Who will receive the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song?
Garth Brooks
Garth Brooks will become the latest recipient of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. The 57-year-old is the youngest person to receive the honor, which will be presented alongside an all-star tribute concert in Washington, D.C., next March.
When did Garth receive the Gershwin award?
The Library of Congress honors Garth Brooks with the 2020 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song during a concert at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., March 4, 2020.
Who is sitting with Garth at Gershwin Awards?
Enjoy an all-star tribute to Garth Brooks, the 2020 recipients of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, with performances by Garth Brooks, as well as Trisha Yearwood, Keith Urban, Chris Stapleton, Keb’ Mo’, Lee Brice, and the Howard Gospel Choir — hosted by Jay Leno.
What is the Library of Congress award?
The Library of Congress Literacy Awards are intended to draw public attention to the importance of literacy, and the need to promote literacy and encourage reading. Since 2013, the Library of Congress Literacy Awards Program has awarded $2,247,250 million in prizes to 136 institutions in 36 countries.
What award did Garth Brooks just get?
Library of Congress Gershwin Prize
This March, The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song salutes country music icon, Garth Brooks.
Who has won the Gershwin Award for popular music?
But that’s the thing about Garth Brooks — he just brings people together. It’s one reason he was chosen to receive the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, which was presented during a tribute concert at DAR Constitution Hall on Wednesday night. (The show airs on PBS later this month.)
Is the Library of Congress prestigious?
The Law Library of Congress is the world’s largest law library, with more than 2.9 million volumes, including one of the world’s best rare law book collections and the most complete collection of foreign legal gazettes in the United States.
What is the name of the award given annually to the best book of American fiction?
The PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction is a national prize which honors the best published works of fiction by American citizens in a calendar year. The PEN/Hemingway Foundation Award is awarded annually to a novel or book of short stories by an American author who has not previously published a book of fiction.
Who is the youngest recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors?
Midori, 49, is among the youngest recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors, which were first awarded in 1978. Stevie Wonder and LL Cool J were also 49 when they were honored in 1999 and 2017, respectively.
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