PRESS RELEASES
October 2019
Billy Ray Cyrus and Lil Nas X Win BET Hip Hop Awards Best Collab, Duo or Group
Billy Ray Cyrus is making room on the trophy shelf again as the BET Hip Hop Awards honors the Flatwoods, Kentucky singer-songwriter with Best Collaboration with Lil Nas X on the record shattering 19-week No. 1 "Old Town Road (remix, featuring Cyrus).
ERNIE HAASE + SIGNATURE SOUND TO RELEASE A JAZZY LITTLE CHRISTMAS ON OCTOBER 11
GRAMMY®-nominated vocal band Ernie Haase + Signature Sound is scheduled to release its first full-length holiday album in 10 years, A Jazzy Little Christmas, on October 11. The collection of holiday classics and sacred seasonal songs, released via Gaither Music Group, resounds the joy and miracle of Christmas. A Jazzy Little Christmas is available for pre-sale now at Amazon.com, CBD.com and LifeWay.com.
BILLBOARD.COM EXCLUSIVELY PREMIERES SANDRA LYNN’S STUNNING “I THINK OF YOU” VIDEO
Billboard.com exclusively premieres compelling songstress Sandra Lynn's stunning "I Think of You" video for the "stirring ballad which features Lynn’s vulnerable and whispered vocals with delicate piano accompaniment and a steady drumbeat (Billboard/Annie Reuter).
“i only miss you when i’m breathing” Starring Phil Vassar and Lori Fischer To Premiere at Nashville Film Festival October 8
"i only miss you when i'm breathing," a short film by Ashley Wren Collins, starring Lori Fischer and country hitmaker Phil Vassar, will have its world premiere during the Nashville Film Festival October 8. Click HERE to purchase tickets.
BILLBOARD.COM EXCLUSIVELY PREMIERES OLIVIA OOMS’ “CALIFORNIA COUNTRY” VIDEO
Huntington Beach-based songstress, Olivia Ooms, continues making waves as Billboard.com exclusively premieres the video for her latest single "California Country." CMT.com also added the road-trip themed video to Next Up Now.
September 2019
Christmas 4 Kids Lineup Announced
Christmas 4 Kids, a non-profit organization that benefits hundreds of underprivileged children in Middle Tennessee, announces its all-star concert lineup, which includes Phil Vassar, Matt Ramsey of Old Dominion, Lonestar, Eddie Montgomery, Craig Wiseman, Jeffrey Steele and more set for Monday, November 25 at the historic Ryman Auditorium. Tickets are available Friday, September 27.
NS2 SERVES PARTNERS WITH GRAMMY-WINNING AMERICAN IDOL TAYLOR HICKS FOR CONCERT TOUR BENEFITING VETERAN IT TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM
NS2 Serves, an independent nonprofit organization that offers technology training and employment assistance to veterans, is teaming up with GRAMMY®-winning American Idol Taylor Hicks for a concert tour to raise money for the next class of veterans in the program. The series of intimate performances will feature songs from Hicks' American Idol playbook along with a preview of new material from his highly-anticipated album due out next year. Performing in venues across the East Coast from October 10-24, Hicks has donated a pair of tickets and meet-and-greet packages for all six shows to a silent auction that will directly benefit NS2 Serves.
Tonight: Billy Ray Cyrus Performs on NBC’s America’s Got Talent with Voices of Service
Billy Ray Cyrus, who was just announced as a two-time 2019 BET Hip Hop Awards nominee, will return to his legendary roots tonight when he performs his multi-platinum-selling legendary hit, “Some Gave All,” on NBC’s hit summer series “America’s Got Talent” with Voices of Service, a Northern Virginia quartet comprised of active and retired U.S. veterans. Cyrus will join Cher, Macklemore, Leona Lewis, Ozuna, Kygo, Lang Lang and Chris Jericho during the season 14 finale of “America’s Got Talent” a two-hour live telecast tonight, Wednesday, Sept. 18 (8-10 p.m. ET/PT).
Bellamy Brothers Wrap Whirlwind European Tour
The Bellamy Brothers are back in the states after a whirlwind European tour, visiting five countries in less than two weeks. Performing to sold-out crowds, all while filming season 3 of their hit reality show, "Honky Tonk Ranch," the non-stop duo will return to Europe in October for additional performances. An international symbol of country music (CMT.com / Samantha Stephens), cameras were rolling for Season 3 of "Honky Tonk Ranch" as the brothers were honored in Germany with Sign of Fame handprints, featured amongst world leaders and celebrities, including the Dalai Lama and Arnold Schwarzenegger. The Bellamy Brothers performed in Belgium, Norway, Germany, Switzerland and the historical Kimbolton Castle in the United Kingdom, where King Henry Vll's first wife, Catherine of Aragon lived until her death.
SOLD OUT: Hometown Rising Attracts More than 70,000 for First-Ever Country Music & Bourbon Festival Produced by Danny Wimmer Presents
Hometown Rising, the first-ever Country Music & Bourbon Festival, produced by premier independent festival producer Danny Wimmer Presents, SOLD OUT all of its ticket packages with more than 70,000 in attendance to experience over 30 acts, including performances by Tim McGraw, Luke Bryan, Little Big Town, Keith Urban and Lindsay Ell. With two side-by-side main stages, as well as an emerging artist stage, fans enjoyed non-stop entertainment coupled with one-of-a-kind food and beverage options with bourbon selections from nearly two dozen distilleries, a variety of culinary dishes inspired by Kentucky flavors, and onsite experiences from Jack Daniel’s, Kentucky Department Of Tourism (KDT), and many more.