Natalie Kilgore. Photo: Justin Nolan Key
Founder
Natalie Kilgore has been named Vice President of Publicity for the
BBR Music Group.
In her new role, Kilgore will continue to strategize and lead publicity endeavors for the music group that serves as the umbrella for Broken Bow, Stoney Creek and RED BOW Records as well as BBR Management and Magic Mustang Music.
Additionally, Kilgore will maintain direct publicity representation for
Thompson Square,
Dustin Lynch, Joe Nichols, Parmalee,
Lindsay Ell, Kristy Lee Cook, James Wesley and newcomers
Chase Bryant, Jackie Lee and
David Fanning on the BBR Music Group roster.
A Greenbrier, Tenn., native, Kilgore began her industry career 14 years ago as an on-air personality for WBUZ-Nashville. She later worked as an entertainment writer for Gannett; the Communications Director for NSAI; and as the Sr. Publicist for G7 Entertainment. Additionally, Kilgore spent more than four years as Head of Publicity for the Big Machine Label Group prior to founding her own boutique firm – Dashboard Media – in 2011.
Kilgore can be reached at 615-610-2096 and at
Natalie@bbrmusicgroup.com
Brittany Perlin
Dashboard Media’s Associate Publicist
Brittany Perlin follows Kilgore to the BBR Music Group. Perlin joined Dashboard Media in October 2012 and previously spent five years at
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson where she served as Music Assistant before being promoted to Music Booker. The Los Angeles native began her entertainment career as an intern at
Cosmopolitan magazine while majoring in Communications at California State University – Dominguez Hills.
Perlin will serve as Associate Publicist for the BBR Music Group. She can be reached at 615-610-2094 and at
BrittanyPerlin@bbrmusicgroup.com
Jessica Pangrazio
Additionally,
Jessica Pangrazio joins the BBR Music Group Publicity Department in the newly created position of Jr. Publicist. A December 2013 graduate of Belmont University, Pangrazio previously held public relations internships at Kaleidoscope Media, The Franklin Theatre and Sugar Hill Records. Pangrazio can be reached at 615-610-2110 and at
jessica@bbrmusicgroup.com.
The BBR Music Group is headquartered at 65 Music Square West in Nashville, Tenn.
Writer’s Den Signs Salley
/by Michael_Smith(Seated L-R): John Rolfe, Writer’s Den attorney; Jerry Salley; Bobby Rymer, Writer’s Den partner. (Standing L-R): Writer’s Den writers Ben Cooper, Melissa Fuller and Thom Schuyler
The Writer’s Den Music Group has signed singer-songwriter Jerry Salley to a worldwide publishing agreement. Salley’s songs have enjoyed more than 360 cuts by Reba, Toby Keith, Brad Paisley and Joe Nichols, among others.
“I’ve had the good fortune of knowing Jerry Salley for a lot of years but have never had the great fortune of working with him until now,” said Writer’s Den partner Bobby Rymer. “My belief in his talent is unquestioned and I’m looking forward to a lot of fun times for the both of us.”
In addition to previously winning SESAC’s Country Music Songwriter of the Year, Salley wrote “Where We Both Say Goodbye,” Sir Elton John’s only single to appear on Billboard’s Country Chart, and the popular Gospel song “His Strength Is Perfect.” Salley also released his acclaimed Bluegrass album New Songs, Old Friends in 2007. His more recent project is titled Showing My Age.
Salley will perform during Tin Pan South Songwriter’s Festival at Nashville’s Station Inn on Thursday, March 27 at 9 p.m. For more information, visit jerrysalley.com.
[Updated] Keith Urban Announces 'Raise 'Em Up Tour'
/by Jessica NicholsonAtlantic Records artist Eldredge was recently spotlighted during Country Radio Seminar’s New Faces concert, while Jerrod Niemann’s latest album, High Noon, is slated to release March 25 (Sea Gayle Records/Arista Nashville).
In addition to the upcoming tour, Urban is in the middle of American Idol’s 13th season, serving as a judge alongside Jennifer Lopez and Harry Connick, Jr. The singer-songwriter and guitarist recently revealed a new T-shirt line.
Urban recently wrapped his Light The Fuse Tour, which featured Little Big Town and Dustin Lynch.
