Musicians Corner, Centennial Park’s free music series, will kick off its fifth anniversary spring season on May 9th.Performances will take place each Saturday from 12-5pm, capping the season off with back-to-back gatherings on June 27 & 28th. Musicians Corner will be located in the front of Centennial Park by 25th Ave and West End. Construction is underway on the permanent location, which is expected to be ready for the fall 2015 season.
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Musicians Corner Announces Spring Lineup
Trisha Yearwood’s 3rd Cookbook debuts on New York Times Bestsellers List
Trisha Yearwood’s third cookbook, Trisha’s Table: My Feel-Good Favorites for a Balanced Life debuted at number 7 on the New York Times Bestseller list. The country star and Food Network host’s third cookbook reflects her balanced lifestyle between indulgence and discipline without sacrificing flavor, as she discusses during her sit down with iconic newsman Dan Rather (clip below).
“WINE & WHISKERS” EVENT BENEFITTING CHEATHAM COUNTY’S HOMELESS ANIMALS ON MAY 14TH
The Cheatham County Animal Awareness Foundation (CCAAF), a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, will host it’s first annual “Wine and Whiskers” fundraising event from 6pm – 9:30pm on Thursday, May 14th at the Harpeth Art Center & Gallery in Pegram.
ACM Lifting Lives Benefit Gala at Omni Dallas Hotel (Venue Update)- 4/17
ADVISORY: The ACM® Lifting Lives Benefit Gala℠ Presented by Mattress Firm, on Friday, April 17 will now take place exclusively at the Omni Dallas Hotel, and will no longer take place at two separate locations. Donors who have purchased tickets to the Fort Worth Zoo gala will be accommodated at the Omni Dallas Hotel.
DARIUS RUCKER DEBUTS FOURTH CONSECUTIVE NO. 1 COUNTRY ALBUM WITH SOUTHERN STYLE
Capitol Records Nashville’s Darius Rucker celebrates his fourth consecutive No. 1 country album debut with Southern Styletopping the Billboard Country albums chart. Rucker’s first three country albums, True Believers,Charleston, SC 1966 and Learn To Live all topped the Billboard Country albums chart and the four albums have produced seven No. 1 singles including “Homegrown Honey,” “Come Back Song,” “This,” “Alright,” “It Won’t Be Like This For Long,” “Don’t Think I Don’t Think About It” and the Grammy Award winning “Wagon Wheel.”
BUD LIGHT AND NETFLIX RETURN TO WILD WEST COMEDY FESTIVAL AS OFFICIAL SPONSORS
The Wild West Comedy Festival announced today that Bud Light, “The Perfect Beer for Whatever Happens,” will return as presenting sponsor; and Netflix, the premiere destination in original and stand-up comedy programming, as associate sponsor for year two of the festival. The festival takes place in Nashville on Tuesday, April 14 through Sunday, April 19.
Sandra Lynn Debuts Video For New Single, “Bar Hoppin’”
Country vocalist, Sandra Lynn, wanted to capture the essence of Nashville in her new video for her single “Bar Hoppin’,” and with Trey Fanjoy at the helm, that’s exactly what she did. Her single, “Bar Hoppin’” will debut at SiriusXM’s “The Highway” later this month and you can catch the stunning video on CountryWeekly.com, where it made its exclusive debut on Monday, April 6. The single is available for download on iTunes here.
Trace Adkins Signs to BBR Music Group
Pictured Left to Right: Almon & Pike’s Orville Almon; Vector Management’s JW Williams; BBRMG EVP Jon Loba; BBRMG General Manager Rick Shedd; BBRMG’s Colton McGee; Trace Adkins; BBRMG President & CEO Benny Brown)
BBR Music Group is proud to announce the addition of superstar recording artist, actor and spokesman, Trace Adkins.
TIME LIFE AND RADIO SYNDICATOR MUSIC OF YOUR LIFE PRESENT COUNTRY MUSIC OF YOUR LIFE, FEATURING THE SWEEETEST COUNTRY BALLADS FROM COUNTRY’S GOLDEN AGE
Time Life, one of the world’s preeminent creators and direct marketers of music and video/DVD products, today announced that consumers will be able to bask in country’s “Golden Age” with COUNTRY MUSIC OF YOUR LIFE, presented by Time Life and radio program syndicator, Music of Your Life(OTCBB:MYLI). Offering the ultimate collection of 150 lush country ballads from the ‘50s through the ‘70s, the COUNTRY MUSIC OF YOUR LIFE 10-CD set is available direct from Time Life by calling 800-924-6086 or visitinghttps://timelife.com/products/country-music-of-your-life.
Big Machine Label Group Signs Legendary Superstar Steven Tyler
Members of BMLG Staff gather as Steven Tyler signs with Dot Records.
Pictured (L-R): Crowd Surf’s Read Davis, BMLG’s Tali Canterbury, Jimmy Harnen, John Zarling, Kris Lamb, Sandi Spika Borchetta, Laurel Kittleson, Allison Jones, Alicia Matthews, Andrew Kautz, Kelly Rich, Melanie Ainsworth, Jake Basden and Malcolm Mimms.
After a flurry of speculation in recent weeks, Big Machine Label Group officially signed iconic songwriter and prolific singer STEVEN TYLER to its superstar artist roster. The Aerosmith frontman previously confirmed the release of a solo album during a surprise appearance at the Grand Ole Opry. Tyler’s first project is expected to be released later this year on Dot Records.
