Bob Neuwirth

Music industry veteran Bob Neuwirth will participate in the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s quarterly program series, Music Masters, on Saturday (May 7) at 1:30 p.m.

Songwriter, producer, performer, painter, improviser, collaborator and instigator, Neuwirth has been associated with many seminal artists, including Joan Baez, T Bone Burnett, Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, Kris Kristofferson and Patti Smith. His seven albums include 1994’s Last Day on Earth, with John Cale.

His songs include “Mercedes Benz,” written with Joplin and poet Michael McClure. Neuwirth appeared in documentaries Don’t Look Back and Eat the Document, as well as the film Renaldo & Clara. He was bandleader for Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue, music director for the Down from the Mountain tour, and producer of the documentary of the same name.

Presented in support of the exhibition Dylan, Cash, and the Nashville Cats: A New Music City, presented by Citi, the Los Angeles resident will discuss his career and briefly perform. During the performance, Neuwirth will be joined by multi-instrumentalist David Mansfield, who has worked with T Bone Burnett, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Bruce Hornsby, Roger McGuinn, Loudon Wainwright III and others.

The interview, hosted by museum editor Michael McCall, will be held in the museum’s Ford Theater and is included with museum admission and free to museum members. The program will be streamed live at countrymusichalloffame.org/streaming.

Keith Urban will give a free outdoor show at the Bridgestone Arena plaza on Monday, May 9, at noon.

It’s one of three fan events he’s scheduled to promote his new album, Ripcord, to be released Friday (May 6), on Capitol Records Nashville.

The performance will be held in partnership with the City of Nashville and offer numerous local food trucks.

“Keith is an asset to this city on every level,” said Butch Spyridon of The Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp. “His talent as a singer, songwriter and musician is unquestionable and as a citizen he is a model for others to follow. He has given back time and time again and it is truly appreciated. While he is celebrating the release of his next great record, which is already a hit in our book, he is still giving back! We can’t say enough and it is an honor to help celebrate the album release by partnering with him for this event.

Other promotional appearances surrounding the album include a release party in New York City venue Stage 48 on Wednesday night. It will be streamed live on Tidal X.

Urban will also participate in an interview and performance at the 200-seat Grammy Museum’s Clive Davis Theater in Los Angeles on Saturday. Billed as “Keith Urban: Inside the Songs of Ripcord,” the appearance will include intimate performances and stories behind the writing, producing and recording of the new album. Scott Goldman, Vice President of the Grammy Foundation and MusiCares, will serve as moderator.

“The Grammy Museum is thrilled to host Keith in our Clive Davis Theater,” said Bob Santelli, Executive Director of the Grammy Museum at L.A. LIVE. “He’s one of our industry’s most prolific songwriters, insightful producers and most electrifying performers. He’s continued to break new ground through his music and that’s never been more apparent than on his new album Ripcord. It’s our honor to be hosting this one-time only event.”

Florida Georgia Line Gear Up For American Country Countdown Awards

Pictured (L-R): FGL’s Tyler Hubbard; Executive Producer Richard Godfrey; FGL’s Brian Kelley; Executive Producer Tom Forrest; Executive Producer Mark Bracco.

ACM Welcomes Eric Paslay

Pictured (L-R): Amanda Good, UMGN; Eric Paslay; Bob Romeo, Academy of Country Music; Rachel Silver, Red Light Management.
Photo: Michel Bourquard/Courtesy of the Academy of Country Music

The Academy of Country Music welcomed EMI Records Nashville recording artist Eric Paslay to the office while he was in Los Angeles recently. While at the Academy, Paslay performed his current single, “High Class,” and also previewed songs from his upcoming album Dressed in Black set to be released this summer.

Trailer Choir Visits SiriusXM

Pictured (L-R): S/XM’s The Highway’s PD JR Schumann, Trailer Choir’s Big Vinny, S/XM’s Buzz Brainard, Trailer Choir’s Butter.

Average Joes Entertainment’s Trailer Choir stopped by the Sirius/XM studios yesterday in Nashville to record this weekend’s “On The Horizon” show with Buzz Brainard. “On The Horizon” airs on Siriux/XM’s The Highway channel throughout the weekends.

Trailer Choir’s single, “Ice Cold Summer,” can be heard now on Sirius/XM’s The Highway.