Carrie Underwood is featured on the cover of MusicRow Magazine’s all-new 2018 Publisher Issue.
Underwood emerged from the promise of her 2005 American Idol win to become a true multi-format, multi-media superstar, spanning achievements in music, television, and film. A seven-time GRAMMY® Award winner, she has sold 64 million records worldwide and recorded 26 No. 1 singles, 13 of which she co-wrote.
She released Cry Pretty, her first studio album on Capitol Records Nashville on Sept. 14, marking the first time she has co-produced her own album. In Spring 2019, Carrie will launch The Cry Pretty Tour 360, which will kick off in May and will play 55 arenas across the U.S. and Canada. Earlier this year, she released the hit event anthem she co-wrote, “The Champion” featuring Ludacris, which opened NBC’s Super Bowl LII and was incorporated into the network’s coverage of the 2018 Olympic Winter Games.
MusicRow Magazine’s 2018 Publisher Issue features an annual directory of top Nashville-focused music publishers. This issue also includes exclusive editorial examining Irving Azoff‘s Global Music Rights as well as Florida Georgia Line‘s growing Nashville empire, and highlights a slate of recent documentaries highlighting Nashville’s songwriter community. Additionally, this issue features songwriter interviews with Kassi Ashton, Shy Carter, Zach Crowell, Justin Ebach and Jessie Frasure.
Single copies of the Publisher Issue are available for purchase for $45 at musicrow.com, and are included with yearly subscriptions at no additional cost. First Class subscribers to MusicRow will receive their copies first, in the coming week.
CARRIE UNDERWOOD CAREER STATS
Label: Capitol Records Nashville Current Album: Cry Pretty Current Single: “Love Wins” Current Producer: David Garcia (Co-Produced Cry Pretty with Carrie) Management: The HQ Booking: CAA Recent Hits: “Cry Pretty,” “The Champion” featuring Ludacris, “Dirty Laundry,” and “Church Bells” Recent Awards: 7 Grammy Awards, 6 CMA Awards, 18 CMT Music Awards, 12 American Music Awards and numerous other awards and honors. She recently took home her 14th career ACM Award for Vocal Event of the Year for “The Fighter,” her collaboration with Keith Urban. RIAA Certifications: Top Country Artist on RIAA’s Digital Single Ranking with 28 Million; Top 5 Female in RIAA’s Digital Single Program (All Genres) Platinum Albums:Storyteller, Greatest Hits: Decade #1, Blown Away (2x), Play On (3x), Carnival Ride (4x), Some Hearts (8x) Special TV Appearances: In 2013, Carrie starred as Maria von Trapp in NBC’s three-hour holiday blockbuster, the Emmy®-winning The Sound of Music Live!. Carrie will return this Fall for her sixth season as the voice of primetime television’s No. 1 program, Sunday Night Football, and this November, Carrie and Brad Paisley will co-host the CMA Awards for the 11th consecutive year. Lifestyle: Carrie is lead designer for her fitness and lifestyle brand, CALIA by Carrie Underwood, which launched in 2015 and is exclusively available at DICK’S Sporting Goods nationwide and online at caliastudio.com. Birthday: March 10 Musical Influences: Dolly Parton, Randy Travis, George Michael, Freddie Mercury, Guns ’N Roses, Alan Jackson and Reba McEntire
Jason Aldean is set to perform Nov. 27 at Pandora Presents:Backroads, a live celebration hosted by Pandora at Nashville’s Marathon Music Works. Aldean is the top-played country artist for the platform in Pandora’s history.
“In the last year, Pandora has served up billions of listening hours for country music,” said Jeff Zuchowski, Vice President of Artist Marketing and Industry Relations at Pandora. “Jason Aldean fans have contributed to many of those hours and we’re thrilled to have him be part of Backroads, giving our loyal country fans an opportunity to experience him live.”
For the first time, Pandora is offering country listeners nationwide the opportunity to win a free trip to Nashville to attend Pandora Presents: Backroads and see Jason Aldean perform live. Beginning today (Oct. 3), fans can visit AmicaPandoraSweeps.com to enter to win a trip to see Aldean’s concert, including roundtrip airfare, hotel accommodations, spending money and expedited access to the live event.
00Lorie Hollabaughhttps://musicrow.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/MusicRow-header-logo-Mar19B.pngLorie Hollabaugh2018-10-03 10:15:382018-10-03 10:15:38Jason Aldean To Headline Nashville Show For Pandora’s Backroads Celebration
The Elektra Music Group has officially launched and installed a leadership team that’s poised to nurture the stand-alone group’s stellar roster of artists, and unique labels including Elektra, Fueled By Ramen (FBR), Roadrunner, Low Country Sound, and Black Cement Records. Elektra Music Group roster includes artists such as Twenty One Pilots, Sturgill Simpson, Zac Brown Band, Brandi Carlile, Fitz and the Tantrums, Paramore, Slipknot, Panic! At The Disco, Coheed and Cambria, Kaleo, Gojira, and others.
Following recent appointments to the A&R and Promotions teams, the remainder of Elektra Music Group’s leadership team includes:
Adam Abramson, Head of Sales & Streaming Chris Brown, Head of Marketing Tim Davideit, Head of Digital Marketing Anne Declemente, Head of A&R Admin Cathy Donovan, Head of Label Operations Annie Flook, Head of Tour Marketing Glenn Fukushima, Head of Publicity Ana Lenuzza Ross, Head of Film, TV & Video Game Licensing Mandee Mallone, Head of Video Production Margo Scott, Head of Business & Legal Affairs Suzy Yoder, Head of DSP & Video Promotion
They will report to label Co-Presidents, Mike Easterlin and Gregg Nadel.
