The Love Junkies: Lori McKenna, Liz Rose, Hillary Lindsey
Music Health Alliance (MHA) has announced the lineup for its annual “Coulda Shoulda Woulda” event, presented by Amazon, to benefit the Nashville-based non-profit as it continues its life-saving advocacy and assistance for our nationwide music community. Iconic artists and songwriters The Love Junkies— made up of Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna and Liz Rose—are set to join forces in an impressive evening of stories and songs at 6:30 p.m. CT on Tuesday, April 25 at Nashville’s City Winery.
Rose, a Grammy-winning songwriter, Music Health Alliance board member and a founding member of The Love Junkies, created “Coulda Shoulda Woulda” as a compelling spin on the traditional writers round with the concept that guests will get to experience never-heard-before songs and ones that got away—the “coulda, shoulda, woulda” songs from some of today’s biggest hitmakers.
“Coulda, Shoulda, Woulda not only celebrates a decade of serving the healthcare needs of music, it also enables us to continue to provide critical healthcare programs and services to Heal The Music,” shares Music Health Alliance Founder and CEO, Tatum Allsep. “We’re honored to have the inspiring, boundary-pushing talents of Liz, Lori and Hillary, the brilliant trio that make up The Love Junkies, as well as Amazon as our title sponsor plus the support of our table sponsors. Together, we are committed to ensuring that no one in the music industry ever has to face the heartbreaking choice between buying food or medicine again.”
As Music Health Alliance enters its tenth year, providing free advocacy and support to over 20,000 members of our nationwide music community and saving the industry over $100 million in healthcare costs, events like “Coulda Shoulda Woulda,” grants and individual and corporate donations are critical to continue Music Health Alliance’s advocacy and free services. 86% of all dollars donated go directly to MHA’s programs and services. For every $1 donation, MHA is able to provide $30 in life-saving healthcare resources to Heal The Music.
“Amazon values opportunities to support programs that have a lasting, positive impact in our community,” says Courtney Ross, Senior Manager, Community Engagement for Amazon. “We’re proud to sponsor this event that provides much needed assistance for our music community.”
Contact carla@musichealthalliance.com for event sponsorship opportunities. Advance table sales are open now by contacting events@musichealthalliance.com.
Luke Bryan Wraps Up RodeoHouston With Season’s Largest Crowd
/by Steven BoeroLuke Bryan at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. Photo: Courtesy of Eder Acevedo
Country music star Luke Bryan closed out the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo on Sunday, March 19 with 74,779 fans in NRG Center, the highest attendance of the season. The concert marked Bryan’s 10th appearance at the rodeo.
The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo promotes agriculture by hosting an annual, family-friendly experience that educates and entertains the public, supports Texas youth, showcases Western heritage and provides year-round educational support within the community. Since its beginning in 1932, the event has committed more than $575 million to the youth of Texas and education.
“I can’t believe this is my 10th year to play the Houston Rodeo,” says Bryan. “Riding out to the center stage and feeling that energy from the fans makes this event one of my favorite places to play. It is an honor and I’m so thankful for the opportunity.”
Bryan returns to Resorts World Theatre this week. Each performance features only-in-Las Vegas production elements, including a shifting stage that lifts the artist and his band to the rhythms of his hit songs as well as a catwalk that descends from the ceiling and elevates Bryan to eye-level with audience members in the mezzanine. For more information, click here.
The Franklin Theatre & Given Entertainment To Launch Songwriter Series
/by Liza AndersonPictured (L-R): Given Entertainment’s Traci Sterling Bishir, Tim Nichols, Autumn McEntire, Matt Wynn, Given Entertainment’s Cindy Owen, Jimmy Yeary and Franklin Theatre’s Julie Jackson. Photo: Red Studio by Angela
The Franklin Theatre has partnered with independent artist management and publishing company Given Entertainment to launch a new songwriter series at the historic venue, starting Friday, April 27. The inaugural writers round will include Tim Nichols, Jimmy Yeary, Matt Wynn and Autumn McEntire.
The Franklin Theatre was established in 1937. After a complete restoration by the Heritage Foundation of Williamson County in 2011, it re-opened its doors as a state-of-the-art live music venue featuring performances by world-renowned artists.
