Nancy Jones Unloads Williamson Estate, Completing $4.4M In Transactions

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Nancy Jones has reportedly sold the property she and her husband, late country icon George Jones, once lived in Franklin, Tenn. for $1.98 million.

The 24 acres was sold to Nathan and Patricia Overton. The couple and members of their extended family plan to live on the property, noted the couple’s attorney John O. Belcher to The Tennessean. The Overtons were awarded nearly $700,000 in a recent lawsuit against billionaire David Siege‘s Westgate Resorts.

At almost 10,000/sq. ft. the estate features four bedrooms, seven and a half bathrooms, salt water pool, two garages housing up to 11 cars, barns, a tour bus garage, and pond.

Realtor Laura Baugh of Worth Properties listed the final parcel of Jones’ Country Gold Estate, previously totaling approximately 77 acres in the Nestledown Farms subdivision off Highway 96. The earlier land was unloaded in 2013 to Raeni Rinker-Dumford and her husband, who paid $2.4 million for the 54 acres with plans to build a home and a large horse-riding arena.

George Jones died at age 81 in 2013. In April, his widow opened the George Jones Museum in downtown Nashville.

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Industry Pics: Megan Barry, SoundExchange, CMHoF Concert

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Female Music Industry Leaders Support Mayoral Candidate Megan Barry

Music industry leaders Mary Ann McCready (Flood, Bumstead, McCready, McCarthy), Nancy Shapiro (The Recording Academy), Leslie Fram (CMT), and Debbie Linn (Leadership Music) hosted a gathering in support of Nashville mayoral candidate Megan Barry for women in the Nashville entertainment community. Barry shared her love for the arts and her vision to continue the remarkable progress that has been made by the current administration in bringing together the music industry and the city.

Pictured (L-R): Leslie Fram, Nancy Shapiro, Megan Barry, and Mary Ann McCready. Not pictured: Debbie Linn. Photo: Clark Thomas

Pictured (L-R): Leslie Fram, Nancy Shapiro, Megan Barry, and Mary Ann McCready. Not pictured: Debbie Linn. Photo: Clark Thomas

CMHoF Hosts Free Downtown Concert

Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum hosted its first free annual outdoor concert July 7, featuring a talented lineup paying tribute to the acts featured in the museum’s Dylan, Cash, and the Nashville Cats: A New Music City exhibit. Performers included Nashville Cats Charlie McCoy, Mac Gayden, and Norbert Putnam; The Monkees’ Michael Nesmith; Ron Cornelius; Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s Jeff Hanna; Tracy Nelson; artists with family members featured in the exhibit, including John Carter Cash; Britt Rondstadt; Oceana Gayden; and additional performers Bill Lloyd, Pete Finney, Kathy Mattea, Al Kooper, Radney Foster, Jason Ringenberg, and Ana Christina.

"Dylan, Cash, And The Nashville Cats: A New Music City" Album Release Concert, Presented By The Country Music Hall Of Fame And Museum

Pictured (L-R): Nashville Cat Norbert Putnam, The Long Players’ Steve Ebe, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s Jeff Hanna, The Long Players’ Bill Lloyd and Steve Allen, Kathy Mattea, Radney Foster, Al Kooper, Jason Ringenberg, Tracy Nelson, Pete Finney, Ana Cristina, Nashville Cat Charlie McCoy, John Carter Cash, Julie Christensen, and The Long Players’ Brad Jones. Photo: Jason Davis/Getty Images

SoundExchange Visits Capitol Hill

New SoundExchange board member David Byrne and CEO Michael Huppe visited members of Congress including Rep. Jerry Nadler to discuss digital music and artist rights.

Pictured (L-R): David Byrne, Rep. Jerry Nadler (NY) and Michael Huppe.

Pictured (L-R): David Byrne, Rep. Jerry Nadler (NY) and Michael Huppe.

Inductees For Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame To Be Revealed

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nashof-logoThe Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Foundation will host a press conference to announce this year’s inductees on Thursday, July 16 at 10:00 am CT. The event is not open to the public.

The induction dinner will be held Oct. 11 at the Music City Center in Nashville. It will be the 45th anniversary event. The gala evening will feature tributes and performances of inductees’ songs by special guest artists. Annual awards will be presented for the year’s top songs, as selected by fellow songwriters’ organization NSAI.