Said Easterlin and Nadel: “We are so excited to call each and every one of these brilliant people part of the Elektra family. We’re already feeling the creative energy and collaborative spirit that will make Elektra a special place where we discover, nurture and develop game-changing artists. We’re grateful to everyone who has so generously helped us prepare for the launch of this new adventure.”
Including the leadership team, the 60-plus member Elektra Music Group staff builds out the company’s A&R, Artist Development, Business & Legal Affairs, International, Marketing, Promotion, Publicity, Sales & Streaming, and Video departments.
Recent announcements revealed two key Elektra Music Group A&R appointments: Will McDonald, Vice President, A&R and Marketing; and Shawn Cohen, Senior Director, A&R—as well as three key appointments in the promotion department: Melanie Scull, Vice President of Promotion; Myra Dehais, SVP of Promotion-West Coast/Alternative; and Jason Martin, VP of Promotion/Triple A.
00Jessica Nicholsonhttps://musicrow.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/MusicRow-header-logo-Mar19B.pngJessica Nicholson2018-10-03 10:01:232018-10-03 10:01:23Elektra Music Group Reveals Remainder Of Leadership Team
Florida Georgia Line has made history with their run on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, becoming the only country act to dominate for 100 cumulative weeks since it launched in 1958. “Meant to Be,” their first No. 1 debut on Hot Country Songs, also put duet mate Bebe Rexha on the map as the first solo female to claim the title. The hit has held its chief chart position for 44 weeks straight, after premiering on Dec. 16, 2017.
Released via Warner Bros. Records and BMLG Records to both Pop and Country radio, FGL’s Tyler Hubbard, Rexha, Josh Miller, and David Garcia penned “Meant to Be,” which has since surpassed 1 billion total streams globally and scores the superstar duo’s 15th No. 1 overall as artists.
As their triple Platinum-certified collaboration “Meant to Be” makes history, FGL has triumphed with six total Hot Country Songs chart-toppers which include “Cruise”; “Stay”; “This Is How We Roll”; “Dirt”; and “H.O.L.Y.”, since coming on the scene in 2012. Their latest single, “Simple,” the leadoff from their upcoming new album, is also on the verge of reaching the top spot at country radio.
00Lorie Hollabaughhttps://musicrow.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/MusicRow-header-logo-Mar19B.pngLorie Hollabaugh2018-10-03 09:36:172018-10-03 09:36:17Florida Georgia Line Celebrates Unprecedented 100-Week Run On ‘Billboard’ Chart
Stuart Dill, Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s (VUMC) Director of the Office of Engagement, has been named Sr. VP, Medical Center Engagement with an expanded leadership role, including oversight of VUMC’s Strategic Marketing Department.
Prior to joining VUMC, Dill was a 30-year music industry veteran, serving as an artist manager on Nashville’s Music Row. During his career in the entertainment industry he managed artists including Minnie Pearl, Freddy Fender, Dwight Yoakam, Jo Dee Messina, Rodney Crowell, The Wreckers, Sister Hazel, Laura Bell Bundy, Point of Grace, Billy Ray Cyrus, and many others. He also authored the novel, Murder on Music Row, that won the Independent Book Publishers (IPPY) Award’s Gold Medal in 2012.
650 AM WSM To Host Music For Kids Event In November
650 AM WSM will host its first Music for Kids event on Saturday, Nov. 3, at Studio A in the Grand Ole Opry House from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Presented by Springer Mountain Farms, Music for Kids is a day-long family event packed with activities designed to make music accessible and fun for youth from all over Nashville. The event centers around providing children ages 5-16 with free, age-appropriate music lessons from local professionals and opportunities to engage, learn, and get inspired in fun new ways.
Children will choose the instrument they would most like to explore– voice, violin, guitar, bass, piano, drums, mandolin, banjo and more – when they sign up online. Registration for these free lessons are open now and must be reserved in advance via wsmonline.com. Lesson slots are expected to fill up fast, so early registrations are advised. A guardian is required to attend with the child receiving lessons.
Old Crow Medicine Show’s Ketch Secor will be on hand to read from his new children’s book Lorraine.
True Artist Management’s Philip Peters Honored By Anderson University
Pictured (L-R): Philip Peters, Recipient of Anderson University’s Distinguished Young Alumni Award, and John S. Pistole, President of Anderson University. Photo: Anderson University
Philip Peters of True Artist Management, founder of Restore Haiti and a 2002 graduate of Anderson University, received the school’s Distinguished Young Alumni Award distinction late last week. The honor comes post nearly two decades in the music industry alongside his development of Restore Haiti, an organization that feeds, educates and provides medical care for over 1,000 students in the country of Haiti.
Anderson University has a history of being the roots to those in the music industry whose alumni include Bill and Gloria Gaither, Steven Curtis Chapman, Sandi Patty, Sidewalk Prophets and the 2018 Music Alum Award winner, Jon Mclaughlin.
