Brian Austin, Candie Brooks join City National Bank’s Nashville office
City National Bank has announced that four senior bankers have joined the bank’s Nashville and Atlanta offices. The new teams provide City National’s full complement of financial services to entrepreneurs, their businesses and their families in the regions.
“Since we opened our Nashville office more than six years ago, we’ve grown to be the premier bank to the entertainment community there, and now with our new hires we’re expanding to new markets in the area,” said Martha Henderson, executive vice president and head of Entertainment Banking. “Our new colleagues will expand our capabilities and will provide the exceptional level of service City National is known for.”
Brian Austin joins City National’s Nashville team as a senior vice president and senior relationship manager. Specializing in investment and trust needs for high-net-worth families, he works with the bank’s team of experts to deliver a full range of financial services to businesses and families in Nashville. Austin has nearly 35 years of financial services experience. Prior to joining City National, he served as a senior vice president and wealth advisor with Regions Private Wealth Management and was a principal at Ayers Capital, LLC.
Also joining the bank’s Nashville office is Candie Brooks, vice president and senior account manager. A Nashville native, she provides tailored financial advice and service to high-net-worth families and their businesses. Brooks has more than 25 years of banking experience. Most recently, she served as an assistant vice president and team lead for U.S Trust in Nashville.
City National opened its first Nashville and Atlanta offices in 2011, principally to serve the entertainment industry in the Southeast. In Nashville, it has grown to bank more than 90 percent of business managers and last year announced plans to add an additional 4,000-square-foot office space.
“Atlanta represents a diverse and growing economy,” said Rich McCune, senior vice president and regional team manager of Entertainment Banking. “We’re thrilled to contribute to the vibrant entertainment community, and look forward to serving entrepreneurs and their businesses as we deepen our level of service in the region.”
In Atlanta, Maura McKenna and Gregory Shakes have joined City National. McKenna is a senior vice president and senior relationship manager, and Shakes is a vice president and credit officer. McKenna provides financial solutions to entrepreneurs, their businesses and their families in the Atlanta region. Shakes provides credit and loan underwriting expertise to the bank’s Entertainment Banking relationship managers.
Most recently, McKenna was a senior vice president and relationship manager with Private Bank of Buckhead, a subsidiary of National Bank of Commerce, where she served commercial and industrial clients, as well as high-net-worth entrepreneurs and family offices. McKenna has more than 30 years of banking experience in both the Washington, D.C., and Atlanta markets. Shakes was a vice president and credit portfolio manager with Private Bank of Buckhead, where he analyzed existing loan renewals and modifications. Shakes has nearly 20 years of banking experience.
Ticket Resale Marketplace Twickets Launches In The U.S.
/by Jessica NicholsonEurope-based fan-to-fan ticket resale marketplace Twickets launched in the U.S. today (Oct. 11).
The platform allows users to buy and sell spare tickets at no more than face value. The service has received support from artists including Adele, Ed Sheeran, Mumford & Sons, and more. The platform launches today in the U.S. in partnership with artists including Niall Horan, Pixies, Wilco and PVRIS, among others.
Twickets launched in the UK in 2015.
ACM Elects Officers For 2017-2018 Term
/by Jessica NicholsonThe Academy of Country Music (ACM) has announced newly-elected officers for the 2017-2018 term, as well as a $500,000 contribution to ACM Lifting Lives.
Warner/Chappell Nashville’s Ben Vaughn has been named Chairman of the Board. FBMM’s Duane Clark has been appointed President, while Ed Warm with Joe’s Live has been named Vice President. FBMM’s Carmen Romano is treasurer (elected in 2016 to a three-year term).
PGM Connections’ Paul Moore has been named Parliamentarian, while Tim DuBois with Artist Management Partners has been named Sergeant-at-Arms. ACM’s Tommy Moore has been named secretary.
Newly-elected officers of the board become effective in November.
City National Bank Expands Nashville, Atlanta Teams
/by Jessica NicholsonBrian Austin, Candie Brooks join City National Bank’s Nashville office
City National Bank has announced that four senior bankers have joined the bank’s Nashville and Atlanta offices. The new teams provide City National’s full complement of financial services to entrepreneurs, their businesses and their families in the regions.
“Since we opened our Nashville office more than six years ago, we’ve grown to be the premier bank to the entertainment community there, and now with our new hires we’re expanding to new markets in the area,” said Martha Henderson, executive vice president and head of Entertainment Banking. “Our new colleagues will expand our capabilities and will provide the exceptional level of service City National is known for.”
