Brandi Carlile will lend a hand to a few deserving organizations with her upcoming special livestream concert from Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium on Sunday, March 28.

The show, which is Carlile’s first full-band performance since before the pandemic, will broadcast via Veeps with a portion of ticket sales benefiting two organizations: The Rainey Day Fund and Fanny’s School of Music, with all remaining proceeds supporting Carlile’s band and crew. Tickets for the show are on sale now, including a ticket bundle that includes a pre-order of Carlile’s forthcoming memoir, Broken Horses. Full ticket details can be found at brandicarlile.veeps.com.

Broken Horses reveals Carlile’s own story, recounting the events of her life that have shaped her music and the music that has shaped her life, and is due out on April 6 via Crown, an imprint of the Random House Publishing Group. Along with her upcoming show and memoire release, Carlile is nominated in two categories at the 63rd Grammy Awards: Best Song Written for Visual Media (“Carried Me With You” from Onward written with Phil Hanseroth and Tim Hanseroth) and Best Country Song (“Crowded Table” performed by The Highwomen written with Natalie Hemby and Lori McKenna). She also produced The Secret Sisters’ acclaimed new album, Saturn Return, which is nominated for Best Folk Album.

Musicians On Call (MOC), the nonprofit organization which brings live and recorded music to the bedsides of patients in healthcare facilities, welcomes Charles Esten, Lori Feldman, Michelle Frohlich-Klinger, Jessica Lee, Lee Perlman, Dr. Todd Rubin and Cathy Sullivan to its National Board of Directors.

Additionally, iHeartMedia Executive Vice President, Global Music Marketing and Strategy Alissa Pollack has been elected Vice Chair of the National Board.

“Due to the stress, anxiety and uncertainty caused by the pandemic, Musicians On Call’s programs were needed more than ever last year to support patients, families and caregivers in healthcare facilities. Thanks to our incredible volunteers, supporters, staff and Board, we brought the healing power of music to more people virtually in 2020 than in any other year in our history,” said Musicians On Call President & CEO Pete Griffin. “We are excited to build on this momentum and continue sharing the joys of live music with record numbers in 2021 and beyond. Each of the leaders we are welcoming to our National Board of Directors bring extraordinary talents and expertise that will help us grow MOC in new and strategic ways in the coming years.”

Esten is best known for his role as Deacon Claybourne on CMT’s Nashville, and his current role of Ward Cameron in the Netflix series Outer Banks. Esten is an active Musicians On Call volunteer and regularly performs for patients and caregivers in hospitals, hospice centers, and VA facilities. He also serves as the National Honorary Spokesman for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Light The Night campaign.

Feldman spent more than 25 years in the record industry, most recently as EVP of Strategic Marketing at Warner Records. In late 2019 she joined Paradigm Talent Agency as chief marketing officer. Feldman has been recognized numerous times in Billboard’s Top 100 Women in Music and Branding Power Players lists. She has introduced many artists to MOC’s mission and served on the organization’s President’s and Advisory Councils.

Frohlich-Klinger has led numerous social impact causes since 2008, including teaming up with artist Carlos Augusto Pereira to create elaborate murals in the hallways of Miami Children’s Hospital and launching the Miami Branch of Musicians On Call, where she served as Program Director from 2009 to 2012.

Jessica Lee is co-chair of the Privacy, Security & Data Innovations practice at Loeb & Loeb.

Lee Perlman is Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative and Financial Officer of the Greater New York Hospital Association.

Todd A. Rubin, MD is a Nashville-based orthopedic surgeon who specializes in disorders of the hand, wrist, elbow, and shoulder.

Cathy Sullivan is a CPA at Baker, Sullivan Hoover PLC. She is Trustee for the John and June Cash Trusts. She is a longtime Volunteer Guide for Musicians On Call, helping the organization launch its Bedside Performance Program in Nashville in 2007. She has also served on MOC’s Advisory Council for more than a decade.

The RIAA’s 2020 Year-End Music Industry Revenue Report shows the fifth consecutive year of growth for the industry.

According to the report, United States recorded music revenues grew 9.2 percent in 2020 to $12.2 billion at estimated retail value.