00Jessica Nicholsonhttps://musicrow.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/MusicRow-header-logo-Mar19B.pngJessica Nicholson2018-10-02 15:36:362018-10-02 15:36:36Industry Ink: Stuart Dill, 650 AM WSM, Philip Peters
Brett Eldredge will release a deluxe version of his holiday album Glow on Oct. 26. For the project, Eldredge returned to Avatar Studios in New York to recorded five additional tracks. Among the tracks are “Do You Hear What I Hear?,” “Silver Bells,” “A Holly Jolly Christmas,” and more.
“I love Christmas music more than just about anything in the world,” said Eldredge. “The ride Glow has taken me on has been so much fun, so now we’ve decided to make it deluxe! We’re also touring with these holiday songs in some of the most magical Christmas cities in North America. I can’t wait!”
This year, Eldredge will perform five shows showcasing his holiday tunes, including stops in Windsor, Canada, Chicago and New York, before performing two shows in Nashville.
Eldredge is currently on his headlining The Long Way Tour, featuring Devin Dawson and Abby Anderson.
GLOW DELUXE TRACK LISTING:
1. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
2. Baby, It’s Cold Outside (ft. Meghan Trainor)
3. I’ll Be Home For Christmas
4. The Christmas Song
5. Silent Night
6. Glow
7. Do You Hear What I Hear?*
8. Winter Wonderland
9. O Holy Night
10. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
11. Silver Bells*
12. It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
13. The First Noel
14. Sleigh Ride*
15. White Christmas
16. A Holly Jolly Christmas*
17. Christmas Time Is Here*
18. The First Noel (A capella)
* New to the Deluxe edition
GLOW LIVE SHOW DATES:
*Nov. 30: Windsor, Canada @ The Colosseum at Caesars Windsor
**Dec. 5: Chicago, IL @ Chicago Theatre
**Dec. 11: New York, NY @ Beacon Theatre
*Dec. 14: Nashville, TN @ CMA Theatre
*Dec. 15: Nashville, TN @ CMA Theatre
* On sale Friday, Oct. 5
**On sale Friday, Oct. 19
00Jessica Nicholsonhttps://musicrow.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/MusicRow-header-logo-Mar19B.pngJessica Nicholson2018-10-02 15:29:242018-10-02 15:29:24Brett Eldredge Prepping For Holiday Season With Release Of ‘Glow’ Deluxe Edition
In celebration of its 10-year anniversary, Average Joes Entertainment will release an exclusive commemorative album, Average Joes Entertainment: 10 Years. The 18-track album will release Oct. 5, 2018. The project will feature songs from the label’s stable of artists including Colt Ford, Montgomery Gentry, Bubba Sparxxx, the LACS, Sunny Ledfurd, Lenny Cooper, Moonshine Bandits, Sarah Ross, Cypress Spring and Charlie Farley.
Average Joes Entertainment CEO/President Shannon Houchins said, “Over the past 10 years, the journey has been everything Colt Ford and I have hoped for and more. We are proud of what we have accomplished. As we celebrate our first ten years, we’re excited about what the next ten years will bring. We know one thing for sure; we’ll continue to sail into unchartered waters, expand boundaries and create without limitation.”
The album begins with Colt Ford’s 2008 hit “Cold Beer,” featuring Jamey Johnson, followed by Ford’s “Dirt Road Anthem,” which Ford co-wrote with Brantley Gilbert and was recorded by Jason Aldean. Other tracks on the album include The LACS’ “Field Party” and Montgomery Gentry’s “Where I Come From” as well as Troy Gentry’s outstanding track, “Better Me,” which was featured on the duo’s February release with the label.
Average Joes Entertainment: 10 Years Track List:
1. Cold Beer – Colt Ford f/Jamey Johnson
2. Dirt Road Anthem – Colt Ford f/Brantley Gilbert
3. Kickin’ Up Mud – The Lacs
4. Mud Digger – Lenny Cooper
5. Perfect Girl – JB and the Moonshine Band
6. Nickel Sized Hail & The Damaging Winds – Sunny Ledfurd f/Colt Ford
7. Where I Come From – Montgomery Gentry
8. This Is Our Song (Remix) – Colt Ford f/Bubba Sparxxx, Danny Boone, The LACS, Demun Jones
9. Drivin’ Around Song – Colt Ford f/Jason Aldean
10. Keep It Redneck – The LACS
11. Country Folks – Bubba Sparxxx f/Colt Ford and Danny Boone
12. Field Party – The LACS f/JJ Lawhorn
13. We All Country – Moonshine Bandits f/Colt Ford, Sarah Ross, Demun Jones
14. Backwoods Boys – Charlie Farley f/Daniel Lee
15. Crank It Up – Colt Ford
16. Calm Before The Storm – Sarah Ross
17. Way Of Life – Cypress Spring f/The LACS and Danny Boone
18. Better Me – Montgomery Gentry
00Jessica Nicholsonhttps://musicrow.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/MusicRow-header-logo-Mar19B.pngJessica Nicholson2018-10-02 15:15:452018-10-02 15:15:45Average Joes Entertainment To Celebrate 10-Year Anniversary With Commemorative Album
Jack White has booked Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Nov. 20 as a makeup show for Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival’s recent cancellation.
The outing will end his Boarding House Reach world tour, featuring support from special guests Margo Price and Joshua Hedley. The tour was named after White’s third solo effort, released in March by Third Man Records/Columbia.
A limited amount of pre-sale tickets will be available to Third Man Vault members starting Wednesday, Oct. 3 at 10 a.m. CT. Tickets go on sale at the same time that Friday at livenation.com, the Bridgestone Arena Box Office or phone, at 800-745-3000.
