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BRANTLEY GILBERT TOPS CHARTS WITH THIRD #1 — “BOTTOMS UP”

Brantley Gilbert tops the Country radio charts for a third time with “Bottoms Up.” Selling over 1 million downloads and garnering over 14.2 million views of the accompanying video, Brantley is making a bold introduction to his May 19 release, JUST AS I AM(The Valory Music Co.).

 

Earlier this year the tune scored the #1 spot on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart, marking Brantley’s second ascend since “Country Must Be Country Wide.” The Hot Country Songs chart, published weekly by Billboard, collects data from Nielsen BDS along with digital sales and streaming.

 

Since debuting at #1 on the iTunes Country Top Songs chart in December, “Bottoms Up,” has remained in the Top 5, even in the midst of major new releases.

 

Fans can catch Brantley’s LET IT RIDE TOUR this weekend in Springfield, MO (5/1) and Evansville, IN (5/2).

 

For tour dates and more visit, www.brantleygilbert.com.

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Nashville Film Festival Celebrates A Record Breaking 45th Year

Nashville Film FestivalNashville Film Festival (NaFF) celebrated its 45th Anniversary this week with an incredible week of film in two locations. For the first time ever, the festival presented more than 250 films from over 50 countries, further cementing its record-breaking year.

“This has truly been a spectacular year for the Nashville Film Festival presented by Nissan. It was our first year with 10 days of film at Regal Cinemas Green Hills and 9 days of events at our outdoor NaFF Cinema at Walk of Fame Park in Downtown Nashville”, shared Ted Crockett, Executive Director of the Nashville Film Festival.

With over 42,000 in attendance between both locations, the festival has exceeded last year’s total festival attendance by over 40%. The free NaFF Cinema at Walk of Fame in Downtown Nashville presented films for 9 days throughout the festival on its brand new 30′ outdoor screen. “We are already planning new and exciting ways to feature films to the public in outdoor settings in the months and years to come,” said Crockett.Nashville Film Festival

Film submissions also broke records this year, with over 3100 entries from 125 countries. NaFF Artistic Director, Brian Owens, had the thrill of working with some of the world’s leading directors and production houses, to bring over 15 World and North American Premieres, along with 17 Southeast Premieres to NaFF this year.

Of the more than 250 competition films, Owens said, “There were so many great films in our competition this year, that the juries had a difficult time picking the Grand Jury Prizes in each division.”

Major award winners included, the beautiful and moving documentary, Glen Campbell…I’ll Be Me, by award winning Director, James Keach and The Ballad of Shovels and Rope by Jace Freeman and Sean Clark of Nashville-based production house, The Moving Picture Boys. The Freedom to Choose Southwest Airlines Audience Award for Best U.S. Narrative went to The Identical by first-time Director, Dustin Marcinello starring Ray Liotta, Ashley Judd and newcomer Blake Rayne. Nashville Film Festival

The NaFF Red Carpet was an active scene nearly every night of the festival with stars of film, television, and music. Throughout the festival, appearances were made by Ray Liotta, Ashley Judd, Seth Green, Sharon Lawrence, Beth Grant, Béla Fleck, Naomi Judd and the family of Country music legend, Glen Campbell, among other notables.

Academy Award winning Director, Daniel Junge, notable independent film director Megan Griffiths, award winning director James Keach, and provocative filmmaker Dito Montiel also made appearances in support of their films screening at NaFF.

Nashville Film FestivalIn addition to the competition films and the many special presentations, the first annual Screenwriters Competition garnered more than 1500 entrants. “Our First Annual Screenwriters Competition was such an incredible success and we look forward seeing some of these incredible artists’ works on the big screen soon,” shared Crockett.

After more than 300 different screenings over the past 10 days and record attendance, the 45th Anniversary festival marked a pivotal year of success that will continue to allow the festival to bring films to the big screen that celebrate the visions and voices of the human spirit. Plans for the 2015 Nashville Film Festival are already underway, with dates scheduled to be announced in June 2014.

