In Pictures: Brett Young, SESAC, Jim Lauderdale, Kathie Lee Gifford

Brett Young Brings Hits to Sold-Out Crowd

Brett Young played an electric, sold-out show Saturday night (Sept. 16) in Urbana, Illinois at Summer Bash for MDA through Andrae’s Harley Davidson. The packed crowd sang along as Young delivered his No. 1 hits including the Gold-certified “Sleep Without You” and Platinum-selling “In Case You Didn’t Know.”

Young spent the summer on the road as part of Lady Antebellum’s You Look Good World Tour and is set to join the group for dates overseas. He kicks off his debut headlining Caliville Tour next month, featuring rising country singer/songwriter Carly Pearce. For additional information and tour dates, visit BrettYoungMusic.com.

SESAC’s Lydia Schultz and Jim Lauderdale

Pictured (L-R): SESAC’s Lydia Schultz and Jim Lauderdale.

SESAC’s Lydia Schultz and multi-GRAMMY award-winning singer/songwriter Jim Lauderdale, who recently released his 29th album London Southern, spend time together prior to his Americana Fest performance at Nashville venue 3rd & Lindsley last Friday (Sept. 15).

Kathie Lee Gifford To Release New Family Musical Experience

Pictured (L-R): Mark Cabaniss (Jubilate Music Group), Ken Harding (New Haven Records), Kathie Lee Gifford, Matt Baugher (Thomas Nelson), and Steve Dady (Sunset Blvd. Studios).

Kathie Lee Gifford is set to release The Little Giant, a new recording that tells the story of David & Goliath in a contemporary yet timeless way, on Sept. 29. Regis Philbin (as Jesse) and Broadway notables Aidan Gemme (as David) and Gregg Edelman (as King Saul/Goliath) among others joined voices with the celebrated television and Broadway personality who assumed the role of Sheeba. The 30 minute album is filled with 13 new tunes produced by multi-platinum selling David Pomeranz and co-written by Gifford.

The Little Giant will be released through New Haven Kids, a division of Nashville-based New Haven Records, which is distributed to the faith-based retail trade through Provident Music Distribution and to mainstream market through SONY Music Distribution. To pre-order the album, visit Amazon or iTunes.