Prior to the hometown stop, White will be in Europe, the UK and Canada. A complete list of dates can be found at jackwhiteiii.com.
00Eric T. Parkerhttps://musicrow.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/MusicRow-header-logo-Mar19B.pngEric T. Parker2018-10-02 15:03:422018-10-02 15:03:42Jack White Books Hometown Show At Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena In November
The third annual Scott Hamilton & Friends Ice Show, which benefits the Scott Hamilton CARES Foundation, is set for Sunday, November 18 at Bridgestone Arena.
Performers for this year’s event include Sheryl Crow, Brothers Osborne, Florida Georgia Line, Steve Cropper, MercyMe’sBart Millard, Styx’s Tommy Shaw, andChelsea Field.
Hosted by cancer survivors Hamilton and Crow and special guest host Kristi Yamaguchi, the show will simultaneously feature live music and skating from the biggest names in figure skating including 2x Olympic Ice Dance Gold Medalists Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, Olympic Ice Dance Gold Medalists and Dancing with the Stars champion Meryl Davis and her partnerOlympic Ice Dance Gold Medalist Charlie White, Olympic Men’s Silver Medalist Patrick Chan, Olympic Bronze Medalists Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani, Olympic Pairs Bronze Medalists Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford, Olympic Team Bronze Medalist Ashley Wagner, 2x Olympic Pairs Gold Medalist Katia Gordeeva, Olympic Ladies Bronze Medalist Kaetlyn Osmond, Olympic Team Bronze Medalist Jeremy Abbott, Ice Dance World Medalists Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje, and US National Gold Medalist Ryan Bradley.
The night will also include a return of the fan-favorite special performance by local skaters, who raise funds for the opportunity to perform in the show through the CARES Foundation’s Sk8 to Elimin8 Cancer peer-to-peer fundraising program.
Tickets are on sale now at the Bridgestone Arena Box Office, Ticketmaster outlets and ticketmaster.com and tickets and sponsorship packages that include an After Show Celebration at the Omni Hotel featuring dinner, live music and a silent auction can be purchased at scottcares.org/events/evening-scott-hamilton-friends.
Proceeds from the concert benefit the Scott Hamilton CARES Foundation, which is dedicated to changing the future of cancer by funding advanced, innovative research that treats the cancer while sparing the patient.
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The BMI Foundation is now accepting online applications for its 2019 scholarship season, open to students attending colleges and universities nationwide. Among the scholarships is the Nashville Songwriting Scholarship, which will award $5,000 for the best original song and will be judged by Kacey Musgraves.
The Foundation will administer five songwriting and composing scholarship competitions, judged by a panel of international musicians. These annual programs include the BMI Future Jazz Master Scholarship, BMI Student Composer Awards, John Lennon Scholarships, peermusic Latin Scholarship and the Nashville Songwriting Scholarship. In addition, the Foundation administers two scholarship competitions outside the area of music creation: the newly revamped BMI Founders Internship Program for broadcasting students, and the Woody Guthrie Fellowship for scholars pursuing topics or themes related to American folk music.
“We love getting to open new creative doors for talented songwriters, composers and scholars across the country,” said BMI Foundation President Deirdre Chadwick. “So many of our award recipients have gone on to have flourishing careers, in part because of programs like these that afford them continued educational and development opportunities.”
Applications must be completed online no later than Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019, and complete details can be found at bmifoundation.org/programs.
Nashville Songwriting Scholarship
The fourth annual Nashville Songwriting Scholarship will award $5,000 for the best original song in any of the following genres: Americana, blues, bluegrass, contemporary Christian, country, folk, and roots. The contest is open to students between the ages of 17 and 24, who are enrolled in any college or university located in the United States. Grammy-winning recording artist and BMI songwriter Kacey Musgraves endorses the competition and serves as a final judge.
BMI Founders Internship Program for Radio Broadcasting
Established in 2015, the BMI Founders Award is an annual internship program open to radio broadcasting students nationwide. The award commemorates the group of radio industry leaders who founded Broadcast Music, Inc. in 1939. A 4-6 week paid internship with a major broadcaster is awarded based on merit and the best original essay response submitted to the competition, and recognizes a student with the potential to become an innovator in the rapidly changing field of broadcast radio.
BMI Future Jazz Master Scholarship
The fifth annual BMI Future Jazz Master Scholarship will award $5,000 to a rising jazz star pursuing a graduate degree in Jazz Studies, Jazz Performance, or related majors. The award was established in 2015 in honor of the NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship, a lifetime achievement recognition program of the National Endowment for the Arts.
BMI Student Composer Awards
The 67th annual BMI Student Composer Awards will award $20,000 in prizes to young composers engaged in the study of classical music. Co-sponsored by BMI and the BMI Foundation, the competition is open to all composers studying classical music who are age 27 or younger and citizens of the Western Hemisphere. Classical music luminaries such as John Adams, Aaron Jay Kernis and Augusta Read Thomas received their earliest recognition through this program. *Please note that the application deadline for this program is Friday, February 1st, 2019.
