Don't Forget About Audio Sign Ups!
This is the last week for Audio Sign Ups! Go to Barbara Massey 447 and follow the blue signs!
February 27, 2006
February 22, 2006
Ray Charles Program at the Country Music Hall of Fame
I Can’t Stop Loving You: Ray Charles and Country Music
Exhibit Opens on March 10, 2006
I Can’t Stop Loving You: Ray Charles and Country Music Sponsored by SunTrust, presented at the invitation of Ray Charles Enterprises (RCE), will provide an overview of Charles’ remarkable career with a central focus on his country music influences and his contributions to the growth and ennoblement of the genre. From the earliest known photograph of Charles through his final televised performance, the media-rich exhibit honors Charles as “one of the most revered and recognized musicians in the world.”
I Can’t Stop Loving You will include artifacts, instruments, song manuscripts, costumes, photographs, computer interactives, recorded sound and moving images to tell a country music story about an impoverished blind child who grew up listening to the Grand Ole Opry, became known as the “genius of soul” and simultaneously redefined the cultural value of country music by recording dozens of country standards, making frequent appearances on national country music television shows and regularly appearing alongside country music stars.
I Can’t Stop Loving You Programs
Friday, March 10
Lecture and book signing: Michael Lydon
12:30 p.m Community Room
Michael Lydon, author of the biography Ray Charles: Man and Music (Routledge, 2004), will discuss Charles's place in country music. A New York-based writer, Lydon was a founding editor at Rolling Stone. His knowledge of Charles is based on years of research and interviews. Among his other books on music are Flashbacks: Eyewitness Accounts of the Rock Revolution, 1964-1974 and Rock Folk. Free. Following the lecture, Lydon will sign copies of his Ray Charles biography in the Museum store.
Saturday, March 11
Curator’s Exhibit Tour
11:00 a.m.
A museum curator offers a guided tour of the featured exhibit I Can't Stop Loving You: Ray Charles and Country Music.
60 minutes. Included with museum admission. Free to museum members.
Songwriter session: Mike Reid
12:00 p.m. Ford Theater
Mike Reid, Grammy award winning songwriter of “Forever’s as Far as I’ll Go” (Alabama); “Stranger in My House” (Ronnie Milsap); “I Can't Make You Love Me” (Kenny Rogers, Tim McGraw, Bette Midler, Wynonna Judd and Bonnie Raitt); “There You Are” (Willie Nelson) and songs recorded by Bering Strait, Glen Campbell, The Judds, Shelby Lynne, Lorrie Morgan, Lee Roy Parnell, Collin Raye, The Statler Brothers, Doug Stone, Tanya Tucker, Shania Twain, Conway Twitty, and many more. Included with museum admission.
Modern Sounds: Ray Charles Embraces Country Music
1:30 p.m. Ford Theater
This panel discussion will focus on the creation and legacy of Ray Charles's landmark 1962 album, Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music. Panelists include Charles's longtime manager, Joe Adams; saxophonist Hank Crawford; country artist and songwriter Vince Gill; and arranger and conductor Gerald Wilson. Containing classics such as "I Can't Stop Loving You," "You Don't Know Me," and "Born to Lose," Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music audaciously validated the music of the southern white working class during a time of turmoil and racial divide in America. The album topped the Billboard charts for fourteen weeks and had a huge impact on country songwriters and publishers. Included with Museum admission. Free to Museum members.
Musical performance: Hank Crawford
3:30 p.m. Ford Theater
Saxophonist Hank Crawford, who achieved national prominence as Ray Charles's band director in the late 1950s and 1960s, will lead a jazz quartet in a set including both the music of Ray Charles and Crawford’s original compositions. Musicians include bassist John Birdsong, drummer Marcus Finnie, and pianist Richard Doron Johnson. Included with Museum admission. Free to Museum members.
Sunday, March 12
Film Screening: Ray Charles on Voice of America (Live at the Newport Jazz Festival)
2:00 p.m. Ford Theater
In celebration of the opening of the new exhibit I Can’t Stop Loving You: Ray Charles and Country Music, the museum will screen Charles’ outstanding performance from the 1960 Newport Jazz Festival. Appearing with a big band and the Raeletts, Ray Charles led this 45-minute concert with favorites such as “Let the Good Times Roll,” “What’d I Say,” and many more. The screening will include footage of an interview of Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun from 2005. 60 minutes. Made possible by Iron Mountain Film and Sound Archives. Free.
