Live Breaking News & Updates on He Virgil Thomson Award For Outstanding Music Criticism

The 52nd Annual ASCAP FOUNDATION DEEMS TAYLOR/VIRGIL THOMSON AWARDS have been announced for Outstanding Print, Broadcast, Liner Notes & New Media Coverage of Music. Awards span an eclectic range of musical subjects including the first Blues recording by a Black female artist; the issue of racial bias in orchestras, the career of a towering Jazz critic, the endurance of MOROCCO’s Master Musicians of JAJOUKA; a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of a classic 1960s film soundtrack; . ....

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