John Lennon Scholarships
The 22nd annual John Lennon Scholarships will award three prizes totaling $20,000 to U.S. college-student songwriters (age 17 to 24) for the best original songs submitted to the competition. Established in 1997 by Yoko Ono in conjunction with the BMI Foundation, this scholarship program honors the memory of one of the preeminent songwriters of the 20th century, John Lennon, and has become one of the nation’s most esteemed accolades for emerging artists.
peermusic Latin Scholarship
Established by music publisher Ralph Peer II and generously funded by peermusic, the 16th annual peermusic Latin Scholarship competition will award a $5,000 scholarship for the best original song or instrumental composition in any Latin genre. The contest is open to students between the ages of 17 and 24, who are enrolled in any college or university located in the United States and Puerto Rico. Acclaimed Latin artist and BMI songwriter Gloria Trevi serves as honorary spokesperson for the competition.
Woody Guthrie Fellowship
The 14th annual Woody Guthrie Fellowship will award up to $5,000 for scholarly research at the extensive Woody Guthrie Archives, a paper-based research repository located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Applicants must have a research project that leads to the creation of an original scholarly publication or product and requires a minimum of two weeks of research at the Archives. Established in 2005 in cooperation with the Woody Guthrie Center, the Woody Guthrie Fellowship seeks to encourage unique exploration into the life and legacy of one of the most influential folk musicians in American history, Woody Guthrie.
00Lorie Hollabaughhttps://musicrow.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/MusicRow-header-logo-Mar19B.pngLorie Hollabaugh2018-10-02 14:07:112018-10-02 14:07:11BMI Foundation Announces Opening Of 2019 Scholarship Season
On The Cover: Carrie Underwood Graces MusicRow Magazine’s 2018 Publisher Issue
/by Jessica NicholsonUnderwood emerged from the promise of her 2005 American Idol win to become a true multi-format, multi-media superstar, spanning achievements in music, television, and film. A seven-time GRAMMY® Award winner, she has sold 64 million records worldwide and recorded 26 No. 1 singles, 13 of which she co-wrote.
She released Cry Pretty, her first studio album on Capitol Records Nashville on Sept. 14, marking the first time she has co-produced her own album. In Spring 2019, Carrie will launch The Cry Pretty Tour 360, which will kick off in May and will play 55 arenas across the U.S. and Canada. Earlier this year, she released the hit event anthem she co-wrote, “The Champion” featuring Ludacris, which opened NBC’s Super Bowl LII and was incorporated into the network’s coverage of the 2018 Olympic Winter Games.
MusicRow Magazine’s 2018 Publisher Issue features an annual directory of top Nashville-focused music publishers. This issue also includes exclusive editorial examining Irving Azoff‘s Global Music Rights as well as Florida Georgia Line‘s growing Nashville empire, and highlights a slate of recent documentaries highlighting Nashville’s songwriter community. Additionally, this issue features songwriter interviews with Kassi Ashton, Shy Carter, Zach Crowell, Justin Ebach and Jessie Frasure.
Single copies of the Publisher Issue are available for purchase for $45 at musicrow.com, and are included with yearly subscriptions at no additional cost. First Class subscribers to MusicRow will receive their copies first, in the coming week.
CARRIE UNDERWOOD CAREER STATS
Label: Capitol Records Nashville
Current Album: Cry Pretty
Current Single: “Love Wins”
Current Producer: David Garcia (Co-Produced Cry Pretty with Carrie)
Management: The HQ
Booking: CAA
Recent Hits: “Cry Pretty,” “The Champion” featuring Ludacris, “Dirty Laundry,” and “Church Bells”
Recent Awards: 7 Grammy Awards, 6 CMA Awards, 18 CMT Music Awards, 12 American Music Awards and numerous other awards and honors. She recently took home her 14th career ACM Award for Vocal Event of the Year for “The Fighter,” her collaboration with Keith Urban.
RIAA Certifications: Top Country Artist on RIAA’s Digital Single Ranking with 28 Million; Top 5 Female in RIAA’s Digital Single Program (All Genres)
Platinum Albums: Storyteller, Greatest Hits: Decade #1, Blown Away (2x), Play On (3x), Carnival Ride (4x), Some Hearts (8x)
Special TV Appearances: In 2013, Carrie starred as Maria von Trapp in NBC’s three-hour holiday blockbuster, the Emmy®-winning The Sound of Music Live!. Carrie will return this Fall for her sixth season as the voice of primetime television’s No. 1 program, Sunday Night Football, and this November, Carrie and Brad Paisley will co-host the CMA Awards for the 11th consecutive year.
Lifestyle: Carrie is lead designer for her fitness and lifestyle brand, CALIA by Carrie Underwood, which launched in 2015 and is exclusively available at DICK’S Sporting Goods nationwide and online at caliastudio.com.
Birthday: March 10
Musical Influences: Dolly Parton, Randy Travis, George Michael, Freddie Mercury, Guns ’N Roses, Alan Jackson and Reba McEntire
Jason Aldean To Headline Nashville Show For Pandora’s Backroads Celebration
/by Lorie HollabaughJason Aldean is set to perform Nov. 27 at Pandora Presents:Backroads, a live celebration hosted by Pandora at Nashville’s Marathon Music Works. Aldean is the top-played country artist for the platform in Pandora’s history.
“In the last year, Pandora has served up billions of listening hours for country music,” said Jeff Zuchowski, Vice President of Artist Marketing and Industry Relations at Pandora. “Jason Aldean fans have contributed to many of those hours and we’re thrilled to have him be part of Backroads, giving our loyal country fans an opportunity to experience him live.”
