Courtney Jean Cash
Courtney Jean Cash’s funeral will take place at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Cookeville at Crest Lawn Funeral Home.
[Update, March 20, 2014, 5:07 p.m.]: According to Putnam County police, Wayne Gary Masciarella, 27, has been charged with first-degree murder of Cash, 23. Cash and Johnson met with Masciarella on Wednesday, when the meeting turned violent. Courtney Cash was stabbed to death.
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[Original post, March 20, 2014, 1:00 p.m.]
Courtney Cash, the great-niece of late Country singer
Johnny Cash and granddaughter of
Tommy Cash, has been found dead at a residence in Putnam County, Tenn., according to
Fox 17. Courtney Cash, who was 23, was found deceased inside a box. Another victim,
William Johnson, is at Vanderbilt Hospital receiving treatment for a gunshot wound. A child was also found at the residence.
Tommy Cash, younger brother of the legendary singer, said, “We ask for your prayers for the Cash family at this time. Courtney and her boyfriend are beloved members of my family and like you we have a lot of questions and emotions that we are beginning to sort through today. We ask for you to respect our privacy and appreciate all the support that the public and media has always offered my family, as we handle the loss of my grand-daughter, pray for the father of my great-grand child and journey through the search for justice on this violent act. We are completely heartbroken. It is a time like this that we are grateful for our faith and trusting the loving guidance of God.”
Cause of death has not been determined, according to police. A suspect is in custody, but has not been charged.
Smith To Release First Project For Sparrow Records in May
/by Jessica NicholsonSovereign will also be made available as a Deluxe Edition, which will include a DVD concert shot at Smith’s barn in Franklin, Tenn., and will feature guest appearances from Kari Jobe and Leeland Mooring.
Smith has enlisted the musical talents of songwriters including Seth Moseley and Kyle Lee. He worked with producers Chris Stevens and Jeremy Edwardson, and brought in worship leader Jobe to sing on a track.
1. You Won’t Let Go
2. Heaven Come Down
3. Miracle
4. Sky Spills Over
5. All Arise
6. You Are The Fire
7. Christ Be All Around Me
8. Sovereign Over Us
9. Hide Myself
10. The Same Power
11. I Lay Me Down
12. The One That Really Matters (Featuring Kari Jobe)
Sovereign Deluxe Edition CD+DVD
1. You Won’t Let Go
2. Heaven Come Down
3. Miracle
4. Sky Spills Over
5. All Arise
6. You Are The Fire
7. Christ Be All Around Me
8. Sovereign Over Us
9. Hide Myself
10. The Same Power
11. I Lay Me Down
12. The One That Really Matters (Featuring Kari Jobe)
DVD
1. You Won’t Let Go
2. You Are The Fire
3. Hide Myself
4. The Same Power
5. All Arise
6. Sovereign Over Us
7. I Lay Me Down
8. Christ Be All Around Me (Featuring Leeland Mooring)
9. The One That Really Matters (Featuring Kari Jobe)
10. You Are The Fire (Reprise)
CMT Mobile Apps Available on Android
/by Jessica NicholsonCMT has also presented its next installment of Listen Up, featuring Thomas Rhett. Rhett will debut five new performances on the app, as well as at listenup.cmt.com, including “1994,” “Sorry For Partyin’,” “Front Porch Junkies,” “Get Me Some of That,” and “It Goes Like This.”
'Muscle Shoals' To Premiere On PBS in April
/by Jessica NicholsonAmong those appearing in the film are Gregg Allman, Barry Beckett, Bono, Clarence Carter, Jimmy Cliff, Aretha Franklin, Donnie Fritts, Donna Jean Godchaux, Rick Hall, Roger Hawkins, David Hood, Mick Jagger, Jaimoe, Etta James, Jimmy Johnson, Alicia Keys, Ed King, Spooner Oldham, Dan Penn, Wilson Pickett, Keith Richards, Percy Sledge, Candi Staton, Jerry Wexler, John Paul White, and Steve Winwood.
Weekly Chart Report (3/21/14)
/by Michael_SmithArtist Updates (3/20/14)
/by Jessica NicholsonClay Walker
Clay Walker will return to Nashville on Tuesday, June 3 to host the fifth annual Chords of Hope Benefit Concert at 3rd & Lindsley. The concert will help raise money and awareness for multiple sclerosis (MS) research with proceeds going to the MS Center at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Walker will be joined by Blaster Records’ Montgomery Gentry, as well as Broken Bow Records’ Dustin Lynch.
Doors open at 6 p.m., and the concert will begin at 7 p.m. Tickets are available through Eventbrite and bandagainstms.org.
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Brandy Clark. Photo Credit: Becky Fluke
The airdate for singer/songwriter Brandy Clark’s debut performance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show has changed.
The nationally syndicated television show, featuring Clark performing the song “Stripes” from her album 12 Stories, will now air on Monday, Mar. 24.
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David Cook
Kris Allen and David Cook will perform at Nashville’s The Bridge Building to launch a new partnership with Soles4Souls. They will host “A Sole-ful Evening with Kris Allen & David Cook.” Guests will enjoy live music, as well as flavorful wines and bubblies, and will be invited to drop gently used shoes off as a donation to the cause.
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Accompanying the release of Passion: Take It All, Passion will embark on a Spring 2014 Global Tour, making stops in Abu Dhabi, Hyderabad, Delhi, Manila, Singapore, and Honolulu.
Industry Ink (3/20/14)
/by Jessica NicholsonThe event’s performer lineup will be revealed March 28.