Streaming revenues grew 13 percent to $10.1 billion, making up 83 percent of total revenue. For the first time, the streaming category includes music license revenues from Facebook and streaming fitness services like Peloton.

Paid subscription services continued to be the primary driver of revenue increases. Revenues from paid subscriptions grew 15 percent to $7.7 billion, making up almost two-thirds of total recorded music revenue. The industry added 15 million new subscriptions in 2020, the most ever in a single year, reaching a total of more than 75 million.

For the first time since 1986, revenues from vinyl records were larger than from CDs. Total revenues from physical products were virtually flat at $1.1 billion.

Read more on the 2020 numbers from RIAA Chairman & CEO Mitch Glazier, here.

Click here for the full report.

Nan Kingsley, wife and business partner of the late country radio icon Bob Kingsley, has donated their personal archival collection that spans over six decades to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s First Library and Archive. This donation includes over 700 full shows of Bob Kingsley’s Country Top 40, as well as 3,200 interviews conducted with songwriters, artists and other country music industry members.

A member of both the Radio Hall of Fame and the Country Radio Hall of Fame, Kingsley began his lifelong career in radio in 1959 as an announcer in the Armed Forces Radio Service while serving in the United States Air Force. He would go on to produce and later host the nationally syndicated American Country Countdown in 1974, which was named Billboard’s Network/Syndicated Country Program of the Year for 16 years in a row. Both Bob and Nan launched his nationally recognized show Bob Kingsley’s Country Top 40 in 2006, which he hosted and executive produced until his passing in October 2019.

The museum will preserve his lifelong archive, which includes interviews with nearly 50 Country Music Hall of Fame members, for museum and third-party use in the future.

“As a fan himself of country music and the people who created it, Bob never took for granted the platform that allowed him to share the magic of this genre with listeners around the world,” says Nan Kingsley, president, KCCS Productions. “Bob’s mission was to help preserve this music’s legacy and advocate for its future. I am proud to bring this collection to its rightful home.”

“We are grateful that Nan has entrusted the museum with the care of the substantial audio archive she and Bob developed and preserved,” says Kyle Young, CEO Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. “The Kingsley Collection adds an essential chapter in country music history to the museum’s archival holdings, showcasing the contributions of one of country radio’s most esteemed figures and its longest-serving syndicated host.”

The radio legend won numerous awards in his esteemed career, including the inaugural Opry Trust Fund’s Living Legend Award in 2014, which was later named for him. In 2017, he received the ACM Mae Boren Axton Service Award for his 50 years of ACM board service.

John Schneider is paying tribute to the faithful truckers who have kept the country going during the pandemic with his new single “Truck On.” The song is the title track from his upcoming new album, which was inspired by the Southern rock songs Schneider grew up on, and is slated for release on April 2.

The video for “Truck On” premiered last week and features scenes from Schneider’s most recent film, Stand On It, an action-comedy movie made in tribute to the 1977 classic, Smokey and The Bandit. The film was produced through Schneider’s company and was written and directed by him to include the signature tongue-in-cheek charm from both Smokey and The Bandit and Dukes of Hazzard. The video also includes a car chase reminiscent of Schneider’s countless races through the infamous Hazzard County during his Bo Duke days.

A portion of sales from “Truck On” will benefit St. Christopher Truckers Relief Fund, a nonprofit that helps over-the-road/regional semi-truck drivers and their families who are out of work due to a recent illness or injury. Assistance includes household living expenses such as rent/mortgage, utilities, vehicle payments, and insurance. The SCF also provides health and wellness programs such as free vaccines and smoking cessation.

Truck On Track List:
1. Truck On (Keith Burns)
2. Roy (Anthony Smith & Jeffrey Steele)
3. Born At A Truck Stop (Jacob Lyda & Brian Maher & Bill Shore)
4. Cowboys Don’t Get Old (Johnny Gates & Keith Burns)
5. Drinking Buddy (Keith Burns & Addison Chandlier & Keith Warner)
6. Bottom Of The 5th (Keith Burns)
7. Comin’ To (Andrew Pope)
8. Haulin’ Hell and Bayou Bound (Andrew Pope)
9. Free Born Man (Keith Allison & Mark Lindsay)
10. Stand On It (John Schneider & Cody McCarver)
11. Behind Closed Doors (Kenny O’Dell)