Mark Ford is Executive Director of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.

For more information, visit the redesigned nashvillesongwritersfoundation.com or facebook.com/NashvilleSongwritersHOF.

CD Release Change to “New Music Fridays” Begins Today

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new music fridaysThe switchover to New Music Fridays, the new universal day for CD and single releases worldwide is complete and begins today. From this point on, labels, retailers, and artists internationally in more than 45 countries will put out music at the same time across the globe.

The changeover will affect charts in many countries as well. The switch was made in part because fans expressed an interest in being able to purchase music on the weekends vs. early in the week or at other times.

“The switch to New Music Fridays is about getting new music to fans at the time they most want to enjoy it, whether that be in physical stores or online,” said Frances Moore, chief executive of IFPI. “It’s also an opportunity to recreate excitement around the release of music—the message is ‘Think Friday, Think New Music.’ The global release day also helps artists, labels and retailers by limiting the time between releases in different countries and thus narrowing the gap on piracy. The move made today has been a great example of cross-sector cooperation, involving labels, artists, retailers and others across more than 45 markets.”

The switch to “New Music Fridays” was overseen by an international steering group made up of the IFPI, WIN-Impala, the FIM, the Featured Artists Coalition, the Entertainment Retailers Association, and Music Biz.

Weekly Chart Report (7/10/15)

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MusicRowPics: JB And The Moonshine Band

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JB and the Moonshine Band visited MusicRow to preview tracks from their new album, Mixtape. The album was written, recorded, performed, arranged, and produced entirely by lead singer JB Patterson and the band. Patterson bought a 100-year-old cabin outside their hometown of Tyler, TX. It was built into a studio and led to the creation of Mixtape. “We wanted to make an album that we’d like to listen to,” said Patterson.

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During the visit, JB and the Moonshine Band performed the title track along with another album cut titled “Mess Outta Me.” They ended with a song co-written by Allen Shamblin called “Where’s Woody Guthrie.” Patterson told the story of a chance meeting on an airplane that led to an opportunity for him to write with Shamblin at his Tennessee farm.

The lead single from Mixtape is called “Shotgun, Rifle, and a .45” and is at radio now.

Earlier this month, the band hosted a sold-out album release party in Texas.

JB and the Moonshine Band’s 2012 release, Beer for Breakfast, was named one of the Top 5 ‘Country Albums of the Year’ by Rolling Stone. They currently average about 175 shows a year spanning across 40 states.

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CMA Music Festival Generates Record $46.8 Million in Spending

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Chase Rice performs at the Chevrolet Riverfront Stage on Friday, June 12 during the 2015 CMA Music Festival in downtown Nashville.

Chase Rice performs at the Chevrolet Riverfront Stage on Friday, June 12 during the 2015 CMA Music Festival in downtown Nashville.

The 2015 CMA Music Festival generated a record $46.8 million in direct visitor spending, an increase of $7.5 million over last year according to numbers released by the Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp (NCVC) today (July 9).

“The CMA Music Festival is a big part of our brand as Music City, and the event’s enormous economic impact through direct visitor spending is a great thing for Nashville,” Mayor Karl Dean said. “The CMA Foundation’s contribution of instruments to Metro Schools students further strengthens the festival’s positive impact. I appreciate both the CVC and CMA as incredible partners in bringing more visitors to Nashville and congratulate them for the continued growth and success of CMA Fest.”

This year’s CMA Music Festival sold out seven months in advance prompting a record-setting daily attendance of 87,680 fans—besting 2014 numbers by 9.6 percent, the CMA reported in June. According to the NCVC, the estimated number of room nights for festival attendees was 158,000—up from 150,000 last year—and the average length of stay was 5.2 days.

“As the city’s largest event, CMA Music Fest continues to outperform itself year after year, generating more visitor spending than any other event and providing prime-time national TV exposure for Music City,” said Ken Levitan, chairman of the NCVC board of directors and president of Vector Management. “The CMA’s expansion of the footprint, offering more free music than ever before and extending event days all resulted in record spending, record attendance and record room nights sold. These figures show the CMA’s strategy of keeping the event at an affordable value is important to the overall growth of the event.”

