Cat Cardenas

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Living Legends: Classical Producer Judith Sherman Details Her Path To Producer Of The Year & Why Lifelong Learning Is Essential

Judith Sherman remembers winning her first GRAMMY Award in 1994 with something resembling disbelief. That year, inside New York’s Radio City Music Hall, Whitney Houston opened the Ceremony with "I Will Always Love You"; U2's Bono presented Frank Sinatra with a GRAMMY Legend Award, and Lifetime Achievement honoree Aretha Franklin sang "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman."  "It…

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25 Songs That Defined The Latin GRAMMYs: A Playlist

In the fall of 2000, the Latin GRAMMY Awards made their television debut live on CBS, making history as the first prime-time bilingual broadcast to air on network TV. The ceremony arrived right on time: the "Latin Explosion" was just beginning, and everyone was taking notice. Marc Anthony had risen to No. 3 on Billboard’s Hot 100 with his smash…

SXSW 2024: The People’s Playlist Panel Discusses Music As Diplomacy

SXSW 2024: The People’s Playlist Panel Discusses Music As Diplomacy

Singer/songwriter Gina Chavez has witnessed firsthand the ways music can build bridges. In 2017, the Austin-based artist was getting ready to perform on a stage more than seven thousand miles away in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Not long before, she hardly could've pointed to Uzbekistan on a map. Now, she was standing in historic Registan Square, framed by three centuries-old madrasahs (Isalmic…

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