The Music Row Yard Sale Turns Trash Into Cash

06/27/2007

The fifth annual Music Row Yard Sale, held June 9 at the Sommet Center, yielded the highest on-site total to date, doubling last year’s proceeds. Other items are for sale at CMTAuctions.com throughout the summer, including concert tickets and artist meet and greets. Proceeds from the Music Row Yard Sale benefit event organizers Leadership Music and SOLID (Society of Leaders in Development), pictured below.

Arrows Up For Carolina Rain

06/27/2007

Equity Music Group’s Carolina Rain hit the bullseye at The Sixth Annual Andy Griggs Celebrity Archery Tournament during CMA Music Festival. Carolina Rain is currently touring in support of their debut album, Weather The Storm.

Pictured (L-R): Carolina Rain’s Marvin Evatt, Jeremy Baxter and Rhean Boyer.

Artist News Daily (6/28/07)

Martina McBride, Dierks Bentley and Darryl Worley joined producer Frank Rogers and the 2007 Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Williams Syndrome Music Campers yesterday (6/27) at Blackbird Recording Studio, owned by Martina and John McBride. The campers...

Artist News Daily (6/26/07)

Marty Stuart is set to perform at B.B. Kings in New York City on June 27, and will also appear on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (6/29) and Fox & Friends (6/31). Stuart recently...

Lifenotes Daily (6/26/07)

Compass Records co-founders Garry West and Alison Brown recently welcomed the birth of new son, Brendan Brown West.

Clif Doyal, of The Clif Doyal Agency/CDA Promotions Nashville, recently lost his father, Clyde Doyal...

Billy Currington Celebrates Platinum Certification

06/25/2007

Mercury Recording artist Billy Currington celebrated Platinum certification of his sophomore release, Doin' Somethin' Right recently with a party at Radius 10. He was also presented a Platinum digital single plaque and the first ever UMG Nashville Gold Mastertone plaque for "Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right."

Pictured (L-R): UMG Nashville Chairman/CEO Luke Lewis and Currington. Photo: Becky Fluke

$15,000 Raised For Musicians On Call

06/25/2007

Fans attending CMA Music Festival this year helped raise $15,000 for Musicians On Call (MOC), a nonprofit organization that brings live and recorded music to the bedsides of patients in healthcare facilities. On June 7, 8 and 9, several of Nashville’s finest tunesmiths performed benefit concerts at the Hard Rock Writers Nights. Lending a hand were songwriters Brett James (“Jesus Take the Wheel”), Carolyn Dawn Johnson (“Single White Female”), Rivers Rutherford (“When I Get Where I’m Going”), Marv Green (“Let’s Make Love”) and The Hitmen of Music Row—Tony Mullins (“Me & My Gang”), Bob DiPiero (“If You Ever Stop Loving Me”), Craig Wiseman (“Live Like You Were Dying”) and Jeffrey Steele (“These Days”).

Pictured (L-R): Bob DiPiero, Tony Mullins, Craig Wiseman, MOC Nashville Dir. Katy Brown, Hard Rock Café Mktg. Dir. Alex Merchan, XM’s Jon Anthony and Jeffrey Steele. Photo: Frederick Breedon

Emerson Drive at The Opry

06/25/2007

Emerson Drive celebrated their first No. 1 single, “Moments,” during CMA Music Fest week and had the pleasure of performing it at the Grand Ole Opry. They were honored to meet the legendary Porter Wagoner and congratulate him on his 50th year as an Opry member.

Pictured (L-R): David Pichette, Porter Wagoner, Brad Mates, Patrick Bourque, Danick Dupelle, Mike Melancon and Dale Wallace.

Artist News Daily (6/22/07)

Jason Michael Carroll's debut album, Waitin' in the Country, became the No. 1 CD sold by CMA Music Festival's official onsite vendor, Borders. During the festival, Carroll performed the opening set on the first night...

Jeffrey Steele and Dusty Drake Perform at Riverstages

06/21/2007

Hit songwriter Jeffrey Steele, Big Machine Records artist Dusty Drake, and Big Machine Records President Scott Borchetta pose for the cameras during CMA Music Fest. Jeffrey and Dusty had just finished performing to a packed Riverfront audience as part of the Wrangler® presents Totally Country Show on the Greased Lightning® Daytime Stages.