Song Suffragettes announce The LSSW Group at J.P. Morgan as their first-ever presenting sponsor

SONG SUFFRAGETTES ANNOUNCE THE LSSW GROUP AT J.P. MORGAN AS THEIR FIRST-EVER PRESENTING SPONSOR

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (October 22, 2019) – Yesterday at an invite-only reception at The Listening Room Café, Song Suffragettes announced that The LSSW Group at J.P. Morgan Securities would be the first-ever presenting sponsor for the all-female, singer-songwriter collective. Based in New York City, the four women partners of The LSSW Group serve the wealth management and investment needs of the entertainment industry.

Says Eden Lopez, partner in The LSSW Group, “during a recent business trip to Nashville, we attended a Song Suffragettes show and were blown away both by the talent on the stage and by the mission of Song Suffragettes. As a female-led team, we immediately knew we wanted to support and help expand the Song Suffragettes’ objective to ‘let the girls play’.”

“Song Suffragettes hit the five-year mark this year and given the continued success of the show, we’ve been looking for sponsors to assist as we grow our all-female performance brand,” says Todd Cassetty, founder of Song Suffragettes. “After meeting Eden Lopez, Leslie Schwartz, Paula Steinberg and Liz Weikes, working with The LSSW Group made perfect sense. This relationship will help us evolve new female-centric initiatives, and it is the glowing definition of women supporting women.”

Attended by long-time Music Row stalwarts, the reception treated guests to cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and introduced them to many of the Song Suffragettes’ performers in attendance while remarks were made by both Eden Lopez and Todd Cassetty. Immediately following the reception, guests were treated to a sold-out Song Suffragettes show by recurring performers Kalie Shorr, Candi Carpenter, Kasey Tyndall and by first-timers Ashley Elle and British-resident Kaity Rae.

About Song Suffragettes
Song Suffragettes is a collective of female singer-songwriters that performs every Monday night at The Listening Room Café in Nashville, TN.  In just five years, Song Suffragettes has showcased over 240 talented women out of over 1,400 who have submitted to play the show.  

With weekly sell-outs and a mantra of #LetTheGirlsPlay, Song Suffragettes vocally combats wide-spread discrimination against women in the music industry by giving female talent a place to play, grow and evolve with fellow creatives. Since its inception, 15 Song Suffragettes women have gone on to receive record deals and 40 have landed music publishing deals.  With over 3 million views on their YouTube channel, Song Suffragettes was named by Billboard magazine as one of “Next-Gen Nashville: 16 People, Places and Things Shaking Up Music City”.  Featured in ELLE, USA Today, Washington Post, Grammy.com, Boston Globe and on PBS NewsHour and NPR, Song Suffragettes continues to fight for female talent to be heard throughout the country and beyond.

About The LSSW Group
Guided by four women with over 100 years of collective experience in financial services, The LSSW Group serves the wealth management needs of business owners, real estate investors, C-Suite executives and family offices, as well as the unique requirements of those in the entertainment industry. The Group has organized its practice to harness synergies and leverage the global resources of J.P. Morgan. Their strategic partnership, where investment advice and service are paramount, is based on a foundation of quality, integrity, transparency and collaboration. In addition, The LSSW Group is the first-ever presenting sponsor of Nashville’s esteemed all-female, singer-songwriter collective Song Suffragettes.

Song Suffragettes celebrates Fifth Anniversary, presents Liz Rose with inaugural “Yellow Rose Of Inspiration Award”

Dual-Round Celebration on Monday Evening Featured Kalie Shorr, Candi Carpenter, Tiera, Sarah DeFors, Kasey Tyndall, Savannah Keyes, Livy Jeanne, Michelle Pereira, Stevie Woodward, Caroline Watkins and Mia Morris on Cajon

Main Photo ID: Back Row (L to R): Tiera, Mia Morris, Kasey Tyndall, Liz Rose Music’s Liz Rose, NPR’s Jewly Hight, Savannah Keyes, Sara Defors, Candy Carpenter
Front Row (L to R): Cassetty Entertainment’s Todd Cassetty, Stevie Woodward, Michelle Pereira, Kalie Shorr, Livy Jeanne, Caroline Watkins, Cassetty Entertainment’s Helena Capps

  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 12, 2019) – On Monday, Nashville’s all-female, singer-songwriter collective, Song Suffragettes, celebrated their milestone fifth anniversary with two rounds featuring 11 women singer-songwriters and a special presentation to Grammy, CMA and ACM award winning songwriter and publishing icon, Liz Rose.

Rose accepted the inaugural “Yellow Rose of Inspiration Award” for her contributions to the songwriting community including writing and publishing many of the songs that have inspired the over 200 women who have performed on the Song Suffragettes stage through the years. 11 of those women were featured Monday, in front of a sold-out crowd at The Listening Room, including Kalie Shorr, Candi Carpenter, Tiera, Sarah DeFors, Kasey Tyndall, Savannah Keyes, Livy Jeanne, Michelle Pereira, Stevie Woodward, Caroline Watkins and 14-year-old prodigy Mia Morris on cajon.

In addition to the rounds and award presentation, NPR’s Jewly Hight moderated a Q and A with Liz Rose, diving into her storied career and journey through publishing and into songwriting.

Liz Rose Music’s Liz Rose (R) & NPR’s Jewly Hight (L)

LIVE! Song Suffragettes 5th anniversary party at The Listening Room Cafe! 💛🎶 Q&A with THE Liz Rose! 🌹 https://t.co/nZisg6lifT

— Song Suffragettes (@songsuffragette) 12 March 2019

The evening capped off one of the biggest years of the critically-acclaimed collective. Last year, they released the original song and music video for “Time’s Up”, a musical nod to the female empowerment movement. The song went on to receive major media coverage, critical accolades and ultimately raised $10,000 for the Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund through single sales and streaming.

After the song and video were released, the intense media coverage including the Associated Press, USA Today, Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Voice of America, U.S. News & World Report, Billboard, Rolling Stone, CMT.com, TasteOfCountry.com, SoundsLikeNashville.com and Grammy.com. Most recently, the song was one of sixteen songs featured on TuneIn’s Country Roads “Fab Females of 2018” radio special. TheShotgunSeat.com named the song one of the Top 20 Singles of 2018 calling it “arguably the most important song released in 2018.”

Song Suffragettes remains at the forefront of the disparity and discrimination debate surrounding females in the country music genre. ELLE Magazine prominently featured Song Suffragettes in their November 2018 issue with a story titled “The Women of Nashville's Music Scene Are Calling Time’s Up.” In December, National Public Radio (NPR) touted Song Suffragettes nationally in a Morning Edition piece called “Female Country Music Singers In Nashville Navigate Gender Bias To Be Heard.”

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About Song Suffragettes
Song Suffragettes is a collective of female singer-songwriters that performs every Monday night at The Listening Room Café in Nashville, Tenn. In just five years, Song Suffragettes has showcased over 200 talented women out of over 1,350 who have submitted to play the showcase. With weekly sell-outs and a mantra of #LetTheGirlsPlay, Song Suffragettes vocally combats widespread discrimination against women in the music industry by giving female talent a place to play, grow and evolve with fellow creatives. Since its inception, 11 Song Suffragettes women have gone on to receive record deals and 40 have landed music publishing deals. With over 2.4 million views on their YouTube channel, Song Suffragettes was recently named by Billboard magazine as one of “Next-Gen Nashville: 16 People, Places and Things Shaking Up Music City”. Featured in Elle, USA Today, Washington Post, Grammy.com, Boston Globe and more, Song Suffragettes continues to fight for female talent to be heard throughout the country and beyond.

