NASHVILLE, Tenn. (December 21, 2017) – Multi-platinum award-winning superstar duo Big $ Rich and Proxima Brands announce the launch of the GIT Big $ Rich Casino today. The free casino-style game is available on all digital app stores and offers loyalty points that will earn them unique Big $ Rich gear and even a chance for a VIP experience to a concert. Download the game here and start playing.
DANA POINT, Calif. (December 15, 2017) – Lifestyle brand Salt Life will return as presenting sponsor of the 2018 Pacific Paddle Games, set for October 6-7, 2018 at Doheny State Beach in Dana Point, California. The Pacific Paddle Games has quickly become the biggest event in SUP, offering a $60,000 prize purse and attracting the best paddlers in the world for two days of intense competition. The event will also offer a Fitness Zone, Demo Zone and SUP clinics for paddlers of all ages and experience levels. Registration will open summer 2018 at www.ppg.supthemag.com.
NEW ORLEANS (December 6, 2017) - The Swisher Sweets Artist Project announced that GRAMMY® nominated rap/hip hop artist Cardi B and avant-garde rapper Machine Gun Kelly will perform at the NOLA Takeover on December 29 at the Joy Theater. They will be joined by New Orleans' own DJ Mannie Fresh and more. Four previous Pack Night performers will be chosen by the fans to return as opening acts for the NOLA Takeover. Vote for your favorite at artistprojectevents.com. Earlybird tickets are $20 for a limited time and available here.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (November 29, 2017) - Acclaimed songwriter and producer Bernie Herms received two GRAMMY® nominations – Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song for "Oh My Soul" recorded by Casting Crowns and Best Contemporary Christian Music Album for his work as producer of Danny Gokey's hit album Rise. Herms' stratospheric production and songwriting career includes highlights such as 30 #1s in the U.S. and many multinational #1 hits. He won a 2017 GRAMMY® for Hillary Scott’s “Thy Will" and was named the 2017 BMI Christian Songwriter of the Year.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (November 28, 2017) – When the GRAMMY® nominations were announced this morning, five clients of Maximum Artist Management, the 20-year old Nashville-based firm founded and led by Mitchell Solarek, received a remarkable eight nods. The list includes Natalie Grant (Curb/Word Entertainment), who earned her seventh nomination; GRAMMY® winning songwriter/producer, Bernie Herms; Danny Gokey (BMG) who earned his first GRAMMY® nomination; Tauren Wells (Reunion Records/Sony Music), who picked up two nominations this year; and Le’Andria Johnson (RCA Inspiration/Sony Music), who also was honored with two nominations. The 60th GRAMMY® Awards will be handed out Sunday, January 28 in New York City as part of the “biggest night in music.”
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (November 28, 2017) - Award-winning singer-songwriter Natalie Grant received a GRAMMY® nomination for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song for "Clean." This is her seventh GRAMMY® nomination. "Clean" was solely penned by Grant and is on her ninth studio album Be One (Curb Records, November 15, 2015), which debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Top Christian Albums Chart. "Clean" quickly went viral, inspiring stories of healing from fans all over the world.
Fort Lauderdale, FL (November 28, 2017) – Parade Organizers announced John Rich and Big Kenny, globally known as Big & Rich, as the Grand Marshals of the 46th Annual Seminole Hard Rock Winterfest® Boat Parade on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2017. Big & Rich will serve as ambassador for South Florida’s most acclaimed holiday celebration.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. / PORTLAND, Ore. (November 21, 2017) - Eastside Distilling, Inc. (NASDAQ: ESDI) a producer of award-winning craft spirits and John Rich, the multi-platinum singer/songwriter/producer and one-half of the award-winning duo Big & Rich, announced the signing of an exclusive global spirits licensing agreement with Rich’s burgeoning Redneck Riviera lifestyle brand. The “Work Hard, Play Hard” brand celebrates the working men and women who are the backbone of the U.S. For further information, please visit Redneck Riviera or Eastside Distilling.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (November 20, 2017) -- Keith Edmonds from Mt. Juliet, Tennessee suffered the unthinkable. He was only 14-months old when his abuser held his face down to an electric heater scarring him forever. This traumatic event would soon become a contributing factor to Edmonds' world spinning out of control, but eventually through strength and determination, he would transform an unimaginable life of pain and scars into a life of purpose.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (November 15, 2017) - Wortman Works Media & Marketing announces today that the multi-platinum award-winning duo Big & Rich have signed with the agency for exclusive public relations representation. This announcement reunites the duo and Wortman, who has a long relationship with the duo from their debut, as well as serving as the agency for John Rich’s lifestyle brand Redneck Riviera and various projects for Big Kenny over the years. For more information, please visit www.wortmanworks.com.
