Industry Ink: Clint Higham, Joe Nichols, Trace Adkins, Perk PR

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Clint Higham Celebrates Manager of the Year Win

Pictured (L-R): Kenny Chesney, Clint Higham, Barbara Mandrell and Louise Mandrell. Photo: Hunter Hart

Morris Higham President and Partner Clint Higham celebrated his win as the Country Music Association’s Manager of the Year following the organization’s annual Touring Awards ceremony Monday night (March 3) at Marathon Music Works in Nashville. He was joined by clients Kenny Chesney, Barbara Mandrell and Louise Mandrell.

Having built his own career while building Chesney’s four-time CMA Entertainer of the Year career, Higham has applied a hard work, hands-on diligence to those artists who have defined Morris Higham Management in the 21st Century. Whether Chesney’s meteoric success, seven-consecutive-time CMA Group of the Year Old Dominion or Country Music Hall of Famer Barbara Mandrell, Higham has sought to create opportunities that reflect each artist’s strengths and music.

 

Joe Nichols Becomes Pandora Billionaire

Pictured (L-R): Bekah Digby (SiriusXM), Benny Brown (Brown Sellers Brown), Joe Nichols and Buzz Brainard (SiriusXM). Photo: Courtesy of Brown Sellers Brown

Quartz Hill Records artist Joe Nichols was honored Feb. 28 with a Pandora Billionaire Plaque following his performance at SiriusXM The Highway’s weekly Music Row Happy Hour at Margaritaville in Nashville. Nichols was surprised with the coveted plaque, which is presented to artists that have achieved over one billion song streams on Pandora, by SiriusXM The Highway host Buzz Brainard. Joining Nichols and Brainard onstage was Bekah Digby, Associate Director of Talent & Industry Relations – Country & Christian at SiriusXM and Pandora, who also represented Johnny Chiang, Vice President of Music Programming – Country at SiriusXM and Pandora.

 

Trace Adkins Visits ‘Today’ With New Single

Pictured (L-R): Craig Melvin, Trace Adkins, Dylan Dreyer and Al Roker. Photo: Nate Congleton

Trace Adkins returned to NBC’s TODAY yesterday (March 5) ahead of his stop on Blake Shelton’s “Friends & Heroes Tour” tonight (March 6) in Newark, New Jersey. Adkins performed the TV debut of his new single, “What Color’s Your Wild” and also chatted with anchors Al Roker, Dylan Dreyer and Craig Melvin about the meaning of the song and his upcoming role as “Big Buck” in the movie Day of Reckoning, set to open in theaters on March 28.

 

Whiskey Jam & PERK PR Team For Special Takeover

Pictured (L-R): Cody Cozz, Chris Andreucci, Remy Garrison, Dallas Alexander, Ashley Anne and Madison Olivia. Photo: Kelsey Cotton

PERK PR & Creative Agency took over Whiskey Jam at Whiskey Row on Broadway in Nashville recently with select performances from a wide range of clients they represent. Artists taking the Whiskey Jam stage for the special takeover included Cody Cozz, Chris Andreucci, Remy Garrison, Dallas Alexander, Ashley Anne and Madison Olivia.

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