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MAKING MOVES FOR HEROES
KPFK Moves the 2nd Annual Hero Awards to Club Nokia
KPFK 90.7 FM announces its honorees for the 2nd Annual Hero Awards and Tribute, a benefit series for the Los Angeles-based Pacifica Radio station. The event honors icons of our time that have left an impact on music and community. This year's honoree is musician and political poet Gil Scott-Heron, with special awards to jazz bassist and activist Charlie Haden, music educator Fernando Pullum; and a Lifetime Achievement Award to Pete Seeger, American folk singer and activist. The 2nd Annual KPFK Hero Awards and Tribute will take place Sunday, May 6th, 2012 at Club Nokia, 800 West Olympic Blvd, 3rd floor, at L.A. Live.
The event starts with a VIP reception and silent auction from 5 to 7 p.m. and the show starts at 8 p.m. The line-up will feature a host of prolific and poetic artists. The list of invited performers and guest speakers include; Stevie Wonder, Jackson Browne, Eric Idle (Monty Python), John Densmore (The Doors), Jack Black, Ben Harper, Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine), Slash, John Fogerty, Woody Harrelson, Mos Def, Jill Scott, Lili Haydn, Ledisi, Dr. Michael Bernard Beckwith, Ravi Coltrane, Nailah Porter, Roger Guenveur Smith, Rock DJ Jim Ladd, Flying Lotus and The Charlie Haden Family. Richard Montoya of Culture Clash fame is confirmed as the emcee for the evening and Brian Jackson, long-time collaborator with Gil Scott-Heron, will be on deck as Music Director.
For updates on the 2nd Annual Hero Awards and Tribute
log on to www.kpfk.org
 
For general information, call
KPFK 90.7 Radio at (818) 985-2711 ext. 361
Email: heroawards@KPFK.org
ABOUT THE HERO AWARDS AND TRIBUTE
The KPFK Hero Awards and Tribute launched May 1, 2011, honoring jazz legend Billy Higgins. The idea for the series was the result of an inspiration from KPFK Music Director Maggie LePique who wanted to honor music icons that had an outstanding commitment to music and community. LePique thought it would be relevant for KPFK 90.7 to mark the upcoming 10th anniversary of Higgins' death by celebrating his life and body of work. She enlisted Kasey Lovelace, Music Consultant and friend of the Higgins family to develop the idea into a full-scale event which featured Higgins' esteemed contemporaries Stanley Clarke, Charles Lloyd, George Duke, Kenny Burrell, with Music Director John Beasley, among others who performed to a "standing room only" audience. The demand from both the music and public affairs community has prompted the station to continue this event as an annual award series.
ABOUT KPFK 90.7 FM
KPFK 90.7 FM is a member station of the Pacifica Radio network and the Pacifica Foundation, which consists of five radio stations, over 100 affiliate stations, and the Pacifica Radio Archives, responsible for preserving the voices of artists, activists and progressive journalists since 1949, when the foundation was established by peace activist Lewis Hill. To further peace through broadcasting activities, Hill determined that radio sponsored by individual listeners would be the best way to ensure editorial freedom. The KPFK Hero Awards and Tribute is a means to both raise funds and advance the Pacifica Mission.
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LAST DAY FOR VIP TICKET SPECIAL!
This special ($100.00 savings and no processing fees) is only offered to KPFK Member Sponsors and will only last until this
Saturday, April 7, 2012!!!
Take advantage of the savings andsupport listener-sponsored KPFK music programs!
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Gil Scott-Heron exclusive video
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Gil Scott-Heron
Gil is an American poet, musician, and author known primarily for his late 1960s and early 1970s work as a spoken word soul performer and his collaborative work with musician Brian Jackson. His collaborative efforts with Jackson featured a musical fusion of jazz, blues and soul music, as well as lyrical content concerning social and political issues of the time, delivered in both rapping and melismatic vocal styles by Scott-Heron. The music of these albums, most notably Pieces of a Man and Winter in America in the early 1970s, influenced and helped engender later African-American music genres such as hip hop and neo soul. Scott-Heron's recording work is often associated with black militant activism and has received much critical acclaim for one of his most well-known compositions "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised". On his influence, Allmusic wrote "Scott-Heron's unique proto-rap style influenced a generation of hip-hop artists".
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KPFK Hero Awards:
Billy Higgins Tribute
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1st Annual KPFK Hero Awards
Here is a taste of last year's Hero Awards. If you missed it last year, don't miss it again. |
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