“She’s been nominated many times, so the nominating committee was very happy that the general ballot voted Kate in this year,” John Sykes, chairman of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, tells Variety. Although Bush has refrained from being in the public eye for years, her name was on music lovers’ lips for months as a sync placement on the TV series “Stranger Things” resulted in “Running Up That Hill” become a major resurgent hit.

Nelson’s headlines came just this past weekend, as he celebrated turning 90 on Saturday with a two-night all-star birthday salute at the Hollywood Bowl. Nelson and Bush are especially topical picks, both having been in the news cycle in the last year. A media partner is expected to be named soon, since the hall’s contract with HBO has expired.įor anyone keeping score of the artists who don’t make it in, the seven nominees on the general ballot who missed the cut with voters this go-round (surely the hall would prefer no one call them “snubs”) are A Tribe Called Quest, Iron Maiden, Joy Division/New Order, Cyndi Lauper, Soundgarden, the White Stripes and Warren Zevon. (Feb.These 13 honorees will be celebrated in an induction ceremony and concert to take place Nov. Stories about accepting differences abound, but this one delivers its message in an unexpectedly affecting way. “Will you make a blue ocean for my boat?” Berry asks quietly, and that’s all it takes to change Red’s life. A Greek chorus of grown-up crayons lined up across a black spread makes patronizing comments: “He’s got to press harder.” “Really apply himself!” Only when Red is at his wit’s end does he meet Berry, a crayon who actually sees him. Really!” But a page turn reveals two rows of strawberries, one scarlet and the other.

Hall ( It’s an Orange Aardvark!) has a fine ear for dialogue, and the overly cheerful encouragement Red endures will sound familiar to any child who’s struggled to perform: “I’ll draw a red strawberry, then you draw a red strawberry,” coaches the scarlet crayon. Perhaps unsurprisingly, he’s a poor performer in school, where his drawings are expected to be red. Red is a crayon, and children will see his problem right away: his label reads “red,” but he’s blue.

Red a crayon's story by michael hall