Tim McGraw, Jason Aldean and Kid Rock will headline this year’s 7^th annual Pepsi Gulf Coast Jam Country On The Coast Festival, which is slated for Aug. 30-Sept. 1 at Frank Brown Park in Panama City Beach, Florida.

Martin, Allbee & Associates has announced the elevation of Elaine Bryan and Breanne Miller to partners of the firm. The respected business and financial management group has rebranded as Martin, Allbee, Miller, Bryan, and Associates (MAMBA), unveiling their new logo on Tuesday (April 2).

Miller and Bryan have been with MAMBA for 19 and 20 years respectively. Both have a strong client base of artists, writers, and producers, and participate in various organizations in Nashville. Through education and experience for the last two decades, they have honed and perfected their skills in business management, and with excellent support from their associates are able to expertly serve their clients.

“Breanne and Elaine have greatly contributed to our growth and success over the years,” says Senior Partner Lainie Allbee. “They both have consistently exhibited excellence, always going the extra mile for us and our clients. They work tirelessly, making their partnership extremely well-deserved. Their addition will only strengthen our ability to better serve our clients in this industry.”

“I am so proud of our two new partners,” Senior Partner Kirke Martin adds. “They have been with us for many years and represented our firm with professionalism, feeling, and exemplary work. They are now part of the management team and will continue to do a great job in that capacity, as well as continuing their great service to our clients.”

Since 1981, MAMBA has been serving the business and financial needs of the music industry. Located in Nashville’s Music Row area, the firm operates on a core belief that quality financial management is a crucial key to lasting success and longevity in the entertainment business. Their mission is to give each client the freedom to be as creative as possible by eliminating the stress that often comes with managing day-to-day business and financial affairs.

Anthony Smith has signed an exclusive publishing agreement with Banner Music. Smith’s songs have been recorded by artists like George Strait, Tim McGraw, Blake Shelton, Rascal Flatts, and more, and throughout his career he’s won awards from MusicRow Magazine, BMI, ASCAP, and NSAI.

“We are so blessed to have award-winning songwriter Anthony Smith on our team,” says Banner Music’s Camilla Kleindienst. “He is such a talent and his positive spirit fits right in with our company culture.”

“I’m very excited to be working with Banner music,” Smith says. “I feel such a good vibe and energy from the entire Banner team and I believe together we are going to accomplish some pretty amazing things musically!”

Smith joins Banner Music’s roster of writers, which includes songwriters like Josh Johnson (Kane Brown) and Alex Dooley (Easton Corbin, Craig Campbell).

The Tin Pan South Songwriters Festival has come to an end for 2019. Friday (March 29) and Saturday (March 30) were full of entertaining songwriter rounds on throughout Nashville.

Friday night’s 6:30 p.m. show offered a variety of performers. Steve Bogard, Kat Higgins, Matt Roy and Wynn Varble occupied Analog at the Hutton Hotel, while Cooper Alan, Desmond Child, Jeffrey Steele, Victoria Shaw and special guest Lee Greenwood played the Listening Room Cafe.

The late Friday night slot was filled by Jim Collins, Jesse Lee and Rivers Rutherford at the TRUE Music Room and Bar as well as the Big Loud Crowd featuring Matt Dragstrem, Madison Kozak, Craige Wiseman and Ernest K. at the Listening Room Cafe.

Casey Beathard, Buddy Cannon, Marla Cannon-Goodman and Mac McAnally occupied The Bluebird Cafe for hit-filled round. Buddy Cannon led the charge, starting out with a song he wrote with Bill Anderson and Paul Overstreet, “Old Things New.” He then played the George Strait No. 1 that he wrote with Dean Dillon, “I’ve Come to Expect It from You,” as well as “Set ‘Em Up Joe” (Vern Gosdin) and a new Willie Nelson tune.

His daughter, Marla Cannon-Goodman, kept everyone on their toes and played some of her hits, including “Cleaning This Gun (Come On In Boy)” (Rodney Atkins), “Ten Rounds with Jose Cuervo” (Tracy Byrd) and “The Fool” (Lee Ann Womack) as well as a song she wrote with Casey’s son, Tucker Beathard.

The ever-charismatic Mac McAnally played his Sawyer Brown cheating song, “All These Years” as well as the heart-warming Kenny Chesney No. 1 “Down the Road.” He then played a small medley of hits that he dubbed the college fund for his children, including “Old Flame” (Alabama), “Two Dozen Roses” (Shenandoah) and “Thank God for You” (Sawyer Brown).

Casey Beathard played a slew of Kenny Chesney hits, including “No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems,” “Don’t Blink” and with the help of the crowd singing along, “The Boys of Fall.” He also played his Gary Alan hit “Right Where I Need to Be,” Tracy Lawrence’s “Find Out Who Your Friends Are” and Eric Church’s “Homeboy.”

In the Nashville way, country singer Mark Collie (“Even the Man in the Moon Is Cryin’,” “Born to Love You”) was in the house and joined the round for a funny cheating song.

Buddy Cannon also made another appearance Saturday morning to do the Outlaws Tales and Tunes with Marshall Chapman and Larry Gatlin at the Country Music Hall of Fame.

The early Saturday show featured songwriters Shelly Fairchild, Harper Grae, Ty Herndon, Brandon Stansell at Analog at the Hutton Hotel; Tony Arata, Matfield Green, Dallas Remington, Joel Shewmake at The Bluebird Cafe, and much more.

Marv Green, JT Harding, Deric Ruttan and Jimmy Yeary took over the Listening Room Cafe for the late show Saturday night while Dylan Brady, Paul Jenkins, Earl Bud Lee, Kylie Sackley played a show at Hard Rock Café called the “Up To No Good With Friends In Low Places” show.

Symphonic Distribution, a distribution and marketing company built by independent artists for independent artists, has expanded into Nashville, with an office at 901 Woodland Street.

The company was founded in 2006 in Tampa, Florida; and also has offices in Brooklyn, New York; and Denver, Colorado. Symphonic Distribution VP, Business Development Randall Foster leads the new Nashville office.

“Symphonic has always had its eyes on expanding in locations that we see as unique and inspiring. It was a natural decision and apart of our plan to look to expand to Nashville. Having individuals and presence there will better position the company for success and enable us to continue our mission of being a distributor with a very personalized approach and one that is aiming to help develop and grow record of artists, record labels, managers, and more,” said Symphonic Distribution CEO Jorge Brea.

Brea adds, “We’ve always felt that distribution companies in the Nashville region could do a better job at connecting with the industry and market there and thus our aim is to get as close as possible to songwriters, artists, publishers, and labels in the region and help give them tools that actually turn into successes.”

“I am excited beyond belief to be at the helm of Symphonic Distribution’s Nashville office. It’s an honor that Jorge has put his faith in me, and it’s a testament to the fact that Symphonic Distribution is really doubling down in Nashville.” Foster says.

Since its inception, the company has distributed over 1 million releases from over 250,000 artists and record labels to retail and streaming platforms. Symphonic has worked with new and established artists and record labels including Deadmau5, Bassnectar, Ozuna, Waka Flocka Flame, Tito El Bambino, and Alok. Today, Symphonic offers a full suite of services covering strategic marketing and release planning, publishing administration, music video distribution, sync licensing, comprehensive graphic design, recoupable budgets and more.