Tale of two lists: Tucson singer-songwriter Linda Chorney is up for a Grammy | Music

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Then Chorney went to see the person in charge, Harvey Mason, Jr.

Mason, a former University of Arizona basketball player (1986-90), was named CEO of the Recording Academy in June, having served as interim CEO since January 2020, following the organization’s nomination process.

The central problem with the academy was its secret nomination committees, which some critics said were evading the votes of the voting members. There were also allegations of racism, favoritism and election manipulation.

At 2 a.m. on Thanksgiving Day, November 25th, Chorney sent Mason an email asking how she was on the original nominee list but had been removed when the official list was announced.

At 6:20 a.m. that morning, Mason wrote back and promised to take a look.

On Monday, Chorney said she and Mason had a phone call of more than 30 minutes in which he vowed to investigate the situation and return to the accounting firm to check the voices.

In a written statement to the star, Mason confirmed that Chorney’s song “Bored” was nominated for Best American Roots Song by her peers, but “before the nomination list was certified, the song was removed while the academy’s accounting firm was taking an audit,” he said .

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