Artist Updates (2/14/14)
Mac McAnally
Mac McAnally has achieved many milestones in his remarkable career. He’s been inducted into the Songwriters’ Hall of Fame and the Mississippi Music Hall of Fame. He’s won the CMA Award for Musician of the Year six consecutive times. He’s written six No. 1 hits.
Surprisingly, however, McAnally has never played the Grand Ole Opry as a solo performer.
That will change Feb. 28 when he performs at the Grand Ole Opry’s 7 p.m. show. Also on the bill for the evening are Sara Evans, The Henningsens, and Opry members Lorrie Morgan, Ralph Stanley, Jeannie Seely and others.
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Pictured (L-R): Dean Miller and Kris Kristofferson
Dean Miller released his video for the title track on his ‘Til You Stop Getting Up album, and the video clip for the song co-stars the recent lifetime achievement Grammy Award winner and Country Music Hall of Famer, Kris Kristofferson.
“When I wrote and recorded the song ‘Til You Stop Getting Up, I was always imagining the images in the song. They really lend themselves to a video,” says Miller.
Kristofferson, a former Golden Gloves boxer and Miller family friend, was the perfect actor to star in the video. “I knew there was no one else but him to cast as the older fighter. I was shocked and excited when he said that he would do it!”
Casting Crowns frontman Mark Hall recently released his newest book on Zondervan, Thrive – Digging Deep, Reaching Out, on Feb. 11. This is Hall’s fourth book to date and discusses the critical inner challenge that we are meant to more than just survive life – we are called to thrive.
Each chapter threads together this impactful message, adding Hall’s signature style of weaving stories with powerful tools for application.
Kristofferson, a former Golden Gloves boxer and Miller family friend, was the perfect actor to star in the video. “I knew there was no one else but him to cast as the older fighter. I was shocked and excited when he said that he would do it!”
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Casting Crowns frontman Mark Hall recently released his newest book on Zondervan, Thrive – Digging Deep, Reaching Out, on Feb. 11. This is Hall’s fourth book to date and discusses the critical inner challenge that we are meant to more than just survive life – we are called to thrive.Each chapter threads together this impactful message, adding Hall’s signature style of weaving stories with powerful tools for application.
ACM Lifting Lives has been named the title sponsor for all student recitals and concerts at W.O. Smith/Nashville Community Music School in 2014.
Carlene Carter will release a new project that revisits Carter Family classics and original songs that relate to Carter’s connection with her musical roots on her upcoming album, Carter Girl, which releases April 8 on Rounder. The daughter of June Carter Cash and Country music artist Carl Smith, and the granddaughter of Mother Maybelle Carter and stepdaughter of Johnny Cash, Carter says it has been a lifelong goal to complete this project. “The songs on the album cover three generations of Carter Family music,” she notes.
The owners of Marathon Music Works, William Colliers and Exit/In, are closing in on a new concept, according to the 
The Americana Music Association announced its newly appointed Executive Committee during its recent annual Board of Directors retreat in Nashville.