The Music Forward Foundation returned to hold its annual brunch celebrating music industry leaders who have paved the way for helping young people in the business, an event that honored the band Incubus, the Lollapalooza festival, BMG, the Brooklyn Bowl and Gina Belafonte’s Sankofa, among others.
The Music Forward Brunch also paid tribute to two women who have been involved with the org in the past who died in the past year, Live Nation CFO Kathy Willard and Scoop publicist Maxie Solters, the latter being commemorated with the establishment of an internship in her name.
Hosted by KCRW air personality Novena Carmel, the awards banquet took place 51 floors above downtown L.A. at City Club Los Angeles, with hundreds of attendees noshing and applauding charitable efforts in an afternoon that ended with a set by celebrated singer Judith Hill.
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