The Grammy Foundation has announced 13 U.S. schools have been selected as Grammy Signature Schools for 2016 and have been awarded cash grants totaling $61,000. This program recognizes top U.S. public high schools that make an outstanding commitment to music education during an academic school year. Each of the 13 Grammy Signature Schools will receive a custom award and a monetary grant to benefit its music program.

Included this year is Pearl-Cohn Entertainment Magnet High School of Nashville, which is awarded the Grammy Signature Schools Enterprise Awards and will receive $5,500.

“We created the GRAMMY Foundation’s GRAMMY Signature Schools initiative to highlight the excellent work being done through music programs at public high schools across the country, and since 1999, we have provided more than $1.3 million to close to 300 schools,” said Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy and the Grammy Foundation. “We are proud to offer these financial resources to augment what are often limited budgets, so that teachers may continue to provide the enriching and lasting benefits of a musical education to their students.”

For more information about the Foundation, please visit www.grammyfoundation.org.

Following the Feb. 12 release of Lorrie Morgan’s first studio album in five years, Letting Go… Slow, she will celebrate the March 18 drop of a brand new compilation album, A Picture Of Me – Greatest Hits & More. The new project is a product of Goldenlane Records, (a division of Cleopatra Records), a label that’s recently released new albums by the Oak Ridge Boys, Collin Raye, Little Texas and TG Sheppard, amongst others.

“Letting Go… Slow is all new music about where I am right now and what all I’ve been through and was forced to learn about all along this crazy journey called life, and A Picture Of Me – Greatest Hits & More is a representation of how far I’ve come,” Morgan said. “This compilation album is, truly, a picture of me – my biggest hits and those songs that have hit me the hardest or inspired me the most over the years. I am very proud of them both.”

A Picture Of Me – Greatest Hits & More Track Listing
1.) “Watch Me”
2.) “Something In Red”
3.) “Don’t Worry Baby”
4.) “Good As I Was To You”
5.) “‘Til I Can Make It On My Own”
6.) “Five Minutes”
7.) “Except For Monday”
8.) “A Picture Of Me (Without You)”
9.) “Loving You Could Never Be Better”
10.) “What Part Of No”
11.) “Here Comes My Baby”
12.) “Take Me To Your World”
13.) “Wherever You Are Tonight”
14.) “I Went Crazy For Awhile”
15.) “Mirror, Mirror”
16.) “Hopelessly Yours”

Four country music industry professionals have been named for the 2016 “Rumble on the Row” bouts at the 12th annual Ringside: A Fight for Kids gala boxing event, presented by City Auto. It will happen on Friday, March 4 in Liberty Hall at The Factory in Franklin, TN.

RCA Nashville Director, National Promotion Josh Easler will face EMI Director, Regional promotion Chris Fabiani. And Jon Andolina, Director of Tour Marketing/Sponsorships for Jake Owen, will take on Arista regional Rusty Sherrill.

The evening event will include gourmet dining, sounds by DJ KO, surprise celebrity guests, a silent auction with numerous one-of-a-kind items, and boxing featuring two “Rumble on the Row” and three additional amateur bouts.

The annual Ringside: A Fight for Kids event supports The Charley Foundation, the Nashville non-profit organization that provides assistance to disable and underprivileged children served by medical, recreational and care groups throughout Middle Tennessee.

“Ringside’s ‘Rumble on the Row’ bouts are always the most anticipated and this year’s match-ups will be fierce competitions,” said Carolyn Miller, founder and chairman of The Charley Foundation, who produces the annual event. “I am so grateful to these four gents for their commitment to train and help raise funds for this event which will directly help impact the lives of so many local children in need.”

For tables and tickets, visit charleyfoundation.org.

The Academy of Country Music will bring numerous stars to Vegas for its fourth ACM Party For A Cause, slated for April 1-3, 2016 at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds on the Strip.

Full-set performances will include headliners Carrie Underwood (Friday, April 1), Dierks Bentley (Saturday, April 2) and Kenny Chesney (Sunday, April 3).

Additional performers include Frankie Ballard, Kelsea Ballerini, Lee Brice, Cam, Sam Hunt, Chris Janson, Dustin Lynch, Kip Moore, Kellie Pickler, Chris Stapleton, Chris Young, Maddie & Tae, Old Dominion and more to be announced.

The Party Stage will feature more hit makers and rising stars including Lauren Alaina, Kelleigh Bannen, Chase Bryant, Lindsay Ell, Jana Kramer, Chris Lane, Jackson Michelson, Granger Smith, Brothers Osborne , with more artists to be announced soon.

Underwood is also slated to host a special “ACM Women of Country Night.” More details on the evening will be announced soon.

Ticket proceeds from the ACM Party For A Cause Festival benefit the Academy’s charitable arm, ACM Lifting Lives. Generous giving from fans, and partnerships with artists, has allowed ACM Lifting Lives to support military programs that use music therapy to aid our veterans and wounded warriors, while providing funding to help them ease back into civilian life. Over $400,000 has been donated to various military organizations in just three years.

“We’re excited to bring the ACM Party for a Cause Festival back to our home-away-from-home in Las Vegas,” said Bob Romeo, CEO of the Academy of Country Music. “As we continue to raise the bar in country music entertainment, we’re also educating guests on the causes they’re contributing to. It’s because of the fans buying tickets and joining us for this event, that we’re able to support and give back to those that serve and protect our country.”

Three-day passes are on sale now at www.ticketmaster.com.