ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC® ANNOUNCES OFFICERS AND NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR 2013-2014
ENCINO, CA (September 24, 2013) – The Academy of Country Music is announcing the newly elected Board of Directors for the 2013-2014 term. New members of the Board of Directors include (full board listing with categories also attached): Chuck Aly, Country Aircheck Enzo DeVincenzo, 377 Management Michael Knox, Music Knox / peermusic Nashville Betsy McHugh, Martingale Entertainment Shawn McSpadden, Red Light Management Chris Parr, Spalding Entertainment LeAnn Phelan, ASCAP Dave Pomeroy,Nashville Musicians Association, AFM Local 257 Sally Seitz, iTunes Peter Strickland, Warner Music Nashville
This year, there were six qualifying professional categories that were elected by the Academy’s membership. In addition to those elected, director-at-large positions have been appointed by Chairman Ken Robold, President Darin Murphy and Vice President Paul Barnabee. Directors are elected from each category based on the number of members in that category. Each director serves staggered two-year terms, with half the board membership changing each year.
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Yesterday, AmericanSongwriter.com exclusively premiered the official lyric video for “Midnight Road,” the new single from RED BOW Records rising country music newcomer, Rachel Farley.
Preview the official lyric video HERE.
Set to impact Country radio on Monday, October 21, “Midnight Road” serves as the follow up release to Farley’s Top 40 debut single, “Ain’t Easy.”
Fans may preview/download the single on iTunes at HERE.
“I’m pumped for this single. This is one of my favorite songs I’ve ever written, and I got to write it with two other super creative writers,” said Farley. “I can’t wait to share this song with music fans and radio!”
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Read more →CMA Entertainer of the Year nominee Jason Aldean pulls into the No. one spot on the Billboard chart in both the U.S. and Canada today with “Night Train,” the title track off his PLATINUM fifth album. ”Night Train” was written by Neil Thrasher and Michael Dulaney and becomes Aldean’s 12th No. one single.
“When I first heard this song we were already done looking for material for this last record, but I just loved it and thought it was worth making room for,” said Aldean. “It seems so crazy to say that this is my 12th #1 – I promise you each one is just as sweet as the first one.”
The Macon, GA native recently announced plans to release the live concert film NIGHT TRAIN TO GEORGIA on Oct. 15. Filmed this past April at the University of Georgia’s Sanford Stadium, the piece captures Aldean and a sold out crowd of over 66,000 fans making history with the first concert ever held “between the hedges.” A TackleBox Films production, the piece was produced by Shaun Silva, Ivan Dudensky and Don Lepore.
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Read more →At 13 years old, Rachel Farley was opening shows for Brantley Gilbert. Five years later, she’s making her own way to headliner status with singles like “Midnight Road,” an autobiographical country rocker about young love, late nights and the thrill of the open highway.
“This song is about that exciting and awkward feeling you get when you’re with somebody and [the relationship is] kind of at the turning point of whether it’s becoming something or not,” says Farley, who wrote the song with Nashville songwriters Ross Copperman and Heather Morgan. “Ross had this really cool, haunting track that he was building on his Mac, and that really inspired the melody. Heather threw out the title “Midnight Road,” which we all thought was super cool. Everybody really brought a lot to the table on this collaboration, and we were all pretty stoked about the final outcome.”
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