ENSENADA, MEXICO (November 14, 2017) – Outdoor lifestyle brand Salt Life is returning as a car sponsor for Highlander Racing for the 50th Annual SCORE BAJA 1000, an extreme off-road race starting in Ensenada and finishing in La Paz, Mexico. Watch the live stream here.
HOUSTON (November 7, 2017) - The Swisher Sweets Artist Project came to HoustonThursday night for a free show at Numbers Nightclub featuring GRAMMY® nominated rapper B.o.B and Texas artists Lyric Michelle, KB the Boo Bonic, Gloria Prince and DJ Chose. The Swisher Sweets Artist Project made a donation of $25,000 to MusiCares® for Hurricane Harvey relief. Debbie Carroll, senior executive director of MusiCares®, was on hand to accept the donation, which will go toward assisting local musicians directly affected by Hurricane Harvey.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (October 24, 2017) - Country crooner Zach Seabaugh will return to his home state on Friday, November 3, for a show at Eddie's Attic in Decatur. Tickets are $15 and are available onTicketfly. Doors open at 6 p.m., and the show will start at 7 p.m. Waffle House will host a free after party for Zach and his fans.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (October 24, 2017) – Lifestyle brand Salt Life is set to open their newest retail store in Daytona Beach, Florida, this weekend. Since opening the flagship store in Jacksonville, Florida, the brand has experienced tremendous growth with new stores in San Clemente and Huntington Beach, California, and Columbus, Georgia. The grand opening of the store at 1100 Cornerstone Blvd. in Daytona Beach will be October 27 through October 29.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (October 19, 2017) – Nashville-based MORE American Hospitality which currently has ownership and operates Fontanel in Nashville, Tennessee, and the Deadwood Mountain Grand, a Holiday Inn Resort in Deadwood, South Dakota, will oversee the development and operations of John Rich’s Redneck Riviera on the strip in Las Vegas and the under-development property on Broadway in Nashville.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (October 18, 2017) – Bernie Herms won Producer of the Year and Songwriter of the Year - Non Artist at the 48th Annual GMA Dove Awards on Monday night. Herms now has a career total of 10 GMA Dove Awards, including back to back wins in the Producer of the Year category. These wins capped off a record year for the multi-genre hitmaker, who also received the BMI Christian Music Songwriter of the Year Award and won a GRAMMY® for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song earlier this year.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (October 17, 2017) – Tonight, the Gospel Music Association (GMA) handed out honors in 39 categories at the 48th Annual GMA Dove Awards plus special industry recognitions at Lipscomb University's Allen Arena in Nashville. Kari Jobe and Tasha Cobb Leonard hosted the sold-out show and Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) will exclusively air the awards show on October 22 at 8 p.m. CST. Visit www.doveawards.comfor more information.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (October 16, 2017) – Artificial Reefs International - U.S.S. Clamagore (ARI) and lifestyle brand Salt Life announced that they are partnering on a project to convert the U.S.S. Clamagore, a Cold War era submarine currently located in Charleston, South Carolina, into an artificial reef off the coast of Palm Beach County, Florida. The project will begin in early 2018. Project details can be seen at www.clamagorereef.com.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (October 16, 2017) – Multi-GRAMMY® nominated and award-winning artist Natalie Grant has received positive news from her medical team following thyroid surgery on October 10th.
Grant underwent surgery last week to remove half of her thyroid after two tumors were found in an ultrasound. The results of the surgery and pathology report revealed papillary thyroid cancer in two nodules in the right lobe of the thyroid. The pathology report showed that the cancer was fully encapsulated in the nodules and had not traveled any further into the surrounding tissue or neighboring lymph nodes. Her surgeon stated that by removing the right side of the thyroid, they removed all traces of cancer and no further treatment will be necessary.
