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  • Nashville Musicians To Hold Concert Monday For Tornado Relief

    Nashville’s music community was touched by the storm that hit early last Tuesday

    A man walks by The Basement East, a live music venue destroyed by storms Tuesday, March 3, 2020, in Nashville, Tenn. Tornadoes ripped across Tennessee early Tuesday, shredding buildings and killing multiple people. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Sheryl Crow, Brandi Carlile, Jason Isbell, Dan Auerbach and more Nashville artists will hold a benefit concert to raise money for people impacted by a recent deadly tornado.

    The concert called “ To Nashville, With Love ” will be held Monday, March 9th at Marathon Music Works and feature artists like Old Crow Medicine Show, Ashley McBryde, Margo Price, Brothers Osborne, Yola and more.

    Some in Nashville’s music community were touched by the storm that hit early Tuesday. East Nashville music venue The Basement East was hit, as well as the office for Dualtone Records, which works with artists like The Lumineers and Amos Lee.

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    Online: https://www.tonashvillewithlove.org/

  • Gibson Guitars Helps Nashville Musicians Get Back To Making Music

    Gibson Guitars Helps Nashville Musicians Get Back To Making Music

    Gibson will provide replacement guitars to anyone who lost one in the recent Nashville tornadoes

    The music industry in Nashville employs about 60,000 people and contributes roughly $5.5 billion to the local economy.  The 126-year old Gibson Guitar Company, based in Nashville, recently announced on their website that they will be offering replacement guitars to local musicians who lost theirs during the March 3rd tornado outbreak.

    “Our goal is to get a guitar back into the hands of anyone who has had their guitar damaged or destroyed in the recent Tennessee storm,” says Dendy Jarrett, Executive Director of Gibson Gives.  “As a Nashville, Tennessee-based company, we are also engaging with our artists and other partners to provide support across many areas.”

    if you or someone you know lost their guitar in the recent storm, let them know about the Gibson Gives Guitar Recovery Plan at this website, or email donation.request@gibson.com with your story.

     

  • Thomas Rhett Will Soon Have A New Baby Brother

    Thomas Rhett Will Soon Have A New Baby Brother

    Thomas Rhett’s father Rhett Akins and wife Sonja are expecting a baby in March

    Yes, you read that right.  Thomas Rhett will be a third-time dad this year, AND a big brother.  How?

    Thomas’s father, singer-songwriter Rhett Akins, age 50, will soon become a father of three. He’s already the father of Thomas Rhett (age 29), and daughter Kasey Lee Akins, (age 27).  Rhett married his new wife Sonya back in 2017 after dating for a long time.

    Sonya Akins made the announcement on her Instagram a couple months back.

    Thomas Rhett and his wife Lauren are expecting their third child, a daughter, in February.

  • Why Jake Owen Is Starting The New Year In A Cast

    Why Jake Owen Is Starting The New Year In A Cast

    Jake Owen breaks his wrist while riding a skateboard

    Yes, you read that correctly.  38 year-old Jake Owen, country superstar, was giving his daughter Pearl some skateboard riding lessons in the relative safety of their driveway.

    I was riding a skateboard in my driveway with my little girl, Pearl, trying to show her what no to do.

    Well, hopefully the lesson stuck.  Jake turned to Instagram last Friday (January 3rd) to share the story.

    Get well soon Jake!

  • Check out Candi Carpenter’s version of Dolly Parton’s song “Little Sparrow”

    Check out Candi Carpenter’s version of Dolly Parton’s song “Little Sparrow”

    Her name might not be familiar yet, but singer-songwriter Candi Carpenter is going to have a breakout year in 2020.

    Like so many of today’s country superstars, Candi’s parents started giving her music lessons early, including saxophone and piano lessons when she was only six years old.  She toured and performed with her parents’ gospel band was discovered by a Nashville talent scout when she was only 11 years old.  Her family moved to Nashville when she was 15 to support her music career.  She toured and performed with veteran artist Jack Greene for a few years, and was a regular performer on Lower Broadway and other Nashville music venues before she was even old enough to drive.

    Fast forward to 2019 and Candi is about to release an EP with several songs produced by Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile.  She also earned a lot of attention for her version of the classic Dolly Parton song “Little Sparrow,” which she performed at the Grand Ole Opry during the recent 50th Anniversary celebration for Dolly Parton.

    https://twitter.com/CandiCarpenter/status/1199191095114121218

    Check out Candi’s website for more music, merch and upcoming performances.

  • New Music This Week on 95 Country

    New Music This Week on 95 Country

    We’re adding new songs from two mega-superstars this week, Carrie Underwood and Hootie & The Blowfish.

    Hootie & The Blowfish?  Yes.  Darius Rucker has brought his band we all listened to in college back together for a new album called Imperfect Circle, and they’ll soon be announcing dates for a nationwide 2020 tour.  The group is making the rounds on TV this week, so you can catch Darius and his band this Tuesday on The Ellen Degeneres Show, Wednesday night on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, and Thursday on The Talk.  We’re adding his/their new song “Hold On” this week!

     

    “Drinking Alone” is the fourth single from Carrie Underwood’s album Cry Pretty.  Carrie Underwood has been nominated for three CMA Awards this year:  Album Of The Year, Female Vocalist Of The Year, and the award everyone wants to win, Entertainer Of The Year.  I personally think this is her year to win Entertainer.  Her “Cry Pretty 360” summer tour was massive.  Her new album is certified Gold.  No one in country music had a bigger year than Carrie, and I think she’s gonna win Entertainer on November 13th.

  • Dallas Remington performs “Your Songs Wrote Me” in our studios

    Dallas Remington performs “Your Songs Wrote Me” in our studios

    Country singer-songwriter Dallas Remington stopped by the 95 Country studios recently for an interview with Andrew Michael in October.  She performed a couple of songs for us, including this one called “Your Songs Wrote Me.”

    Dallas is a fantastic singer, writer, and an AMAZING guitar player too.  She’s going to be a huge talent in country music!