Maxine Brown Russell, who along with her family trio The Browns helped define an era while also taking Country Music to wider, more cosmopolitan audiences, passed away today, Jan. 21, 2019, in Little Rock, Arkansas at the age of 87. “Maxine was a force to be reckoned with, and I’ll always remember her sense of…
Author: Jasmine Rochelle
2019 Breakout Artists
Liddy Clark Lula 1892 first featured Liddy Clark when she released her current single, “Shot Down (Stand Up)”. The song, so relevant to the violence in today’s world, was inspired by her experience as a native of Parkland, Florida and from being friends with several of the victims of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting. Clark…
Pickathon Announces 2019 Line Up
Pickathon returns to the woods outside Portland, Oregon from August 2-4, 2019, with an initial lineup to be released January 21. Pickathon has built a reputation over the last twenty years as the best festival experience, combing groundbreaking programming focused on discovery, sustainable ethics, and a lineup that pushes the boundaries of genre. This vision…
Lauren Weintraub: Careful Now
This week’s Belmont Sessions artists came to us on suggestion from Olivia Bandy, our artist-in-residence. Needless to say, when we heard Lauren sing, we were blown away. With strong songwriting skills and an already seasoned voice, Weintraub has got what it takes to hash it as a young artist in Nashville. Weintraub currently attends Belmont…
JEANNIE SEELY INCLUDED IN AMERICAN CURRENTS: THE MUSIC OF 2018 AT THE COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME® AND MUSEUM
NASHVILLE, TN. – (Jan. 17, 2019) –The Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum has announced Country music royalty and a fifty-one year member of the Grand Ole Opry, Jeannie Seely will be included in the opening of its first exhibition of 2019, American Currents: The Music of 2018, on Friday, March 8, 2019. The exhibit runs through Feb….
STELLA PARTON CELEBRATES FIVE DECADES IN THE INDUSTRY WITH UPCOMING ALBUM SURVIVOR
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Stella Parton is celebrating five decades in the entertainment industry as an international award-winning singer, songwriter, actress, author and producer with the upcoming release of her 40th studio album, Survivor, available March 29. Parton independently produced the ten-song project, which she recorded at Nashville Sound Project House with engineer Mike Loudermilk. Survivor features eight of Parton’s…
Olivia Bandy – The Next Wave
The truest sign of a good songwriter is the ability to listen; to take in stories wherever one can and digest them to turn them in to new beautiful, powerful things. Olivia Bandy certainly possesses that talent. Drawing inspiration from a true story she read in a memoir, Bandy wrote “The Next Wave”. She knew…
SoulShine: Waverly Tennessee Has a Brand New Music Venue
The town of Waverly, Tennessee is a perfect snapshot into a life most thought long gone. Small, charming, neighborly, real; all values that harken back to times gone by, but as neighbors greet one another in the street, families throw celebrations together, and the brand new music venue boasts a “Bring Your Own Picnic” option…
U.S. MUSIC COMMUNITY RECEIVES OVER $40 MILLION IN HEALTHCARE COST SAVINGS THANKS TO MUSIC HEALTH ALLIANCE
More than 9,700 music industry members receive free healthcare advocacy and support in the non-profit’s first six years Nashville, TN – January 8, 2019 – Nashville-based non-profit Music Health Alliance (MHA) wrapped 2018 on a high note with over 9,700 music industry clients across the U.S. receiving free healthcare advocacy and support in its first six…
Top Artist to Watch in 2019: Lainey Wilson
There is a grounded wisdom to Lainey Wilson that radiates when she speaks. Perhaps it was her farm-community upbringing; a childhood lived through a series of jobs given by her farmer of a daddy, assignments given by her teacher of a mama, or the fact that she spent the majority of her formative years on…