GRAMMY nominee John Bettis; GRAMMY winners Garth Brooks, Leon Russell and Billy Steinberg with Tom Kelly; and Recording Academy Trustees Award recipient Allen Toussaint were inducted into the 2011 Songwriters Hall of Fame at the 42nd Annual Induction and Awards Dinner on June 16 in New York.
Sporting beards, long hair and worn button-down shirts, Everest — the handsomely unkept five-piece country/rock band from Los Angeles — brought their unique style of grit to Chicago's Subterranean on March 31.
Recent 53rd GRAMMY winners Arcade Fire picked up four awards at the 2011 Juno Awards for Alternative Album of the Year and Album of the Year for The Suburbs, Group of the Year and Songwriter of the Year on March 27 in Toronto.
"I actually have no idea what the [expletive] award is. I'm sure he deserves it." Who else but Cher could — or would — introduce media mogul David Geffen at the annual Pre-GRAMMY Gala.