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Panelists included singer-songwriter Sherrie Austin, Sr. VP of Creative Services for HoriPro Butch Baker, Magic Mustang Music Creative Director Juli Griffith, and SESAC Sr. Director of Writer/Publisher Relations Shannan Hatch.
Panelists shared stories of their careers in songwriting, pitching, publishing and production.
Pictured (front row, L-R): HoriPro’s Butch Baker, ASCAP’s LeAnn Phelan, SESAC’s Shannan Hatch, Magic Mustang’s Juli Griffith, Sherrie Austin, WMBA Events/Education co-chair Meredith Herberg-Waldron, CMT’s Heather Dicus, WMBA Membership/Marketing co-chair Hannah Showmaker and WMBA Secretary Alison Toczylowski. (back row, L-R): WMBA Events/Education co-chair Rachel Mowl, WMBA President Raeanna Mowl, WMBA Membership/Marketing co-chair Trina Lloyd-Weidner and WMBA Vice President Makayla Telfer.
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The March 2014 installment of ASCAP‘s “We Create Music” showcase series was held Wednesday, March 19 at Nashville’s The Basement. Republic Nashville artist RaeLynn, songwriter Dave Berg, and songwriter-artists Andy Albert, Joshua Fletcher, Brad Tursi, and Jamie Kent were featured during the show.
Pictured (L-R): Joshua Fletcher, Andy Albert, ASCAP’s LeAnn Phelan, RaeLynn, Brad Tursi, ASCAP’s Evyn Mustoe and Ryan Beuschel, Jamie Kent, Dave Berg, ASCAP’s Mike Sistad, and Tony Esterly. Photo by ASCAP’s Alison Toczylowski.
CMHoF To Celebrate Expansion With Free Outdoor Event
/by Jessica NicholsonThe event will begin at 1:15 p.m. CT on Tuesday, April 15 at the corner of 5th Ave. S. and Demonbreun Street. The event will feature the Honorable Karl Dean, Board Chairman Steve Turner, Museum Director Kyle Young, as well as guest performers and Country Music Hall of Fame members.
The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums since 1987. The museum has been assembling its nearly 2 million-item collection since 1967. Using its unrivaled collection and expertise, the museum seeks to engage visitors in the breadth and depth of the country music story, in the context of local and national history.
[Updated]: Member of Cash Family Found Dead In Putnam County
/by Jessica NicholsonCourtney Jean Cash
[Update, March 25, 4:41 p.m. CT]
Courtney Jean Cash’s funeral will take place at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Cookeville at Crest Lawn Funeral Home.
[Update, March 20, 2014, 5:07 p.m.]: According to Putnam County police, Wayne Gary Masciarella, 27, has been charged with first-degree murder of Cash, 23. Cash and Johnson met with Masciarella on Wednesday, when the meeting turned violent. Courtney Cash was stabbed to death.
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[Original post, March 20, 2014, 1:00 p.m.]
Courtney Cash, the great-niece of late Country singer Johnny Cash and granddaughter of Tommy Cash, has been found dead at a residence in Putnam County, Tenn., according to Fox 17. Courtney Cash, who was 23, was found deceased inside a box. Another victim, William Johnson, is at Vanderbilt Hospital receiving treatment for a gunshot wound. A child was also found at the residence.
Tommy Cash, younger brother of the legendary singer, said, “We ask for your prayers for the Cash family at this time. Courtney and her boyfriend are beloved members of my family and like you we have a lot of questions and emotions that we are beginning to sort through today. We ask for you to respect our privacy and appreciate all the support that the public and media has always offered my family, as we handle the loss of my grand-daughter, pray for the father of my great-grand child and journey through the search for justice on this violent act. We are completely heartbroken. It is a time like this that we are grateful for our faith and trusting the loving guidance of God.”
Cause of death has not been determined, according to police. A suspect is in custody, but has not been charged.
Haggard To Be Honored With ACM Crystal Milestone Award
/by Jessica NicholsonThe award will salute Haggard for 50 years in Country music. He was the recipient of the ACM’s first Entertainer of the Year award in 1970. That win also marked the Academy’s first Triple Crown achievement; Haggard had already earned the titles of Most Promising Male Vocalist of the Year award (1965) and the first of six Male Vocalist of the Year awards in 1966. Haggard has also received the ACM Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award and Poet’s award. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1994.
Past recipients of the Crystal Milestone Award include Jason Aldean, Garth Brooks, Kenny Chesney, Gayle Holcomb, Jennifer Nettles and Taylor Swift.
Broken Bow Records will release Working Man’s Poet: A Tribute To Merle Haggard, which features new covers of some of Haggard’s biggest hits. Aldean, Brooks, Dierks Bentley, Luke Bryan, Kristy Lee Cook, Ben Haggard, Randy Houser, Toby Keith, Dustin Lynch, Joe Nichols, Jake Owen, Parmalee, Thompson Square and James Wesley are included on the tribute album. The project will release in select stores and digitally on Tuesday, April 1.
WORKING MAN’S POET: A TRIBUTE TO MERLE HAGGARD
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Sammy Kershaw Autobiography Slated For 2014
/by Jessica NicholsonSammy Kershaw
Sammy Kershaw has signed a global book deal with VIP Ink Publishing for an official autobiography on his life and career. The book will chronicle his life from growing up in Kaplan, La. to becoming well-known Country music entertainer. Kershaw is best known for the hits “She Don’t Know She’s Beautiful,” “Cadillac Style,” “National Working Woman’s Holiday” and “Third Rate Romance,” among other songs.
The currently untitled work is expected to be released in 2014.
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Earl Montgomery wrote dozens of songs for Jones over the course of his career. The 300-page hardcover book includes numerous stories from the life and career of the Country legend.