Industry Ink (10/22/12)

The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum recently (9/29) honored soprano Millie Kirkham in its quarterly series Nashville Cats: A Celebration of Music City Musicians. Kirkham entertained the audience with tales from her recording sessions with George Jones, Roy Orbison, Elvis Presley, Leon Russell and many others. Pictured (L-R): back row: Program Host Bill Lloyd, Ray Walker, Jimmy Capps, Millie Kirkham, Weldon Myrick, D.J. Fontana, David Briggs, Curtis Young and Joe Johnson. Front row: Gordon Stoker and Wayne Moss. Photo: Donn Jones

• Taylor Swift kicked-off release day for her highly-anticipated album Red this morning (10/22) on ABC’s Good Morning America. She will return to the show tomorrow to perform at an exclusive fall concert event. Also, Swift and GMA announced that she will sing “Begin Again” on The 46^th Annual CMA Awards. She is CMA’s reigning Entertainer of the Year, and is nominated for three CMA Awards in 2012.

• Hit songwriter Brett James has been added to the lineup for the Wed., Oct. 31 CMA Songwriters Series at Marathon Music Works. A new show time of 8:00 PM/CT has also been announced. James will join the previously announced performers Kristian Bush, Brantley Gilbert, and host Bob DiPiero. Tickets are $30 and can be purchased online at marathonmusicworks.com.

• SOLID is accepting teams for its annual Turkey Bowl, set for Sat., Nov. 17 at Ted Rhodes Park. The fundraiser costs $600 per team and SOLID will again collect food for the Second Harvest Food Bank. More information here.

• The Nashville Symphony Association Board of Directors and Giancarlo Guerrero have reached an agreement extending Maestro Guerrero’s contract through 2020.

• The Listening Room Café is moving to downtown Nashville at 217 2nd Ave. S. and hopes to re-open before year’s end. The local restaurant and music venue closed its original Cummins Station location in August. Upon reopening, owner Chris Blair plans to launch publishing company Emerge Nashville, and a full service video and audio recording division.

• Aura, a world fusion cuisine restaurant, is now open in midtown at 1811 Division St.