Industry Ink: Ella Langley & Riley Green, Restless Road, Jordan Fletcher, More
Ella Langley & Riley Green Make Platinum Debut At Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon
Ella Langley and Riley Green. Photo: Caylee Robillard
Ella Langley and Riley Green celebrated the RIAA Platinum certification of their duet “You Look Like You Love Me” with a debut late night performance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Nov. 11. The track is currently top 10 at country radio, plus No. 1 on SiriusXM The Highway’s Top 30 Countdown, has garnered over 230 million worldwide streams and views to date. It is nominated at the CMA Awards for Musical Event of the Year on Nov. 20.
Restless Road Enjoys Gold Opry Surprise
Pictured (L-R): Restless Road’s Colton Pack, Zach Beeken and Garrett Nichols and Lady A’s Charles Kelley. Photo: Janie Whitefield
Restless Road capped off a weekend of milestones with the announcement of their new song “Done It By Now,” arriving this Friday, (Nov. 15). The celebrations began last Friday at the Grand Ole Opry when the band was surprised on stage by Lady A’s Charles Kelley, a co-writer on the track, with their first RIAA Gold-certified plaque for “Growing Old With You.”
The band closed out the weekend with a live broadcast performance on ESPN of the national anthem for the Los Angeles Rams’ Salute to Service game at SoFi Stadium, where the Rams faced the Miami Dolphins for Monday Night Football.
Jordan Fletcher Gets RIAA Gold For ‘Sad Songs For Sad People’
Pictured (L-R, back row): Kevin Herring (TT), Mackenzie Cooper (TT), Chris DeBois (Sea Gayle), Brandon Gregg (Sea Gayle), Ian Christian (Sea Gayle co-writer), Annie Ortmeier (TT), JD Groover (Sea Gayle), Blake Nixon (TT) and Cara Kozulak (Triple 8 Management); (L-R, front row): Raffaella Braun (TT), Kim Wiggins (Sea Gayle), Emily Craig (Sea Gayle), Hope Garrison (TT), Laura Hostelley (TT) and Liz Scherff (TT).
Triple Tigers Records artist Jordan Fletcher received his first Gold certification for his co-written single, “Sad Songs for Sad People,” performed and released by Megan Moroney on her album Lucky. Fletcher, who is published by Sea Gayle, has also penned tracks for Riley Green, Jake Owen and Ella Langley.
Fletcher is stepping into the spotlight with the release of his latest EP, Classic. Produced by rising hitmaker Austin Nivarel, the EP features tracks such as “Fall in the Summer” and “About Jill” which have both amassed over a million streams since release.
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Celebrates ‘Heritage: Southern Vernacular’ Exhibit
Pictured (L-R): Paul Barrett, Marlene Bennett Jones, Loretta Pettway Bennett, Claudia Pettway Charley and Haley Gallery Director Daniel Lonow. Photo: Courtesy of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
Last week, the Haley Gallery at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum celebrated the opening of “Heritage: Southern Vernacular.” The exhibit features quilts made by women in the Gee’s Bend community of Alabama, as well as sculptures and two-dimensional works from Black vernacular artists who are also associated with the state. On Nov. 7, Gee’s Bend quilters Loretta Pettway Bennett, Claudia Pettway Charley and Marlene Bennett Jones participated in a panel discussion about Gee’s Bend’s history and its connection to the museum’s expanded box set of recordings and online experience “From Where I Stand: The Black Experience in Country Music.” The collection spans a century of country music by Black artists, and is illustrated with Gee’s Bend quilts from roughly the same time periods as the music. Following the panel, a public reception was hosted in the Gallery to celebrate the exhibition’s opening.
On Nov. 8, Gee’s Bend quilters Loretta Pettway Bennett, Claudia Pettway Charley, Marlene Bennett Jones, Cathy Mooney, Joe Ann Pettway and Stella Pettway participated in a quilting demonstration in the Haley Gallery in the afternoon. Complementing the quilts are sculptures, paintings and works on paper, by Richard Dial, Thorton Dial, Charlie Lucas, Betty Sue Matthews and Mose Tolliver. The exhibition, which is guest-curated by Paul Barrett, is free and open to the public through Jan. 7.
