* Mary Chapin Carpenter in conversation with Ken Paulson
* Gene Policinski (executive director of the First Amendment Center)
* Jed Hilly (Executive Director, Americana Music Association)
* Eric Brace (performer)
* Kevin Cordt (trumpeter accompanying Eric)
* Rodney Crowell (performer)
* Judy Collins (performer)
* Mary Chapin Carpenter performing with John Jennings and Jon Carroll
Mary Chapin Carpenter To Be Honored at the Newseum:
WASHINGTON — Grammy Award-winning recording artist Mary Chapin Carpenter will receive the "Spirit of Americana" Free Speech in Music Award at the "Freedom Sings" celebration at the Newseum in Washington, D.C.
"Freedom Sings" will include a conversation with Carpenter about her music and career and will feature performances by Judy Collins and Rodney Crowell.
"Ms. Carpenter is an artist in the truest sense of the word," said Americana Music Association executive director Jed Hilly. "With her live performance and studio albums, her music has touched and inspired so many. We are honored to bestow this prestigious award on her."
The award, sponsored by the Newseum’s First Amendment Center and the Americana Music Association, recognizes artists who have used their work to raise awareness and promote free speech through their music and other efforts.
"Mary Chapin Carpenter … has consistently written and performed songs that take a stand and reflect the human condition, while her activism outside of her art has also affected real change for real people," said Ken Paulson, president and chief operating officer at the Newseum and First Amendment Center.
In addition to Collins, past recipients of the music award include Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Joan Baez, Mavis Staples, Charlie Daniels and Steve Earle.
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Mary Chapin Carpenter Honored at the Newseum
"Spirit of Americana" Free Speech in Music Award
By Newseum staff
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