Benefits/Lifenotes Daily (2/1/07)

The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee and SunTrust Bank will present the “Women Who Love Chet” concert at 7 p.m., Feb. 23 at Nashville’s Cannery Ballroom. Suzy Bogguss, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Brenda Lee, Gillian Welch...

Kellie Pickler Visits Pennington Elementary

01/31/2007

Kellie Pickler recently visited Nashville's Pennington Elementary School where she read one of her favorite books, The Giving Tree, to the students. The reading was part of a week long Book Fair at the school. Pickler followed the story with a Q&A session and an impromptu sing-a-long with the kids. Photo: Chris Hollo

Artist News Daily (2/1/07)

Hank Williams, Jr. and Lynyrd Skynyrd have announced The Rowdy Frynds Tour, which already has twenty confirmed national tour dates. The two headlining acts are set to begin the tour on April 11 in Huntsville...

Country In The Caribbean

01/30/2007

Many BMI songwriters and artists traveled to the 3rd Annual Country in the Caribbean, which took place Jan. 13-14. Anguilla hosted Grammy Award-winning and 2006 BMI Country Songwriter of the Year Vicky McGehee ("All Jacked Up"), Wendell Mobley ("Fast Cars and Freedom"), Chuck Jones ("Cadillac Ranch"), James Slater ("In My Daughter's Eyes"), Chuck Cannon ("How Do You Like Me Now") and Rivers Rutherford ("When I Get Where I'm Going"), along with three-time Grammy nominee Pat Green ("Wave on Wave"), for two nights of intimate acoustic shows attended by native islanders and tourists. All proceeds from the event help local children in Anguilla head to college in the United States. So far, four students have paid their tuition with funds generated by the festival. Pictured (L-R): BMI’s Jody Williams, Green and BMI’s Mark Mason. Photo: Sean Murray

Benefit News Daily (1/30/07)

The fifth annual Max It Out, hosted by comedian Gary Jenkins, is scheduled for Feb. 3 at 7 p.m. at Nashville’s Wildhorse Saloon. Scheduled performers include Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Shannon Lawson (MusikMafia), Joanna Cotten, The...

Cole Deggs & The Lonesome Visit WKKO

Christie King – 01/29/2007

Columbia Nashville band Cole Deggs & The Lonesome traveled through Toledo recently, where they stopped at WKKO to promote their debut single, “I Got More.” Pictured (L-R): front: The band’s Brian Hayes, Jimmy Wallace, Cole Deggs, Shade Deggs, and David Wallace. Back: Columbia promo regional Cliff Blake, WKKO (K100) MD Amy Davis, and PD Gary Shores.