ASCAP hosted its monthly writers-in-the-round showcase at The Bluebird Cafe on Wednesday, May 14 and featured songwriters from Nashville publisher Dan Hodges Music including T.W. Hale (“Why Haven’t I Heard from You”), Breelan Angel (“Double Standards”), Wayne Baird, Ryan Griffin, Goran Kralj and Zac Wrixon.
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Skincare company IMAGE Skincare has sponsored rising artist Kalisa Ewing. Ewing will open for Loretta Lynn in concert this Memorial Day weekend at the Loretta Lynn Ranch.
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Yale University recently awarded bluegrass pioneer Ralph Stanley a Doctor of Music degree during ceremonies held in New Haven, Conn. Honorary degrees were also awarded during the service to World Wide Web founder Tim Berners-Lee, poet Rita Dove and actor Anna Deavere Smith.
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Marshall Tucker Band‘s Doug Gray celebrated with his daughter recently at her college graduation.
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