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Recording Academy and MusiCares Pledge $1 Million to Aid Music Pros Impacted by L.A. Fires
An LA wildfire relief effort was launched by The Recording Academy and MusiCares to support impacted music workers, with the orgs pledging $1 million.
“The entire Grammy family is shocked and deeply saddened by the situation that is unfolding in Los Angeles,” Harvey Mason jr., CEO of the Recording Academy and MusiCares, said in a statement. “We expect the disaster relief efforts in Los Angeles to be extraordinary, if even just on the basis of how many music people have lost their homes in the last day,” added Laura Segura, executive director of MusiCares. For more than three decades, MusiCares has provided relief to the music industry during times of need, including the Las Vegas Route 91 shooting, the COVID-19 pandemic, Superstorm Sandy, Hurricanes Katrina and Helene, and the California and Maui wildfires.
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