Industry Ink: Megan Moroney, Kip Moore, Craig Morgan, Megan Piphus
Megan Moroney Pulls Up A Seat At NPR’s Tiny Desk
Megan Marony performs at the Tiny Desk at NPR’s HQ in Washington, DC on Dec. 10, 2024. (Catie Dull/NPR)
Megan Moroney performed on NPR Music’s Tiny Desk Concert series on March 7. Recorded live at NPR Music headquarters, the multi-Platinum artist’s Tiny Desk debut served up a selection of greatest hits from her debut album Lucky and its follow-up, Am I Okay?
Kip Moore Becomes Pandora Billionaire
Bekah Digby (SiriusXM), Kip Moore and Ashley Till (SiriusXM)
Kip Moore just surpassed one billion streams on Pandora, entering the elite category of Pandora Billionaires. Moore, Pandora and Virgin Music Group celebrated the accomplishment on Feb. 27 at SiriusXM and Pandora’s studios in Nashville, along with a performance that aired live on SiriusXM’s Y2Kountry. Moore and his band played tracks from his expansive new album Solitary Tracks, which was released last week.
Craig Morgan Performs ‘American Soundtrack’ On ‘Fox & Friends’
Craig Morgan performed the title track to his newly released EP, American Soundtrack, on Friday (March 7) on Fox & Friends. The new music comes as Morgan joins his buddy Blake Shelton on his “Friends & Heroes 2025 Tour.”
Morgan has amassed nearly 2.5 billion career streams and charted over 25 songs on Billboard, including signature hits including “Redneck Yacht Club,” “Almost Home,” “International Harvester” and “That’s What I Love About Sunday.”
Megan Piphus Inks With Platoon, Slates Cinderella Sweep Album For July
Megan Piphus
Emmy Award-winning puppeteer, ventriloquist and musician Megan Piphus has signed with the Platoon label.
Piphus, who is based in Nashville, has performed on America’s Got Talent, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and more. Since 2020, she has brought life to Gabrielle, a six-year-old black girl Muppet on Sesame Street, making history as the show’s first full-time Black woman puppeteer.
Piphus is set to release her debut album, Cinderella Sweep, in July. The album features 53 girls from the nonprofit Saving Our Daughters, which supports adolescent girls of color in overcoming social challenges like bullying, digital harassment, and low self-esteem and provides mentorship opportunities in the arts. With over 50,000 girls impacted by the initiative, participants—referred to as “Cinderellas”—are at the heart of this project.