About Nissan North America
In North America, Nissan’s operations include automotive styling, engineering, consumer and corporate financing, sales and marketing, distribution and manufacturing. Nissan is dedicated to improving the environment under the Nissan Green Program and has been recognized as an ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 by the U.S Environmental Protection Agency. More information on Nissan in North America and the complete line of Nissan and Infiniti vehicles can be found online at www.NissanUSA.com  and www.InfinitiUSA.com, or visit the Americas media sites NissanNews.com and InfinitiNews.com.

Nashville Film Festival (NaFF), April 17 – 26, 2014, presented by Nissan North America, brings the world to Nashville in a 10-day celebration of film. NaFF celebrates the diversity of the human voice and vision by curating program segments to include Latino, Black, GLBT, and Jewish films. Founded in 1969 by Mary Jane Coleman, it is one of the oldest (45-years) film festivals in the U.S.  As an Academy Award Qualifying Event, NaFF draws filmmakers and celebrity guests and the Festival annually garners notice from the Associated Press, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal online, MovieMaker Magazine, IndieWire, Variety, Billboard, New York and Script Magazine.

www.nashvillefilmfestival.org

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Eric Church Puts Scalpers On Notice In Minneapolis

Eric ChurchTickets are selling quickly for all shows on the first leg of Eric Church’s recently announced and highly anticipated “The Outsiders World Tour” with special guest Dwight Yoakam, and fans are encouraged to make their purchases now in order to guarantee a seat for what will undoubtedly be one of the hottest concert tours of 2014.

 
Eric ChurchOver 14,000 tickets have been sold since Friday at Target Center in Minneapolis making it one of the hottest stops on the first set of announced dates. In fact, currently only a small number of seats directly behind the stage—unofficially coined “The Choir Loft”—in the upper bowl remain for Minneapolis fans who want to purchase seats for Church’s Sept. 16 show. However, that will change momentarily this afternoon (Apr. 25) at 5:00 PM/CDT, as 902 tickets have been identified as being purchased by scalpers that were in violation of the sales limits of the show. Those ticket orders have been cancelled, and the 902 tickets will be put back into the system for sale at that time.

“A lot of acts just want to sell as many tickets as they can and they don’t care who they sell them to,” said Church, a long-time foe of ticket scalping. “I want my fans to be the ones who buy tickets to my shows, and I want scalpers to back off. I can’t stop ticket scalpers completely, but I can definitely make it harder for them.”

All ticket orders for Church’s “The Outsiders World Tour” will be scrutinized to combat scalping as much as possible so that the fans can have the best opportunity to see the concert for the originally intended price.

 
Opening the tour on different dates throughout the first leg will be rising country music duo Brothers Osborne, critically acclaimed singer/songwriter Brandy Clark, or the hard rocking band Halestorm.  For ticket dates and information, visit www.ericchurch.com.

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Average Joes Entertainment Acquires 50% Stake in Mega Truck Series

