By BluegrassJournal
September 23, 2011
The Ernest Tubb Record Shop on lower Broadway will feature live bluegrass music from some of the genre’s most popular artists during the IBMA World of Bluegrass Business Conference in Nashville, Tenn.
Admission for the shows is free and open to the public.
Ernest Tubb’s…
By BluegrassJournal
August 17, 2011
Nashville, TN – The Mark Newton’s Lyrics for Lyric Benefit Show will be packed with talent for the August 23rd outing at the “Man VS. Food” famed venue, Roosters TX Style BBQ & Steakhouse, featuring Rural Rhythm recording artists, The Roys, Brandon Rickman and Mason Douglas. Also taking the Roosters stage will be Kevin Denney and The Wells Band.
Tuesday, August 23rd Lyrics for Lyric show will be the ninth installment….
By Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum
July 28, 2011
Nashville, Tenn., — The Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum has launched a $75 million capital campaign that will finance the museum’s 200,000-square-foot expansion. With the new addition, the museum will double in size, from 140,000 square feet, to more than 350,000 square feet, tripling the existing exhibit space and adding additional archival storage, an 800-seat theater and a new educational center. Steve Turner, chairman of the museum’s Board of Officers and Trustees, announced the kickoff of the public phase of the campaign this morning at a ceremony in the museum’s Ford Theater.
“This is an unbelievable moment in the history of this museum and in the history of Nashville,” said Turner…
By Lotos Nile Media
July 15, 2011
Nashville, Tenn. – Suzy Bogguss had a revelation on stage with Garrison Keillor in 2008. Everyone loves to sing along on “Red River Valley” – except the children who somehow don’t know the song. Folk songs are the scrapbook of the American experience, but as music education fades from our public schools, she worried; these beautiful melodies are in danger of being overlooked. She resolved to record these timeless songs in an updated but reverent way – so that everyone can sing along on “Red River Valley.”…
By BluegrassJournal
April 8, 2011
Arden, NC., — Mountain Home Bluegrass legend Doyle Lawson will be in Nashville Saturday to debut his new album Drive Time. His band will be performing songs from the new release on the Grand Ole Opry and at the Ernest Tubb Record Shop….