ADVISORY/Experts Available to Discuss Music Veterans and Newcomers Leading Nominations for Grammys.

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TOPIC: The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences has nominated U2 for
a leading eight Grammy awards, according to an article by Reuters. U2's
nominations include album and rock album of the year for `All That You Can't
Leave Behind" (Interscope), the article says. Also raking in the nominations
are India.Arie with seven, Alicia Keys with six and Brian McKnight with four.
Arie and Keys are both up for the new artist category. CBS will broadcast the
44th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony on Feb. 27 from Staples Center in Los
Angeles. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to
comment on this story:

Mr. Ramiro Burr is a San Antonio Express-News' syndicated music columnist and arts & entertainment reporter covering rock/pop/country/Latin music. He is also an author, a Billboard correspondent and a free-lance music writer published by Pulse, Rhythm Music, Cashbox, Latina, Performance and New Country Music magazines, as well as the Houston Chronicle and Austin Chronicle newspapers. His reviews also appear at Billboard.com, Amazon.com and Barnesandnoble.com. Burr's new book, The Billboard Guide to Tejano and regional Mexican music, by New York publisher BillboardBooks, (ISBN: 0823076911) is the genre's first-ever sourcebook. A nationally recognized music authority, Burr is a regular panelist at major conferences such as Grammy in the Streets, SXSW, Texas Rhythm & Blues Association, the National Association of Hispanic Journalists and industry trade groups. Through his experience, Burr has become a professional speaker whose insight and analysis of music, journalism, culture and the arts has been sought by colleges and civic groups including the Smithsonian Institution, Bowling Green University, University of Texas, the University of Houston, Texas A&M, DePaul, Southwest Texas State, Trinity, St. Marys and Rice universities and LULAC. 210/250-3429, [e-mail]; PR: Diana Marin ([e-mail], 210/227-4437).

Dr. William Watson is the chair of the Music Department at The Community College of Baltimore County. He is an expert on popular music criticism, the recording industry and the business of music. 410/780-6569, [e-mail]; PR: Bonnie Stecker ([e-mail]).

Dr. Kenneth Nagelberg of William Paterson University is an expert on radio, music videos, alternative music and college radio. 973/720-3319

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