In Pictures: Jake Owen, Kelsea Ballerini, Change The Conversation, ASCAP Bluebird Showcase, Smithfield

Jake Owen And Jordan Spieth Team For Fourth Year At AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am

Pictured (L-R): Wayne Gretzky, Dustin Johnson, Jordan Spieth, Jake Owen  Photo: Marc Howard for Monterey Peninsula

Big Loud recording artist Jake Owen recently partnered for a fourth year in a row with PGA champion Jordan Spieth at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

“Playing in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am is always one of my favorite weeks of the year,” said Owen. “I was truly honored to be partnered for a fourth time with my buddy Jordan Spieth, and to have Dustin Johnson and Wayne Gretzky in our foursome was so awesome. To be able to walk alongside those guys this week was amazing, but the most incredible part for me was having my dad as my caddie. He taught me and my twin brother how to play golf when we were little kids, so walking with him on the greens at Monterey Peninsula is something that is hard to describe and I’ll never forget.”

Kelsea Ballerini Kicks Off Unapologetically Tour In Birmingham

Pictured (L-R): Iconic’s Fletcher Foster, Black River’s Dave Dame, Brian Rhodes and Mike Wilson. Dollar Bill/WDXB, CAA’s John Huie, Kelsea Ballerini, Tim Hanrahan/WDXB, Black River’s Theresa Ford, Ray Quinn/WDXB, and Black River’s Bill Macky

Kelsea Ballerini’s Unapologetically Tour kicked off last weekend in a big way in Birmingham’s Alabama Theatre with a sold-out crowd and surrounded by her supportive team.

Change The Conversation Holds Town Hall Meeting On Sexual Harassment

Pictured (L-R): Beverly Keel, Anne Martin, Tracy Gershon

Change the Conversation recently held the second part of its Town Hall meeting on Sexual Harassment, featuring a conversation with attorney Anne Martin, at Warner Music Nashville.

“It was a powerful night,” says Change the Conversation co-founder Beverly Keel, who led Martin in a 2-hour conversation with about 60 men and women. “Our members shared their personal experiences, offered tips to others about how to handle uncomfortable situations and offered ways to help victims of harassment. It’s important that our members know they aren’t alone in facing these issues, so they shouldn’t feel alone in finding solutions.”

Joe Clemmons, Josh Grider, Cody Belew Hunter Phelps Play ASCAP Bluebird Showcase

Pictured (L-R): A​SCAP’s Robert Filhart, Hunter Phelps, Joe Clemmons, Josh Grider, Cody Belew and ASCAP’s Holly Chester

ASCAP hosted its long-running monthly showcase series at The Bluebird Cafe Feb. 7. ASCAP songwriter-artist Hunter Phelps hosted the round that featured songwriter Joe Clemmons, songwriter-artist Josh Grider, and one of the newest members of the ASCAP family, songwriter-artist Cody Belew.  Clemmons, Belew and Grider all made their Bluebird Cafe debut at the showcase, curated by ASCAP’s Robert Filhart.

Smithfield And Deluge Records At CRS

Pictured (L-R): Mark Friedman (VP Deluge Records) Jennifer Fielder & Trey Smith (Smithfield) and David Robkin (President Deluge Records)

Smithfield took a break from their debut radio tour and the Granger Smith tour to participate in their first CRS. Their breakout ballad “Hey Whiskey” will hit country radio on March 26.

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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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