Brian Austin joins City National’s Nashville team as a senior vice president and senior relationship manager. Specializing in investment and trust needs for high-net-worth families, he works with the bank’s team of experts to deliver a full range of financial services to businesses and families in Nashville. Austin has nearly 35 years of financial services experience. Prior to joining City National, he served as a senior vice president and wealth advisor with Regions Private Wealth Management and was a principal at Ayers Capital, LLC.
Also joining the bank’s Nashville office is Candie Brooks, vice president and senior account manager. A Nashville native, she provides tailored financial advice and service to high-net-worth families and their businesses. Brooks has more than 25 years of banking experience. Most recently, she served as an assistant vice president and team lead for U.S Trust in Nashville.
City National opened its first Nashville and Atlanta offices in 2011, principally to serve the entertainment industry in the Southeast. In Nashville, it has grown to bank more than 90 percent of business managers and last year announced plans to add an additional 4,000-square-foot office space.
“Atlanta represents a diverse and growing economy,” said Rich McCune, senior vice president and regional team manager of Entertainment Banking. “We’re thrilled to contribute to the vibrant entertainment community, and look forward to serving entrepreneurs and their businesses as we deepen our level of service in the region.”
In Atlanta, Maura McKenna and Gregory Shakes have joined City National. McKenna is a senior vice president and senior relationship manager, and Shakes is a vice president and credit officer. McKenna provides financial solutions to entrepreneurs, their businesses and their families in the Atlanta region. Shakes provides credit and loan underwriting expertise to the bank’s Entertainment Banking relationship managers.
Most recently, McKenna was a senior vice president and relationship manager with Private Bank of Buckhead, a subsidiary of National Bank of Commerce, where she served commercial and industrial clients, as well as high-net-worth entrepreneurs and family offices. McKenna has more than 30 years of banking experience in both the Washington, D.C., and Atlanta markets. Shakes was a vice president and credit portfolio manager with Private Bank of Buckhead, where he analyzed existing loan renewals and modifications. Shakes has nearly 20 years of banking experience.
ASCAP Adds Two To Board Of Directors
/by Jessica NicholsonJoel Beckerman, Rudy Perez
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) has elected Joel Beckerman and Rudy Pérez as new writer members to the ASCAP Board of Directors.
“ASCAP is the only member-run US performing rights organization, with a Board made up solely of writers and publishers,” said ASCAP President and Chairman of the Board Paul Williams. “In tackling the challenges of today’s music creators, the ASCAP Board of Directors takes its responsibility very seriously. We welcome Joel Beckerman and Rudy Pérez to the Board and know that we can rely on their individual knowledge and experiences as we work together to build a stronger, more secure future for ASCAP members.”
Beckerman is a composer, producer and the founder of Man Made Music – a strategic music and sound studio in New York and Los Angeles. Man Made is dedicated to impacting everyday experiences across entertainment, technology, spaces, products and devices for people everywhere. Beckerman has created original scores for over 50 television series and specials across major networks including CBS, ABC, FX, NBC, and A&E. As a television soundtrack producer, Beckerman has collaborated with a wide range of artists, songwriters and composers ranging from John Legend and John Williams to will.i.am and the late James Horner. He and his team have also developed music for global giants such as Disney, AT&T, HBO, IMAX, Hulu and the Super Bowl on NBC. He is the co-author of The Sonic Boom: How Sound Transforms the Way We Think, Feel, and Buy, a treatise on the topic he calls “sonic humanism.” Beckerman has received ASCAP’s Most Performed Themes award for 10 consecutive years. He is a former board member of the Society of Composers and Lyricists, and worked with fellow ASCAP board member Dan Foliart to establish the SCL in New York.
Pérez is an international songwriter, producer, arranger, entrepreneur and philanthropist. During the last 30 years, he has composed over 1,000 songs, more than 300 of which have become #1 or top ten hits. He is a founder of the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (LARAS), The Latin Grammys as well as co-founder of the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame. Pérez has written and produced tracks for artists including Beyoncé, Julio Iglesias, Christina Aguilera, Il Divo, Natalie Cole, Michael Bolton, Luis Miguel, Jose Feliciano, Marc Anthony, Jon Secada, Cyndi Lauper, Luis Fonsi and more. He is the first Latin record producer to be named the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks Producer of the Year for four consecutive years, and has been recognized as ASCAP Latin Songwriter of the Year five times. In 2010, Billboard Magazine named Pérez Producer of the Decade for having more #1 and top 10 hits chart from 2000 to 2010 than any other Latin producer in the magazine’s history. Pérez has been called “the producer-songwriter with the Midas touch.” He has received over 500 gold and platinum album awards, and five Grammys with 19 Grammy nominations.
