What is MusiCares Foundation?

What is MusiCares Foundation?

Founded by the Recording Academy in 1989 as a U.S. based, independent 501(c)(3) charity, MusiCares safeguards the well-being of all music people through direct financial grant programs, networks of support resources, and tailored crisis relief efforts. For more information please visit: www.musicares.org.

What does MusiCares do?

Addiction Recovery MusiCares provides emergency financial assistance to individuals within the music community facing addiction. This program provides funds, placement, and referrals for inpatient treatment, sober living, and more.

What is the Grammy Foundation?

Mission. The GRAMMY Foundation was established in 1989 to cultivate the understanding, appreciation and advancement of the contribution of recorded music to American culture — from the artistic and technical legends of the past to the still unimagined musical breakthroughs of future generations of music professionals.

What is the Stevie Ray Vaughan Award?

Among the awards bestowed at the event is the Stevie Ray Vaughan Award, which recognizes a recording artist for their devotion to helping other addicts with the recovery process. Through 2017, the award has honored these 12 musicians for making a difference in the music community.

Who is performing at MusiCares?

Joni Mitchell Has a Vegas Evening as Brandi Carlile, Jon Batiste and All-Star Cast Offer Three-Hour Salute for MusiCares. The cast of performers in Las Vegas included Beck, St.

Who funds the Grammys?

CBS has aired the Grammys for more than 40 years, and has an agreement with The Recording Academy to broadcast the live event annually until the year 2021. In its previous deal, CBS’s licensing fee paid the Academy $20 million dollars every year for the telecast, and the current agreement is reportedly worth even more.

How many Grammys did Stevie Ray Vaughan?

6 Grammy Awards
Vaughan has won 6 Grammy Awards, 10 Austin Music Awards, and 5 W. C. Handy Awards, being nominated for “Best Contemporary Blues Male Artist,” as well as winning awards for “Entertainer of the Year” and “Instrumentalist of the Year.”

Who is performing at MusiCares 2022?

Vincent and GRAMMY Award nominees Jon Batiste, Black Pumas, Mickey Guyton, and Allison Russell are set to perform at the 31st annual MusiCares® Person of the Year benefit gala honoring Joni Mitchell on Friday, April 1, 2022.

Where is MusiCares 2022?

Las Vegas
On April 1st at the MGM Grand’s Marquee Ballroom in Las Vegas, MusiCares’ Person of the Year 2022 will celebrate Joni Mitchell’s creative accomplishments and philanthropic work.

Do Grammy performers get paid?

How much are performers paid for the Grammys? A Recording Academy spokesperson told Variety that it was a not-for-profit organization, and that all performers and presenters had traditionally not been paid (apart, presumably, for the SAG-AFTRA minimums).

When did Vaughn and Allan win a Grammy?

The Album of the Year and Best Comedy Recording was honored to U.S. comedian Vaughn Meader for “First Family”, a political satire of the Kennedy family for the year 1963. Ray Charles and Allan Sherman were mostly nominated artists for the Grammy categories.