Ten time Grammy winner Bob Dylan has been named as the 2015 MusiCares Person of the Year, and is to be honoured at a special ceremony on February 6 in Los Angeles, ahead of the 57th Grammy Awards.

Neil Portnow, President/CEO of the MusiCares Foundation, said 'In celebrating the 25th anniversary of our MusiCares Person of the Year tribute, it is most fitting that we are honouring Bob Dylan, whose body of creative work has contributed to America's culture, as well as that of the entire world, in genuinely deep and lasting ways'. The foundation offers a variety of services to members of the music community, including emergency financial assistance and educational workshops.