Check out Urban’s upcoming tour dates below:
THU JUL 17 Atlantic City, NJ
TUE JUL 22 Harrington, DE
FRI JUL 25 Darien Center, NY
SAT JUL 26 Boston, MA
THU JUL 31 Cincinnati, OH
FRI AUG 1 St. Louis, MO
SAT AUG 2 Indianapolis, IN
FRI AUG 8 Raleigh, NC
SAT AUG 9 Virginia Beach, VA
FRI AUG 15 Holmdel, NJ
SAT AUG 16 Hartford, CT
SUN AUG 17 Bethel, NY
FRI AUG 22 Charlotte, NC
SAT AUG 23 Birmingham, AL
FRI AUG 29 Denver, CO
SAT AUG 30 Salt Lake City, UT
FRI SEP 5 Irvine, CA
SAT SEP 6 Mountain View, CA
SUN SEP 7 Sacramento, CA
FRI MAR 14 Houston, TX
SUN MAR 23 Melbourne, FL
SAT JUL 12 Calgary, AB
SUN JUL 13 Craven, SK
FRI JUL 18 St. Clairesville, OH
SAT JUL 19 Brooklyn, MI
THU JUL 24 Gilford, NH
SUN AUG 10 Bethlehem, PA
SUN AUG 24 Atlanta, GA
SAT SEP 13 Puyallup, WA
SESAC Honors Artists During Christian Music Awards
/by Jessica NicholsonSESAC named Christian songwriter/producer Jason Ingram as SESAC’s Christian Songwriter of the Year during the SESAC Christian Music Awards, held at the Hillwood Country Club in Nashville Tuesday evening (March 4). Sony/ATV Timber Publishing was named SESAC’s Christian Music Publisher of the Year. The awards recognize activity for songwriters and publishers in 2013.
A highlight of the evening occurred when SESAC presented the band Petra with its Legacy Award, marking the first time the award has been given in the Christian music genre. Previous recipients of this prestigious award have included Neil Diamond, Paul Shaffer and Jerry Cantrell of Alice In Chains.
Additional SESAC award winners during the evening included Cary Barlowe, Jamie Grace, Juan Otero, Ian Eskelin, Natalie Grant and Tiffany Arbuckle Lee (Plumb), among others.
For a full list of honorees, visit sesac.com.
Pictured (L-R): SESAC’s Trevor Gale & John Mullins, Jason Ingram & SESAC’s Tim Fink. Photo: Ed Rode.
Pictured (L-R): Petra’s John Lawry, SESAC’s John Mullins, Petra’s Greg Bailey & John Schlitt, SESAC’s Tim Fink and Petra’s Bob Hartman & Cristian Borneo. Photo: Ed Rode.
Pictured (L-R): SESAC’s Trevor Gale, Sony’s Holly Zbaka, SESAC’s John Mullins, Terry Hemmings & Devon DeVries and SESAC’s Tim Fink. Photo: Ed Rode.
SESAC’s Pat Collins with Seth Mosley and SESAC’s John Mullins. Photo: Ed Rode.
AXS To Broadcast Americana Awards March 9
/by Michael_SmithHosted by Jim Lauderdale and Buddy Miller, the program will honor Stephen Stills, Dr. John and Robert Hunter, among others. Additionally, it will include performances by Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell, Duane Eddy, Richard Thompson, Delbert McClinton, Old Crow Medicine Show, Kelly Willis & Bruce Robison, Shovels & Rope, John Fullbright, the Milk Carton Kids, Lennon and Maisy Stella, and JD McPherson.
The program will also feature Holly Williams, who pays tribute to her grandfather, Hank Williams.
The program will include presentations for the Lifetime Instrumentalist Award, Performance of the Year Award, Songwriter of the Year Award and the Jack Emerson Lifetime Achievement for Executive Award, which will be presented to Arhoolie Records founder Chris Strachwitz by Ry Cooder. The show’s finale will feature a performance of Crowell’s song “Leaving Louisiana In The Broad Daylight,” by several artists.
The awards ceremony, which was originally presented on Sept. 18, 2013, is held annually at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium.
BBR Music Group Names Kilgore As VP, Publicity
/by Jessica NicholsonNatalie Kilgore. Photo: Justin Nolan Key
Dashboard Media Founder Natalie Kilgore has been named Vice President of Publicity for the BBR Music Group.