“We’re excited to launch this new Songwriters Series at The Franklin Theatre with Given Entertainment,” says Franklin Theatre Managing Director Eric Dilts. “Since our reopening in 2011, The Franklin Theatre has played host to up-and-coming artists and music legends alike. Our Songwriter Series is an opportunity to showcase the storytellers behind your favorite songs in our iconic venue.”
Given Entertainment Founding Partner Cindy Owen adds, “We are honored to be asked to partner with The Franklin Theatre to create this new series. It’s the first of its kind for this beautiful historic landmark. We love any opportunity to shine a light on the songwriters and especially offering them another stage to share their music here in the heart of Franklin.”
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Darius Rucker’s Riverfront Revival 2023 Lineup Announced
/by Lorie HollabaughRucker and the Turnpi
Riverfront Revival will also feature curated offerings of the Lowcountry’s best food, libations, art and culture along the backdrop of the Cooper River.
Fans can snag a limited number of presale tickets now by visiting RiverfrontRevival.com
Jackson Dean, Chapel Hart, More To Perform On CMT Awards Ram Trucks Side Stage
/by Lorie HollabaughThe CMT Music Awards will highlight the next crop of rising country stars on the Ram Trucks Side Stage during the show on April 2 at Austin’s Moody Center. Avery Anna, Chapel Hart, Jackson Dean, Lily Rose, Megan Moroney and Nate Smith will all perform on the side stage. These talented artists add to the previously-announced slate of performers.
2023 CMT Next Women of Country member Anna will make her award show debut with a performance of “Narcissist,” which also earned her a first-time nomination for Breakthrough Female Video of the Year. Trio Chapel Hart, named to CMT’s Next Women of Country franchise in 2021, will bring a show-stopping performance of “You Can Have Him Jolene” to CMT audiences for their award show debut.
Fast-rising outlaw country singer-songwriter Dean will make his CMT debut with a hard-hitting performance of his No. 1 single “Don’t Come Lookin,” which has been featured in the hit series Yellowstone and also earned him a first-ever award show nod in Breakthrough Male Video of the Year category. GLAAD Media Award winner and 2022 CMT Next Women of Country member Rose sets her CMT Music Awards debut with a performance of new single, “Whatcha Know About That.”
Vying for her first CMT belt buckle this year, 2x CMTMA nominee and 2023 CMT Next Women of Country inductee Moroney will treat fans to her hit song “Tennessee Orange” and compete in both Breakthrough Female Video of the Year and CMT Digital First Performance of the Year categories. 2023 CMT Listen Up member Smith will make his award show debut with Platinum-certified No. 1 single “Whiskey On You,” which also earned him a first-time nod for Breakthrough Male Video of the Year.
The Ram Trucks Side Stage has featured many notable names who went on to become CMT Music Award winners and main stage performers, including Breland, Dan + Shay, Jimmie Allen, Kelsea Ballerini, Maren Morris, Mickey Guyton, Parker McCollum and Thomas Rhett, among many others.
Good Company Entertainment Adds Four New Team Members
/by Lorie HollabaughPictured (L-R): Parker Fowler, Amy Jackson, Jake Owen, Anna Schaeffer and Keith Gale.
Good Company Entertainment has added four new staffers to the team: Anna Schaeffer, Amy Jackson, Parker Fowler and Liz Sledge.
Schaeffer, who has worked previously as a Creative Director, Photographer, Videographer and Social Media Marketing Specialist, joins as Manager, Art Direction and Social Media Strategies. She will lead the creative imaging for artists as well as run point on all social media efforts.
Jackson joins the company as Manager, Marketing & Consumer Strategies with over 20 years in the music industry, most recently serving as Digital Marketing Director at UMG. In her new role, she will lead marketing efforts for all artists, in addition to being the point person in innovating new ways to reach and activate the consumer.
Fowler, who was most recently Southeast regional radio rep at Triple Tigers, joins as Associate Manager, where he will assist the management division with all functions in serving clients. He will also be very involved in the team leading the Jake Owen Foundation to maximize fundraising efforts.
Liz Sledge
Sledge joins as Executive Director of the Jake Owen Foundation, reporting directly to Owen and leading all foundation efforts. Founded in 2010, the Jake Owen Foundation has raised over eight million dollars since its inception for charities such as The St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, the City of Kingston Springs, and numerous beneficiaries in his home state of Florida.
“Jake Owen and I are tremendously humbled, flattered and honored that this group of successful people would join us,” says Managing Partner Keith Gale. “We truly are in Good Company.”
