The latest from Jimmy Carter in Nashville

(Nashville, TN) – March 19, 2013 - ACM Awards show co-host and reigning Entertainer of the Year Luke Bryan is celebrating the No. 1 debut of his digital EP, Spring Break 6… Like We Ain’t Ever, on Billboard's Country Albums chart with 74,296 copies sold. In addition to topping the Country Albums chart, Bryan landed at No. 2 on Billboard’s Top 200 Albums chart with the sixth installment of his Spring Break series. Combined Luke’s six Spring Break releases have sold over 825,000 copies and last year’s Spring Break…Here To Party was the first and only retail release of the Spring Break releases. Spring Break 6… Like We Ain’t Ever contains six original songs, all co-written by Luke. Last week, Luke performed two spring break concerts in Panama City at Spinnaker Beach Club to a crowd of over 230,000 fans. The Ellen DeGeneres Show correspondent Jeannie joined Luke in Panama City and the show aired an interview piece and performance o...

Cassadee Pope shares the excitement with her Republic Nashville label family, band and team who were on hand to celebrate the platinum certification of “Wasting All These Tears” and the introduction of “I Wish I Could Break Your Heart.” Pictured (L to R): Kneeling – Darin Murphy (CAA), Erin Burr (BMLG), Matthew Hargis (Republic Nashville); Standing – Sam Forbert (CAA), Pat McCarthy (bandmate), (bandmate), Cheyana Weekley (BMLG), Steve Fekete (bandmate), Jim McGorman (bandmate), Jimmy Harnen (BMLG), Pope, Allison Jones (BMLG), Angie Coonrod (Republic Nashville), Kelsey Hamrick (Republic Nashville), Katherine Susemichel (Republic Nashville) and Sarah Montgomery (BMLG)

Pictured (l-r): Lee Thomas Miller, Brad Paisley, Kelley Lovelace, Chris DuBois NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 18, 2014) Brad Paisley and three of his songwriting friends closed the CMA International Marketing Summit last night with the “Brad Paisley and Friends” BBC Songwriter show taping at the iconic BBC Radio Theatre in London, England. Chris DuBois, Kelley Lovelace and Lee Thomas Miller joined Paisley for a humorous but insightful and personal chat about some of Paisley’s hit songs they have written together.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 17, 2014) Brad Paisley closed the C2C Festivals this weekend by playing before a packed house each night at The O2 Dublin and The O2 London. In Dublin he joined in the St. Paddy’s Day jubilation by hand painting (with a Sharpie) a green shamrock on the front of his hat and at the end of his performance gave it to lucky Irish fan. He continues his European tour this week with shows in Stavanger and Oslo, Norway, Gothenburg and Stockholm, Sweden.

Marino Franchitti celebrates the win with a nod to sponsor Big Machine Records. Nashville, TN (March 17, 2014) – Speeding into Victory Lane with the closest-finish in race history (4.682 seconds with Marnio Franchitti at the helm), Big Machine Records added more hardware to its shelf at the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship’s 62nd Annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Fueled by “Fresh from Florida.” The label’s longstanding partnership with Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates fostered an impressive set of wins over the weekend. Marking the inaugural attempt in the Chip Ganassi Racing Teams' 25-year history, the No.1 Telcel Ford EcoBoost Riley car, driven by Marino Franchitti, Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas, claimed the first place title. The No. 02 Comfort Revolution/Big Machine Records Ford EcoBoost Riley, driven by Scott Dixon, Sage Karam and Tony Kanaan, came in sixth place overall and reigned supreme with the most points from the Sebring’s three segments toward t...

from Carrie Underwood: Holy crap! I just met Norman Reedus! I think I played it pretty cool...I don't look excited in this pic at all, do I?