Nashville Radio Personality to Speak at Indie Music Week
Nashville Radio Personality to Speak at Indie Music Week
Nashville, Tennessee - Indie Music Week has announced that Kelly Ann Monahan, news correspondent for Nashvilles HOT AC station, Star 97, will be participating as an Indie Music Week panelist. IMW, taking place in Nashville March 11-12, will feature three industry panels of Major and Independent A&R, promoters, label executives, producers, journalists, and entertainment attorneys, and will wrap up with a Music Industry Summit.
Kellys voice is known to many from radio and television. She won the 2003 Air Award for Nashvilles Best Traffic Reporter for her work on stations including News Channel 2, 92Q and WPLN, and is now the news girl for Nashvilles HOT AC station Star 97. Nominated for an AIR Award for Best News Reporter in Nashville, you can hear Kelly on Star 97s morning show every day. Youre also likely to hear her voice on commercials from Nashville to New York.
She has quickly become a regular at writers nights and music venues in Nashville, and
was recently named Suggested Artist in the 2004 VH1 Song of the Year Contest and the voice for Nashvilles 2004 Folk Festival. Currently, she is working on a recording project with Belmont University, having been selected by the college as a recording project.
Other confirmed panelists include Nashville Star and Sony Musics Tracy Gershon, Danny Kee from Warner Bros. Records, Performing Songwriter magazines Abby White, Amy Stevens of Vivaton Records, Lyric Street Records Kirk Boyer, Larry Shell of Broken Bow Records, Bradley Collins of BMI, EQ Magazines Mitch Gallagher, and the Nashville Association of Professional Recording Services (NAPRS). In addition to the industry panels, Indie Music Week will also feature two Artist Showcases to be held at Nashvilles famous Douglas Corner Caf.
To attend Indie Music Week 2005, please visit IndieMusicWeek.org for registration information. The registration fee for Indie Music Week is $99, with a 50% fee discount for music industry students and a 25% fee discount for music industry professionals. To be an Indie Music Week sponsor, please visit IndieMusicWeek.org or call 615-292-1337.