For the first time, Pandora is offering country listeners nationwide the opportunity to win a free trip to Nashville to attend Pandora Presents: Backroads and see Jason Aldean perform live. Beginning today (Oct. 3), fans can visit AmicaPandoraSweeps.com to enter to win a trip to see Aldean’s concert, including roundtrip airfare, hotel accommodations, spending money and expedited access to the live event.
Elektra Music Group Reveals Remainder Of Leadership Team
/by Jessica NicholsonFollowing recent appointments to the A&R and Promotions teams, the remainder of Elektra Music Group’s leadership team includes:
Adam Abramson, Head of Sales & Streaming
Chris Brown, Head of Marketing
Tim Davideit, Head of Digital Marketing
Anne Declemente, Head of A&R Admin
Cathy Donovan, Head of Label Operations
Annie Flook, Head of Tour Marketing
Glenn Fukushima, Head of Publicity
Ana Lenuzza Ross, Head of Film, TV & Video Game Licensing
Mandee Mallone, Head of Video Production
Margo Scott, Head of Business & Legal Affairs
Suzy Yoder, Head of DSP & Video Promotion
They will report to label Co-Presidents, Mike Easterlin and Gregg Nadel.
Said Easterlin and Nadel: “We are so excited to call each and every one of these brilliant people part of the Elektra family. We’re already feeling the creative energy and collaborative spirit that will make Elektra a special place where we discover, nurture and develop game-changing artists. We’re grateful to everyone who has so generously helped us prepare for the launch of this new adventure.”
Including the leadership team, the 60-plus member Elektra Music Group staff builds out the company’s A&R, Artist Development, Business & Legal Affairs, International, Marketing, Promotion, Publicity, Sales & Streaming, and Video departments.
Recent announcements revealed two key Elektra Music Group A&R appointments: Will McDonald, Vice President, A&R and Marketing; and Shawn Cohen, Senior Director, A&R—as well as three key appointments in the promotion department: Melanie Scull, Vice President of Promotion; Myra Dehais, SVP of Promotion-West Coast/Alternative; and Jason Martin, VP of Promotion/Triple A.
Florida Georgia Line Celebrates Unprecedented 100-Week Run On ‘Billboard’ Chart
/by Lorie HollabaughReleased via Warner Bros. Records and BMLG Records to both Pop and Country radio, FGL’s Tyler Hubbard, Rexha, Josh Miller, and David Garcia penned “Meant to Be,” which has since surpassed 1 billion total streams globally and scores the superstar duo’s 15th No. 1 overall as artists.
As their triple Platinum-certified collaboration “Meant to Be” makes history, FGL has triumphed with six total Hot Country Songs chart-toppers which include “Cruise”; “Stay”; “This Is How We Roll”; “Dirt”; and “H.O.L.Y.”, since coming on the scene in 2012. Their latest single, “Simple,” the leadoff from their upcoming new album, is also on the verge of reaching the top spot at country radio.
Industry Ink: Stuart Dill, 650 AM WSM, Philip Peters
/by Jessica NicholsonStuart Dill Expands Leadership Role At Vanderbilt
Stuart Dill, Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s (VUMC) Director of the Office of Engagement, has been named Sr. VP, Medical Center Engagement with an expanded leadership role, including oversight of VUMC’s Strategic Marketing Department.
Prior to joining VUMC, Dill was a 30-year music industry veteran, serving as an artist manager on Nashville’s Music Row. During his career in the entertainment industry he managed artists including Minnie Pearl, Freddy Fender, Dwight Yoakam, Jo Dee Messina, Rodney Crowell, The Wreckers, Sister Hazel, Laura Bell Bundy, Point of Grace, Billy Ray Cyrus, and many others. He also authored the novel, Murder on Music Row, that won the Independent Book Publishers (IPPY) Award’s Gold Medal in 2012.
650 AM WSM To Host Music For Kids Event In November
Presented by Springer Mountain Farms, Music for Kids is a day-long family event packed with activities designed to make music accessible and fun for youth from all over Nashville. The event centers around providing children ages 5-16 with free, age-appropriate music lessons from local professionals and opportunities to engage, learn, and get inspired in fun new ways.
Children will choose the instrument they would most like to explore– voice, violin, guitar, bass, piano, drums, mandolin, banjo and more – when they sign up online. Registration for these free lessons are open now and must be reserved in advance via wsmonline.com. Lesson slots are expected to fill up fast, so early registrations are advised. A guardian is required to attend with the child receiving lessons.
Old Crow Medicine Show’s Ketch Secor will be on hand to read from his new children’s book Lorraine.
True Artist Management’s Philip Peters Honored By Anderson University
Pictured (L-R): Philip Peters, Recipient of Anderson University’s Distinguished Young Alumni Award, and John S. Pistole, President of Anderson University. Photo: Anderson University
Philip Peters of True Artist Management, founder of Restore Haiti and a 2002 graduate of Anderson University, received the school’s Distinguished Young Alumni Award distinction late last week. The honor comes post nearly two decades in the music industry alongside his development of Restore Haiti, an organization that feeds, educates and provides medical care for over 1,000 students in the country of Haiti.
Anderson University has a history of being the roots to those in the music industry whose alumni include Bill and Gloria Gaither, Steven Curtis Chapman, Sandi Patty, Sidewalk Prophets and the 2018 Music Alum Award winner, Jon Mclaughlin.
