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MusiCares names The Grateful Dead 2025 Persons of the Year
Read full article: MusiCares names The Grateful Dead 2025 Persons of the YearMusiCares, an organization that helps music professionals who need financial, personal or medical assistance, will honor the Grateful Dead as its 2025 Persons of the Year.
The Grateful Dead and Francis Ford Coppola are among the newest Kennedy Center Honors recipients
Read full article: The Grateful Dead and Francis Ford Coppola are among the newest Kennedy Center Honors recipientsA filmmaking legend and one of the world’s most enduring musical acts headline this year’s crop of Kennedy Center Honors recipients.
Rolling Stone co-founder Jann Wenner removed from Rock Hall leadership after controversial comments
Read full article: Rolling Stone co-founder Jann Wenner removed from Rock Hall leadership after controversial commentsJann Wenner, a founder of both Rolling Stone magazine and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, has been removed from the hall’s board of directors after making disparaging comments toward Black and female musicians.
At 80, Vermont's Sen. Leahy ready to run impeachment trial
Read full article: At 80, Vermont's Sen. Leahy ready to run impeachment trialThe Senate's longest-serving member, 80-year-old Vermont Democrat Patrick Leahy, was taken to a hospital Tuesday evening for observation after not feeling well, a spokesman said. Now, Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont is stepping into one of his most visible and physically grueling roles: presiding over former President Donald Trump's second Senate impeachment trial. “I had some muscle spasms," Leahy, 80, told reporters the morning after feeling ill in his Capitol office. Carle, Leahy's spokesperson, said Senate leaders have been discussing the trial process, and it is “likely to be limited in duration.” Trump's first impeachment trial lasted almost three weeks. Leahy will preside as Senate president pro tempore, a largely ceremonial post that usually goes to the majority party's longest-serving member.
At 80, Vermont's Sen. Leahy ready to run impeachment trial
Read full article: At 80, Vermont's Sen. Leahy ready to run impeachment trialThe Senate's longest-serving member, 80-year-old Vermont Democrat Patrick Leahy, was taken to a hospital Tuesday evening for observation after not feeling well, a spokesman said. Now, Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont is stepping into one of his most visible and physically grueling roles: presiding over former President Donald Trump's second Senate impeachment trial. “I had some muscle spasms," Leahy, 80, told reporters the morning after feeling ill in his Capitol office. Carle, Leahy's spokesperson, said Senate leaders have been discussing the trial process, and it is “likely to be limited in duration.” Trump's first impeachment trial lasted almost three weeks. Leahy will preside as Senate president pro tempore, a largely ceremonial post that usually goes to the majority party's longest-serving member.
Tony Rice, master bluegrass guitarist from Danville, dies at 69
Read full article: Tony Rice, master bluegrass guitarist from Danville, dies at 69ANGERS, FRANCE - JUNE 07: Tony Rice of The Tony Rice Unit performs on stage during Day 2 of Angers Bluegrass Festival on June 7, 1987 in Angers, France. Rice died Friday at his home in Reidsville, North Carolina, according to International Bluegrass Music Association spokesperson Casey Campbell, who did not immediately provide additional details. “Many if not all of the Bluegrass guitar players of today would say that they cut their teeth on Tony Rice’s music. His last live guitar performance was in 2013, when he was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame. It was updated on Dec. 28, 2020 to correct that Tony Rice kept rattlesnake rattles in one of his prized guitars, not rattlesnakes.
Jerry Garcia remembered on birthday
Read full article: Jerry Garcia remembered on birthday(CNN) - There was a "Ripple" of birthday love for Jerry Garcia across social media Thursday. Aug. 1 would have been the 77th birthday of the Grateful Dead frontman who died after suffering a heart attack in 1995. "Happy Birthday to Jerry Garcia!," one tweet read. "We're forever grateful for you, for your music and for the kind community that still exists because of you." A few birthday celebrations were also planned to honor him around the country including Jerry Day 2019 at Jerry Garcia Amphitheater McLaren Park in San Francisco.