Kennedy Center pays tribute to the Grateful Dead, Bonnie Raitt, Sandoval and The Apollo toggle caption Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP WASHINGTON — Not Fade Away closed out the Kennedy Center Honors ceremony on Sunday, just as honorees The Grateful Dead had used Buddy Holly's ode to enduring love to close out hundreds of concerts over the years. In the first of …
Francis Ford Coppola and Bonnie Raitt are among the 2024 recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors. This year’s recipients are director Francis Ford Coppola, singer Bonnie Raitt, jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval and Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh and Bobby Weir of the Grateful Dead. “Francis Ford Coppola’s films have become embedded in the very idea of American culture; a …