Industry Ink: Turnpike Troubadours, Dwight Yoakam, Kashus Culpepper, Country Music Cruise
Turnpike Troubadours Honored With Pandora Billionaire Plaque
Photo: Preston Hoffman
Turnpike Troubadours was honored last week with a Pandora Billionaire plaque, celebrating earning over one billion streams on the platform. VP of Programming at SiriusXM Pandora, Johnny Chiang, surprised the band with the plaque during their sold-out show at Fort Worth’s Billy Bob’s.
Turnpike Troubadours has amassed more than 2.2 billion streams globally and over 1.7 million equivalent units sold to date. Furthermore, the band was inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame, appeared in an episode of Yellowstone, and has become a recurring presence in Paramount’s Landman, with eight of their songs featured to date.
Dwight Yoakam & Friends Host CHLA Benefit Show
Photo: Brian Bowen Smith
Dwight Yoakam, Charley Crockett, Marcus King, Lukas Nelson, Shooter Jennings and Grace Potter took the Roxy stage in LA last week benefiting the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA).
Crockett joined for a cover of “Streets of Bakersfield,” Nelson jumped in for “Long White Cadillac” and Willie Nelson’s “Bloody Mary Morning.” Jennings took the stage for “Carmelita” and “Good Time Charlie.” Potter stepped in for Yoakam’s new album track “I Don’t Know How To Say Goodbye (Bang Bang Boom Boom)” and more.
Kashus Culpepper Performs On ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’
Kashus Culpepper made his late-night television debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live! last night (Feb. 3), performing “Man Of His Word.” The appearance celebrates the release of his debut album Act I.
This week Culpepper will headline back-to-back sold-out shows at New York City’s Mercury Lounge before heading to Australia with Wyatt Flores. He’ll continue to headline and support Flores and Eric Church throughout the spring.
Country Music Cruise Hosts Songwriter Round With Wynn Varble, Leslie Satcher & Wade Hayes
Wynn Varble, Leslie Satcher & Wade Hayes.
Wynn Varble, Leslie Satcher and Wade Hayes kicked off the sold-out 12th Annual Country Music Cruise with a Songwriter Session on board Holland America’s luxury m/s Eurodam ship. The week-long cruise featured headline performances by Randy Owen, Shenandoah, Patty Loveless, Josh Turner, Neal McCoy and more than 20 additional artists and songwriters.
