Rosanne Cash Wins Prestigious MacDowell Arts Medal
Source: Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) -- Rosanne Cash's latest honor is a medal previously awarded to Toni Morrison, Stephen Sondheim and Georgia O'Keeffe, among others.
The singer-songwriter is this year's winner of the Edward MacDowell Medal, presented by the MacDowell artist colony, which announced the prize Sunday. In a statement issued through MacDowell, Cash said she was "profoundly humbled" to receive an award that Morrison and others had been given.
"I do not place myself in any way equal, but I accept this honor with deepest gratitude, as an encouragement to do my best work, and in the service of future inspiration. My heart is full with this precious recognition," she said.
Cash, who turns 65 later this month, has won four Grammys and is known for such albums as "Interiors," "Seven Year Ache" and "The River and the Thread." The award committee was chaired by the critic Greil Marcus, who in a statement cited her long history of achievements and her background as the daughter of Johnny Cash...
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R Merm
(409 posts)appalachiablue
(41,184 posts)blm
(113,119 posts)Every song a gem.
Mister Ed
(5,945 posts)I love that album, and I very much admire Roseanne Cash. Got to meet her once.
TygrBright
(20,775 posts)Someone ELSE getting an honor?
Keep it under wraps, for Petesqueaks, the next thing you know there'll be tweets about how it's all fake news and the one who REALLY deserves it is you-know-who...
::checks watch, counting down...::
cynically,
Bright
Bayard
(22,184 posts)He may start trying to sing! Or, he'll have Kushner do it for him.
Rosanne Cash is such a talent! So glad for her.
musette_sf
(10,206 posts)I'm so proud to see Rosanne receive this award. I've been a fan of hers from the beginning, and I have much enjoyed reading her books as well.
A movie about her mother's life, "My Darling Vivian", was recently shown on Amazon Prime. (It was supposed to be shown at SXSW, but due to the event cancellation, the movie was made available on Prime for a limited period.) A moving and touching portrait of Rosanne's family - well worth seeing.
https://www.mydarlingvivian.com/
appalachiablue
(41,184 posts)blm
(113,119 posts)Thanks for the heads up.
appalachiablue
(41,184 posts)Midnight Writer
(21,819 posts)Upthevibe
(8,088 posts)I follow her on Twitter and she comes up with some of the best comebacks! I've been a huge fan of her & her music since the very beginning. I've heard her on interviews and podcasts and she's just wonderful - Some of her twitter responses to dt are legendary.
rpannier
(24,345 posts)Give it a few days and il douche will be claiming he should have won it