Artist Updates (9-17-13)

Steve Wariner will have his watercolors on display at the Tennessee State Museum on Oct. 11. The exhibition, which is part of three new exhibits centered around a musical theme, will include 21 of Wariner’s favorite paintings. The paintings will be on display through Dec. 29 and the exhibit is open to the public free of charge.
“I am absolutely thrilled at this tremendous opportunity to have my art on display at the Tennessee State Museum,” said Wariner. “My work has been exhibited occasionally here-and-there over the years but never like this or at this level. This truly is a first for me…I am very grateful.”

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The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and NARM debuted a new music video recently from Hunter Hayes as part of the industry-wide Give The Gift of Music campaign.
The video highlights the significance of giving and receiving music as a gift and launched exclusively in a featured “Countdown to the CMA Awards” section of the givethegiftofmusic.info website.

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The T.J Martell Foundation recently held its first annual “Nashville is Nowville” event at the Hangar at Corporate Flight Management in Smryna. The event, which featured performances by Striking Matches and Ryan Kinder and a fashion show unveiling Amanda Vallentine’s new line, raised $20,000 for the foundation.

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Halfway To Hazard held its 6^th Annual Crockettsville Charity Concert & Trail Ride Sept. 7-8 in Crockettsville, Ky. and raised more than $150,000 for area charities. Nearly 23,000 people attended Saturday’s concert at Abner Farm where Lee Brice, Troy Gentry, Halfway to Hazard, Keith Anderson, Gary Chapman, Larry Cordle, Christian Kane, Brian Nutter, and Ray Scott performed. Over the past six years, the event has raised $725,000 for Kentucky charities.

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Brantley Gilbert and labelmate Danielle Bradbery both performed at Chicagoland Speedway before the NASCAR GEICO 400 race on Sunday (Sept. 15). Brantley performed a pre-race cocert, while Danielle sang the national anthem.