Nashville-based Average Joes Entertainment has expanded its reach in the Off-Road Entertainment world with the announcement today that it has acquired a 50% ownership stake of the extreme outdoor sports racing series, Mega Truck Series (MTS). The widely popular extreme off-road racing series will launch its third season this weekend at Bama Jam Farms in Enterprise, Alabama.
Shannon Houchins, CEO/Average Joes Entertainment, commented, “We have always shared a common lifestyle fan base.  This deal allows us to maximize the overall fan experience with a combination of big truck races and music as well as create bigger and better on-site marketing opportunities for our sponsors.”
Mega Truck Series’ President, Jeremy Forsyth, added, “We have teamed with some of the best in the business to bring you down and dirty high flying, extreme mud-racing action mixed with great music and family entertainment.”
Mega Truck has shown tremendous growth since the series began two years ago. The extreme off-road sport has grown increasingly more popular with attendance at individual events exceeding 10,000 fans. The convergence of both entities unites millions of fans for a common goal — FUN. The 2014 race series will consist of seven races from April-September, with MTS Nationals and Series Finals in late Fall 2014. The 2015 season will expand to 10 races.
About MTS:
Mega Trucks are the newest form of extreme motorsports. What started as highly modified pick-up trucks with big axles and tractor tires has quickly grown into an extreme form of mud racing. These trucks are built and designed to take on the nastiest terrain, from deep mud pits, to big jumps and twisted obstacle courses. Simply put, it’s a Monster Trucks with skinny tires that play in the mud! Most of these trucks are pushing upwards of 2,000 horsepower, and driven by fearless competitors.
Entertaining families with young children to teens, the one-of-a-kind custom built trucks with names like Monster Masher, Mud Stick, Air Mundy Ram and Scram and Mudweiser, Mega Trucks’ electrifying challenges include “Hill ‘N’ Hole,” deep pit challenges, and obstacle courses with insane jumps.
For more information, visitwww.megatruckseries.com
About Average Joes Entertainment:
Average Joes Entertainment launched in 2008 with flagship artist Colt Ford.  Since its inception, the entertainment company has expanded to housing three labels, a management company, a publishing entity and a film and television production company.  Founded by CEO Shannon Houchins, the Nashville-based entertainment company focuses on a grassroots approach, availability of product and cross-promotional opportunities to expand artist visibility.
Average Joes and affiliated labels’ growing roster of artists and projects includes Colt Ford, The LACS, LoCash Cowboys, Bubba Sparxxx, JJ Lawhorn, Charlie Farley, Lenny Cooper, the Mud Digger Series, Moonshine Bandits, Demun Jones, Danny Boone, Daniel Lee, Sarah Ross, Twang and Round, and Redneck Social Club.
For more information, visit www.averagejoesent.com.
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ERIC PASLAY DEBUTS “COUNTRY COVERS” PERFORMANCE ON RAM COUNTRY ON YAHOO MUSIC

EMI Records Nashville’s Eric Paslay (pass-lay) debuts his “Country Covers” performance on Ram Country on Yahoo Music today.  The performance includes a fresh, heartfelt rendition of Sheryl Crow’s “I Shall Believe”, as well as, an acoustic version of his Top 25 and climbing hit single, “Song About A Girl” and can be viewed at http://ramcountry.music.yahoo.com.

“Song About A Girl” is the second single from Eric’s self-titled debut album.  The album’s debut single, “Friday Night,” was Eric’s first No. 1 as an artist and fourth No. 1 as a songwriter.  The Texas native’s three prior No. 1 hits as a songwriter include “Even If It Breaks Your Heart” (Eli Young Band), “Barefoot Blue Jean Night” (Jake Owen) and “Angel Eyes” (Love & Theft).  Eric recently made appearances on ABC’s Good Morning AmericaFox & Friends and The Queen Latifah Show.  He is currently on the road with Brantley Gilbert on his Let It Ride Tour.

Ram Country on Yahoo Music is the marquee country music program on Yahoo, sponsored by Ram Trucks. Currently in its fourth season, the program showcases a variety of original content and video segments, including live concert events, exclusive in-studio musical performances, interviews, news reports and documentary-style video episodes, as well as comprehensive blog coverage and exclusive photo galleries. In Ram Country on Yahoo Music’s “Country Covers,” an artist covers a classic country song or contemporary hit as well as his/her own current single.

Ram Country shoots in-studio and on-location across the United States with a range of artists, from stars such as Keith Urban and Taylor Swift, to emerging talent in country music.