Keith Urban Added To Featured Speaker Lineup For South By Southwest 2018
/by Lorie HollabaughKeith Urban
The South by Southwest Conference and Festivals (March 9-18, 2018) has added keynote speaker Darren Aronofsky and the latest round of featured speakers to its programming lineup including Keith Urban, Luvvie Ajayi, W. Kamau Bell, Steve Ballmer, Yiying Lu, Stefan Blom, and others.
“Some of the world’s most imaginative thinkers are part of today’s announcement,” said Hugh Forrest, SXSW Chief Programming Officer. “These innovative speakers cover the depth and breadth of SXSW content, enhancing our standing as the foremost destination for creative people to gain the practical tools and outside-of-the-box inspiration to achieve their goals.”
Other featured speakers for the event include writer and host of With Friends Like These podcast Ana Marie Cox, This American Life creator and host Ira Glass, design ethicist Tristan Harris, biophysicist and engineer Hugh Herr, Facebook Vice President of Messaging Products David Marcus, activist Bree Newsome, athlete and model Aimee Mullins, best-selling author Daniel H. Pink, Altimeter Principal Analyst and Futurist Brian Solis, GSD&M co-founder and chairman Roy Spence, Pulitzer prize-winning author Lawrence Wright, and many more.
SXSW Conference programming is organized into 24 tracks divided between Interactive, Film, Music, and Convergence, presented in a variety of session formats. Once again, SXSW is offering expanded access to events for all registrants. Attendees will receive primary access to programming associated with their badge type but now also enjoy secondary entry to most other SXSW events.
2017 CMA Broadcast Awards Winners Announced
/by Jessica Nicholson“The 51st Annual CMA Awards” logo
The winners of the 2017 CMA Broadcast Awards have been announced. The winners will be honored at the 51st Annual CMA Awards, set for Nov. 8 in Nashville.
CMA Broadcast Personality of the Year
National: Bobby Bones, The Bobby Bones Show, Premiere
Major Market: Mike Chase, Amy Faust, Mike & Amy, KWJJ/Portland
Large Market: Amanda Valentine & Jesse Tack, Amanda and Jesse, WUBE, Cincinnati, Ohio
Medium Market: Natalie Cash, Matt Bradley, Cash & Bradley, KWEN/Tulsa
Small Market: Don Evans, DeAnn Stephens, Officer Don & DeAnn, WBUL/Lexington, KY
CMA Radio Station Of The Year
Major Market: WIL/St. Louis
Large Market: WQDR/Raleigh
Medium Market: WIVK/Knoxville
Small Market: WYCT/Pensacola, FL.
Anderson East Announces New Album, Tour For 2018
/by Jessica NicholsonAnderson East
Encore, the new album from singer, songwriter and performer Anderson East, will be released Jan. 12 on Low Country Sound/Elektra Records.
Encore was produced by Dave Cobb and recorded at Nashville’s historic RCA Studio along with additional production at House of Blues and Farmland Studio. The album features 11 songs, including “All On My Mind” (written by Ed Sheeran, Johnny McDaid, East and Aaron Raitiere), “King For A Day” (written by East, Chris Stapleton and Morgane Stapleton), “Girlfriend” (written by East, Cobb, Raitiere and Tim Bergling) as well as renditions of songs by Ted Hawkins and Willie Nelson.
In celebration of the new album, East will embark on his largest headline tour to date, Encore World Tour 2018. The extensive run will span throughout next year including stops at NYC’s Bowery Ballroom and Music Hall of Williamsburg, Nashville’s 3rd & Lindsley (two nights), Atlanta’s Terminal West, L.A.’s El Rey Theatre, San Francisco’s The Fillmore and D.C.’s 9:30 Club among many others. Tickets go on-sale this Thursday, October 12 at 10 a.m. local time.
