• Songwriters Troy Verges and Daniel Tashian have recorded a new album under the moniker The Boxwoods. Magic Hour is available digitally with 100 percent of proceeds going to the Salvation Army until the end of the year.
• Mitzi Matlock Music Publishing has a few reasons to celebrate as it enters its second year. The company has a cut on the new Montgomery Gentry album called “Damn Baby!,” and its song “Looking For America” was recorded by Mark Wills. MM Music is home to Bernie Nelson, Benita Hill, Lorna Flowers and actor Darryl Van Leer.
• John Rich, Lucas Hoge, Leslie Satcher and Monty Holmes performed at ThanksUSA’s 2011 Benefit Concert at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., on Monday (11/14).
• James Otto is joining Steel Magnolia on the road, filling in as Meghan Linsey’s counterpart on the Reba tour while Joshua Scott Jones is in rehab.
• Match Eyewear and Danny Gokey are partnering for the singer’s signature eyewear collection. There will be 12 frames available, set to debut in March 2012.
• Jesse Lee has self-released an 8-song EP. The former Atlantic Records artist worked with producers Mark Bright, Paul Worley, and Nathan Chapman on the project. Among the writers on the album are Eric Church, Stephanie Chapman, Kara Dioguardi, Chris Tompkins, Marty Dodson, Brad Crisler, Luke Laird, Marv Green and Tony Mullins.
• Amy Kurland, original founder of the Bluebird Cafe, and her brother Peter Kurland, a sound engineer and owner of the Darkhorse Theater have published a new book by their father, musician Sheldon Kurland, whose group The Shelly Kurland Strings was instrumental in establishing the Nashville Sound. An Adult Guide to the Orchestra is a witty look at symphony orchestras and is available at the Symphony Store in the Schermerhorn Symphony Center and at Amazon.com.
• Big Vinny from Trailer Choir has signed with Heather Cook’s Cook’n Up Music for songplugging services. The band’s new single “Love Me First” is about Vinny’s journey on The Biggest Loser. Cook’n Up also offers music publishing, and administration services.
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