The NEA National Heritage Fellowship is our nation’s highest honor in the folk and traditional arts. It recognizes the recipients’ artistic excellence and supports their continuing contributions to our nation’s traditional arts heritage.
Legendary soul singer and songwriter William Bell is among the distinguished nominees who will receive the award tonight at 8. He joined “City Lights” host Lois Reitzes to discuss his lifelong career and how it felt to be the recipient of this honor.
Bell’s career started in the 1960s with Stax Records, the legendary recording label that has signed artists like Otis Redding, Booker T. Jones and Albert King.
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