LX New York’s Jane Hanson visits with Maria Elena Holly at True Love Ways event co-hosted by Songmasters and PJ Clarke’s in NYC on April 28-29, 2011. The event, held at PJ Clarke’s, was a tribute to Holly’s great music and their great romance. It featured Peter Asher, producer of Listen To Me: Buddy Holly, Maria …
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Apr
11
Listen to Me: Buddy Holly Album Recordings
Recording of the inaugural Listen to Me album is well underway. Part of an ongoing, music industry wide, multi-media celebration of the True. Great. Original. artists the album is featuring today’s great performers honoring their musical roots to raise substantial support for the next generation of outstanding music makers and entrepreneurs. Peter Asher is producing …
Apr
11
First Holly Prize Awarded
On June 8, 2010, the Songwriters Hall of Fame awarded the first-ever Holly Prize, a new award made possible by Songmasters and administered and juried by the Songwriters Hall of Fame as a tribute to the legacy of SHOF inductee Buddy Holly. The Holly Prize recognizes and supports the “all-in songwriter,” an exceptionally talented and …
Apr
11
Holly Prize Announced
On June 8, 2009 Songwriters Hall of Fame Chairman/CEO Hal David announced the creation of The Holly Prize, a new scholarship made possible by Songmasters as a tribute to Buddy Holly, a SHOF inductee. The Holly Prize will recognize and support talented new singer/songwriters whose work exhibits the qualities of Holly’s music: true, great and …