Brett Eldredge Prepping For Holiday Season With Release Of ‘Glow’ Deluxe Edition
/by Jessica Nicholson“I love Christmas music more than just about anything in the world,” said Eldredge. “The ride Glow has taken me on has been so much fun, so now we’ve decided to make it deluxe! We’re also touring with these holiday songs in some of the most magical Christmas cities in North America. I can’t wait!”
This year, Eldredge will perform five shows showcasing his holiday tunes, including stops in Windsor, Canada, Chicago and New York, before performing two shows in Nashville.
Eldredge is currently on his headlining The Long Way Tour, featuring Devin Dawson and Abby Anderson.
GLOW DELUXE TRACK LISTING:
1. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
2. Baby, It’s Cold Outside (ft. Meghan Trainor)
3. I’ll Be Home For Christmas
4. The Christmas Song
5. Silent Night
6. Glow
7. Do You Hear What I Hear?*
8. Winter Wonderland
9. O Holy Night
10. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
11. Silver Bells*
12. It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
13. The First Noel
14. Sleigh Ride*
15. White Christmas
16. A Holly Jolly Christmas*
17. Christmas Time Is Here*
18. The First Noel (A capella)
* New to the Deluxe edition
GLOW LIVE SHOW DATES:
*Nov. 30: Windsor, Canada @ The Colosseum at Caesars Windsor
**Dec. 5: Chicago, IL @ Chicago Theatre
**Dec. 11: New York, NY @ Beacon Theatre
*Dec. 14: Nashville, TN @ CMA Theatre
*Dec. 15: Nashville, TN @ CMA Theatre
Average Joes Entertainment To Celebrate 10-Year Anniversary With Commemorative Album
/by Jessica NicholsonIn celebration of its 10-year anniversary, Average Joes Entertainment will release an exclusive commemorative album, Average Joes Entertainment: 10 Years. The 18-track album will release Oct. 5, 2018. The project will feature songs from the label’s stable of artists including Colt Ford, Montgomery Gentry, Bubba Sparxxx, the LACS, Sunny Ledfurd, Lenny Cooper, Moonshine Bandits, Sarah Ross, Cypress Spring and Charlie Farley.
Average Joes Entertainment CEO/President Shannon Houchins said, “Over the past 10 years, the journey has been everything Colt Ford and I have hoped for and more. We are proud of what we have accomplished. As we celebrate our first ten years, we’re excited about what the next ten years will bring. We know one thing for sure; we’ll continue to sail into unchartered waters, expand boundaries and create without limitation.”
The album begins with Colt Ford’s 2008 hit “Cold Beer,” featuring Jamey Johnson, followed by Ford’s “Dirt Road Anthem,” which Ford co-wrote with Brantley Gilbert and was recorded by Jason Aldean. Other tracks on the album include The LACS’ “Field Party” and Montgomery Gentry’s “Where I Come From” as well as Troy Gentry’s outstanding track, “Better Me,” which was featured on the duo’s February release with the label.
Average Joes Entertainment: 10 Years Track List:
1. Cold Beer – Colt Ford f/Jamey Johnson
2. Dirt Road Anthem – Colt Ford f/Brantley Gilbert
3. Kickin’ Up Mud – The Lacs
4. Mud Digger – Lenny Cooper
5. Perfect Girl – JB and the Moonshine Band
6. Nickel Sized Hail & The Damaging Winds – Sunny Ledfurd f/Colt Ford
7. Where I Come From – Montgomery Gentry
8. This Is Our Song (Remix) – Colt Ford f/Bubba Sparxxx, Danny Boone, The LACS, Demun Jones
9. Drivin’ Around Song – Colt Ford f/Jason Aldean
10. Keep It Redneck – The LACS
11. Country Folks – Bubba Sparxxx f/Colt Ford and Danny Boone
12. Field Party – The LACS f/JJ Lawhorn
13. We All Country – Moonshine Bandits f/Colt Ford, Sarah Ross, Demun Jones
14. Backwoods Boys – Charlie Farley f/Daniel Lee
15. Crank It Up – Colt Ford
16. Calm Before The Storm – Sarah Ross
17. Way Of Life – Cypress Spring f/The LACS and Danny Boone
18. Better Me – Montgomery Gentry
Jack White Books Hometown Show At Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena In November
/by Eric T. ParkerJack White. Photo: Ray Neutron
Jack White has booked Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Nov. 20 as a makeup show for Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival’s recent cancellation.
The outing will end his Boarding House Reach world tour, featuring support from special guests Margo Price and Joshua Hedley. The tour was named after White’s third solo effort, released in March by Third Man Records/Columbia.
A limited amount of pre-sale tickets will be available to Third Man Vault members starting Wednesday, Oct. 3 at 10 a.m. CT. Tickets go on sale at the same time that Friday at livenation.com, the Bridgestone Arena Box Office or phone, at 800-745-3000.
Prior to the hometown stop, White will be in Europe, the UK and Canada. A complete list of dates can be found at jackwhiteiii.com.
Florida Georgia Line, Sheryl Crow, Brothers Osborne To Perform At Scott Hamilton & Friends Benefit
/by Lorie HollabaughPerformers for this year’s event include Sheryl Crow, Brothers Osborne, Florida Georgia Line, Steve Cropper, MercyMe’s Bart Millard, Styx’s Tommy Shaw, and Chelsea Field.