I Shall Believe

 

Song About a Girl

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Carrie Underwood Named To The TIME 100

TIME has named six-time Grammy winner Carrie Underwood to the TIME 100, its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.  The full list and related tributes appear in the May 5 issue of TIME, available on newsstands and tablets on Friday, April 25, and now at www.time.com/time100.
Carrie will also headline a performance as part of the TIME 100 Gala to be held on April 29 at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City.  The black-tie dinner will include present and past recipients of most influential list.  Previous guests have included Pres. Bill Clinton, Justin Timberlake, Oprah Winfrey, Carlos Slim, Amy Poehler, Gabrielle Giffords, Steven Spielberg and many more.
The TIME 100 features pairings of the influentials and the guest contributors TIME selects to write about them.  Carrie’s longtime friend Brad Paisley serves as the guest writer for her profile in this year’s issue.  He shares, “Not only has she earned her place [in country music], she’s raised the bar: a prolific songwriter, a trend-setter, and an Opry member.  But it’s her decency as a person that is so impressive.”
The list, now in its 11th year, recognizes the activism, innovation and achievement of the world’s most influential individuals.  As TIME has described the list in the past, “The TIME 100 is not a list of the most powerful people in the world, it’s not a list of the smartest people in the world, it’s a list of the most influential people in the world. They’re scientists, they’re thinkers, they’re philosophers, they’re leaders, they’re icons, they’re artists, they’re visionaries.  People who are using their ideas, their visions, their actions to transform the world and have an effect on a multitude of people.”
Follow @TIME for updates about the list on Twitter and at Facebook.com/TIME.
#TIME100
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DOLLY PARTON SET TO CHAT WITH MUSIC LOVERS FOR “LEGENDS ON TWITTER” Q&A THIS SUNDAY APRIL (27TH)

Dolly Parton, one of the most innovative, creative, and trendsetting artists in pop culture, will participate in @TwitterMusic‘s “Legends on Twitter” series to host her first-ever Twitter Q&A with music lovers on Sunday, April 27th at 4pm (CT), just prior to her scheduled live performance on QVC® during the “Dolly Parton Q Sessions Live from Nashville – featuring ‘Blue Smoke’” broadcast. Fans can join the conversation by submitting questions directly to Dolly athttp://bit.ly/DollyQA, or by tweeting using the hashtag #AskDolly.
Dolly’s ever growing Twitter fan base includes over 3 million followers, proving why Dolly is the most sought after and honored female country performer of all time. Achieving 25 RIAA certified gold, platinum and multi-platinum awards, she has had 25 songs reach number 1 on the Billboard Country charts, a record for a female artist. She has 41 career top 10 country albums, a record for any artist, and she has 110 career charted singles over the past 40 years. All-inclusive sales of singles, albums, hits collections, paid digital downloads and compilation usage during her Hall of Fame career have reportedly topped a staggering 100 million records world-wide. She has garnered 7 Grammy Awards, 10 Country Music Association Awards, 5 Academy of Country Music Awards, 3 American Music Awards and is one of only five female artists to win the Country Music Association’s Entertainer of the Year Award. Dolly was inducted as a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1999.  And the litany goes on.

Dolly’s career has spanned nearly five decades and is showing no signs of slowing down.  An internationally-renowned superstar, the iconic and irrepressible Parton has contributed countless treasures to the worlds of music, film and television.  Some of her hit films have included Nine to Five, Steel Magnolias, The Best Little Whorehouse in TexasRhinestone, Straight Talk, and Joyful Noise.  Parton received two Oscar® nominations – one for writing the title tune to Nine to Five and the other for Travelin’ Thru from the film Transamerica.

