Morgan Enos is a former Staff Writer at GRAMMY.com. His features, essays, and interviews, which encompass jazz, classic rock, hip-hop, and other spheres, have also appeared in Fortune, Billboard, JazzTimes, uDiscover Music, and other platforms. Morgan also makes music as Other Houses and writes essays about how music factors into his lived experience. morganenos.com
We already knew who the 2024 MusiCares Person Of The Year was — and now we know who's paying tribute to him. In honor of GRAMMY winner, 11-time nominee and founding member of American rock band Bon Jovi, a stunning list of talent will perform on Feb. 2: Brandy Clark, Damiano David of Måneskin, Melissa Etheridge, Goo Goo Dolls, Sammy…
On stage, Jon Bon Jovi sings about giving love a bad name — but off stage, he's giving love to those in need. The Bon Jovi frontman has supported a plethora of charitable causes over the past three decades, from the Special Olympics to the American Red Cross to Habitat for Humanity. But the hub of his philanthropic life is…
Editor's Note: The Day That Music Cares 2025 will be held on April 25, 2025. Visit https://thedaythatmusiccares.com for details on how to get involved and make your pledge to volunteer. Music people of all kinds will join together to help their respective communities on July 28, the first-ever The Day That Music Cares. The annual day of service will see…
The joint legacies of Berry Gordy and Smokey Robinson can seem almost incalculable. After all, their imprints on American music and culture are so profound as to be irreversible. Gordy founded the titanic Detroit label Motown Records back in 1959. And just as crucial to its legacy is Robinson, Gordy's first signee — as well as his creative and business…
Berry Gordy and Smokey Robinson may have burrowed into the hearts of Americans as creative partners responsible for a litany of Motown hits, but that's not the full story. For decades, both the Motown founder and the Miracles star have been philanthropic heavyweights — in the service of the music community directly, and the global community at large. As the…
MusiCares has revealed its honorees for its venerated gala ahead of the 2023 GRAMMYs — with a soulful twist. The philanthropic arm of the Recording Academy has named Motown founder, GRAMMY nominee, Recording Academy President's Merit Award honoree, and recipient of the GRAMMY Museum's Architect of Sound Vision Award, Berry Gordy, as one of their Persons Of The Year. Which…
Circles inside circles inside circles. That's what MusiCares' Person of the Year 2022 tribute to Joni Mitchell felt like. As a gaggle of stars performed her ode to the cyclicity of everything, "The Circle Game," at the benefit gala, which occurred in April during GRAMMY Week 2022, it was hard not to let your eye wander to the spinning gramophone…
