Critically acclaimed singer-songwriter Maggie Rose will bring a new season of her podcast Salute the Songbird to listeners starting in October.

Celebrating women in music, season four will feature conversations with lauded musicians about their lives in and out of music. This time, however, each conversation will be recorded at Chief’s on Broadway in front of a live audience.

In this new format, each episode of Salute The Songbird will feature a combination of live performance and conversation between Rose and her guest. The episodes will be live streamed on Volume.com. After the live recording takes place, the show will be edited into audio and video podcasts for release.

Up-and-comer Grace Bowers will join Rose as the first guest of season four on Wednesday, Oct. 16. Tickets to attend the show are available here.

“I’m so excited to be back with season four of STS, especially with the new live-in-front-of-an-audience format because I believe the real magic happens in a live setting, and it will be riveting to see where these conversations with my fascinating guests go,” shares Rose. “Getting the chance to explore the careers and music of my guests in the past has been some of the most creatively inspiring work I’ve done and I’m returning to this format with some fresh enthusiasm and perspective after recently releasing my latest album.”

“We’re so excited about this new iteration of Salute The Songbird,” says Executive Producer Kirsten Cluthe of Studio Kairos. “In the past, we’ve done live podcast events with Maggie to great success. This time around, we’ll really be able to play with the format and create a show that can be accessed everywhere—in person, live streamed, in-ear audio and video-on-demand.”

On Bowers, Rose shares, “She is enjoying a meteoric rise with her band Grace Bowers and the Hodge Podge, touring with acts like Gary Clark Jr. and Lainey Wilson. Her latest—possibly prophetic—single, ‘Madame President,’ is one I co-wrote with Bowers and band mate, Esther Okai-Tetteh (Esi). Grace might be remarkably young, but her vision and accomplishments are the marks of an old-soul artist with a ton of promise, and I couldn’t think of a better person with whom to pick up the series.”

Other season four guests will be announced soon.

Miranda Lambert Shares ‘Postcards From Texas’

Miranda Lambert shared her latest album, Postcards from Texas, on Friday (Sept. 13). With an emphasis on the wide-ranging musical palette of Texas itself, Lambert and co-producer Jon Randall sought to create a mix of ‘70s country, slow-burning swagger, grassy pluck, hilarious shuffle and classic songwriter fare that also features a take on David Allen Coe’s “Living On The Run.”

“Usually when you make a record, it’s a snapshot of the past two or three years and where you are in that moment,” the artist reflects. “Postcards from Texas instead draws on all the different stages of my life and my career, all the influences that have ever inspired me, and gives you a really full picture of who I am.”

 

Corey Kent’s ‘Wild As Her’ Scores Double-Platinum Certification

While supporting Parker McCollum’s “Burn It Down Tour” at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Corey Kent was surprised with the news that his No. 1 hit “Wild as Her” is now double-Platinum certified by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

“Congratulations to Corey, RCA Nashville and his full team on achieving double-Platinum certification for ‘Wild as Her!’ This remarkable achievement is a testament to your incredible talent and the undeniable impact your music has had on fans,” shares Jackie Jones, SVP of Artist & Industry Relations, RIAA. “It’s exciting to see artists celebrating each other’s success in RIAA’s Gold & Platinum program. Here’s to many more milestones in your career!”

 

‘LoCash Golf Bash’ To Take Place This Thursday

Country duo LoCash will host their “LoCash Golf Bash” at The Sea Pines Resort in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina this Thursday (Sept. 19). The event will benefit the Tunnel To Towers National Golf Series, which helps to provide mortgage-free homes to Gold Star and fallen first-responder families with young children.

Coinciding with the second annual Hilton Head Island Jam, the”LoCash Golf Bash” will offer players a full round of golf, with a variety of sponsorship opportunities and a private show to follow.

 

Blackberry Smoke Raises Over $26K For Cancer Research

Blackberry Smoke recently stage held a homecoming concert at Atlanta’s Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park in honor their late drummer, Brit Turner. The show raised over $26,000 for the Brit Turner Family Fund, which supports CURE Childhood Cancer’s research initiatives and provides vital support to patients and their families.

The event featured heartfelt tributes from the group and other guests, such as Butch Walker, Jesse James Dupree of Jackyl and Rick Nielsen and Daxx Nielsen of Cheap Trick, who joined the band to perform some of Turner’s favorite songs. Video tributes from Billy F. Gibbons, Warren Haynes, Jamey Johnson and members of Zac Brown Band were also shared during the concert.

 

Trey Lewis, Chase Wright, More Among ‘Spreading Hope’ Benefit Lineup

The next “Spreading Hope With Keith Griner” benefit show has been slated for Tuesday, Sept. 24 at Cannery Hall. All proceeds will directly support Hope On The Row, a local nonprofit serving Nashville’s unhoused.

The lineup includes Trey Lewis, Chase Wright, Drew Green, Tayler Holder, Stephanie Quayle, Lewis Brice, Sean Stemaly, Angie K and Paulina Jayne, with more to be announced. Tickets are available now and will also be available at the door. For more information, click here. The event can also be live streamed for free via Phierce Productions on Volume.com.

Miranda Lambert will be joined by Hardy, Lukas Nelson, Jake Worthington and special surprise guests for her “Music For Mutts” benefit, presented by Tractor Supply Co., at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 5 at Nashville’s Ascend Amphitheater.

Celebrating the 15th anniversary of Lambert’s MuttNation Foundation, the show will help raise funds and visibility for shelter pets nationwide through the nonprofit.

“This is a very special event for me, and I’m so honored that the artists I asked to join me, who are all such big animal lovers, agreed to help,” says Lambert. “What also makes it special is that there’s an open-to-the-public dog adoption event right before the concert—so if you’re thinking about adding a four-legged member to your family you need to be there from 4–6 p.m. And anyone who knows anything about me knows that helping shelter pets is what I use my voice for when I’m not singing, so you can bet I’ll be singing and talking all night long! Hope to see you there!”

The adoption event at Ascend Park, adjacent to the amphitheater, will include participating shelters Crossroads Campus, Metro Animal Care & Control, Nashville Humane, Nashville Pittie, Old Friends Senior Dog Sanctuary, Wags & Walks and Williamson County Animal Center.

Additionally, the Dog Aging Project will be onsite to share information about how people and animals impact each other’s aging processes. Fans can sign their dogs up to participate in the project.

Limited tickets to the show are available now. For more information, click here.

Amazon Music will livestream Kacey Musgraves‘ “Deeper Well World Tour” performance at the Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington on Sept. 20. 

The livestream will also include singer-songwriter Father John Misty and Grammy-winning trio Nickel Creek. Fans can stream the show on Prime Video and the Amazon Music channel on Twitch starting at 7:30 p.m. PT.

The “Deeper Well World Tour” kicked off earlier this year with sold-out shows in London, Amsterdam, Dublin, Cologne, Brussels and more and the North American tour will play major cities across the U.S. and wrap with a special two-night stand at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville.