CHEERS
Congrats to Runaway June’s Hannah Grace on getting engaged! Happy Birthday toUniversal Music Publishing Group’s Katherine Wong. Happy Birthweek (was yesterday) to Red Light’s Erin Parker & to San Diego country radio’s Kevin Callahan
SOUND-CHECK
- Don’t miss The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon tonight with Little Big Town, Kacey Musgraves and Midland\
- Little Big Town also performs on Friday’s episode of The View
- Chris Janson performs on Live with Kelly and Ryan on September 26th
- Kelsea Ballerini performs on Ellen on September 27th and Shania Twainperforms on September 29th
WITH YOUR HAIR-OF-THE-DOG
ON BBR MUSIC GROUP’S JUKEBOX
Dustin Lynch’s “Sun Don’t Go Down On That” is like an echo of a Kenny Chesney song – just a really cool vibe!
ON THE JUKEBOX
Can’t say enough about how amazing Thomas Rhett’s new album “Life Changes” is – one of the standout songs that really struck a chord with me was “Sixteen” check it out!
FRONT OF THE HOUSE
Look who TR got to meet last night! Now this would be one hell of a CMT Crossroads episode!
TAILGATE WATCH
MSG Live, in association with Chase, announced that Warner Bros./Warner Music Nashville recording artist RaeLynn is set to bring her music to New York City fans this fall. Chase Sound Check | RaeLynn is set to take place at the Club Bar & Grill at the legendary MSG venue on Wednesday, October 18 at 7:45PM ET. Proceeds from the performance will go to hurricane relief efforts.
BAR TALK
The Association for Recorded Sound Collections has awarded Country Music Hall of Famer Bill Anderson and author Peter Michael Cooper with Best Historical Research In Recorded Country Music for their work Whisperin’ Bill Anderson: An Unprecedented Life In Country Music. The Awards will be presented at a ceremony on May 12, 2018 during ARSC’s annual conference.
BAR BITES
Little Big Town’s Kimberly Schlapman dropped by Pickler & Ben to show-off “Maw Maw’s Biscuits”
CRUSHIN’ IT
Granger Smith has launched the “Granger Smith Podcast” this month and it immediately hit the No. 1 spot on iTunes. You can check out the first fie episodes right now on iTunes. This most recent episode is a must-listen: “The Biggest Scam in Country Music” as Granger exposes a multi-million dollar scam that centers on people posing on as country artists and asking (and getting) money from naive, innocent fans.
BUZZIN
“Pickler & Ben,” daytime television’s newest “go-to” destination for the best in lifestyle and entertainment, launched nationally this week to impressive ratings. In Nashville, the first of its kind show provided a 42 percent ratings increase compared to the time slot’s former show, earning the #1 rating in the Nashville market.
NEAT
Ana Cristina Cash and John Carter Cash are thrilled to welcome their newborn little girl,Grace June Cash, into the world. Grace June Cash was born in Nashville, Tennessee at 5:44 p.m. on Monday, September 11, 2017. To date, Grace June Cash is the youngest grandchild of grandparents Rene and Teresita Alvarez, and Johnny and June Carter Cash.
WITH A TWIST
You might know her from kicking-ass in the WWE, but Mickey James is also an aspiring country music artist and has released a new song called “Get Down”
ALL ACCESS
Sony Music Nashville band LANCO’s lead singer/guitarist Brandon Lancaster married his college sweetheart, Tiffany Trotter, on Sunday during an intimate sunset ceremony outside of Nashville.
BACKSTAGE PASS
Go BTS of Brad Paisley and Peyton Manning’s hilarious Nationwide commercial series
ON THE BAR WALL
Photo ID (L to R): John Esposito (Chairman & CEO, WMN), Chris Janson, Cris Lacy (SVP A&R, WMN)
Nearly “Everybody” who had a hand in creating Chris Janson’s brand new album came together to celebrate at the release party at Lucchese in downtown Nashville on Monday night.
AFTER PARTY
lindsayell shared this amazing photo of Kalie Shorr, Brooke Eden, Kelleigh Bannen, Lauren Alaina, and Maggie Rose: “Girls just wanna have fun. 👊🏼👊🏼👊🏼Thanks @cassadeepope for bringing us all together for a 💁🌙.”
BBR MUSIC GROUP’S LAST CALL
Re-Live Dustin Lynch’s “Seein’ Red” performance at the Grand Ole Opry