Michele Amabile Angermiller Journalists covering the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards were warned in advance that the quality of virtual interviews with artists was entirely dependent on the wi-fi in their location.
For the Strokes’ Julian Casablancas, Nikolai Fraiture and Fabrizio Moretti, who wouldn’t reveal their exact whereabouts — except to say that they were in an “undisclosed” pandemic-proof “dungeon” — a glitchy connection made for an awkward presentation when the New York band won best rock album.“We couldn’t hear, the connection got cut,” drummer Fabrizio Moretti explained after the Premiere Ceremony, which handed out awards that won’t be televised on the Grammy Awards broadcast tonight.
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