The Civil Wars hosted a free and open to the public Gold Album party at Grimey’s New and Preloved Music last week to commemorate the duo’s debut album Barton Hollow selling over 500k units. The 2011 release remains the best-selling album of all time at the beloved Nashville record store. The event offered a meet and greet with the land, limited edition posters and a free giveaway of exclusive merchandise.
(L-R): Travis Yetton (Sensibility Music), Nate Yetton (Sensibility Music), Joy Williams (The Civil Wars), John Paul White (The Civil Wars) and Mike Couse (Sensibility Music). Photo credit: Rick Diamond/Getty Images
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Broken Bow Records’ Dustin Lynch returned to his hometown of Tullahoma, TN over the weekend to headline the annual 41-A Music Festival, which brought in a record number of attendees. Just before his performance, Lynch was presented with the key to the city of Tullahoma. “This is so awesome and unexpected,” Lynch said of the honor. “I haven’t gotten a chance to come back and play in Tullahoma since this whole thing started, even though I still come home every chance I get to see my family and friends. Just getting to play for my hometown was so special to me – this topped off the night. I’m proud of my hometown and this is something I’ll always treasure.”
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While in New York City promoting his new album, Atlanta Braves fan Josh Turner received an unexpected surprise when he ran into one of his baseball heroes. Famed Braves pitcher and Hall of Famer Phil Niekro, along with former Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield, were also both in New York promoting their new film Knuckleball! As for Turner, his album Josh Turner-Live Across America is available exclusively at Cracker Barrel stores and his new single is “Find Me a Baby.”
Josh Turner (center) poses for a photo with baseball legends Phil Niekro (left) and Tim Wakefield (right) at MLB's Fan Cave in New York City. Photo: Josh Haunschild / MLB Photos