In her new role, Kilgore will continue to strategize and lead publicity endeavors for the music group that serves as the umbrella for Broken Bow, Stoney Creek and RED BOW Records as well as BBR Management and Magic Mustang Music.
Additionally, Kilgore will maintain direct publicity representation for Thompson Square, Dustin Lynch, Joe Nichols, Parmalee, Lindsay Ell, Kristy Lee Cook, James Wesley and newcomers Chase Bryant, Jackie Lee and David Fanning on the BBR Music Group roster.
A Greenbrier, Tenn., native, Kilgore began her industry career 14 years ago as an on-air personality for WBUZ-Nashville. She later worked as an entertainment writer for Gannett; the Communications Director for NSAI; and as the Sr. Publicist for G7 Entertainment. Additionally, Kilgore spent more than four years as Head of Publicity for the Big Machine Label Group prior to founding her own boutique firm – Dashboard Media – in 2011.
Kilgore can be reached at 615-610-2096 and at Natalie@bbrmusicgroup.com
Brittany Perlin
Dashboard Media’s Associate Publicist Brittany Perlin follows Kilgore to the BBR Music Group. Perlin joined Dashboard Media in October 2012 and previously spent five years at The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson where she served as Music Assistant before being promoted to Music Booker. The Los Angeles native began her entertainment career as an intern at Cosmopolitan magazine while majoring in Communications at California State University – Dominguez Hills.
Perlin will serve as Associate Publicist for the BBR Music Group. She can be reached at 615-610-2094 and at BrittanyPerlin@bbrmusicgroup.
Jessica Pangrazio
Additionally, Jessica Pangrazio joins the BBR Music Group Publicity Department in the newly created position of Jr. Publicist. A December 2013 graduate of Belmont University, Pangrazio previously held public relations internships at Kaleidoscope Media, The Franklin Theatre and Sugar Hill Records. Pangrazio can be reached at 615-610-2110 and at jessica@bbrmusicgroup.com.
The BBR Music Group is headquartered at 65 Music Square West in Nashville, Tenn.
ACM's March “My Cause” Web Feature Spotlights Corey Smith
/by Jessica NicholsonCorey Smith
ACM Lifting Lives® announced today (March 5) that the March “My Cause” web feature will spotlight Corey Smith and the charity organization, Seva Foundation. The web feature drives awareness of artist-supported charitable organizations and supports fundraising efforts for those philanthropies.
My Cause allows ACM Lifting Lives to tangibly demonstrate the Academy’s support of Country music artists. Over the past two years, ACM Lifting Lives has donated more than $200,000 to artists’ favorite charities through this program.
This month, “My Cause: Seva Foundation” highlights an organization that is dedicated to the prevention of blindness around the globe. Seva builds sustainable eye care programs in places where access to services is extremely limited and people commonly lose their eyesight due to cataracts, injuries and other easily preventable causes. Since 1978, Seva’s Sight Program has helped nearly 3.5 million people see again.
Watch the video below to find out more about “My Cause: Seva Foundation.”
Artist Updates (3/5/14)
/by Jessica NicholsonEric Church
Eric Church will tape his debut performance for “Austin City Limits” on Sept. 23, 2014 as part of the ground-breaking music program’s 40th anniversary season.
The television show is taped live before a concert audience at the venue ACL Live at The Moody Theater in downtown Austin, Texas, and will air nationally on PBS Television on a date to be revealed later.
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Corey Smith
Corey Smith will join forces with Darius Rucker beginning April 10 in Morgantown, W.V., as he will open select dates for the singer’s 2014 True Believers Tour.
Before the run, Smith will stop through Austin, Texas, to perform during the famed annual SXSW festival on March 12, at Rowdy’s Saloon.
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Keith Urban
Keith Urban has launched his own T-shirt line, By Keith Urban. Urban partnered with Industrial Revolution II and artist Raphael Mazzucco for the new line, which includes various shirt designs for men and women.
For more information on the American Idol judge’s new line, visit bykeithurban.com.
