Grammy changes draw ire

Associated Press

NEW YORK

A coalition of musicians is demanding the Recording Academy restore more than 30 categories cut from the Grammy Awards, alleging the reductions unfairly target ethnic music and were done without the input of its thousands of members. The academy board last month reduced the fields, which this year totaled 109, to 78.

Protesters hope the process can be reversed in time for next year’s Grammy ceremony if at least one board member asks the academy to reconsider.

“Hopefully during that time, someone will rise and be brave enough and do this,” Bobby Sanabria, a four-time Grammy nominee in the Latin jazz category and a leader of the movement.