1. King For A Day (Anderson East, Chris Stapleton, Morgane Stapleton)
2. This Too Shall Last (Anderson East, Natalie Hemby, Aaron Raitiere)
3. House Is A Building (Anderson East, Natalie Hemby, Aaron Raitiere)
4. Sorry You’re Sick (Ted Hawkins)
5. If You Keep Leaving Me (Anderson East, Chris Stapleton, Aaron Raitiere)
6. Girlfriend (Anderson East, Dave Cobb, Aaron Raitiere, Tim Bergling)
7. Surrender (Anderson East, Aaron Raitiere, Adam Hood)
8. All On My Mind (Anderson East, Ed Sheeran, Johnny McDaid, Aaron Raitiere)
9. Without You (Anderson East, Steve McEwan)
10. Somebody Pick Up My Pieces (Willie Nelson)
11. Cabinet Door (Anderson East, Jillia Jackson)
Weekly Register: Shania Twain’s ‘Now’ Tops Overall Albums Chart
/by Jessica NicholsonThomas Rhett‘s Life Changes is the second-highest selling country project (total consumption), with 21K this week. Luke Combs‘ This One’s For You is at No. 3 with 12K, followed by Chris Stapleton‘s Traveller at No. 4 with 11K. Kane Brown‘s self-titled album rounds out the Top 5 with 10K.
On the digital country songs chart, Maren Morris‘ “Dear Hate” tops the list with 27K this week. The stirring track, which features vocals from Vince Gill, was written more than two years ago, and was recently officially released following the mass shooting at Las Vegas’ Route 91 Harvest Festival that occurred Oct. 1.
Kane Brown‘s “What Ifs,” ft. Lauren Alaina, is at No. 2, with 22K, followed by LANCO‘s “Greatest Love Story” at No. 3 with 17K. Sam Hunt‘s “Body Like A Back Road” is at No. 4 with 16K, and Luke Combs‘ “When It Rains It Pours” rounds out the Top 5 with 15.5K.
Chris Lane‘s “Take Back Home Girl,” ft. Tori Kelly, debuts at No. 10 country.
Information provided by Nielsen Soundscan.
Full Country To Country Festival Lineup Announced
/by Lorie Hollabaugh“Once again Country to Country is delighted to be bringing the finest in U.S. talent to the UK and Ireland,” said Chris York, C2C Festival promoter for SJM Concerts. “Our sixth year brings some welcome returning stars as well as a wealth of new and up and coming artists across many stages in London. We are delighted to be returning to Dublin and moving to the wonderful Hydro in Glasgow where the event goes from strength to strength. Our fantastic partners the CMA and BBC Radio 2 continue to help us deliver the best event for the fans. This event would not be what it is without the amazing fans of all things country over here.”
Tickets go on sale Friday, Oct. 20 for the three-day festival.
Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit Announce Early 2018 Tour Dates
/by Lorie HollabaughJason Isbell and The 400 Unit have announced they will hit the road next year, playing 22 dates through the Midwest and Eastern U.S. in January and February.
The group’s new album The Nashville Sound (Southeastern Records) debuted at No. 1 on the Rock, Folk, Country and Independent charts upon its release in June, and reached No. 4 overall on the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart. The album has gone on to sell over 110,000 copies and was recently nominated for the Country Music Association’s Album of the Year.
Isbell is currently in the middle of a six-night run at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium which will include openers Julien Baker (10/10), Bettye LaVette (10/11), Amanda Shires (10/13), Lydia Loveless (10/14), and The McCrary Sisters (10/15).
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit ~ 2018 US Tour Dates
Jan. 18 – Birmingham, AL – Alabama Theatre
Jan. 19 – Birmingham, AL – Alabama Theatre
Jan. 20 – Birmingham, AL – Alabama Theatre
Jan. 21 – Little Rock, AR – Robinson Center
Jan. 23 – Cedar Rapids, IA – Paramount Theatre
Jan. 24 – Milwaukee, WI – Riverside Theatre
Jan. 27 – Indianapolis, IN – Murat
Jan. 29 – Pittsburgh, PA – Heinz Hall
Jan. 30 – Buffalo, NY – UB Center for the Arts
Jan. 31- Albany, NY – Palace Theatre
Feb. 2 – Providence, RI – Veterans Memorial Auditorium
Feb. 3 – Brooklyn, NY – Kings Theatre
Feb. 5 – Red Bank, NJ – Count Basie Theatre
Feb. 6 – Baltimore, MD – The Lyric
Feb. 8 – Atlanta, GA – Fox Theatre
Feb. 9 – Atlanta, GA – Fox Theatre
Feb. 10 – Durham, NC – DPAC
Feb. 11 – Durham, NC – DPAC
Feb. 13 – Ithaca, NY – State Theatre
Feb. 14 – Reading, PA – Santander PAC
Feb. 16 – Richmond, VA – Altria
Feb. 17 – Charleston, WV – Municipal Auditorium