Artist Pics: Luke Combs, Brett Young, Southern Halo, Smith And Wesley

Taylor Phillips And Luke Combs Celebrate ‘Hurricane’

Pictured (L-R): Luke Combs, Taylor Phillips

Warner/Chappell songwriter Taylor Phillips recently celebrated his first No. 1 hit with Luke Combs’ “Hurricane.” The North Carolina native, who now calls Nashville home, has written songs for artists including Kane Brown, Craig Campbell, Ricky Young, and Taylor Ray Holbrook, among others.

Brett Young Visits The Academy Of Country Music

Pictured (L-R): Jimmy Harnen, BMLG EVP/BMLG Records President; Erick Long, ACM SVP Operations & Events; Brett Young; Lisa Lee, ACM SVP Creative & Content Production
Photo Credit: Michel Bourquard/Courtesy of the Academy of Country Music

The Academy of Country Music welcomed Big Machine Label Group artist Brett Young to the office while he was in Los Angeles recently. During the visit Young performed his current platinum-certified chart-topper “In Case You Didn’t Know,” his debut No. 1 gold-certified single “Sleep Without You” and other songs from his self-titled album, Brett Young.

Southern Halo Performs At Gest Gala

Sister trio Southern Halo performed at the star-studded launch of The David Gest Foundation last week. The gala event held at the Canary Riverside Plaza Hotel in Canary Wharf  in London on June 14 included Gest’s longtime friend and collaborator Dionne Warwick, Freda Payne, Deniece Williams, Rose Royce’s Gwen Dickey, the Three Degrees’ Sheila Ferguson, Imagination’s Lee E John, X Factor star Rebecca Ferguson and more.

Smith And Wesley Talk ‘The Little Things’

Pictured (L-R): KRRV OD and Live with Melissa and David co-host David Graichen; Smith & Wesley’s Todd Smith and Scott Smith; KRRV PD and Live with Melissa and David co-host Melissa Frost

Smith & Wesley recently stopped by KRRV/Alexandria, Louisiana to chat up their “The Little Things” single and play music from their upcoming second album.

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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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