Recording Academy to honor Neil Young
The Recording Academy Producers & Engineers Wing will celebrate its seventh annual GRAMMY Week event this year honoring two-time GRAMMY winner Neil Young for his commitment to excellence and ongoing support for the art and craft of recorded music, BroadwayWord.com is reporting.
The event will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, at the Village Studios in West Los Angeles.
“This year, it is with great honor that we pay tribute to a musical icon who has been tireless in his own efforts to draw attention to the importance of hearing music as the artists who created it intended, and who has continually set precedents of excellence within the music community, ” said Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy. “The contributions of Neil Young are innumerable, as is his incomparable body of work, and we look forward to an unforgettable evening with this legendary artist.”
Young has spent the last few years working on PONO, an audio service that he claims will restore digital audio to its original analog sound. In addition, Young is also an accomplished musicians, songwriter and philanthropist. He recieved the MusiCares Person of the Year award back in 2010.
Past honorees include: Chris Blackwell, T Bone Burnett, Tom Dowd, Ahmet and Nesuhi Ertegun, Jimmy Iovine, Quincy Jones, Arif Mardin, Al Schmitt, and Jerry Wexler.
The 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards airs Sunday, Jan. 26.
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