Industry Ink: Song Suffragettes, Spirit Music Group, Jimmy Capps, ‘Cold War Country’
Song Suffragettes Partners With Musicana And Hispanic Entertainment Alliance
Pictured (L-R): Uriah Solis, Jackie Martinez Marushka (Founder, Hispanic Entertainment Alliance), Karina Daza (artist and Founder, Musicana), Mia Morris, Alyssia Dominguez, MŌRIAH, Kat Luna, Angie K (artist and Founder of Country Latin Association) and Todd Cassetty (Founder, Song Suffragettes). Photo: Rebecca Anne.
Song Suffragettes partnered with Musicana and Hispanic Entertainment Alliance for a night of music featuring Alyssia Dominguez, Angie K, Karina Daza, Kat Luna, MŌRIAH and Song Suffragettes’ multi-instrumentalist, Mia Morris. Over 200 people packed the Listening Room Café to hear each of the women in the round perform three of their own songs and finish with an “all sing” medley of Selena’s “Como La Flor,” “Baila Esta Cumbia” and “Bidi Bidi Bom Bom” arranged by Dominguez.
To view a recording of the show, click here.
Spirit Music Group And Champagne Breakfast Team To Host Nashville Sync Camp
Spirit Music Group team, Champagne Breakfast team and participating writers.
Spirit Music Group recently teamed up with Champagne Breakfast to host a Nashville Sync Camp at Spirit’s Nashville offices and recording studios. Over the course of three days, artists, writers and producers worked in writing sessions designed to inspire, connect, and provide a creative environment for collaboration through briefs given by music supervisors across media.
This year’s writers included Spirit Music Nashville’s Bobby Hamrick, Brock Westover, Cale Dodds, Jessica Cayne, Joy Williams, Justin Halpin and Mike Fiorentino as well as Champange Breakfast’s Anna Graceman, Beacon Light, Bryan Dawley, Christian Harger, Geoff Duncan, Levi Bennington, Que Parks, Teddy Boldt and Tyler Ewing.
Music supervision and production clients included Shelby Britten, Trailer Music Supervisor, Seismic Productions; Jon Moshier, Executive Music Producer at Doner Advertising; Aaron Mercer, Co-President, Premier Music Group; Ashley Young, Associate Music Supervisor, GrandSon Creative; and Anna Romanoff, Music Supervisor, Yay Team Inc.
Memorial Honoring Jimmy Capps To Be Unveiled June 1 At Spring Hill Cemetery
Jimmy Capps. Photo: Chris Hollo
A memorial honoring the late Jimmy Capps will be unveiled on the fifth anniversary of his passing (June 1) at Spring Hill Cemetery. The free public event will take place at 3 p.m. and will include live music, remarks from fellow musicians, Opry members, and family, and a blessing over the newly installed monument, which sits near other notable country music greats.
Known as “The Man in Back,” Capps left an indelible mark on countless recordings by legends like George Jones, Tammy Wynette and Alan Jackson, and served as a beloved fixture in the Grand Ole Opry band for over six decades. He was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame.
‘Cold War Country’ Awarded Belmont Book Award
Cold War Country: How Nashville’s Music Row and the Pentagon Created the Sound of American Patriotism by Joseph M. Thompson has been dubbed 2025’s Top Country Music Book by Belmont Book Award.
The announcement was made by Don Cusic, Founder and Chair of the Belmont Book Award. The presentation will be made on May 30 at the annual International Country Music Conference at Belmont University.
For more information on the conference, click here.