About Liz Rose
Liz Rose is a Grammy Award-winning songwriter, 2007 SESAC Nashville Songwriter of the Year, founder of a music publishing company, and most recently Texas Heritage Songwriter Hall Of Fame inductee. Rose was born and raised in the Dallas, Texas area.  In the mid-1990s she moved to Nashville and began writing songs at the age of 37. One of her first cuts was Elisabeth, recorded by Billy Gilman in 2001. In 2003, Gary Allan took Rose's Songs About Rain into the country Top 20.
A frequent collaborator of Taylor Swift’s, Rose co-wrote 16 songs with Swift, including the No. 1 crossover hits Teardrops on My Guitar, You Belong With Me (which won the 2010 BMI Award for Song of the Year), Tim McGraw and White Horse (which won the 2010 Grammy Award for Best Country Song). Rose was the recipient of the 2012 ACM Award for Song of the Year in honor of Eli Young Band’s “Crazy Girl.” She has also penned songs for many other artists including Tim McGraw, Dan and Shay, Allison Krauss, Blake Shelton, LeeAnn Womack, Chris Young, Bonnie Raitt and more. In 2015, she won Song Of The Year at the Country Music Association awards and won the Grammy for Best Country Song for writing Girl Crush by Little Big Town. Girl Crush was written with Hillary Lindsey and Lori McKenna, and collectively they call themselves The Love Junkies. With Carrie Underwood, the wrote “Cry Pretty,” Carrie’s current single that is climbing the charts. Liz Rose is not only a songwriter, but a successful publisher. Rose began as a publisher before signing her first songwriting deal with Jody Williams Music. In 2010, Rose launched Liz Rose Music with her son Scott Ponce as a home for burgeoning songwriters. The company’s roster now includes Phil Barton, Cameron Bedell, Seth Ennis, Femke, Alyssa Micaela, Emily Shackelton, Caitlin Rose, with legacy writers Corey Crowder, Jeff Middleton, Stephony Smith, Jesse Walker, Chuck Wicks, and Walt Wilkins.  The company operates on the simple principle, "great songs, great people.”

All-Female Singer-Songwriter Showcase, Song Suffragettes, play sold out 4th Anniversary Show, discuss women in music

ALL-FEMALE SINGER-SONGWRITER SHOWCASE, SONG SUFFRAGETTES, PLAY SOLD OUT 4TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW, DISCUSS WOMEN IN MUSIC

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Bottom L-R: Alex Kline, Alys Ffion, Kelsey K, Candi Carpenter, Tara Thompson, Sam Hatmaker
Middle L-R: Hayley Orrantia, Beverly Keel, Jordyn Mallory, Tracy Gershon, Kalie Shorr, Phyllis Stark, Todd Cassetty, Helena Capps
Top L-R: Janelle Arthur, Michelle Pereira, Erin Enderlin, The Belles (Jaymie and Kelli Jones), April Kry, Tiera, Lexi Lauren, Jordyn Stoddard, Nora Collins, Madison Kozak | Photo Credit Rick Diamond

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (June 12, 2018) --Monday night, Nashville’s all-female singer-songwriter showcase, Song Suffragettes, hosted their 4th anniversary show at Analog at the Hutton Hotel in Nashville. Ten female songwriters were invited to play two rounds for the sold out crowd: Kelleigh Bannen, Candi Carpenter, Alys Ffion, Tegan Marie, Kalie Shorr, Nora Collins, Erin Enderlin, Madison Kozak, Hayley Orrantia and Tara Thompson. The ladies also hosted a panel consisting of Red Light’s Tracy Gershon and MTSU’s Beverly Keel that discussed the underrepresentation of women in country music, specifically in radio, at music festivals and behind the scenes. The panel was moderated by Billboard contributor Phyllis Stark.

“Since its inception over four years ago, Song Suffragettes has always been about providing the opportunity for women to be heard,” says Todd Cassetty, founder of the esteemed singer-songwriter series. “Our fourth anniversary show was a celebration of those female voices and we couldn’t be more proud of the 10 women who took our stage and the industry leaders who came out to speak about the ongoing gender disparity in country music. As we say at Song Suffragettes, #LetTheGirlsPlay!”

