Ashley Monroe has released Dear Nashville (Live At The Station Inn), a live album captured during Monroe’s two sold-out performances of her concept album Dear Nashville at The Station Inn earlier this year.

The new 10-song live project features co-producer and co-writer Luke Laird and pedal steel guitarist Paul Franklin, and includes songs from Dear Nashville along with covers of Patty Loveless’ “Nothing But The Wheel” and Vince Gill’s “Whenever You Come Around.”

“Performing the Dear Nashville record with Paul Franklin and Luke Laird at the Station Inn will go down as one of the most magical nights of my entire career,” says Monroe. “The audience knew every word and completely blew us away. I truly feel like it was one of the purest forms of musical expression I’ve ever surrendered to, and I hope you can feel the spirit of that night when you listen to the live record.”

Laird adds, “The whole experience of making the album with Ashley is one of the most creatively fulfilling things I’ve ever been a part of. To have the opportunity to play it top to bottom at the legendary Station Inn with Ashley and Paul is one of those pinch me moments.”

“This recording is a musical time capsule,” says Franklin. “It captures a very special night marking the exact date when three like minded artists bonded through these amazing songs. Ashley’s voice was stellar, pouring out her heart and soul. I will never forget this moment!”

Following the album’s release, Monroe has been releasing videos to accompany each track. The video for album opener “I Hate Nashville” was shot at The Station Inn, while the video for “Steal” found Monroe reflecting on moments from across her career – from collaborating with Jack White, to sharing the stage with John Prine, and hanging out with her Pistol Annies bandmates. She also released videos for “Haunted,” “Gettin’ Out Of Hand,” “What Are We?” and “Dreaming.”

Next month, Monroe will hit the road for a joint mini-tour with Charlie Worsham that will include a stop at the Station Inn in Nashville on Nov. 16.

Dear Nashville (Live At The Station Inn):
1) “I Hate Nashville”
2) “Gettin’ Out of Hand”
3) “What Are We?”
4) “Steal”
5) “Haunted”
6) “Dreaming”
7) “Having It Bad”
8) “Quittin’”
9) “Nothing But The Wheel”
10) “Whenever You Come Around”

Todd Thomas

Todd Thomas has been promoted to VP, Promotion at Curb Records.

Thomas has been with the label since 2012, most recently working the West Coast region before being elevated to Co-National, Promotion earlier this year. In his new role, he will lead the Curb promotion staff, which includes Samantha DePrez, Bailey White, Rusty Sherrill, and Brian Day. Lori Hartigan continues her role as National Director, Media at the label, operating from the West Coast and overseeing promotion at MusicRow and Activator radio panels.

“Curb Records has an incredible legacy, and I’m proud to be part of a team that’s continuing to build on it,” says Thomas. “We have an amazing roster of artists and a group of people who truly believe in them. As the music industry continues to evolve, I’m excited about the opportunities ahead and what we can accomplish together.”

Photo: Courtesy of the Alan Jackson Museum

The Alan Jackson Museum has opened in downtown Nashville.

The museum features nearly 600 artifacts documenting Jackson’s life and career. Displays cover everything from his childhood and marriage to his move to Nashville with a paper bag full of songs as he pursued a career in music.

The collection includes Jackson’s Grammy, CMA and ACM Awards, along with special songwriting honors and Hall of Fame recognitions. Visitors can also see the chair he used while writing early hits such as “Here In The Real World” and clothing worn throughout his career. Among the standout items are the boots, jeans and water ski featured in his “Chattahoochee” music video.

Other exhibits include a childhood tricycle, school report cards, a sketchbook, his first cowboy hat and boots. The museum also features gifts presented to Jackson in appreciation of his song “Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning),” including a piece of metal from the World Trade Center, stone from the Pentagon and an honorary chief’s helmet from the Fire Department of New York.

Additionally, the museum showcases video footage of many of his live performances, including his final show at Nissan Stadium earlier this year.

The first floor of the museum building features Alan Jackson’s Silverbelly Distillery. Tickets for both the museum and the distillery are available here.

Photo: Courtesy of the Alan Jackson Museum

Miranda Lambert. Photo: Tyler Conrad

The National Cowgirl Museum & Hall of Fame in Fort Worth will open an exhibit honoring Miranda Lambert on Nov. 7 in the new Icons Gallery.

Created in collaboration with Lambert, “Miranda Lambert: Velvet Rodeo” features the one-of-a-kind wardrobe she wore during her Las Vegas residency. Lambert is a National Cowgirl Hall of Fame honoree, active mounted shooting competitor and horsewoman.

“Miranda’s ‘Velvet Rodeo’ styling was inspired by historic garments from iconic western tailors which she saw on display at the Museum,” says Ashley Kowalski, Curator. “We are honored to give her residency wardrobe a new stage where the collection can be appreciated in its entirety.”

“Miranda’s confidence, determination and independence make her a wonderful representative of the women we honor,” says Pat Riley, Executive Director of the National Cowgirl Museum & Hall of Fame. “Opening our Icons Gallery with this collaboration celebrates her accomplishments while giving visitors a new way to connect with a cowgirl they know and admire.”

“When I first visited the National Cowgirl Museum, I was so inspired by all of the amazing Western pieces on display that I sent a bunch of photos to my stylist, Tiffany [Gifford]. We mixed that inspiration with the heyday of Elvis to create the ‘Velvet Rodeo’ wardrobe,” says Lambert. “Seeing these pieces now have a life beyond the stage as part of the Museum’s new Icons Gallery feels really full circle and special.”

The National Cowgirl Museum & Hall of Fame’s archives house more than 4,000 artifacts and features more than 260 women in its Hall of Fame.

Rocketship, the first AI platform designed to identify a song’s potential audience before release, has opened to the public.

Launched by music executive Maxwell Zotz and tech entrepreneur Billy Rodgers, the platform has undergone four months of beta testing and gathering feedback from more than 100 music industry professionals across labels, management, publishing, distribution, catalog and artist tools. Rocketship uses proprietary AI to analyze more than 80 audio, lyric and contextual parameters of an artist’s song. The platform correlates that information against millions of data points and decades of music history to deliver a comprehensive profile of the song’s potential audience. New users can submit one song to the platform for free.

Rocketship can also build full end-to-end marketing campaigns, create social content through video content uploaded by users or AI-curated clips within the platform and more.

“Artists make their most expensive decisions – which single, which audience and where to spend – before they have a single data point on how a song will land,” shares Zotz. “Rocketship gives them a real starting point. It doesn’t replace taste or instinct. It means they’re not guessing alone.”

Rocketship’s patent-pending methodology was developed with copyright compliance as a foundational requirement and reviewed in coordination with Loeb & Loeb.