First and foremost, all love and support to the people of Los Angeles. But even amid natural disaster, the 67th annual Grammy Awards ceremony looks like it’s still going to happen on Sunday as scheduled.
This year, Orlando has special reason to pay attention, and it’s for some hometown contenders. For one, theatrical metal siren and decorated Orlando music ambassador Ms. Meka Nism is nominated in affiliation with rock royalty Alice Cooper.
Despite their famously dark music pedigrees, they’re actually up for “Best Children’s Music Album,” a twist that’s definitely more shock than rock. There’s an Alanis Morissette song for just this sort of occasion.
The team behind this work is not only bigger but even more local. Meka and Cooper are members of Rock for Children, the star-studded group behind Grammy-nominated album Solid Rock Revival that also includes Central Florida members Sharon Aguilar Kamide, Dana Kamide and John David Williams.
Other home-grown contributors on this Florida-heavy project include musicians Michelle Jones and Cody Henderson, producers Joe Norelli and Rubén Salas, and engineer Jerry Jones.
All of these natives worked alongside seriously legendary headliners like Run-DMC’s Darryl McDaniels, Slash, Rob Halford and, of course, Alice Cooper himself.
The Orlando-based project was presented by local charity the Norelli Family Foundation, with all proceeds from the album going to benefit Alice Cooper’s Solid Rock Teen Centers.
Orlando represent!
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This article appears in Jan 29 – Feb 4, 2025.
