Kane Brown pays tribute to late drummer Kenny Dixon
Honoree Kane Brown accepts an award onstage during the 2019 CMT Artist of the Year at Schermerhorn Symphony Center on Oct. 16, 2019 in Nashville. (CNN) - Country star Kane Brown choked back tears as he honored his late drummer, Kenny Dixon, as he accepted an award at the CMT Artists of the Year awards show just four days after Dixon's death. "I want to dedicate this to my drummer Kenny," Brown. Country singer Chris Young had presented Brown with the award and also had mentioned Dixon's tragic death. Brown also paid tribute to Dixon with an Instagram message on Sunday.
Illinois museum to return aboriginal artifacts to Australia
Two dentalium (tusk shell) necklaces from Bardi Jawi are among the aboriginal artifacts being returned to Australia from the U.S.SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois State Museum will be returning 42 aboriginal artifacts to Australia after 10 months of discussions. Members of the aboriginal groups will be traveling to Illinois in October to repatriate the artifacts. "Returning these items -- it's just the right thing to do," Illinois State Museum director Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko said in a statement. The museum is the first institution in the world to return aboriginal artifacts under the Australian Government's Return of Cultural Heritage Project, the museum said in the statement. That initiative is attempting to return over 95,000 artifacts of Australian Indigenous groups from over 200 institutions around the world.