Industry Ink: Music Row Ambassadors, Willie Nelson, Pandora
Music Row Ambassadors Raise Over $95K
Pictured (L-R): Alex Heddle of Big Machine Music, Andrew Cohen of Cohencidence Projects, Jordan Turri Andrews of ALSAC/ St. Jude, Dane Schmit of Sony/ATV, Beth Brinker of ASCAP, Courtney Crist of Mojo Music and Media, Jessica Turri of ALSAC/ St. Jude, Sara Grosdidier, and Josh Tomlinson of BMI.
The Music Row Ambassadors for St. Jude held their annual “Mangia For St. Jude” event Feb. 26-27, and raised a record $95,660 for the hospital. This year’s dinner sold out instantly, sparking the need to add an additional evening with hundreds attending from the Nashville area. Title sponsors for the annual event included Curb Word I Entertainment and Futureshirts.
Willie Nelson Reschedules Album Release
Legacy Recordings, a division of Sony Music Entertainment, has rescheduled the release of Willie Nelson‘s upcoming 70th solo studio album First Rose Of Spring from April 24 to Friday, July 3.
Pandora Launches Live Songs Station
Pandora has launched a Top Live Songs station, which is led by Fleetwood Mac with a live version of Stevie Nicks’ “Landslide.” Other artists on the station include George Strait, Garth Brooks, Eagles, Coldplay and more.
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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