Breaking the news

Country legend Tanya Tucker and Brandi Carlile, will perform together at the Grammys on January 26. Both the singers announced the same on their respective social media accounts recently. Brandi wrote, “Let’s. do. this.” One of the first responses on her Instagram came from a fellow Seattle musician, Soundgarden’s Matt Cameron who wrote, “Hell yes!” On the other side, Tanya Tucker wrote, “I wanted you to be the first to know!I’ll be performing at the #GRAMMYs this year with a whole line up of amazing artists, including one of my favourite people in the whole world, @BrandiCarlile!”

The ‘first to know’ comment is a reference to the fact that CBS and the Grammys have consigned much of the announcement duties this year to the artists themselves, with many performers unveiling news of their appearances on Instagram ahead of the official network announcements, as in this instance. Tanya Tucker is this year’s most nominated country artist, 26 years after her last nomination and 47 years after her first. She has four nominations this year.