Good Company manages Jake Owen and emerging family band/vocal group Daves Highway and releases music on their independent imprint, GCE Records.
Weekly Register: Morgan Wallen Tops Both Country & All-Genre Albums Chart
/by Liza AndersonMorgan Wallen. Photo: Ryan Smith
Morgan Wallen‘s One Thing At A Time has landed at No. 1 on both the country albums chart and all-genre albums chart with 258K in total consumption this week (21K album only/296 million song streams) according to Luminate data.
Elsewhere on the country albums chart, Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album stays at No. 2 with 42K (1K album only/52 million song streams). Zach Bryan‘s American Heartbreak remains at No. 3 with 25K (1K album only/30 million song streams) and Bailey Zimmerman‘s Leave The Light On stays at No. 4 with 17K (548 album only/21 million song streams). Luke Combs‘ Growin’ Up moves back to No. 5 with 16K (1K album only/18 million song streams).
Once again, Wallen claims the top 5 spots on the country streaming songs chart.
“Last Night” continues its reign at No. 1—and moves to No. 3 overall—with 33 million new streams adding to 184 million rotations to date. “Thinkin Bout Me” stays at No. 2 with 15 million streams adding to 35 million rotations to date. “You Proof” jumps to No. 3 with 14 million streams adding to 478 million rotations to date. “One Thing At A Time” moves to No. 4 with 13 million streams adding to 120 million rotations to date and “Thought you Should Know” jumps to No. 5 with 13 million streams adding to 285 million rotations to date.
Drew Parker’s EP ‘At The End Of The Dirt Road’ Out In June
/by Lorie HollabaughWarner Music Nashville artist Drew Parker will release his major-label debut EP At The End Of The Dirt Road on June 2. In celebration of the announcement, Parker is unveiling a track from the new project, “Middle Of Nowhere Class,” this Friday, March 24.
“I’m so excited for everyone to hear these new songs!” says Parker. “I hope everyone falls in love with this project as much as I have. It’s got some things on it that are so special to me, and I can’t wait to share them with you. Until then, let’s make a stop in the middle of nowhere.”
Produced by Phil O’Donnell and Scott Hendricks, At The End Of The Dirt Road features six songs, including the title track which was released in January. The new EP consists of tunes penned by Ben Hayslip, Driver Williams, Jameson Rodgers and more, and follows standalone releases “Raised Up Right” and “Little Miss Saturday Night” and Parker’s EP While You’re Gone.
Parker entered 2023 receiving his first-ever Grammy nomination for Best Country Song for co-writing Luke Combs’ No.1 single “Doin’ This.” The Georgia native had previously won Song of the Year at the 2022 BMI Country Awards for Combs’ multi-week No.1 “Forever After All.” He recently wrapped his headlining “At The End Of The Dirt Road Tour” and will perform at the Grand Ole Opry tomorrow, March 22.
At The End Of The Dirt Road Track Listing:
1. “At The End Of The Dirt Road” (Ben Hayslip, Brock Berryhill, Jameson Rodgers)
2. “Middle Of Nowhere Class” (Drew Parker, Driver Williams, Erik Dylan)
3. “She’s On A Roll” (Drew Parker, Smith Ahnquist, Jacob Rice, Jordan Walker)
4. “I’ll Love You Longer” (Ben Hayslip, Justin Wilson, Mark Holman)
5. “My Baby Does” (Drew Parker, Jacob Rice, Michael Tyler, Thomas Archer)
6. “King Of Country Music” (with special guest) (Allen Shamblin, Marc Beeson)
Date, Lineup Set For Music Health Alliance’s ‘Coulda Shoulda Woulda’ Benefit
/by Steven BoeroThe Love Junkies: Lori McKenna, Liz Rose, Hillary Lindsey
Music Health Alliance (MHA) has announced the lineup for its annual “Coulda Shoulda Woulda” event, presented by Amazon, to benefit the Nashville-based non-profit as it continues its life-saving advocacy and assistance for our nationwide music community. Iconic artists and songwriters The Love Junkies— made up of Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna and Liz Rose—are set to join forces in an impressive evening of stories and songs at 6:30 p.m. CT on Tuesday, April 25 at Nashville’s City Winery.
Rose, a Grammy-winning songwriter, Music Health Alliance board member and a founding member of The Love Junkies, created “Coulda Shoulda Woulda” as a compelling spin on the traditional writers round with the concept that guests will get to experience never-heard-before songs and ones that got away—the “coulda, shoulda, woulda” songs from some of today’s biggest hitmakers.