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www.dollypartonentertainment.com

Facebook: Facebook.com/DollyParton

Hashtag: #BlueSmokeWorldTour

Twitter: Twitter.com/DollyParton

Tumblr: OfficialDollyParton.tumblr.com

Google+: Plus.Google.com/+DollyParton

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GRAMMY FOUNDATION GRANT PROGRAM AWARDS $200,000 FOR MUSIC RESEARCH AND SOUND PRESERVATION

The GRAMMY Foundation® Grant Program announced today that more than $200,000 in grants will be awarded to 15 recipients in the United States to help facilitate a range of research on a variety of subjects, as well as support a number of archiving and preservation programs. Research projects include a study on memory retention through music in patients with Alzheimer’s disease; and the benefits of music training in strengthening the ear to prevent noise-induced hearing loss. Preservation and archiving initiatives include a project to preserve more than 650 rare interviews with country music performers and professionals spanning 1959–2000; and the preservation of more than 250 original transcription disks of the historic radio series “The Goldbergs.” A complete list of grant awards and projects is below. The deadline each year for submitting letters of inquiry is Oct. 1.Guidelines and the letter of inquiry form for the 2015 cycle will be available beginning May 1 at www.grammyfoundation.org/grants.

 

“Over the course of its history, our GRAMMY Foundation Grant Program has awarded more than $6 million to more than 300 worthwhile initiatives,” said Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy® and the GRAMMY Foundation. “Our grantees are noteworthy for the range and ambition of their endeavors, and this year’s group includes such varied initiatives as the preservation of 400 recordings of innovative performances by pioneer composers and performers of jazz, world music and new music to a project that will be the first to identify how music can facilitate stroke patients’ abilities to understand everyday speech. We are proud that the GRAMMY Foundation Grant Program can be a philanthropic leader in the areas of archiving, preservation and scientific research.”

 

Generously funded by The Recording Academy, the Grant Program provides funding annually to organizations and individuals to support efforts that advance the archiving and preservation of the recorded sound heritage of the Americas for future generations, as well as research projects related to the impact of music on the human condition. In 2008, the Grant Program expanded its categories to include assistance grants for individuals and small- to mid-sized organizations to aid collections held by individuals and organizations that may not have access to the expertise needed to create a preservation plan. The assistance planning process, which may include inventorying and stabilizing a collection, articulates the steps to be taken to ultimately archive recorded sound materials for future generations.

 

Preservation Implementation

 

Country Music Foundation, Inc. — Nashville

Awarded: $10,810

The project will help preserve 650 rare and historic interviews with country music performers, songwriters, and industry personnel recorded between 1959 and 2000 by transferring existing CD-Rs to WAV files. Interviews address country music’s transition from its folk roots to a commercial idiom and from rural to urban settings; its adaptation to media; the social diversity of country music performers and audiences; and changing sounds and styles.

www.countrymusichalloffame.org

 

Creative Music Foundation, Inc. — Woodstock, N.Y.

Awarded: $11,600

The goal of the CMS Archive Project is to finalize the restoration of historically and artistically important audiotapes from the Creative Music Studio’s archive of more than 400 recordings of innovative performances by pioneer composers/performers of jazz, world music and new music. The CMS Archive of recordings is unique in its artistic breadth and depth.  The archive will be housed at the Columbia University Library in New York City for research and educational purposes.

www.creativemusicfoundation.org

 

New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture — New York

Awarded: $20,000

The New York Studio School’s extensive, historically significant lecture archive captures intellectual currents and cross-currents over 50 years with audio and video recordings of artists, musicians, poets, critics, historians, and scholars. The goal of this project is to digitize the audio portion of the archive, which spans 25 years and includes 790 lectures on audio reels and cassettes, in order to ensure long-term preservation and accessibility of this unique cultural resource.

www.nyss.org

 

The Regents of the University of California — Los Angeles

Awarded: $19,350

UCLA Film & Television Archive holds 600 original transcription disks of the historic radio series “The Goldbergs.” More than 250 of these disks contain rare, culturally important episodes not available online or at any other institution. Currently, these disks are in need of preservation and thus inaccessible.

www.cinema.ucla.edu

 

Special Collections and Archives, Albertsons Library, Boise State University — Boise, Idaho

