Mandy Barnett News

One of the most thoughtful and poetic songwriters on the scene today, Alicia Witt has turned her attention to Christmas music, and why not? After all, how many Hallmark Christmas movies has she made? Yeah, that's right.

Wrap up 2024 on a high note and prepare for an extraordinary evening of entertainment with Variety on Main at the historic Franklin Theatre. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Alicia Witt makes her 54 Below debut on 12/3 to celebrate the release of her first full length Christmas album, I Think I’m Spending Christmas With You. The album features heartfelt and uplifting originals and your favorite holiday standards.

Alicia Witt has released her latest holiday album, I Think I’m Spending Christmas with You. The project brings together the talents of Witt alongside Grammy award-winning John Paul White of The Civil Wars, Matthew Perryman Jones, and Mandy Barnett. Listen now!

Award-winning actress and musician, Alicia Witt, has released her latest holiday track, “I Think I’m Spending Christmas with You,” out now. Listen to the song from “The Queen of Christmas”!

This fall, Great Performances presents Patsy Cline: Walkin’ After Midnight, a star-studded concert filmed at the historic Ryman Auditorium, Patsy’s home stage in Nashville, to celebrate her life, legacy and music. The concert features artists from numerous genres including Kristin Chenoweth, Wynonna, Ashley McBryde, Grace Potter, and more.

For years – for decades, really – I have advocated that Music City tourism would benefit from a sit-down production of a country music-themed musical, one that would appeal to a wide range of aficionados and would showcase the musical library of a beloved figure in the pantheon of Nashville music. Finally, Studio Tenn delivers the perfect vehicle for that with the world premiere production of Here You Come Again, featuring songs written by or recorded by Dolly Parton (the Patron Saint of Tennessee aka The Smoky Mountain Songbird).

Written by Chips Moman, Lee released this as his fifth single from his album, ‘H-e-e-ere’s Johnny!’ Johnny Lee recently announced his ‘Hey Bartender, Last Call: The Farewell Tour.’ Throughout his career, Lee has achieved 26 Top 20 singles and became an integral part of the ‘Urban Cowboy’ movement that took the world by storm in the early 80s.

On Sunday, December 4, Nashville's CabaRay Showroom proved to be the perfect location to surprise music legends Ray Stevens and Brenda Lee with The Cecil Scaife Visionary Award. Stevens, who was in on the planning of the event, thought he was giving the award to Lee and Lee thought she was giving it to Stevens.  

Feinstein's latest release, Gershwin Country, is an album of brand-new duets reimagining the classic songs of George and Ira Gershwin through the contemporary lens of country music. Executive produced by Liza Minnelli, the album features some of the biggest names in country music, including Dolly Parton, Alison Krauss, Brad Paisley Rosanne Cash, and more!

Musicians, students and music lovers around the world can enjoy a series of entertaining and educational online events featuring prominent performers July 18-23 during the Great American Songbook Foundation’s annual Songbook Academy® summer intensive.

Grammy-winning vocalist Catherine Russell and stage and screen stars Telly Leung and Solea Pfeiffer will join Michael Feinstein as professional mentors at this year's Songbook Academy summer intensive, the nation's leading youth music program focused on the timeless standards of jazz, pop, Broadway and Hollywood.

This weekend, COUNTRY MUSIC and bluegrass icon Ricky Skaggs returns to his home away from home, the Grand Ole Opry. For the past five weeks, amidst the current COVID-19 crisis and without an audience in attendance, the Grand Ole Opry has remained on the air as it has for 4,919 consecutive Saturday nights for nine decades.

British vocalist RUMER has unveiled a sensual lullaby with 4th instant grat track, 'The Fate of Fireflies,' from NASHVILLE TEARS, her upcoming album of songs by Hugh Prestwood (Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame). The song is available now with album pre-order and accompanied by a night-sky themed lyric video - https://youtu.be/XCrBH_zrpMQ.

British vocalist RUMER's take on “The Song Remembers When,” is out now. The country ballad, previously a hit single for Trisha Yearwood, is the latest from Nashville Tears, which features the songs of Hugh Prestwood, a Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee. It is the 3rd advance track, after “Bristlecone Pine” and “Hard Times For Lovers,” available early with album pre-order before the release of Nashville Tears on April 24 with Cooking Vinyl.  

The Fabulous Equinox Orchestra returned to The Laurie Beechman Theatre last night.

Southern gents and childhood best friends, Jeremy Davis and Clay Johnson, have created something unique - The Fabulous Equinox Orchestra - a fiery hot and soulful Southern big band that is the 'Hope Diamond' of entertainment. That is to say, there is only one and it is spectacular! Audiences from Napa to NYC, Miami to Canada, and Europe to the Middle East have emphatically agreed with thunderous ovations, and it all started in a junior high band program in Louisiana. This is Great American Music at it's finest.

FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents Mandy Barnett: The Nashville Songbook on August 13, 2019. Original star of the musical Alwaysa?? Patsy Cline at Nashville's famed Ryman Auditorium, Barnett makes her Feinstein's/54 Below debut performing tunes that made Nashville famous, along with other personal favorites from the Great American Songbook and more.

This Month, FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club & Private Event Destination, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond.

FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents Mandy Barnett: The Nashville Songbook on August 13, 2019. Original star of the musical Always… Patsy Cline at Nashville's famed Ryman Auditorium, Barnett makes her Feinstein's/54 Below debut performing tunes that made Nashville famous, along with other personal favorites from the Great American Songbook and more.