Rodney Crowell Tapped for ASCAP Founders Award
Presentation Scheduled During Performing Rights Organization’s Annual Country Music Awards Gala
Singer-songwriter Rodney Crowell will be presented the ASCAP Founders
Award during the performing rights organization’s 55th annual country
music awards gala on Nov. 6 in Nashville.
The Founders Award is one of ASCAP’s highest honors and is presented
to songwriters and composers who have made pioneering contributions to
music by inspiring and influencing their fellow music creators. Previous
recipients include Ricky Skaggs, George Strait, Alan Jackson, Jackson
Browne, Emmylou Harris, Garth Brooks, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Melissa
Etheridge and Neil Young, among others.
“Rodney Crowell is one of the most treasured voices in American
music,” ASCAP president Paul Williams said. “For decades, whether
writing No. 1 country hits and collaborating with some of the world’s
top artists or exploring his own musical soul in rich, literary detail,
he has crafted a brilliant body of work marked by powerful intimacy,
epic scope and profound insight into the human experience. He is a
masterful storyteller and musician who continues to elevate the
songwriters’ art, and we are honored to present him with the ASCAP
Founders Award.”
Crowell, a multiple Grammy winner and a member of the Nashville
Songwriters Hall of Fame, has written or recorded 15 No. 1 songs. His
latest album, Close Ties, was released in March.
The ASCAP Country Music Awards, an invitation-only event taking place
at the Ryman Auditorium, will include live performances of some of the
past year’s most performed songs by award-winning songwriters or the
artists who recorded them.
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