Awarded: $11,747

Idaho is underrepresented in the history of Western music. Special Collections and Archives has a collection of 225 acetate discs and reel-to-reels of Ione Love Thielke’s recordings of her taking regional poetry and putting it to her music, her radio programs, and recording local musicians. By digitizing and making the recordings freely available online, researchers and the public will have access to a portion of never-before-accessible Idaho music.

library.boisestate.edu/special

 

Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience — Seattle

Awarded: $13,114

The Wing will preserve 251 Chinese opera tapes recorded from 1960 – 1975. Several operas were recorded in one of the oldest Chinese opera clubs in the country, Seattle’s Luck Ngi Musical Club. The tapes will be cataloged and digitized, enhancing their permanent collection by enabling the museum to better depict the history and culture of the Chinese-American community through this classical art form via their exhibitions and research. www.wingluke.org

 

Preservation Assistance

 

Corporacion de las Artes Musicales/Pablo Casals Museum — San Juan, Puerto Rico

Awarded: $5,000

The Corporacion de las Artes Musicales/Pablo Casals Museum will identify deterioration factors in this unique musical documentary collection and design strategies to safeguard and preserve the musical heritage of Latin American and Puerto Rican symphonic composers and musicians from the Casals Festival and the Puerto Rico Symphony, founded by maestro Pablo Casals, in 1956. These measures will allow the collection to be accessible to researchers, music students and the general public and put Puerto Rico at the forefront of musical conservation along the Caribbean.

www.cam.pr.gov

 

Genesee Valley Council on the Arts — Mt. Morris, N.Y.

Awarded: $5,000

Since 1976, ethnomusicologist and State University of New York Geneseo Professor James Kimball has conducted extensive recording and fieldwork of traditional music and musicians in New York State. The resulting archive contains approximately 900 hours of unique audio and video recordings of master folk musicians. The project will focus on the description, cataloging and stabilization of the recordings, in preparation for a long-term preservation project with SUNY Geneseo.

www.livingstonarts.org

 

Jim Metzner — Kingston, N.Y.

Awarded: $4,992

The goal is to prepare a sound archive for preservation, focusing on DATs, which are most at risk. Preparation involves organizing, labeling, cataloging, stabilizing and refining an existing database. The collection includes music and ambient sound field recordings from around the world since the ’70s. Jim Metzner has produced LPs, CDs and several award-winning radio series with recordings from Boston, Brazil, Cuba, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, San Francisco, and Turkey .

www.jimmetznerproductions.com

 

Texas Folklife — Austin, Texas

Awarded: $5,000

Texas Folklife has an archive of audio recordings of Texas folk and traditional arts performances, field recordings, and interviews dating from 1984. With this phase of the project, they will hire consultants from the University of Texas School of Information Sciences for the planning, assessment, and preparation of their archive holdings. Ultimately, they hope to make this archive available for researchers, folklife enthusiasts and the general public alike.

www.texasfolklife.org

 

Scientific Research

 

Arizona State University Foundation — Tempe, Ariz.

Awarded: $19,464

Stroke is the leading cause of serious, long-term disability in the United States, and more than 1 million Americans currently have language impairments (i.e., aphasia) due to stroke. This project will be the first to identify how music can facilitate stroke patients’ abilities to understand everyday speech. These findings will provide new avenues for aphasia rehabilitation and for effectively communicating with stroke patients with aphasia.

neuroimaging.lab.asu.edu/

 

University of California, Davis — Davis, Calif.

Awarded: $20,000

Recent studies suggest that Alzheimer’s disease patients retain memory for music from their past, despite poor performance on standard assessments of memory function. Research methods that can explain this apparent sparing of memory remain lacking. This project will validate, in adults with memory loss and age-matched controls, a semi-structured interview method for quantitatively comparing music-evoked and traditionallycued autobiographical memories.

atonal.ucdavis.edu/projects/memory_emotion/index.shtml

 

University of California, San Francisco — San Francisco.