“Coulda, Shoulda, Woulda not only celebrates a decade of serving the healthcare needs of music, it also enables us to continue to provide critical healthcare programs and services to Heal The Music,” shares Music Health Alliance Founder and CEO, Tatum Allsep. “We’re honored to have the inspiring, boundary-pushing talents of Liz, Lori and Hillary, the brilliant trio that make up The Love Junkies, as well as Amazon as our title sponsor plus the support of our table sponsors. Together, we are committed to ensuring that no one in the music industry ever has to face the heartbreaking choice between buying food or medicine again.”
As Music Health Alliance enters its tenth year, providing free advocacy and support to over 20,000 members of our nationwide music community and saving the industry over $100 million in healthcare costs, events like “Coulda Shoulda Woulda,” grants and individual and corporate donations are critical to continue Music Health Alliance’s advocacy and free services. 86% of all dollars donated go directly to MHA’s programs and services. For every $1 donation, MHA is able to provide $30 in life-saving healthcare resources to Heal The Music.
“Amazon values opportunities to support programs that have a lasting, positive impact in our community,” says Courtney Ross, Senior Manager, Community Engagement for Amazon. “We’re proud to sponsor this event that provides much needed assistance for our music community.”
Contact carla@musichealthalliance.com for event sponsorship opportunities. Advance table sales are open now by contacting events@musichealthalliance.com
Jon Andolina Forms Management Company The Francis June Group
/by Lorie HollabaughJon “Ando” Andolina has launched a new management company, The Francis June Group, bringing along flagship client Larry Fleet.
Andolina was previously a Co-Founder/Partner at Good Company Entertainment along with Jake Owen and Keith Gale. He also formerly worked as Director/Tour Marketing & Sponsorships for Owen.
“I’m unbelievably grateful for the opportunities, knowledge and memories that have been made with Keith, Jake and the entire company team over the past seven years and I’m looking forward to all Larry has coming up in 2023 and beyond,” shares Andolina.
Big Loud Records artist Fleet’s Gold-certified hit “Where I Find God” has earned over 29 million views. The track is from Fleet’s latest album, Stack of Records, which is the follow up to his debut project, Workin’ Hard. Fleet is currently on the road headlining his 11-date spring tour, before opening later this year for Parker McCollum and Jon Pardi.
Reach Andolina at ando@thefrancisjunegroup.com.
Morgan Wallen & Co-Writers Swarm MusicRow Top Songwriter Chart
/by LB CantrellPictured (L-R): Ryan Vojtesak, Morgan Wallen and Ashley Gorley.
As his new album, One Thing At A Time, impacts the country charts, Morgan Wallen and his co-writers swarm the MusicRow Top Songwriter Chart.
Wallen remains at No. 1 this week as a co-writer on 16 currently charting songs. In addition to 14 from his new album, he is also a co-writer on Keith Urban‘s “Brown Eyes Baby” and Corey Kent‘s “Wild As Her.”
Ashley Gorley, who has credit on 12 of Wallen’s charting songs, remains at No. 2. Ryan Vojtesak moves to No. 3 with 15 Wallen songs, John Byron leaps to No. 4 with 9 and Ernest rounds out the top five with 11.
Other One Thing At A Time contributors on the MusicRow Top Songwriter Chart include Blake Pendergrass (No. 6), Hardy (No. 7), Jared Mullins (No. 9), Josh Thompson (No. 10), Miranda Lambert (No. 11), Nicolle Galyon (No. 12), Brett Tyler (No. 16), Travis Wood (No. 20), Josh Miller (No. 22), Ben Johnson (No. 26), Rodney Clawson (No. 27), Rocky Block (No. 31), Ben Stennis (No. 33), Jacob Kasher (No. 38), Chase McGill (No. 41), John Pierce (No. 49), Cameron Montgomery (No. 50), Hillary Lindsey (No. 52), Taylor Phillips (No. 54), Travis Denning (No. 55) and Zach Abend (No. 59).
The weekly MusicRow Top Songwriter Chart uses algorithms based upon song activity according to airplay, digital download track sales and streams. This unique and exclusive addition to the MusicRow portfolio is the only songwriter chart of its kind.
Click here to view the full MusicRow Top Songwriter Chart.