Industry Ink: Alison Prestwood, Riley Green, Billy Strings, Scotty Hasting, More

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Alison Prestwood Featured In CMHOFM Nashville Cats Program

Alison Prestwood & Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum writer-editor Jon Freeman at the museum. Photo: Courtesy of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

This past weekend, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum featured Nashville bassist Alison Prestwood in their Nashville Cats Program, providing an in-depth interview with Prestwood moderated by Jon Freeman.

Throughout her time as a bassist, Prestwood has toured with Rodney Crowell, Patty Loveless, Olivia Newton-John and others. Her studio work can also be heard on songs recorded by Blake Shelton, Trace Adkins, Frankie Ballard, Faith Hill, LoCash, Tim McGraw, Little Richard, Jessica Simpson, Country Music Hall of Fame members Brooks & Dunn and more. Over the past few years, Prestwood has been on the road with Peter Frampton.

 

Riley Green Hosts Duckman Jam

Pictured (L-R): Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, DU First VP Rex Schulz, Riley Green, DU Senior VP of Corporate Relations Tom Jernigan and AGFC Director Doug Schoenrock

Riley Green recently hosted his second Duckman Jam to kickoff duck season at Simmons Bank Arena in Little Rock. Jamey Johnson, Drake White and Lauren Watkins joined the show as special guests.

Green made a $100,000 donation to Ducks Unlimited through a percentage of ticket sales, combined with contributions from the Arkansas Game and Fish Foundation and Green’s Buford Bonde Charitable Fund.

“Ducks Unlimited and AGFC are great partners who do so much work for waterfowl, not just in Arkansas, but around the world,” says Green. “I’m always happy to support wetland conservation whenever I can.”

 

Billy Strings Performs On ‘The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’

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Billy Strings performed “Leaning on a Travelin’ Song” on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last Thursday (Nov. 20).

 

Scotty Hasting Earns Emmy Nomination

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Scotty Hasting‘s GRATEFUL: The Scotty Hasting Story has earned a 2025 National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Nashville/Midsouth Emmy Award nomination for Military – Short or Long Form Content. The film was produced by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and details Hasting’s journey as an Army veteran to now recording artist.

“I have only ever wanted to use my story and my music to help people, to try to inspire people, to show them that they can do so much more than they ever thought possible,” shares Hasting.  “I would have never in a million years thought that my story would be nominated for an Emmy. I am beyond excited and blessed and GRATEFUL.”

 

CMHOFM Celebrates Opening Of Wayne White: LIKE YOU KNOW

Wayne White & Haley Gallery Director Daniel Lonow at the Haley Gallery. Photo: Courtesy of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

The Haley Gallery at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum celebrated the opening of its newest exhibition Wayne White: LIKE YOU KNOW last Thursday (Nov. 20). White is an artist, art director, illustrator and puppeteer from Chattanooga.

The exhibition includes 14 new “word paintings” by White, in addition to sketches and abstracts from his sketchbook. White’s word paintings feature oversized, three-dimensional text imaginatively integrated into vintage landscape reproductions. Throughout his career, White has worked as an illustrator for East Village Eye, New York Times, Raw Magazine and Village Voice, as well as a designer for the hit CBS television show Pee-Wee’s Playhouse. He has also worked on various Billboard and MTV Music Video Awards award winning music videos, including Smashing Pumpkins’ “Tonight, Tonight” and Peter Gabriel’s “Big Time.”

 

Onoleigh To Host OVATION Benefiting Musicians On Call

Onoleigh will host a holiday edition of her OVATION show on Dec. 1 at The Station Inn. This month’s program will benefit Musicians On Call.

The event will feature performances from J.P Burr, Noah Guthrie, Abigail Rose, The Dryes and Peytan Porter. Tickets will be $20 at the door.

“OVATION celebrates original artistry while giving back to the community that raised us. I’m so grateful we get to make music with purpose, especially during the holidays,” shares Onoleigh.

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