For the first time, the NCVC was able to calculate non-ticket holder direct spending, which represents an additional $13.6 million in direct visitor spending, driving total spending to $60.4 million.

“We worked very hard this year to let local and regional residents know that you don’t need a four-day ticket to enjoy this event,” said Sarah Trahern, CMA Chief Executive Officer. “There were seven free stages throughout downtown and it’s rewarding to see our attendance increase in those areas. It is especially nice when you consider the positive impact on the city, which has been an outstanding partner.”

In addition, the NCVC’s survey results showed:

83 percent of attendees traveled more than 50 miles
46 percent of attendees were attending for the first time
87 percent indicated they were likely to return next year
55 percent have an annual household income of $75,000 or more
10 percent of visitors were from international markets

The figures are based on the NCVC’s onsite/in-person surveying of 2,219 attendees during the event in June.

Nashville’s Recording Academy Chapter Names 2015-16 Leadership

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recording_academy_logo_lThe Recording Academy has elected new leadership for the 2015-2016 term, starting with songwriter/producer Shannon Sanders as President.

MusicRow’s longtime contributor Robert K. Oermann has been elected Vice-President, and Sony Music Nashville Vice President, Media & Corporate Communications Allen Brown will serve as Secretary.

Trustees include Jeff Balding, Fletcher Foster, Daniel Hill and Chandra LaPlume.

Advisors will be Phil Thornton and Jessica Tomasin.

Governors for the term include:
Lori Badgett
Mark Bright
Joanna Carter
David Corlew
​John Esposito
Trey Fanjoy
Tim Fink
Ben Fowler
Leslie Fram
​Garth Fundis
Tracy Gershon
​Kevin Griffin
Jeff Hanna
Lisa Harless
Terry Hemmings
Brett James
Allison Brown Jones
Julian King
Jim Lauderdale
Frank Liddell
Martina McBride
Scott McDaniel
Daniel Miller
Keb’ Mo’
Erika Wollam Nichols
Tree Paine
Nick Palladino
LeAnn Phelan
Michael Rhodes
Alan D. Valentine

Alan Jackson Makes Slew of Media Appearances Around New Album

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Alan Jackson is kicking off a major media blitz today (July 9) for his latest album Angels and Alcohol with an appearance on NPR and on NPR’s First Listen, where fans can stream the entire new project before its release July 17. He’ll appear on CBS Sunday Morning in a feature on the news program July 12, perform on the Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon July 15, and celebrate the new record on album release day on the TODAY show’s Toyota Summer Concert Series live from Rockefeller Plaza.

Angels and Alcohol is Jackson’s first studio album in three years, and includes seven self-penned songs including the title track and the album’s first single “Jim and Jack and Hank” which hit radio this week. The new CD is Jackson’s 15th studio album, and lands 25 years after his debut album Here In The Real World was released.

The new album was produced by Jackson’s longtime collaborator and friend Keith Stegall.

Fans can go here to get an NPR First Listen of Jackson’s new album Angels and Alcohol.

See the track list here.

Johnny Depp, Richard Branson Creating Series About Fame Studios

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Rick Hall and Clarence Carter in MUSCLE SHOALS, a Magnolia Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Magnolia Pictures.

Rick Hall and Clarence Carter in Muscle Shoals, a Magnolia Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Magnolia Pictures.

Companies helmed by Johnny Depp and Richard Branson are backing a new TV series based on the documentary Muscle Shoals, according to Variety.com. Depp’s Infinitum Nihil production company and Branson’s Virgin Produced are working with City Entertainment to create the series based around Rick Hall, the founder of Fame Studios who helped give birth to the Muscle Shoals sound (“I’ll Take You There,” “Brown Sugar,” “When a Man Loves a Woman”).

Variety reports Depp will produce the new series with the original documentary director/producer Greg Camalier; Christi Dembrowski of Infinitum Nihil; Virgin Produced’s Branson, Jason Felts and Justin Berfield; and City Entertainment’s Joshua D. Maurer and Alixandre Witlin.

 The Muscle Shoals documentary was released by Magnolia Pictures in 2013, and premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.