Awarded: $19,636

Musical rhythms serve to focus attention at select time points by forming expectations for future events. This ability to anticipate stimuli is a fundamental feature of cognition, resulting in optimal perceptual and memory performances, which are known to decline in elderly adults. This project will assess rhythm training as a means to mitigate age-related declines in anticipatory attention, perception, and memory.

www.gazzaleylab.ucsf.edu

 

University of Maryland, College Park — College Park, Md.

Awarded: $20,000

This project will explore why musicians show advantages in second-language learning as adults, particularly in learning the sound structure of new languages. It will investigate how “low-level” advantages in auditory processing and “high-level” advantages in sound category learning are related to musical training and speech sound learning. This work has implications for musical instruction, second-language learning and our general understanding of auditory cognition.

lmcl.umd.edu

 

University of Memphis and the University of Memphis Research Foundation — Memphis, Tenn.

Awarded: $20,000

This project will examine the potential benefits of musical training in strengthening the ear and preventing noise-induced hearing loss. Minute sounds produced in the cochlea, otoacoustic emissions, will be used to noninvasively measure hearing health and physiological function. Comparison between musician and non-musician listeners will assess whether long-term musicianship can change the ear’s vulnerability and/or susceptibility to acoustic trauma.

www.memphis.edu/acnl/

 

The GRAMMY Foundation was established in 1988 to cultivate the understanding, appreciation and advancement of the contribution of recorded music to American culture. The Foundation accomplishes this mission through programs and activities that engage the music industry and cultural community as well as the general public. The Foundation works in partnership year-round with its founder, The Recording Academy, to bring national attention to important issues such as the value and impact of music and arts education and the urgency of preserving our rich cultural heritage. In recognition of the significant role of teachers in shaping their students’ musical experiences, The Recording Academy and the GRAMMY Foundation have partnered to present the Music Educator Award. Open to current U.S. music teachers in kindergarten through college, the first Music Educator Award was presented at the Special Merit Awards Ceremony & Nominees Reception during GRAMMY Week 2014. For more information about the Music Educator Award, please visitGRAMMYMusicTeacher.com. For more information about the Foundation, please visit www.grammyfoundation.org. For breaking news and exclusive content, please like “GRAMMY in the Schools®” onFacebook, follow the GRAMMY Foundation on Twitter(@GRAMMYFdn), and join us on Instagram (@GRAMMYFdn).

 

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THOMPSON SQUARE DEBUTS “TESTING THE WATER” / DUO REACHES #1 IN AUSTRALIA/ ON COVER OF NASH MAGAZINE

This week, multi-platinum selling duo Thompson Square released its new single “Testing the Water” to U.S. Country Radio.  The fun-filled, frolicking splasher embodies the carefree sound and spirit of summer in the “holler,” including a memorable, double-entendre hook soon to become an anthem at swimming holes everywhere.

“Testing the Water,” written by hit songwriters Luke Laird, Shane McAnally and Hillary Lindsey, is the third single from Thompson Square’s sophomore album, JUST FEELS GOOD, and the follow-up to the #1 “If I Didn’t Have You” and Top 5 “Everything I Shouldn’t Be Thinking About.”

“Testing the Water” is available on iTunes now:http://smarturl.it/T2TestingtheWater

Watch the official lyric video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkK4L20hh6Q

Two-time ACM and CMA “Vocal Duo of the Year” Thompson Square also recently added a chart-topping record half a world away to its growing list of accolades when the duo’s song “Everything I Shouldn’t Be Thinking About” reached #1 on Australia’s Official Country Airplay Chart, powered by The Music Network.

“We feel very honored to be a part of Australian country music history,” said Keifer Thompson. “We just left Australia and fell in love with it.  This makes it even better.  A huge thanks for country radio and all of our fans down under.  Hope we get to see you again soon. “

Thompson Square recently took its 2014 JUST FEELS GOOD TOUR to fans and military bases across Australia and Asia. The husband/ wife duo of Keifer and Shawna Thompson is featured on the cover of NASH Magazine, included with the April 28th issue of Country Weekly, as the two discuss their five weeks abroad and connecting with fans half a world away.  The issue is on newsstands now.

