Category: Organizations
Lipscomb Hosts “Operation Yellow Ribbon”
Keynote speaker General Tommy Franks (Ret.) will join artists Charlie Daniels and Amy Grant on Tuesday, March 23 for Operation Yellow Ribbon, presented by Challenge America and David Lipscomb University. Special acoustic performances by Daniels, Grant and a host of other musicians will also be a part of the evening activities. Operation Yellow Ribbon features […]
Category: Artist, Featured, Organizations
Dove Awards Nominees Announced
Belmont University’s Curb Cafe was the setting yesterday (2/18) for the official announcement of nominees for the upcoming 41st Annual Dove Awards. Artists on hand to announce the nominees included Michael W. Smith, Lisa Kimmey-Winans, Ben Tankard, Francesca Battistelli, Jeremy Camp, Kari Jobe, Brandon Heath and Jason Crabb. The awards ceremony will be held on […]
Category: Artist, Awards, Featured, Organizations
CRB Unveils CRS “Hot Topic”
CRB has announced “The Art of Transition” as this year’s Hot Topic panel at CRS 2010 and finalized several additional panels and speakers for the three-day seminar, held Feb. 24-26, 2010. According to the official CRS 2010 agenda, “The Art of Transition” focuses on the “life changing transformation we must all prepare ourselves for in […]
Category: Featured, Organizations, Radio
CMA Announces Music Fest Performers
The Country Music Association has announced the first group of performers booked for the upcoming 2010 CMA Music Festival. Jason Aldean, Lady Antebellum, Martina McBride, Reba McEntire, Brad Paisley, Rascal Flatts, Darius Rucker, Keith Urban, and Zac Brown Band, along with the previously announced Carrie Underwood, are the first artists to be announced for 2010. […]
Category: Artist, Featured, Organizations
Britain’s Nat’l Trust Eyes Abbey Road
The Abbey Road studios, recording home of The Beatles and many other British hitmakers over the years, from Cliff Richard to Pink Floyd to Radiohead, are to be sold by the EMI group. London’s Financial Times describes the sale as an attempt to reduce EMI’s highly publicized debt burden. The studio gained worldwide fame via […]
Category: Artist, Featured, Financial/Legal, Organizations
Country Hall Honors Murrah
Prolific songwriter and successful music publisher Roger Murrah will be honored on March 6 as part of the Museum’s quarterly programming series Poets and Prophets: Legendary Country Songwriters. The 1:30 PM program, which will be held in the Museum’s Ford Theater, is included with Museum admission and free to Museum members. The program will also be streamed […]
Category: Featured, Organizations, Publishing
Country Stars Flock To “Birdhouse Thing”
The 9th annual Birdhouse Thing, a live and silent auction of birdhouses decorated and signed by recording artists, fine artists and local celebrities, will be held Thursday, March 11 at Nashville’s W. O. Smith Music School. Proceeds will benefit the school, which has been providing 50-cent music lessons to Nashville’s underserved children for more than […]
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Cub Scouts Visit Lofton Creek
Lofton Creek Records opened the doors of their Mt. Juliet offices on Saturday, February 13 to Cub Scout Pack 913 from nearby Lakeview Elementary School. The scouts were able to use the visit to earn their Music Badges. Members of the Cub Scout pack toured the facility, learned the ropes of a record label and […]
Category: Artist, Featured, Label, Organizations
“Ringside” Benefit Set For March
The 6th Annual Ringside: A Fight for Kids has been set for Friday, March 5 at The Factory’s Liberty Hall in Franklin, Tennessee beginning at 6:30 PM. The event will benefit The Charley Foundation, a non-profit organization that provides support to charitable agencies addressing the critical needs of children. Nashville’s premiere charity boxing event, Ringside will […]
Category: Featured, Organizations
David Nail, Laura Bell Bundy Visit ACM
Rising UMG Nashville artists David Nail and Laura Bell Bundy visited the Academy of Country Music offices during recent trips to Los Angeles.
Category: Artist, Featured, Organizations
SESAC Ups Ellen Truley To VP
SESAC has promoted longtime employee Ellen Bligh Truley to Vice President, Corporate Relations. She has worked for the performing rights organization since 1996, starting as a Advertising/Promotion Manager. SESAC Pres./COO Pat Collins announced her promotion from her previous role of Associate Vice President, Corporate Relations. As VP, Truley will oversee SESAC’s advertising, promotion, sponsorships, website, […]
Category: Featured, Organizations, Publishing, Sales/Marketing
