PRESS RELEASES
July 2020
For Your CMA Consideration: Tanya Tucker
Two-Time 2020 GRAMMY® Winner Tanya Tucker is enjoying a career renaissance with While I’m Livin’, produced by Brandi Carlile and Shooter Jennings.
Video: Billy Ray Cyrus on CBS This Morning, Honoring Charlie Daniels
Rock Icon Billy Ray Cyrus memorialized his friend and mentor, Charlie Daniels, during an interview with CBS This Morning today.
Artists Reflect on Passing of Charlie Daniels
"Charlie Daniels was someone you could lean on at any time or ask his advice. I am so blessed to have known him as a peer, as a friend and performed with him many times. “The Devin Went Down to Georgia,” well, the devil never had a chance! And now Charlie is playing that fiddle with the heavenly angels in the Big Man’s band. Some day I’ll see you again, Charlie." –Tanya Tucker
June 2020
LUCAS HOGE’S NEW SERIES “HOGE WILD” PREMIERING MONDAY, JUNE 29 ON SPORTSMAN CHANNEL
Billboard No. 1 charting artist and avid outdoorsman, Lucas Hoge, is going wild in the great outdoors with his new series "Hoge Wild," premiering Monday, June 29 at 7 p.m. EST. Viewers will follow Hoge on his epic adventures as he hunts, fishes, dives and performs across the world. Hoge, who is the creator and executive producer, will also share his passion for wildlife conservation throughout the series, changing the narrative around the hunting lifestyle.
Chingy to Release First Album in 13 Years, ‘Crown Jewel,’ July 31
Global multi-platinum recording artist, Chingy, will release his first full-length album in 13 years, Crown Jewel, Friday, July 31. The 12-song project encompasses all-new original music, including "All Capp" and "Invincible," available on all streaming platforms today. Chingy also dropped a cinematic music video for "Invincible."
LEWIS BRICE HITS THE LINKS FOR ROCK TO RECOVERY AT 2020 NFL ALUMNI CHARITY GOLF CLASSIC
Lewis Brice hit the links for a good cause, participating in the 2020 NFL Alumni Charity Golf Classic on team Rock to Recovery. Brice was joined on the team by brother Lee Brice along with Wes Greer formerly of Korn, Rapper Jelly Roll, Country artist Johnny McGuire and Former NFL player and Superbowl Champion Craig Henrich. Rock to Recovery helps people heal and transform their lives through the powerful experience of writing, playing, and performing music as a group. for more information visit rocktorecovery.org.
NAOMI JUDD PARTNERS WITH LOOPED FOR ONE-ON-ONE MEET & GREET EVENT TO BENEFIT NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS TENNESSEE (NAMI)
Country music icon, Naomi Judd, has partnered with Looped, a new platform that enables fans to video chat live with their favorite celebrities, for a one-on-one meet and greet event on July 6 at 2:00 p.m. CDT. Proceeds from the event benefit the National Alliance on Mental Illness Tennessee (NAMI) which provides advocacy, education, support and public awareness so that all individuals and families affected by mental illness can build better lives.
LUCAS HOGE LANDS AT NO. 8 ON POLLSTAR’S WEEKLY LIVESTREAM CHART
Billboard No. 1 charting artist Lucas Hoge continues to entertain and engage with fans during his weekly livestreams, which garner audience numbers that chart Hoge alongside global sensation BTS and H.E.R at the No. 8 spot, rounding out the Top 10 with Grace Potter and Click Black on Pollstar's Weekly Livestream Chart. This is the second consecutive week Hoge has landed in the Top 10 on Pollstar's chart, which track views on artist's livestreams.
Busch Beer and Billy Ray Cyrus Head for the Mountains
Busch, the beer brewed for the great outdoors, has extolled the beauty of America’s landscapes using music and song since its founding in 1955, developing iconic jingles for its ad campaigns such as ‘Head for the Mountains’ in the 1980s. Today, inspired by the creativity Americans across the country showed while staying indoors this spring, Busch is announcing a new campaign to bring that very song to the fore again, and is enlisting the support of rock legend and two-time 2020 GRAMMY® winner Billy Ray Cyrus and one lucky Busch fan to do so.
Tune-in: Steve Wariner Readies for Social Media Live Streams with Gretsch Guitars, Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum and #WarinerWednesday
An instrumentalist at his core and revered guitarist, Steve Wariner, continues to engage and connect with fans while not touring with nearly 1 million tuned into his #WarinerWednesdays live stream, which has included appearances from a few of his friends, including Garth Brooks and Clint Black. In addition to an all-new episode of #WarinerWednesday on June 24, Wariner will also take over Gretsch Guitar's Instagram account on Friday, June 26 for #FalconFriday to commemorate the White Falcon Gretsch® Chet Atkins gifted to Wariner. Next week, Wariner will also perform during The Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum's Instagram Live on Tuesday, June 30. This interactive program is a spinoff of the museum’s popular Saturday Songwriter Session, a live performance—in which audience questions are welcome—offered weekly in the museum’s Ford Theater. The museum is currently bringing the program to fans through Instagram Live.