Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe annual ceremony for the Founders Award at Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP) — founded in 2000 by the late Microsoft billionaire Paul Allen and formerly called the Experience Music Project — is normally an exclusive, expensive charity event with unique tribute performances.
But this year, due to the pandemic, the celebration will be streamed on December 1 on Amazon Music’s Twitch channel for the first time for the entire world to see (RSVP here) — and the honorees will be legendary grunge-era Seattle hometown heroes Alice in Chains.A stellar roster of artists will be covering the band’s songs: Metallica, Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil, Nirvana’s Krist Novoselic, Guns N’ Roses’ Duff McKagan, Heart’s Ann and.
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