In Pictures: Sony Music Nashville, Warner Music Nashville, Little Big Town, Black River Entertainment

Sony Hosts CRS Open House

Pictured (L-R): Cliff Blake, Bo Martinovich, Lyndsay Church, Kenny Chesney, Lauren Thomas. Back row (L-R): Sam Borenstein, Tyler Farr, Mark Janese, Shane Allen, Christy Garbinski

Sony Nashville held an open house during CRS week for radio attendees with roster artists Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley, Tyler Farr and more on hand to welcome guests.

Warner Says Hats On To William Michael Morgan

Pictured (L-R): Mike Taliaferro (Management), Lisa Ray (VP, Brand Management), Scott Hendricks (EVP, A&R), William Michael Morgan, John Esposito (Chairman & CEO, WMN), Kristen Williams (SVP, Radio & Streaming), Matt Signore (COO, WMN), Joe Carter (Management)

Warner Music Nashville’s William Michael Morgan posed for a photo with the Warner team shortly before his 2017 CRS New Faces performance.

Little Big Town Kick Off Ryman Residency In A Big Way

Pictured (L-R): Jimi Westbrook, Karen Fairchild, Andra Day, Kimberly Schlapman and Phillip Sweet. Photo: Becky Fluke

Little Big Town launched their year-long artist residency, “Little Big Town at the Mother Church,” from the Ryman Auditorium last weekend with back-to-back, sold-out shows on Friday (Feb. 24) and Saturday (Feb. 25). Sam Hunt and Chris Stapleton joined the group for the Friday show while Andra Day joined Little Big Town on stage for Saturday night’s performance.

At the close of each show, the band earned complete reverence in the form of uninterrupted silence as they launched into an acoustic encore without mics aimed at paying homage to early Ryman Auditorium performances.

Black River Showcases Abby Anderson, Jacob Davis at CRS Event

Black River Entertainment Staff and Artists Jacob Davis and Abby Anderson
Photo: Moments By Moser

Black River Entertainment hosted a showcase for CRS attendees last Thursday night (Feb. 23) at downtown Nashville’s The Bell Tower. Kelsea Ballerini shared new music via video while new artists Abby Anderson and Jacob Davis performed for the crowd.

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Lorie Hollabaugh

Hollabaugh, a staff writer at MusicRow magazine, has over 20 years of music business experience and has written for publications including American Profile, CMA Close Up, Nashville Arts And Entertainment, The Boot and Country Weekly. She has a Broadcast Journalism and Speech Communication degree from Texas Christian University, (go Horned Frogs), and welcomes your feedback or story ideas at lhollabaugh@musicrow.com.

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