TJ and John Osborne with Music Row Build future homeowner Alycia Carpenter. Photo: Courtesy Habitat for Humanity

TJ and John of Brothers Osborne, Ambassadors for Habitat for Humanity of Greater Nashville’s 2021 Music Row Build, visited the Habitat for Humanity build site this week to meet the Music Row Build’s future homeowner Alycia Carpenter.

The brothers are helping Alycia raise funds for her future Habitat townhome in North Nashville.

Habitat of Greater Nashville broke ground on their first townhome community, Sherwood Commons, in spring of 2021 and it is slated to be completed next Spring. Located off Ewing Drive in North Nashville, the community will be home for 26 hardworking Nashvillians who are stabilizing their lives through Habitat’s homeownership program. Future homeowners take 100 hours of homeowner education and work 100 hours on the build site with their sponsors and volunteers to earn a 0% APR mortgage.

Applications for the townhomes will be open Sept. 20-30. Interested applicants can go to the website at habitatnashville.org/homeownership for application information.

Brothers Osborne are set to perform tonight (Sept. 16) in Nashville at the Ascend Amphitheater. Tickets are still available through Ticketmaster.

Pictured (back row, L-R): Brian O’Neil, Chris Fairbank, Luke Pierce, Sean Fallon, Avery King, Jenn DiChiara; (front row, L-R): Rachel Guttmann, Darcie Van Etten, Paul Ermlich, Ritz McCain, Mollie Jones, Jenna Smith, Tatiana Angulo. Photo: Erika Rock

The Society of Leaders In Development (SOLID) held its annual Music Row Madness fundraiser last night (Sept. 15).

Overall, the event raised $32,000 for the 2021 SOLID Shares partners: MusiCares, Notes for Notes, The Onsite Foundation (Ryan’s Grove), The Equity Alliance, and The National Museum of African American Music. This is the organization’s first in-person fundraiser in nearly two years. WORKS Entertainment, captained by SOLID Treasurer Luke Pierce, came in as the evening’s top fundraiser.

“I am overjoyed to see SOLID safely and conscientiously hosting full-scale events in-person again. Our Nashville community never fails to show up and support our nonprofit partners through Music Row Madness,” shares SOLID President Avery King. “Last night, even after such a long break, was no exception. Most of all, I am so humbled to serve an organization with such passionate people because, without them, none of this could ever be possible.”

“I couldn’t be more thankful to everyone who helped make this night possible,” says SOLID Community Outreach Chair Ritz McCain. “My co-chair Paul and I feel incredibly honored to have been able to raise donations for and awareness of this year’s SOLID Shares partners. It means the world to us to be able to give back to the Nashville community during such a trying season. Thanks also to our board, committee members and the larger Nashville community who showed up in many ways, safely, to make it happen.”

SOLID is a Nashville-based music industry organization for developing music business professionals dedicated to improving the future success of the music industry. Over the last three years, the organization has been able to donate over $400,000 to local charities and nonprofits and donated more than 300 hours of their time to the Nashville community.

Pictured (top row, L-R): Amanda Ilgunas, Paige Maloney; (middle row, L-R): Lauren Marker, Edenized Perez, Mallory Smith; (bottom row, L-R): Stephanie Gherini, Mika Posecion

Wasserman Music has promoted five new agents, including Paige Maloney, Amanda Ilgunas, Lauren Marker, Edenized Perez, and Mallory Smith. Wasserman also welcomes two new tour marketing directors to its team, Stephanie Gherini and Mika Posecion.

Maloney began her career as an administrator at Live Nation in Philadelphia before joining Paradigm in 2015 as assistant to agent Joe Atamian. Her client roster includes Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Black Pumas, Brett Dennen, Noah Kahan, Elizabeth Cook, Katie Pruitt and more. She is based in Wasserman’s Nashville office.

Gherini joins Wasserman Music as Director, Tour Marketing, following five years in tour marketing at Live Nation’s Los Angeles headquarters where she oversaw marketing on national tours. In her 11 years in the music industry, she has also worked in management, publishing, and at record labels. Gherini is also based in Wasserman’s Nashville office.

Marker and Posecion are based in Wasserman’s Los Angeles office; Perez and Smith at the New York office; and Ilgunas in the San Francisco office.

“We take great pride in developing strong careers for our colleagues, as well as for our clients,” says Wasserman Music EVP & Managing Executive Lee Anderson. “Amanda, Paige, Lauren, Edenized and Mallory have grown into outstanding professionals, and we’re honored to welcome them to our agent team. The addition of Stephanie and Mika to our exceptional tour marketing team represents a big step forward in Wasserman’s ability to empower and guide our clients’ touring careers.”

Darcie Van Etten is exiting her position at Country Radio Seminar (CRS) after four years with the company. She is joining management company Roundhouse Entertainment.

CRS is looking to fill a Creative Director position following Van Etten’s departure.

“CRS has a tremendously rare opportunity for the next rising star in our industry to step into a dynamic, versatile role as Creative Director/Digital Content Mgr, and impose their creative will on this organization. On behalf of our board and staff, congratulations to Darcie on her exciting career opportunity; we thank her for the many contributions to our organization,” says CRS/CRB Executive Director RJ Curtis.

This role reports directly to Curtis, who is looking to fill the position straightaway. The Creative Director will be responsible for brainstorming, planning, and executing all of the organization’s marketing, digital, and creative efforts.

For more details about the position, click here. Resumes can be submitted to Curtis at rj@crb.org.