National Music Council Honors Rosanne Cash With 2025 American Eagle Award

On January 24th, the National Music Council of the United States honored singer-songwriter and music education advocate Rosanne Cash with the prestigious American Eagle Award “In Recognition of Her Indelible Contributions to American & Global Musical Culture as a Beloved Recording Artist, Performer, Composer, Educator, Activist, Altruist and Ambassador for American Music to the World.” The 41st annual American Eagle Awards were held in Anaheim, California at the 2025 NAMM Show.

One of the country’s pre-eminent singer-songwriters and music education advocates, Rosanne Cash has earned 4 Grammys and is also the author of four books including the best-selling memoir “Composed,” which the Chicago Tribune called “one of the best accounts of an American life you’ll likely ever read.” Among her many honors, Ms. Cash has been awarded the SAG/AFTRA Lifetime Achievement Award for Sound Recordings and the Smithsonian Ingenuity Award in the Performing Arts. She has also served as a Carnegie Hall Perspectives artist, was an Artist-In-Residence at the Country Music HOF and Museum, and is currently Artist-in-Residence at New York University. Rosanne is likewise one of only a handful of women to be elected to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, a number she hopes to see increase in the near future.

The ceremony was hosted by NMC President James Weaver, who also conducted an interview with the honoree on her life and work following the special award presentation. The award itself was presented by internationally renowned composer and recording artist Jackson Browne.