Jackson Browne, the American musician and songwriter, will receive Gandhi Peace Award from Promoting Enduring Peace at the Lyman Center for the Performing Arts on September 14. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the second son of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and an acclaimed lawyer and writer, will introduce Jackson Browne in the ceremony. The Gandhi Peace Award, named after Indian great Mohandas Gandhi, will have a cash prize and a medallion created from metal pieces extracted from the control systems of U.S. nuclear missiles.
This is the first time that an artist getting the Gandhi Peace Award. Browne is honoured for his contributions to causes of world peace, environmental harmony, and social justice.
The Award Ceremony will feature short musical tributes by local performers, an appeal for action on the local and planetary levels, and the presentation of the Award itself. Consistent with tradition, Browne has been invited “to present a message of challenge and hope” to those in attendance.
Jackson Browne has composed and performed songs widely regarded as among the most literate and moving songs in popular music, defining a genre of song writing charged with honesty, emotion, and personal politics. Inducted in 2004 into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and in 2007 into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, he has three albums counted among Rolling Stone magazine’s 500 greatest albums of all time and Rolling Stone numbered him among the top 40 “greatest songwriters of all time.”
