BY MELISSA RUGGIERI/AJC Music Scene
LOS ANGELES — Along with the heavy emphasis on female power players
Beyoncé
and
Adele
, a veteran rocker commanded the 59th annual Grammy Awards.
About the Author
Melissa Ruggieri has covered music and entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 2010 and created the Atlanta Music Scene blog. She's kept vampire hours for more than two decades and remembers when MTV was awesome.
Keep Reading

Author changes approach to John Prine book after musician’s death
Plus two more new books this month on music: ‘Meridian Rising’ about Jimmie Rodgers and ‘The Perfect Tuba.’
‘Bert Show’ host Bert Weiss gets engaged
Bert Weiss, the veteran syndicated talk show host out of Atlanta, announced his engagement to Amanda Coker earlier this week on air and on social media.
Georgia artist documents the coast’s disappearing treescape
Water is a recurring theme in Dutch-born writer and photographer’s life and career. His work is on view at ARTS Southeast in Savannah through Oct. 18.
Featured

Credit: Historic Oakland Foundation
For the first time in 145 years, you can reserve a spot at Oakland Cemetery
For the first time since 1880, Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta is offering public burial spaces through a new columbarium project near East Hill.
Four decades after her body was found in Cobb woods, she finally has a name
Officials say the death of Veronica Jane Miller is being investigated as a homicide after she was identified through DNA and forensic genetic genealogy.
Ex-Stonecrest mayor who embezzled federal COVID funds is off November ballot
Jason Lary cannot run for Stonecrest City Council or vote, the DeKalb County elections board ruled.