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PRESS RELEASE: Musicians Hall of Fame Awards Show
Written by Good Stuff PR Co.PRESS RELEASE: Musicians Hall Of Fame Awards Show (Addt'l Photos Bev Moser)
NASHVILLE, October 14, 2009 -The Musicians Hall of Fame celebrated with a room full of industry admirers, peers, and contemporary stars on Monday night, as the crowd gathered in force to salute the 2009 class of virtuosos inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame on Monday, October 12 at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center in Nashville.
Legends Chet Atkins, Billy Cox, Dick Dale, Charlie Daniels, Fred Foster, Victor Feldman, Paul Riser, and band TOTO all became members of the prestigious club that already includes Booker T. & The MGs, The Crickets, Duane Eddy, Al Kooper, The Memphis Horns, The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, Billy Sherrill, The Nashville A-Team, The Blue Moon Boys, The Funk Brothers, The Memphis Boys, The Tennessee Two, and The Wrecking Crew.
The late, great guitar legend, Chet Atkins, received tribute from contemporary guitar master and country artist, Steve Wariner, who was joined by longtime Atkins sideman and composer, Paul Yandell. The two played an enchanting tribute to some of Atkins better known tunes and compositions. The award was accepted on Atkins behalf by his daughter, Merle Atkins Russell. "I know my father would be so happy to know that he is in the company of old friends, and so many musicians that he admired so much," she said.
NASHVILLE, TN-October 16, 2009— Power Source Music Group announced the winners of the 15th Annual Inspirational Country Music Award Show (ICM awards) last night. Honorees received their awards during a star-studded ceremony taped broadcast from Trinity Music City USA Auditorium.Multi-Award winning giant, Ricky Skaggs was selected Mainstream Country Artist of the Year. Skaggs continues to add to his of awards and genres, the Inspirational Country Music Awards, the Grammy’s, CMA’s and IBMA’s winning as both a country and a bluegrass artist.
Press Conference: Garth Brooks is Officially Coming Out of Retirement
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Thursday morning may have been gloomy and wet on the streets of Nashville, but the atmosphere inside the Grand Ole Opry was nothing but, as Garth Brooks held the first of two press conferences to announce he is coming out of retirement. Most of those invited were met at the door and welcomed personally by Brooks and his wife Trisha Yearwood. Those in attendance at the press conference joined the industry icon on the stage of the infamous venue as he beamed with anxious nervousness about his announcement.
Friday, October 9th found North Fifth Street in Nashville closed down to traffic, but busy with onlookers as a canopy filled the street and red carpet was rolled out for Delilah; who is promoted as the most-listened-to-woman on the radio. Her persona is a woman with a soothing sound, caring heart and love of music as she touches the hearts of listeners on over two-hundred radio stations across the United States and Canada.
What you may not know about her is that she is a single mother of ten children, seven of them she adopted.
Taylor Swift was the big winner at the Nashville Music Awards tonight, collecting three trophies during a reception at the Cannery Ballroom. The 19-year old Big Machine recording artist was named Artist of the Year and Songwriter/Artist of the Year, with her album Fearless earning Country Album of the Year honors.After a welcome from Mayor Karl Dean, Leadership Music executive director Kira Florita and board member Robert K. Oermann, winners were announced in 19 categories by NMA nominating committee co-chairs Jason Moon Wilkins, Director and Owner of Next Big Nashville, Tracy Gershon and Oermann.
New Artist of the Year honors went to Lady Antebellum, with Brooke Waggoner claiming the Next Big Nashville Award for best emerging artist and Jack White named top instrumentalist.
Liz Rose was voted Songwriter of the Year on the strength of recent cuts by artists such as Jewel, Jypsi and frequent co-writer Taylor Swift. "The Time of My Life," written by Regie Hamm and sung by American Idol winner David Cook, was named Song of the Year.
Nashville is known around the world as a city that makes dreams come true and where amazing music is made; however, for several young adults, this city will forever be a part of a once-in-a-lifetime event that could very well have changed their lives and permanently engraved the word “believe” in their soul. Kim Copeland is a key player who played a major role in fulfilling the dreams of some very special guests during their visit in Nashville.
Aristomedia Impressions and Disgressions from CRS-40
Written by Bev Moser
Truth be told, it was my first CRS, and from everything I’d been told, I could expect to meet a lot of disillusioned, disenchanted and generally discouraged radio folks trying to find cover from the sky falling overhead. What I found, however, was generally the opposite. Sure, I did meet more than a few folks who had lost their jobs and could be heard swapping stories about the good ol’ days ad nauseam, but yet here they were - hunkered down at another CRS, networking for all they were worth and trying to figure out exactly where this industry was headed.
As a publicity guy, I was pretty short on answers - not that anyone was asking me for any, of course. But in general, I’ve got the same fair share of fears and anxieties as the next guy in this business, so I did a lot of listening whenever I could. And for all the understandable concerns and uncertainty expressed by the masses in the ballrooms and exhibition halls, there was also a lot of expectation and determined optimism at CRS-40. There were plenty of memorable moments, of course, from the unabashedly hilarious (Merle Haggard’s speech at the Hall of Fame ceremony) to the regrettably somber (news of Irby Mandrell’s passing) to the downright electric (Friday night’s Zac Brown Band performance). So, in case you missed it, skipped it or just can’t remember it… here’s a few highlights from this year’s 40th anniversary of Country Radio Seminar.