Hosted by cancer survivors Hamilton and Crow and special guest host Kristi Yamaguchi, the show will simultaneously feature live music and skating from the biggest names in figure skating including 2x Olympic Ice Dance Gold Medalists Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, Olympic Ice Dance Gold Medalists and Dancing with the Stars champion Meryl Davis and her partner Olympic Ice Dance Gold Medalist Charlie White, Olympic Men’s Silver Medalist Patrick Chan, Olympic Bronze Medalists Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani, Olympic Pairs Bronze Medalists Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford, Olympic Team Bronze Medalist Ashley Wagner, 2x Olympic Pairs Gold Medalist Katia Gordeeva, Olympic Ladies Bronze Medalist Kaetlyn Osmond, Olympic Team Bronze Medalist Jeremy Abbott, Ice Dance World Medalists Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje, and US National Gold Medalist Ryan Bradley.
The night will also include a return of the fan-favorite special performance by local skaters, who raise funds for the opportunity to perform in the show through the CARES Foundation’s Sk8 to Elimin8 Cancer peer-to-peer fundraising program.
Tickets are on sale now at the Bridgestone Arena Box Office, Ticketmaster outlets and ticketmaster.com and tickets and sponsorship packages that include an After Show Celebration at the Omni Hotel featuring dinner, live music and a silent auction can be purchased at scottcares.org/events/evening-scott-hamilton-friends.
Proceeds from the concert benefit the Scott Hamilton CARES Foundation, which is dedicated to changing the future of cancer by funding advanced, innovative research that treats the cancer while sparing the patient.
BMI Foundation Announces Opening Of 2019 Scholarship Season
/by Lorie HollabaughThe Foundation will administer five songwriting and composing scholarship competitions, judged by a panel of international musicians. These annual programs include the BMI Future Jazz Master Scholarship, BMI Student Composer Awards, John Lennon Scholarships, peermusic Latin Scholarship and the Nashville Songwriting Scholarship. In addition, the Foundation administers two scholarship competitions outside the area of music creation: the newly revamped BMI Founders Internship Program for broadcasting students, and the Woody Guthrie Fellowship for scholars pursuing topics or themes related to American folk music.
“We love getting to open new creative doors for talented songwriters, composers and scholars across the country,” said BMI Foundation President Deirdre Chadwick. “So many of our award recipients have gone on to have flourishing careers, in part because of programs like these that afford them continued educational and development opportunities.”
Applications must be completed online no later than Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019, and complete details can be found at bmifoundation.org/
Nashville Songwriting Scholarship
The fourth annual Nashville Songwriting Scholarship will award $5,000 for the best original song in any of the following genres: Americana, blues, bluegrass, contemporary Christian, country, folk, and roots. The contest is open to students between the ages of 17 and 24, who are enrolled in any college or university located in the United States. Grammy-winning recording artist and BMI songwriter Kacey Musgraves endorses the competition and serves as a final judge.
BMI Founders Internship Program for Radio Broadcasting
Established in 2015, the BMI Founders Award is an annual internship program open to radio broadcasting students nationwide. The award commemorates the group of radio industry leaders who founded Broadcast Music, Inc. in 1939. A 4-6 week paid internship with a major broadcaster is awarded based on merit and the best original essay response submitted to the competition, and recognizes a student with the potential to become an innovator in the rapidly changing field of broadcast radio.
BMI Future Jazz Master Scholarship
The fifth annual BMI Future Jazz Master Scholarship will award $5,000 to a rising jazz star pursuing a graduate degree in Jazz Studies, Jazz Performance, or related majors. The award was established in 2015 in honor of the NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship, a lifetime achievement recognition program of the National Endowment for the Arts.
BMI Student Composer Awards
The 67th annual BMI Student Composer Awards will award $20,000 in prizes to young composers engaged in the study of classical music. Co-sponsored by BMI and the BMI Foundation, the competition is open to all composers studying classical music who are age 27 or younger and citizens of the Western Hemisphere. Classical music luminaries such as John Adams, Aaron Jay Kernis and Augusta Read Thomas received their earliest recognition through this program. *Please note that the application deadline for this program is Friday, February 1st, 2019.
John Lennon Scholarships
The 22nd annual John Lennon Scholarships will award three prizes totaling $20,000 to U.S. college-student songwriters (age 17 to 24) for the best original songs submitted to the competition. Established in 1997 by Yoko Ono in conjunction with the BMI Foundation, this scholarship program honors the memory of one of the preeminent songwriters of the 20th century, John Lennon, and has become one of the nation’s most esteemed accolades for emerging artists.
peermusic Latin Scholarship
Established by music publisher Ralph Peer II and generously funded by peermusic, the 16th annual peermusic Latin Scholarship competition will award a $5,000 scholarship for the best original song or instrumental composition in any Latin genre. The contest is open to students between the ages of 17 and 24, who are enrolled in any college or university located in the United States and Puerto Rico. Acclaimed Latin artist and BMI songwriter Gloria Trevi serves as honorary spokesperson for the competition.
Woody Guthrie Fellowship
The 14th annual Woody Guthrie Fellowship will award up to $5,000 for scholarly research at the extensive Woody Guthrie Archives, a paper-based research repository located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Applicants must have a research project that leads to the creation of an original scholarly publication or product and requires a minimum of two weeks of research at the Archives. Established in 2005 in cooperation with the Woody Guthrie Center, the Woody Guthrie Fellowship seeks to encourage unique exploration into the life and legacy of one of the most influential folk musicians in American history, Woody Guthrie.