Saturday, March 25
Family Program: Jerk and Jive Dance Workshop
1:00 p.m.
Learn the monkey, the pony, the jerk, the monkey, the swim, and other dances done to the R&B classics of Ray Charles! Dance instructor Linda Everett teaches participants some basic dance moves from 1960s. Ages 6 and up. Reservations required at 416-2096, as space is limited. $5.00 per child (free for museum members) with up to two accompanying adults admitted free. A light snack will follow the workshop.
Sunday, March 26
Film Screening: The Willie Nelson Special with special guest Ray Charles
2:00 p.m. Ford Theater
Recorded at the Austin Opera House in 1984, Willie Nelson and Ray Charles sing together on The Willie Nelson Special. Old friends and recurrent duet partners, Nelson and Charles sing together on the country classics “Seven Spanish Angels,” “I Can’t Stop Loving You,” and “Georgia on My Mind.” Guitarist Jackie King also appears on the program. 60 minutes. Made possible by Iron Mountain Film and Sound Archives. Free.
Urban Showcase this Saturday February 25th!
The Second Annual Urban Showcase Comes to Belmont’s Curb Event Center
Nashville, TN – Belmont University’s Mike Curb College of
Entertainment and Music Business will host the second annual Urban
Showcase at the Curb Event Center on Belmont’s main campus on
Saturday, February 25th, 2006 at 7:00PM. After the success of last
year’s first annual Urban Showcase, the Curb College looks forward to
an even more exciting event in 2006.
The completely student produced show will feature some of the
most talented singers, songwriters, and musicians in the Nashville
community. Belmont students Seth Costner, Raffeal Sears, and Alvin
Love each will perform four songs during their set, with Soul Force,
the winner of last month’s Other Showcase, serving as the house band
for all three acts.
Come out to Belmont’s Curb Event Center to support a few of
the most promising acts to be a part of the future of the quickly
growing Urban music scene. The show starts promptly at 7:00PM on the
evening of Saturday, February 25th, 2006. Directly following the
show, an After Party will be held in the Curb Café at 9:00PM, where
the 2006 Urban Showcase winner will be announced, who will then go on
to perform in the Best of the Best Showcase in April of this year.
For reserved seating, please RSVP to CEMBPressCorps@mail.belmont.edu.
February 21, 2006
February 22nd Insider's View
Insider’s View this Wednesday @ 10am in MPAC
With special guest: Cory Gierman, MuzikMafia
Moderator: Dan Keen, ASCAP
One of "the Godfathers," Cory Gierman founded the MuzikMafia along with Big Kenny, John Rich, and Jon Nicholson in October of 2001. Gierman's job was that of the businessman, making sure everything ran smoothly during every show. The MuzikMafia began to grow as people took notice of the hard work and energy put into every Tuesday night show at Nashville's Pub of Luv. With the mission of sharing their love of music, they did so with everyone who walked through the door, free of charge. Big Kenny and John Rich were soon signed as the act, Big & Rich, while MuzikMafia members Gretchen Wilson and James Otto were later signed due to the recognition they gained as being a part of the successful underground MuzikMafia movement. Since then, Gretchen Wilson has been certified as a double-platinum selling artist and Big & Rich have redefined the genre of country music. Thus, Gierman's business success has definitely shared the MuzikMafia's love of music with the masses.
* Join us for an "off the record" session with Corey Gierman and Dan Keen immediately following the seminar. If you are interested please RSVP to Sarah Koop at koops@mail.belmont.edu by 4:30pm on Tuesday. The session will be begin at around 11:00am and last approximately an hour....this is a great opportunity to get a more personal glimpse of Muzik Mafia and to ask all your questions!!!
February 09, 2006
Apply now for Belmont West 2007!
