Lady A To Receive Recording Artists’ Coalition Award

Lady Antebellum

Lady Antebellum will be honored with the Recording Artists’ Coalition Award during The Recording Academy’s 2014 Grammys on the Hill Awards. The event is set for Wednesday, April 2, at The Hamilton Live in Washington D.C.

“We are proud to honor Lady Antebellum for their artistry and inventiveness in the country arena as well as their philanthropic efforts to make a difference for disadvantaged children here and abroad,” said Recording Academy President/CEO Neil Portnow. The Recording Artists Coalition Award is named for The Academy’s artists’ rights program founded by Don Henley and Sheryl Crow.

Lady A, seven-time Grammy winners, started the LadyAID Fund to support children’s hospitals in the United States and Canada, and support the overall betterment of children’s lives around the world.

House of Representatives majority whip Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will also be honored for their support of music creators. In addition, Westfield Academy and Central School (Westfield, N.Y.) music teacher Kent Knappenberger will be the recipient of the inaugural Music Educator Award. The event will include live performances and one-of-a-kind tributes.

Among those expected to attend are SESAC hit songwriters Gary Burr and Victoria Shaw, pop music legend Dionne Warwick, Los Lonely Boys, Hanson, and Wesley Schultz of The Lumineers.

The Grammys on the Hill Awards are sponsored by SESAC, and proceeds from the event will benefit underserved music programs through Grammy Signature Schools.

On April 3, the day after the awards, The Recording Academy will host Grammys on the Hill Advocacy Day, where hundreds of music professionals from across the country will visit with lawmakers to advance policies that improve the environment for American music. Now in its 10th year, the program is the music community’s only annual advocacy day in Washington, D.C.