Archive for May, 2010
Hall of Fame Spotlights Statler Brothers
Legendary quartet the Statler Brothers, whose tight harmonies and dynamic stage shows delighted decades of fans and influenced generations of country vocal groups that followed, are the subject of the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum’s newest spotlight exhibit, The Statler Brothers: Havin’ Quite a Time, which opens June 1. Incorporating photographs, costumes, instruments [...]
Category: Artist, Featured, Organizations
Stars Gather For “Music Saves Mountains”
An unprecedented roster of acclaimed musicians came together Wednesday night (5/19) at the historic Ryman Auditorium to launch Music Saves Mountains, a campaign sponsored by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the Gibson Foundation to end the destructive method of coal mining known as mountaintop removal. The campaign, which features Dave Matthews, Emmylou Harris, Alison [...]
Category: Featured, Organizations
Bravo Songwriting Competition Hits Nashville
Bravo is on the hunt for the next great songwriter for Hitmakers, its newest competition series in development. The show features undiscovered singer-songwriters, talented newcomers battling through a series of innovative songwriting challenges to find out who’s ready for the top of the pop charts. The network is partnering with True Entertainment (The Real Housewives [...]
Category: Featured, Sales/Marketing
Lady A Preps First Headlining Tour
After selling out headlining concerts in New York, Los Angeles and Nashville, ACM and CMA Vocal Group of the Year Lady Antebellum announced today their first-ever headlining tour with special guest MCA recording artist David Nail. The Need You Now 2010 Tour is sponsored by Dr. Pepper and kicks off on Sept. 20 with stops [...]
Ryan Beuschel Becomes ASCAP Nashville Creative Manager
ASCAP has named Ryan Beuschel, who most recently held the post of A&R Manager at Universal Music Group, as Creative Manager for its Nashville branch. “We couldn’t be more excited to have Ryan come on board and bring to ASCAP his unique talents, experience and passion for songwriters and their craft,” said Tim DuBois, VP [...]
Category: Featured, Organizations, Publishing
Craig Morgan Aids Vets Through “Not Alone”
As a spokesperson for Not Alone, BNA Records artist Craig Morgan is helping military men, women and their families who are struggling with the aftereffects of combat and the difficulties transitioning to life back at home. Not Alone is an organization that empowers warriors and families dealing with combat stress through training, education, counseling and [...]
Category: Artist, Featured, Organizations
Dale Franklin Award Winners Announced
Veteran record label executive and producer Fred Foster and music icons Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson have been selected as the 2010 recipients of the Leadership Music Dale Franklin Award, it was announced by the board of directors of Leadership Music. The three country music trailblazers, whose careers intersected at Foster’s uniquely successful independent record label, [...]
Category: Artist, Awards, Featured, Organizations
Colt Ford Posts Impressive Numbers
In 2008, Average Joes Entertainment Group launched with flagship artist Colt Ford, and today, nearly two years later, the label has surpassed 500,000 in digital single sales and 253,969 albums sold on Ford according to Nielsen SoundScan. “When we first began marketing Colt Ford, 99 percent our industry peers said it was impossible,” says Shannon [...]
Category: Featured
“Guitars of the Stars” Benefits Flood Victims
A second annual Guitars of the Stars Benefit Auction will be held on Friday, June 11 at 3:00 PM at the Ryman Auditorium. The event will give fans in town for CMA Music Fest the opportunity to bid on acoustic guitars decorated by some of country music’s hottest stars. All proceeds from the auction will [...]
AEG Live Adds Amy Bryan
AEG Live/Moore Entertainment Group has announced that Amy Bryan has joined the firm to develop a Talent Buying division for the company. Prior to her new position, Bryan was a Talent Buyer and an Entertainment Producer for Neste Event Marketing. Bryan is a graduate of the University of Florida and has been producing entertainment for [...]
Category: Featured
McBride Signs With Morris Artist Mgt.
RCA Nashville artist Martina McBride has signed a management deal with Clint Higham, President of Morris Artist Management, this week. Higham, who manages Kenny Chesney and Jake Owen, is based in Nashville and has been with Morris Artist Management for 18 years. “Excited is an understatement when it comes to how I feel about starting [...]
Worley’s “Hitmakers” Sing For Charity
Songwriters Darryl Worley, Jim “Moose” Brown, Walt Aldridge, and Steve Wariner performed some of their biggest hits this past Friday (5/14) for a sold out audience at the Hitmakers on the Harbor songwriters concert. The event took place in Pickwick, TN and raised $28,000 in support of The Darryl Worley Foundation, which doubled the amount [...]
CMA Names Chapman Director of Marketing
The Country Music Association has promoted Cory Chapman to Director of Marketing, announced CMA Senior Director of Marketing Tammy Donham today (5/19). “During his tenure with CMA, Cory has shown a strategic vision and commitment to our department and organization that has significantly contributed to our many recent successes,” said Donham. “His creative skills, marketing [...]
Category: Featured, Organizations, Sales/Marketing
DISClaimer 5/19/10 (reveiws)
[Subscriber-only] It sounds to me like this town is ready to shake off those rainy-day blues and do some dancing in the sunshine.
Habitat Knoxville’s “Brooks & Dunn” House
Knoxville Habitat for Humanity and the Charlie and Moll Anderson Family Foundation are teaming up with America’s talented musical artists to build a ‘Music Row’ in Knoxville. Only this ‘Music Row’ serves to provide local families with simple, decent and affordable housing. Today, Brooks & Dunn’s Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn participated in the dedication [...]
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Naxos Brings “Classical” Flood Relief
Franklin, Tennessee-based classical music company, Naxos of America, joins with online retailers Amazon MP3, Naxos Direct and ClassicsOnline to launch Naxos for Nashville, from which one hundred percent of the proceeds will go to Hands On Nashville (www.hon.org), a volunteer organization that is helping local communities in and around Nashville cope with losses from the [...]
