SESAC Inc., the nation’s only music rights organization in the country, celebrated its songwriters and music publishers behind the year’s most-performed country and Americana songs at the company’s Nashville Music Awards held Sunday, Nov. 5, at the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum. Sponsors for this year’s event include Bose® and Sound Royalties. Justin [...]
Amidst the crash of Webster PR due to sexual harassment charges against the company's president and CEO, Kirt Webster, the Nashville firm officially lost one of their leading clients, Dolly Parton, Thursday morning when her name disappeared from the firm's website. Parton took to Twitter to offer her fans what comfort she could. https://twitter.com/DollyParton/status/926214883053588480 Parton is [...]
SESAC, the only music rights organization in the U.S., will honor GRAMMY award-winning music icon Kenny Rogers with the SESAC Legacy Award at its Nashville Music Awards on Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017. Rogers, a SESAC affiliate, will receive the SESAC Legacy Award to recognize his many outstanding contributions to the creative arts. The annual awards show, [...]
Kenny Rogers was honored in Nashville's Bridgestone arena on Wednesday night (10/25) at the "All In For The Gambler" farewell show. Various artists from all genres came to perform songs from Rogers' extensive catalogue. Kicking off the show were the Oak Ridge Boys who performed “Love Or Something Like It” then Elle King followed with her version [...]
Artist friends of Kenny Rogers came out to surprise the singer at his Farewell Show "All In For The Gambler," held in Nashville's Bridgestone Arena. Close friend Dolly Parton walked with Rogers down the red carpet before the show and both chatted with us about their feelings and the artist lineup for the event (see [...]
The International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum announced its 2017 class of Photography Hall of Fame inductees, and first-ever Lifetime Achievement Award recipient. Kenny Rogers - singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, photographer, and author - will receive the 2017 IPHF Lifetime Achievement Award, the first of its kind awarded by the IPHF. In addition, [...]
Music stars Reba McEntire, Chris Stapleton, Lady Antebellum and Wynonna Judd have been added to the momentous lineup for "All In For The Gambler: Kenny Rogers' Farewell Concert Celebration," an all-star concert event taping at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee on Wednesday, October 25, 2017 at 7PM CT. In addition, The Judds (Wynonna and Naomi Judd) will reunite for an unforgettable [...]
Blackbird Presents and Kenny Rogers are proud to announce “All In For The Gambler: Kenny Rogers’ Farewell Concert Celebration,” an all-star concert event taping at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee on Wednesday, October 25, 2017 at 7PM CT. This once-in-a-lifetime concert event will honor Kenny Rogers' historic 60-year career and will feature the final [...]
Three-time Grammy winner Kenny Rogers will appear on RFD-TV’s RURAL AMERICA LIVE to discuss his life, legacy, current final world tour, “The Gambler’s Last Deal” and plans for the future. Known for his instantly identifiable raspy vocals and an extraordinary ability to vividly inhabit each song he performs, Rogers has enjoyed great success during his [...]
Pictured L to R: Ambassador Nicholas Taubman; Kenny Rogers; John Gray, National Museum of American History Director. (Image Courtesy of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History) Country Music lcon Kenny Rogers set the tone during The Nation We Build Together gala opening at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. Performing in front of [...]