Weekly Register: Bentley Rises To No. 1
/by Michael_SmithAlbums
Bentley’s Riser (Capitol Nashville) debuts as the top Country album (No. 6 overall), selling 63k units. The singer’s Riser Tour will launch on May 9 in Charlotte, N.C. with special guests Chris Young, Chase Rice and Jon Pardi. Rounding out the top five is Eric Church’s The Outsiders (EMI Nashville) at No. 2 (42k), Cole Swindell’s self-titled album (Warner Bros.) at No. 3 (19K), Luke Bryan’s Crash My Party (Capitol Nashville) at No. 4 (14k) and Florida Georgia Line’s Here’s To The Good Times (Republic Nashville) at No. 5 (13k). Swindell, Bryan and FGL are enjoying Top 5 tracks as well.
Schoolboy Q’s Oxymoron is the top overall album, debuting with 138k units sold. YTD, Country album sales are down 12.7 percent, while overall album sales are down 15.1 percent. The same week last year, Bruno Mars’ Unorthodox Jukebox was the top overall album, selling 95k units, while Taylor Swift’s RED remained the top Country album with 24k units sold.
Tracks
YTD, Country track sales are down 16.9 percent, while overall track sales are down 11.6 percent. The same week last year, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’s “Thrift Shop” was the top overall track, selling 247k units, while Blake Shelton’s “Sure Be Cool If You Did” continued as the No. 1 Country track, selling 74k units.
Next week’s numbers will include David Nail’s I’m A Fire, Eli Young Band’s 10,000 Towns, Sundy Best’s Bring Up The Sun, Bill Anderson’s Life and Kevin Fowler’s How Country Are Ya?
Lawrence Receives ASCAP’s Sammy Cahn Award
/by Michael_SmithPictured (L-R): ASCAP’s LeAnn Phelan and Sandy Lawrence
For the past 18 years, The ASCAP Foundation has celebrated the life of former Board member Sammy Cahn with its Sammy Cahn Award, presented annually to a promising songwriter. This year’s recipient is Nashville-based ASCAP member Sandy Emory Lawrence, who won for her song “The Pretty One.”
Lawrence lives in Franklin, Tenn. and cites musical influences including Bob Wills, Roger Miller, Broadway’s My Fair Lady, Joni Mitchell, Carole King, The Eagles, John Lennon, Paul McCartney and Emmylou Harris, among others.
Lawrence previously won a Kerrville songwriting award in 1988 and has released an album titled The Hammer Lands. Additionally, she performed alongside Joey + Rory at the Grand Ole Opry in 2013. More recently, ASCAP included Lawrence in its Nashville’s Guidance from Publishers for Songwriters (GPS) Project, which introduced her to Nashville’s publishing community.
Previous winners of the Sammy Cahn award include John Mayer, Josh Ritter, Lori McKenna, Daniel Mackenzie, Chris Keup, Cinco Paul, John Francis and Katie Herzig. For more information, visit ascapfoundation.org.
Cracker Barrel, Michael W. Smith Team For 'Hymns'
/by Jessica Nicholson“We are honored that Michael W. Smith has chosen to release his first-ever traditional hymns album with Cracker Barrel,” said Cracker Barrel Marketing Manager Julie Craig. “Hymns is filled with beautiful and beloved songs that we know our guests will enjoy and treasure for years.”
Hymns was produced by Kyle Lee and Jim Daneker, with track no. 15 produced by Smith. The album’s executive producers are Greg Ham and Chaz Corzine. The songs on Hymns are as follows:
1) “The Old Rugged Cross” (written by George Bennard)
2) “My Jesus, I Love Thee” (written by William R. Featherston)
3) “Were You There” (written by C. Winfred Douglas)
4) “Victory in Jesus” (written by E.M. Bartlett)
5) “How Great Thou Art” (written by Stuart K. Hine)
6) “Just As I Am” (written by Charlotte Elliott)
7) “Near the Cross” (written by Fanny Crosby)
8) “It is Well” (written by Horatio Spafford)
9) “Softly and Tenderly” (written by Will L. Thompson)
10) “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross” (written by Isaac Watts)
11) “What a Friend We Have in Jesus” (written by Joseph M Scriven)
12) “Wonderful, Merciful Savior” (written by Dawn Rodgers and Eric Wyse)
13) “Great is Thy Faithfulness” (written by Thomas O.Chisholm and William M. Runyan)
14) “God of Our Fathers” (written by Daniel C. Roberts)
15) “The Lord Bless You and Keep You” (written by Peter C. Lutkin)