Artist Updates (4/9/14)

The Nashville Ballet will highlight two 20th century masterpieces – Serenade and Petite Mort – with a world premiere from multi-platinum selling singer-songwriter Ben Folds and the Nashville Symphony, to create The Ben Folds Project, which will run May 2-4 at TPAC’s Jackson Hall.
Folds debuted the music from his piano concerto with the Nashville Symphony March 13-15, but will combine it with choreography from Nashville Ballet Artistic Director & CEO Paul Vasterling in May. Tickets start at $35 and can be purchased in person at the TPAC box office in downtown Nashville, by phone at (615) 782-4040 or at nashvilleballet.com.

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Glen Campbell…I’ll Be Me, produced and directed by James Keach (producer of Walk The Line) and produced by Trevor Albert, will make its world premiere at the 2014 Nashville Film Festival on April 18. The film is a portrayal of the life and career of Glen Campbell.
In 2011, Campbell was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. Campbell and wife Kim went public with the diagnosis. What was supposed to be a brief three-week “Goodbye Tour” became a 151-show nationwide tour.
The film features Campbell’s friends and colleagues, including Bruce Springsteen, Bill Clinton, The Edge, Paul McCartney, Jay Leno, Vince Gil, Jimmy Web, Blake Shelton, Sheryl Crow, Keith Urban, Brad Paisley, Steve Martin, Chad Smith and Taylor Swift among many others. Rare vintage footage and new performances from the singer-songwriter portray Glen and his family living each moment in the present while preparing for the future, while performing his songs audience-filled venues ranging from Carnegie Hall to the Hollywood Bowl.

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Saturday (April 5) marked the launch of the syndicated radio show, “The Country Club with Dee Jay Silver,” and RCA Nashville artist Dee Jay Silver celebrated the occasion in Las Vegas with multiple appearances, among them The Country Club Pool Party at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, where Silver hung out with fellow artist Jason Aldean.

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NASH FM 94.7’s Jesse Addy hosted a special performance last night (April 7) from Martina McBride at the Hard Rock Café in Times Square. Martina celebrated the release of her new album by performing songs from Everlasting to a crowd of fans who learned about the show by listening to NASH FM 94.7 – “America’s Country Station,” and waited in line Wednesday afternoon to catch the performance.