Artist Updates: Old Dominion, Robby Johnson, The Cadillac Three

Old Dominion Supports Rock The Cradle, Hats Off For High Hopes Charities

Rock The Cradle, an event created by Music Row executives Connie Bradley and Troy Tomlinson to raise money for Saint Thomas Midtown Hospital’s Beaman Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, celebrated its seventh year on Tuesday, Oct. 25 at Loveless Barn in Nashville, Tenn. The event featured a special performance by American Music Awards nominee Old Dominion, and included a cocktail reception, dinner, silent and live auction for attendees.

This year’s Rock The Cradle raised more than $100,000 for obstetrics care and cutting-edge technology in the Beaman Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, and also provides financial assistance to those patients with urgent needs.

“My baby was born and swept right into the NICU,” shares Old Dominion lead singer, Matthew Ramsey. “I know first-hand the fear and stress that comes along with that. It takes a special type of person to take care of the little ones who need extra attention, as well as comfort the families. They are truly angels. Playing Rock The Cradle was a no brainer for us. It was an honor to be able to help and give back in our own way.”

Old Dominion’s Trevor Rosen and Matthew Ramsey also performed at the benefit concert Hats Off For High Hopes last night (Nov. 13) at the Ryman Auditorium. Joining them were hitmakers including Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne, Tim Nichols, Matt Jenkins, Marv Green and Lee Thomas Miller.

Pictured (L-R): Lee Thomas Miller, Matt Jenkins, Shane McAnally, Tim Nichols, Trevor Rosen, Josh Osborne, Marv Green, Matthew Ramsey, Gail Powell, Executive Director of High Hopes, Cheryl Dean, Public Relations and Marketing Coordinator. Photo: Tausha Dickinson

Robby Johnson Releases Deluxe Edition Of Debut Album Don’t Look Back

Celebrating the start of the holiday season, Robby Johnson has released three new songs in a deluxe edition of his debut album, Don’t Look Back, which was initially released in early 2016.

Johnson’s Don’t Look Back (Deluxe Edition), is being distributed online and at retail stores worldwide via a freshly inked deal with Sony Music. The bonus tracks included are “Ring, Ring, Ring,” “I Got Your Back,” and his breakout single, “South Of Me.” With a purchase of the deluxe edition before the end of this year, fans will also be gifted Johnson’s recordings of two Christmas classics: “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)” and “Rudolph, The Red Nosed Reindeer.”

The Cadillac Three Teams With Monster Energy For The Black Roses Tour

The Cadillac Three will launch The Black Roses Tour – as part of the Monster Energy Outbreak Tour Series – on Jan. 19 in Memphis, Tennessee, crossing the U.S. to the final stop in Sacramento, California on March 17. The 28-city headline run follows The Cadillac Three’s successful fall tour in Europe, summer trek with Florida Georgia Line and the release of their new album Bury Me In My Boots (Big Machine Records). Tickets will go on-sale this Friday, Nov. 18 at 10 a.m. local time in each city.

Special guests Aubrie Sellers, Brent Cobb, Ray Wylie Hubbard and Quaker City Night Hawks will alternate as support on select dates. For the full tour dates, see below and for tickets, visit: thecadillacthree.com/tour.