Are you interested in attending the Belmont West 2007 program? If so print out the guidelines and application, and return your completed application to Sarah Koop in the Dean's office (mezzanine live of the Curb Event Center building). If you have any questions you can email Sarah at koops@mail.belmont.edu.
February 06, 2006
Come join us at the 48th Annual GRAMMY® Awards Viewing Party!
When: Wednesday, February 8, 2006
Doors open at 6 p.m.
Show starts at 7 p.m.
Where: Curb Café at Belmont University
Who: Any college student interested in a career in the music industry
Cost: FREE! You will receive complimentary Pizza, Sodas and an Official 48th Annual GRAMMY Awards Program Book.
RSVP is required – BelmontRep@grammy.com
Space is limited; once capacity is reached you will be placed on a waiting list.
This celebration marks the kick-off of the GRAMMY University Network. Come see how you can be involved in shaping the future of the music industry.
To join GRAMMY University Network as a student for only $25 go to: http://www.grammy.com/Recording_Academy/Member_Services/Apply/
Writer's Night Series kicks off this in the Curb Cafe!
Tuesday, February 7th @ 6:00pm
Ben Cooper
Jaclyn Schutrop
Misty Rae
With featured writer, Gordon Kennedy!
February 03, 2006
NASHVILLE CATS TO PROWL COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME
NASHVILLE CATS TO PROWL
COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM
New Programming Series Kicks Off Feb. 18 With Pedal Steel Legend Lloyd Green
On Feb. 18, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum kicks off its new quarterly programming series, Nashville Cats: A Celebration of Music City Session Players, with a salute to revolutionary pedal steel player Lloyd Green. The 2:00 p.m. program, which will be held in the Museum’s Ford Theater, is included with Museum admission, or $5 on its own, and is free to Museum members.
The interactive Nashville Cats programs, the first of which will be hosted by noted artist/songwriter/musician and Museum stringed instrument curator Bill Lloyd, will include in-depth, one-on-one interviews with the players themselves; audio-visual elements, including vintage recordings, photos and film clips; and, in some cases, instrument demonstrations. Visitors will be encouraged to ask questions. Additional Nashville Cats programs will follow in June, August and November.
Green’s innovative pedal steel work has infused more than 25,000 songs – including 117 #1 hits – over the last 40 years. His signature groove graced some of the most famous recordings in the history of popular music, including Freddie Hart’s “Easy Loving,” Gene Watson’s “Farewell Party” and Tammy Wynette’s “D-I-V-O-R-C-E,” and non-Nashville artists from the Byrds to Paul McCartney have sought out Green to play with them.
The Alabama native started playing Hawaiian steel guitar when he was seven years old, and by age 10 Green was playing professionally around Mobile. When Green was 16, Bud Isaacs’ seminal pedal steel work on Webb Pierce’s “Slowly” captivated him, and he immediately modified his own steel guitar, attaching a Model T gas pedal.
In 1956, Green moved to Nashville and quickly landed a job in Faron Young’s band. In the mid-1960s Green began to make his mark as a session player, adding his licks to Johnny Paycheck’s recordings for the Little Darlin’ label. On these records, the steel co-stars with the vocal; in fact, Green’s name was printed on the record sleeves, the lone player credit.
Over the next 20 years, Green added his rich tones to thousands of Nashville’s finest recordings, one three-hour studio session at a time. When asked how he went about crystallizing his parts so efficiently and quickly, making lasting music from scratch and under duress, Green said, “The practice and the constancy were key . . . It never took me more than two or three minutes to figure out what I was going to do. Ideas would kind of pop out. I listened to the tempo, the singer, the ambience of the studio. I just let that be the food.”
Accredited by the American Association of Museums, the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum is operated by the Country Music Foundation, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) educational organization chartered by the state of Tennessee in 1964. The Museum’s mission is the preservation of the history of country and related vernacular music rooted in southern culture. With the same educational mission, the Foundation also operates CMF Records, the Museum’s Frist Library and Archive, CMF Press, historic RCA Studio B, and Hatch Show Print.
The Ford Division of the Ford Motor Co. is a Founding Partner of the $37 million Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum, which opened on May 17, 2001.
More information about the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum is available at www.countrymusichalloffame.com or by calling (615) 416-2001.