Industry Ink: Lainey Wilson, Koe Wetzel, Pilgrimage Festival, More
Lainey Wilson Performs & Visits With St. Jude Patients, Families
Lainey Wilson visits St Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Lainey Wilson stopped by St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis on Aug. 9 for a special visit. With a nearby “Country’s Cool Again Tour” stop in Southaven, Mississippi on Friday night, Wilson spent the day at St. Jude, performing a set of her hits and meeting more than 150 patients and their families.
As she took song requests from the crowd, patients gathered at the front, turning the concert into a dance party. Following the performance, Wilson took the time to meet and greet with attendees, gifting each patient with a custom cowboy hat.
Koe Wetzel Makes Late Night TV Debut On The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Koe Wetzel & Jessie Murph perform “High Road”on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Photo: Scott Kowalchyk Photography
Koe Wetzel made his late night television debut last week with Jessie Murph, performing “High Road” in the iconic Ed Sullivan Theater on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on CBS/Paramount+. “High Road,” his first-ever single at country radio, has already reached the top 40 on the Billboard charts in just six weeks.
Pilgrimage Festival’s Americana Music Triangle Returns
Hippies and Cowboys Performing at Americana Music Triangle Tent at Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival 2023
The Pilgrimage Festival’s Americana Music Triangle Tent is set to return for this year’s festival, taking place Sept. 28-29. The lineup will include The Band of Heathens, HeavyDrunk, Willi Carlisle, People on the Porch, Theo Lawrence and Wyatt Ellis on Saturday. On Sunday, the day will kick off with a special church service followed by a lineup that includes Charlie Worsham, Hippies and Cowboys, Lamont Landers, Cassandra Lewis, Earnest “Guitar” Roy and Owensboro Bluegrass.
“Some of the most iconic music performances in our history have come on the ATM stage,” says Pilgrimage Co-Producer Brandt Wood. “Who can forget Butch Walker blowing the roof off the tent or last year’s jam with Charlie Worsham? These, combined with other great blues and blue grass music and unique elements like the Down Home Church, make the AMT tent the eclectic place to be during Pilgrimage.”
WME Hosts PBR Panel During Nashville Stampede
WME staffers with members of PBR & Nashville Stampede
WME welcomed members of Nashville Stampede with a PBR Panel on Aug. 15, prior to the PBR Stampede Days event taking place Aug. 16-18. Thursday’s event at The Steps featured panelists including PBR Television Analysts Kate Harrison and Matt West, along with Silvano Alves, Justin McBride and Tina Battock of Nashville Stampede.
WME artist Mae Estes performed on the plaza on Aug. 16, while WME artists Carson Wallace and Harper Grace served as the Nashville Stampede’s Honorary Members over the weekend.
CBS Records & Sony Music Nashville Staffers Reunite
CBS Records/Sony Nashville reunion
On Aug. 19, over 75 current and former CBS Records and Sony Music Nashville employees and artists gathered for a reunion in the label’s former Nashville home at 34 Music Square East. Stories, tears and memories were shared in the building where staffers helped launch some of the biggest careers in country music. Organizers hope to make it an annual event.
