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Industry Ink: Morgan Wallen, Brad Paisley, CMA, More

August 21, 2023/by Lorie Hollabaugh

Morgan Wallen Caps Fenway Shows With Grant to Red Sox Foundation To Renovate Local Field

Pictured (L-R): Kate Reilly, Red Sox Foundation; Martha Velez, City of Lawrence; Julio Ramos, Lawrence Red Sox Foundation; Morgan Wallen; Jamie Uliano, Lawrence RBI League President, Coach & family; Lidia Zayas, Red Sox Foundation; Jenn Jacob, Red Sox Foundation; Adderly Gonzalez, City of Lawrence; Michelle Adamic, Lawrence Sports Alliance. Photo: Courtesy of the Morgan Wallen Foundation

Morgan Wallen celebrated three consecutive nights at Boston’s Fenway Field last week by giving back to the local community via his Morgan Wallen Foundation. Along with CVS Health Charity Classic, MWF provided grant funding to the Red Sox Foundation to renovate the Howard Playstead Fields (Playstead Park) in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Playstead Park is home to the Lawrence Red Sox Foundation Nike RBI program, and the field enhancements will improve programming for youth baseball and softball leagues across Lawrence.

“Our goal with the Morgan Wallen Foundation is to be sure that kids have access to sports and music programs. I played baseball most of my life. It’s where I learned perseverance, patience, sacrifice, among many other things that I carry with me to this day. We are honored to partner with the Red Sox Foundation to renovate these ballfields in Lawrence. Where kids for generations to come will learn similar qualities and hopefully become good ball players in the process,” Wallen shared. “And I couldn’t be more excited to play three shows at Fenway. It’s a dream come true for this baseball player.”

 

Brad Paisley Celebrates Re-Opening Of WVA’s Herbert Hoover High School

Brad Performs for Herbert Hoover High School’s re-opening. Photo: Derek Cressman

Brad Paisley returned to his home state of West Virginia last weekend to participate in the grand re-opening and dedication of Herbert Hoover High School in Elkview after the historic flood of 2016 destroyed the school. Paisley toured the school, participated in the dedication ribbon cutting ceremony, attended the football scrimmage (against his alma mater John Marshall High School) and performed after the game in the stadium’s end zone.

“This is the nicest high school I have ever seen,” Paisley shared. “I can’t tell you how amazing it is to see something that devastating and that terrible turned into something so inspiring. I think an enormous gift has been given to the students of this school. High school can be a very difficult time in a student’s life because it’s filled with trivialities. You’re worried about how you’ll fit in, about what you are wearing, if you’re popular and doing well in classes. But what you’ve been given here is something much larger. It’s been a glimpse of the real world and the wonderful things that human beings can do for one another in the face of disaster. That should over shadow all the trivialities of high school for you. And never lose sight that good people came together to build this for you and your future.”

 

CMA Hosts Latest MemberSIPS Event On Social Media & Digital Marketing

Pictured (L-R): Ashley Alexander, Chief Marketing Officer at Girlilla Marketing; Lindsey Feinstein, Account Director at Girlilla Marketing; Chad Meholic, Director of Audience Development & Growth at Red Light Management; Jess Keifer, Director of Digital Marketing at Sony Music Nashville. Photo: Emily April Allen/CMA

CMA hosted its latest MemberSIPS event for members at its Nashville headquarters last week. The event featured a discussion around the ever-changing nature of social media and digital marketing in the music business, as well as humanizing the individuals behind brands and artists. Moderated by Ashley Alexander, Chief Marketing Officer at Girlilla Marketing, the event featured a panel of industry experts including Lindsey Feinstein, Account Director at Girlilla Marketing, Chad Meholic, Director of Audience Development & Growth at Red Light Management, and Jess Keifer, Director of Digital Marketing at Sony Music Nashville.

CMA created MemberSIPS to cater to its members’ professional development needs—offering thematic presentations, discussions and gatherings and providing a networking opportunity while enjoying a beverage with one another.

 

Eric Paslay & Trent Tomlinson Play “Sac Song & Wine Series”

Pictured (L-R): Nate Deaton, General Manager of 95.3 KRTY, San Jose’s HOT Country; Randi Moody, Owner of RLM Events and producer of “Sac Song & Wine Series;” Trent Tomlinson; Eric Paslay

The inaugural “Sac Song & Wine Series” took place recently with Eric Paslay and Trent Tomlinson at the Miner’s Leap Winery in the town of Clarksburg, California, just outside of Sacramento. Upcoming events bringing a taste of Nashville to California include a Sept. 13 show with Charles Esten and Jon Nite, and an Oct. 4 show with Rodney Clawson and Nicolle Galyon.

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Lorie Hollabaugh
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 [email protected].
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