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Family Month at the world renowned Johnny Cash Museum kicks off September 17th when Grammy award-winning producer, author and singer John Carter Cash performs at the bi-monthly Songwriters Night in the café. The event, which is free and open to the general public, is just one of many new offerings at the attraction that National Geographic listed as the “#1 Pitch Perfect Museum Worldwide.”
Grammy award-winning singer/songwriter Rosanne Cash will be signing her CDs and books at The Johnny Cash Museum on Friday, September 25 at 11 AM. The event, which is free and open to the general public, is just one of many new offerings at the attraction that Conde Nast’s Traveler lists as the “#1 Must Visit Museum for Music Lovers.”
RCA Nashville’s group, Old Dominion, will release their debut album, Meat and Candy, on November 6. Meat and Candy was produced by GRAMMY Award-winning songwriter and producer, Shane McAnally, and physical copies can now be pre-ordered at Amazon. The highly anticipated album features the group’s Top 15 and still rising hit song “Break Up With Him,” the first song that the band of hit-songwriters wrote together collectively as a group.
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LOCASH’s Preston Brust married Kristen White in a private ceremony among friends and family on the rooftop of the George Jones Museum on Labor Day, September 7. The singer of the Top 30 Billboard smash hit “I Love This Life” said, “She’s my ‘soul on fire,’ my ‘song,’ my ‘person.’”
Jewel’s new album Picking Up the Pieces is receiving its worldwide debut Friday, but the album is available now for preview on Pandora, offering fans a first look at the album critics are calling “remarkably raw” and “bracingly honest” (Entertainment Weekly) ahead of its Sept. 11 release.
For three days only, Les Paul’s Big Sound Experience exhibit will be staged outside the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum. It will allow visitors to step into 1,000 square feet of entertaining and interactive experiences, focusing on Les Paul and his many contributions to musical innovation. You will explore sound, music, and technology inventions; discover Les Paul’s personal story; and marvel at the performing techniques that made him a legendary pop music icon.
Kings of Leon, co-founders of Music City Food + Wine Festival, are proud to announce the musical guests for Harvest Night presented by Infiniti, an evening that brings together signature dishes from world-renowned chefs and live performances of iconic soul and R&B by distinguished artists, celebrating the music of Nashville. Harvest Night begins at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 19, 2015, at Walk of Fame Park in downtown Nashville. For more information, please visit www.musiccityfoodandwinefestival.com
This Fall, Musicians On Call (MOC), a groundbreaking nonprofit organization that brings live and recorded music to the bedsides of patients in healthcare facilities across the country, will be kicking off a first-of-its-kind, four city Rock The Room Tour. The tour will raise awareness of the impact music has on healing, honor leaders in entertainment and philanthropy and raise funds for Musicians On Call in order to continue making a difference in the lives of patients through its unique “bedside tours” in hospitals. The Rock The Room Tour will kick off October 21st at City Winery with special performances by Martina McBride and Kelly Clarkson and a special appearance by Reba. For more information on the event and to purchase tickets you can go to www.musiciansoncall.org/RTRT
Superstar Carrie Underwood took to social media earlier to reveal the track listing to her fifth studio album, Storyteller, set for release on October 23. Storyteller was produced by Jay Joyce, Mark Bright, and Zach Crowell with six of its 13 songs co-written by Carrie, including the record-breaking first single, “Smoke Break.”
Eric Church and Little Big Town top the list of final nominees for “The 49th Annual CMA Awards” with five nominations each. The stellar lineup of finalists includes staunch traditionalists, format icons, roots rockers, and contemporary trailblazers.
