{"id":28996,"date":"2024-03-12T15:07:10","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T15:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/chics-nile-rodgers-wins-2024-polar-music-prize\/"},"modified":"2024-03-12T15:07:10","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T15:07:10","slug":"chics-nile-rodgers-wins-2024-polar-music-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/chics-nile-rodgers-wins-2024-polar-music-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"Chic\u2019s Nile Rodgers wins 2024 Polar Music Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-03-12\/M_NileRodgersNYRE_031224.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Disney\/Chris Willard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Chic<\/strong>\u2019s <strong>Nile Rodgers<\/strong> has been named Laureate for the the 2024 Polar Music Prize. He will be honored at a ceremony held May 21 in Stockholm, with the Swedish royal family in attendance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cDance music has been played for thousands of years. However, there are few in history, if any, who have composed dance music as sophisticated and subtly arranged as Nile Rodgers,\u201d reads the announcement by the Polar Music Award committee. \u201cIt is fitting that his group was named Chic: elegance is part of his musical hallmark.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">\u201cAs a composer, producer and guitarist, Nile Rodgers turned disco and funk into an art form. His chop chord style of guitar playing, which he calls chucking, creates a hypnotic swing that has kept millions grooving on the dance floor,\u201d the statement continues, noting that the songs he\u2019s created for artists like <strong>Diana Ross<\/strong>, <strong>David Bowie<\/strong> and others \u201care so well-crafted that they will outlive us all.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Polar Music Prize was founded in 1989 by <strong>ABBA<\/strong>\u2019s late manager,\u00a0<strong>Stig \u201dStikkan\u201d Anderson<\/strong>. It honors \u201cindividuals, groups and institutions in recognition of exceptional achievements\u201d in music. Each Laureate receives a prize equivalent to about $94,000.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disney\/Chris Willard Chic\u2019s Nile Rodgers has been named Laureate for the the 2024 Polar Music Prize. 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