Musicians Corner To Kick Off Fall Season In September
Musicians Corner is kicking off its fall lineup of free weekly Centennial Park lawn parties on Saturday afternoons in September and October with a special Celebration Concert Sept. 7 featuring the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, The Dynamites Featuring Charles Walker, a Barbershop Harmony Society, and Daniel Ellsworth & The Great Lakes.
To celebrate the start of Musician’s Corner’s Fall 2013 Season, Southwest Airlines will provide audience members with the chance to win a pair of round-trip airline tickets at the Sept. 7 event. Southwest is also hosting a national “Take The Stage” in Nashville artist promotion, where one artist will be selected to win a trip to Nashville and perform on their Southwest flight and at the Musicians Corner Fall Kick Off Celebration. Details are available at blogsouthwest.com.
Continuing every Saturday through Oct. 26, the Musicians Corner main stage shows will feature performances by artists like Shelby Lynne, Caitlin Rose, Mountain Heart, Sugar and the Hi Lows, The Vespers, The Fairfield Four, The Black Cadillacs, Donna the Buffalo, and many more.
The parties take place on the front lawn of Centennial Park from 12 to 5 p.m. Events feature a diverse lineup of performers, a sampling of Nashville food trucks, Kidsville activities, the Dog of the Day showcase, a local Beer Garden, and charity partner World Vision. Live music runs from 1:30 to 5 p.m.
The tracklist for Cassadee Pope‘s upcoming debut Country project, Frame By Frame, has been revealed. The album will release Oct. 8 on Republic Nashville. The 11-song project was produced by Dann Huff, with Nathan Chapman, Max Martin and Shellback contributing to selected tracks. Pope co-wrote four of the 11 tracks on the album, and is previewing tracks from the album on 
• CMT will showcase a couple of unsigned artists through its Listen Up Program on CMT.com. Unsigned Birmingham, Ala. act John and Jacob will take part in a series of exclusive performances premiering on CMT.com throughout the month. Striking Matches, an unsigned country act, will be showcased as CMT’s Listen Up Artist for the month of September. Both John and Jacob, and Striking Matches, will have videos played on CMT. This marks the first time CMT has exposed unsigned artists through the Listen Up program. For more information on these acts, visit
The music industry from Down Under will be well-represented at this year’s 14th Annual Americana Music Festival and Conference Sept. 18-22 in Nashville. More than 20 Australian artists, including The Bushwackers, The Hillbilly Killers, Paul Kelly, Mustered Courage, and Melody Pool will hit Nashville to perform at the roots music conference, which continues to grow in popularity.
The Civil Wars’ self-titled sophomore album debuted as the week’s best-selling album, with 115,878 units sold, according to Soundscan. The Civil Wars topped the all-genre chart. The album features Joy Williams and John Paul White’s current single “The One That Got Away.”
The Bluebird Cafe is set to make some changes to the Sunday evening schedule, due to a large number of attendees. Beginning Sunday (Aug. 18), doors will open at 5 p.m., with seating on a first come, first-served basis. The Sunday Night Spotlight performance will begin at 6:10 p.m., ending at 7:10 p.m. At the conclusion of the Sunday Night Spotlight, the room will be cleared and prepped for the Writer’s Night show to follow. Doors will reopen at 7:40 p.m., allowing another group of attendees—seated on a first come, first-served basis—to enjoy the Sunday Writer’s Night performances, which will still begin at 8 p.m.
Jake Owen knows how to keep the summer going strong. The singer-songwriter announced an upcoming free summer Nashville block party, to be held on Monday, Aug. 19 on BMI Nashville’s back lot (located at 10 Music Square East). Attendees can enter Music Circle at Division Street.