2012, Americana Album, as the first indie without a label, publicist or manager. How did this happen? There was no nomination review committee in the American Roots category. Myself and the other four candidates got the most votes.
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