Industry Pics: “Songs On A Mission,” Banner Music, Nashville House Concerts

“Songs On A Mission” Features Carrie Underwood, Sam Hunt

Pictured (L-R): Sam Hunt and Carrie Underwood at the “Songs On A Mission” event benefiting Mission Lazarus. Photo: Connor Dwyer

Country stars Carrie Underwood and Sam Hunt joined hit songwriters Zach Crowell, Matt Jenkins and Bryan Simpson to help raise over $630,000 for Mission Lazarus at the inaugural “Songs On A Mission” event at The Mansion at Fontanel last Thursday night (Sept. 7).

Over 200 attendees enjoyed performances by the songwriters, who told the stories behind their hit songs, as well as Underwood and Hunt who closed out the evening.

“We were beyond appreciative of the fact that Zach, Matt and Bryan took the time to visit our 2,000 acre ranch in Honduras,” said Jarrod Brown, a Nashville businessman who co-founded Mission Lazarus with his wife Allison, NP. “When they came up with the idea of ‘Songs On A Mission,’ we never dreamed Carrie and Sam would agree to participate. We can’t thank all of them enough for donating their time and talents and for all of the amazing donors making this huge difference in the lives of so many people.”

Mission Lazarus was founded by the Browns in 2004 to serve the indigenous people of Honduras and Haiti.

Banner Music Hosts Writers Round-A-Thon For Hurricane Victims

Pictured (L-R): Ashley Kate Rogers, Susanne Smith, Camilla Kleindienst, Daniel Kleindienst, Victoria Powell, and Ryan Cunningham.

Banner Music and Wade Bowen’s Bowen Family Foundation hosted a Writers Round-A-Thon on Thursday (Sept. 7) to benefit Hurricane Harvey victims. The event featured 20 songwriters for a total of five writers rounds and raised $1450 for hurricane victims in Texas.

The songwriters included Ashley Kate Rogers, Chris Biano, Jeanie McQuinn, Jordan Hobson, Jarod Foster, Shelby Lee Lowe, Chris Lowe, Brooke McBride, Billy Dawson, Daniel Kleindienst, Victoria Powell, Richard Mitchell, Shaylee Simeone, Delaney Grant, JD Outlaw, Christina Pattakos, Sam Varga, Dustin Olson, Logan Tucker and Mary Lloyd. Rogers hosted the evening as she was born and raised in Galveston County, Texas, and had relatives directly affected by Hurricane Harvey.

“We are happy to show our love and support to people in need. We are thankful to the Wade Bowen Family Foundation and Ashley Kate Rogers for their participation,” said Camilla Kleindienst, Banner Music CEO.

 

Nashville House Concerts Launches Series At War Memorial Auditorium

Pictured (L-R): Nashville House Concerts co-hosts Storme Warren and Joe Denim.

Pictured (L-R): Shane McAnally and Josh Osborne perform on stage at Nashville House Concerts.

Nashville House Concerts, a new live music and variety series co-hosted by SiriusXM radio personality Storme Warren and country artist Joe Denim, debuted last Thursday night (Sept. 7) to a packed house and extraordinary lineup featuring Martina McBride, Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne, Ryan Kinder and surprise guest Jim Lauderdale all performing on stage at War Memorial Auditorium.

Each artist played with the esteemed house band led by Denim on keys and B3, Dave Wilson on bass (Sammy Kershaw, William Michael Morgan), Mica Roberts (Toby Keith) and Marti Slayton (George Straight) on background vocals, Dave Dykstra (William Michael Morgan, Josh Gracin) on drums and up-and-coming guitar slinger Nick Seguin.

Nashville House Concerts take place on the first Thursday of each month from Sept. 2017 to June 2018.