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    How to win the Grammys? Make old sounds new again

    by Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times Apr 04, 2022 4 minutes
    Jon Batiste accepts the Album of the Year award for“ We Are” onstage during the 64th Annual Grammy Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sunday, April 3, 2022, in Las Vegas.

    Throwback resplendent in a dark velvety suit and a shirt unbuttoned to the point of parody, Anderson .Paak sauntered up to the stage near the end of Sunday night’s 64th Grammy Awards like a cat toward a bowl of milk.

    “We are really trying our hardest to remain humble at this point,” he purred as he clutched the trophy for record of the year — the fourth prize he and his buddy Bruno Mars had won (on four nominations) for “Leave the Door Open,” their lush 1970s-style soul ballad as the duo Silk Sonic. “But in the industry, we call that a clean sweep.”

    Indeed they do. Yet why bother with humility? The Grammys,

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