The Recording Academy has announced several performers for the upcoming 61st Annual Grammy Awards, which will include performances from Nashville nominees Dan + Shay and Kacey Musgraves. Other performers announced include Camila Cabello, Cardi B, Post Malone, Shawn Mendes, and Janelle Monae.

The event will be hosted by Alicia Keys.

Musgraves, a two-time Grammy winner, is nominated this year for four honors, including Album of the Year (Golden Hour), Best Country Solo Performance (“Butterflies”), Best Country Song (“Space Cowboy”) and Best Country Album (Golden Hour). First-time honorees Dan + Shay are nominated for Best Country Duo/Group Performance for “Tequila.”

Making her Grammy performance debut, Cabello received two nominations for Best Pop Solo Performance (“Havana [Live]”) and Best Pop Vocal Album (Camila). Cardi B is nominated for Record Of The Year (“I Like It”), Album Of The Year (Invasion Of Privacy), Best Pop Duo/Group Performance with Maroon 5 (“Girls Like You”), Best Rap Performance (“Be Careful”), and Best Rap Album (Invasion Of Privacy). First-time Grammy nominee Post Malone received four nominations, Record Of The Year (“Rockstar” with 21 Savage), Album Of The Year (Beerbongs & Bentleys), Best Pop Solo Performance (“Better Now”), and Best Rap/Sung Performance (“Rockstar”). Mendes is nominated for Song Of The Year (“In My Blood”) and Best Pop Vocal Album (Shawn Mendes). Monáe is up for Album Of The Year (Dirty Computer) and Best Music Video (“PYNK”).

The 61st Annual Grammy Awards will be broadcast live in HDTV and 5.1 surround sound on the CBS Television Network, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019, at 8:00 p.m. ET/5:00 p.m. PT.

The SOURCE Hall of Fame Awards will return to Nashville’s Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum at the Municipal Auditorium on Tuesday, Aug. 27.  The annual awards will honor and induct a select group of women into the SOURCE Awards Hall of Fame. The soon-to-be-announced inductees are all women who have made a significant impact on the Nashville entertainment industry.

In 2003, the annual SOURCE Awards were established to honor and pay respect to the women who helped shape and build upon Nashville’s entertainment industry.

Founded in 1991 by Shelia Shipley Biddy, Judy Harris and Pat Rolfe, SOURCE is the longest-running organization for females in the music industry in Nashville, and is dedicated to fostering relationships and opportunities for its members through continuous education, networking, and community service initiatives. SOURCE is a nonprofit organization supporting an exclusive community of accomplished women professionals who work in all facets of Nashville’s entertainment industry.

Partnerships and program ads will be available and information on how to purchase tickets, partnerships, and program ads will be released in the upcoming weeks, along with the names of this year’s 2019 inductees.

The KPM Music Library has fully digitized its catalog, which is now available to download and stream in its entirety. The move by Sony/ATV Music Publishing division EMI Production Music means every recording in KPM’s catalogue is now available for sync licensing and is also on the digital music services, including Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes and Amazon.

“We are proud to have taken this initiative to make KPM the first major music library to be fully digitized and available to our global broadcast clients and music lovers to enjoy,” said EMI Production Music Senior Content and Distribution Manager Paul Sandell. “There is no bigger name library music than KPM, which is reflected by its rich and diverse catalogue spanning 70 years, including some of the best-known television theme tunes. We know this launch will not be lost on the sampling community as some of the rarest gems from the EMI vaults will be available for fans to access for the first time since the original ‘60s and ‘70s vinyl pressings.”

KPM’s music library contains more than 30,000 recordings covering every genre of music from orchestral to cutting-edge indie. KPM occupies a central place in library music, (or production music) which was born before TV but boomed as TVs became household items, creating the opportunity for composers and session musicians to experiment without the pressures of writing a “hit.” Library music is simply background music used for a variety of media sources, primarily TV, film and radio.

KPM is the most established name in library music and for the past 50 years has been a division of EMI Music Publishing, now part of Sony/ATV Music Publishing. Among the countless gems in the library are the themes to UK TV programs including Grandstand, ITV News At Ten, the BBC’s Wimbledon coverage and Grange Hill. It also includes the celebrated KPM 1000 series, which was launched in the mid-1960s and became known as “Greensleeves” because of its uniform dark green album covers.

Devon Kolozsi Joins Marketing Agency k2forma

Former BMI exec Devon Kolozsi has joined Nashville-based marketing and creative services agency k2forma as Director, New Business. Kolozsi spent 13 years at BMI, working in general licensing and sales.

k2forma, launched by Kelly Koeppel in 2007, has worked with companies including Third Man Records and Houzz. “I identified Devon as a self-starter, driven by big-picture growth. She’s someone who shares our commitment to customer satisfaction and high-quality service. That mindset, combined with her existing knowledge of branding solutions makes her a welcomed addition to the team” said Koeppel.

 

Barbershop Harmony Society To Hold Midwinter Convention Beginning Jan. 22

The Barbershop Harmony Society will host its annual Midwinter Convention at Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry Jan. 22-27. Notably, this marks the first convention following the June 2018 announcement that the organization would begin accepting women for the first time in the organization’s 80-year history. In 2009, women were allowed to participate in the organization as associates, but couldn’t join chapters or quartets.

This year’s convention will celebrate the rule change, with performances from all-female quartets, mixed-gender choruses and more, as well as groups of all ages, backgrounds, race, sexual orientation and more. On Thurs., Jan. 24, the Heritage of Harmony event will highlight performances from the Fisk Jubilee Singers®, The Fairchild Four, HALO quartet and past world champions Crossroads and After Hours. This event seeks to embrace the culture of barbershop back to its roots in African American history.

Free events include performances by Barbershop members at the Second Harvest Food Bank and the Nashville Farmer’s Market on Fri., Jan. 25, as the organization helps give back to Nashville’s community by way of song. Individuals can also donate to the American Red Cross of Nashville on Sat., Jan. 26 for the convention’s Red Cross Blood Drive from 10 AM CST – 5 PM CST at Gaylord Opryland Resort.

A full schedule of events can be found at barbershop.org

 

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