Thompson Square’s 2014 JUST FEELS GOOD TOUR is back stateside and dates are continuously being added.  Visithttp://www.thompsonsquare.com for the latest news and dates. #JustFeelsGoodTour

ABOUT THOMPSON SQUARE
With two #1 smash singles, five Top 15 hits, seven awards and over 25 nominations (including 2 GRAMMY as well as American Music Award and Teen Choice Award nods), Thompson Square is one of today’s hottest Country music acts.

The husband/wife duo of Keifer and Shawna Thompson (married 14 years) made music history when it earned awards from both the ACM andCMA for “Vocal Duo of the Year” in 2012.  Thompson Square was awarded its second consecutive ACM Award for “Vocal Duo of the Year” in April 2013.

Thompson Square’s breakthrough hit “Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not”has surpassed two million in sales, was the #1 Digital Soundscan Single for 5 weeks straight, the #1 Country Ringtone for 12 consecutive weeks and the Most Played Song at Country Radio in 2011 (Mediabase). Thompson Square followed that success with the award winning hit, “I Got You,” and critically-acclaimed “Glass.”  Thompson Square’s star continues to rise in 2013 with the #1 GOLD selling heart-tugger “If I Didn’t Have You” and its hit, “Everything I Shouldn’t Be Thinking About,” which was a Top 5 U.S. Country Radio hit and topped the Australian Country Radio charts. Both songs can be found onthe duo’s current album, JUST FEELS GOOD.

THOMPSON SQUARE LINKS: 

#JustFeelsGoodTour

@thompsonsquare

http://www.facebook.com/thompsonsquare

http://youtube.com/thompsonsquare

http://instagram.com/thompsonsquare

http://www.thompsonsquare.com

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CRAIG MORGAN IS OFF TO THE RACES FOR 2014 FAN CLUB PARTY

Craig Morgan is off to the races for his 2014 official fan club party! The “Wake Up Lovin’ You” singer will showcase his sporty side as he challenges fans to a go-kart race at Music City Indoor Karting & Entertainment Center on Wednesday, June 4 from 9-11am. Attendees will also be treated to a light breakfast, acoustic concert and meet & greet with Morgan.

 

Tickets are available to the public HERE beginning today at 10am CDT. General admission tickets are $25 to include race spectator tickets, breakfast, acoustic concert and meet & greet. A limited number of VIP tickets allowing attendees to get behind the wheel and challenge Craig can be purchased for $50 while quantities last.

 

The Black River recording artist’s latest single, “Wake Up Lovin’ You” is currently at number 15 on the chart and sold nearly 11,000 downloads last week.  “Wake Up Lovin’ You, written by Josh Osborne, Matt Ramsey and Trevor Rosen is featured on Morgan’s recently released album The Journey (Livin’ Hits).

 

ABOUT CRAIG MORGAN: One of country music’s best-loved artists, Craig Morgan has made a name for himself with massive radio airplay of his signature hits:  “Bonfire,” “Almost Home,” “Redneck Yacht Club,” “That’s What I Love About Sunday,” “International Harvester” and “This Ole Boy.” He’s recently released his new album The Journey (Livin’ Hits), featuring the soulful single “Wake Up Lovin’ You,” on Black River Entertainment. Craig received one of country music’s highest honors when he was inducted as a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 2008. Prior to becoming a country music and TV sensation, Craig Morgan spent nearly nineteen years serving our country in the Army and Army Reserves.  He is an avid supporter of America’s military personnel and a recipient of the 2006 USO Merit Award. In addition to a prolific country music career, he hosts the award-winning show “Craig Morgan: All Access Outdoors,” airing on Outdoor Channel. For more information on Craig Morgan, visit www.craigmorgan.com and engage with him onFacebookInstagram and Twitter.

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