Since Song Suffragettes first made their debut four years ago, they have grown to become the Listening Room Cafe’s largest weekly sold out show. Each show airs live on Periscope with as many as 28,000 viewers per week. The Song Suffragettes performances have featured guest appearances from Lauren Alaina, RaeLynn, Lindsay Ell, Kelsea Ballerini, Deana Carter, Jesse James Decker, Jamie O’Neal and more. Nine suffragettes, including Carly Pearce and Jillian Jacqueline, have received record deals and 37 women have received publishing deals, including Kalie Shorr and Abby Anderson. The group has been featured by the Washington Post, Billboard and USA Today, and was most recently featured in this Tennessean article.

Song Suffragettes has performed at Tin Pan South, Project Music, Bentonville Film Festival and CMA Fest. You can keep up with Song Suffragettes on their website at www.songsuffragettes.com.

About Song Suffragettes
Song Suffragettes is a collective of female singer-songwriters that performs every Monday night at The Listening Room Café in Nashville, TN. In just over four years, Song Suffragettes has showcased over 200 talented women out of over 1,300 who have submitted to play the showcase. With weekly sell-outs and a mantra of #LetTheGirlsPlay, Song Suffragettes vocally combats wide-spread discrimination against women in the music industry by giving female talent a place to play, grow and evolve with fellow creatives.  Since its inception, 9 Song Suffragettes women have gone on to receive record deals and 37 have landed music publishing deals. With over 2.2 million views on their YouTube channel, Song Suffragettes was recently named by Billboard magazine as one of “Next-Gen Nashville: 16 People, Places and Things Shaking Up Music City”.  Featured in USA Today, Washington Post, Grammy.com, Boston Globe and more, Song Suffragettes continues to fight for female talent to be heard throughout the country and beyond.

For more information please visit www.songsuffragettes.com.

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Time's Up: Nashville's All-Female Song Suffragettes speak up against Gender Inequality and Sexual Misconduct with new Project

TIME’S UP: NASHVILLE’S ALL-FEMALE SONG SUFFRAGETTES SPEAK UP AGAINST GENDER INEQUALITY AND SEXUAL MISCONDUCT WITH NEW PROJECT

Music Video and Song Penned by CMT Next Women of Country Member Kalie Shorr

and Lacy Green Features 23 Up-and-Coming Singer-Songwriters 

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (January 19, 2018) -- Nashville’s all-female singer-songwriter collective, Song Suffragettes, pointedly address gender inequality and sexual misconduct against women with a new song aptly-titled “Time’s Up” and an accompanying music video. The project and the women involved give a direct and unapologetic voice to the injustice and mistreatment of women everywhere, both inside and outside the entertainment business.

The song and music video have already been embraced by iTunes and Apple Music, who added the song into their top playlist: A-List Country. Radio Disney Country will premiere the song today and feature it on the Radio Disney Country Spotlight show airing on Radio Disney. The music video (23.7K views) arrived (Jan 18) on VEVO and you can watch it here: 

Release Date: 19 Jan. 2018

Label: Song Suffragettes

Total Length: 3:03

Song: Time's Up (feat. Kalie Shorr, Candi Carpenter, Tiera, Emma White, Tenille Arts, Chloe Gilligan, Tasji Bachman & Savannah Keyes)

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"Me and the girls were watching the Golden Globes, drinking wine and wearing all black. During one of the many inspiring speeches that night, I just felt the weight of what was happening -- how I was going to tell my daughters and granddaughters about this one day,” said Kalie Shorr, a co-writer on the song and CMT Next Women of Country member whose song “Fight Like A Girl” made waves in 2016 for its female empowering message, “It came together so easily and  flawlessly because the amazing girls of Song Suffragettes were so passionate about the cause and willing to move around their schedules to make it happen. The team behind Song Suffragettes hustled so hard to make this project come to life making our idea a reality. I have been so inspired by this whole reckoning that’s been happening and it just felt so obvious to connect that to what we do at Song Suffragettes.”

Shoutout to @AppleMusic for supporting our #TimesUp video and song!
Watch now https://t.co/egI2FYkkpa
Listen now https://t.co/OutqIQ0Ev4 #LetTheGirlsPlay

— Song Suffragettes (@songsuffragette) 26 January 2018

The women of Song Suffragettes are using their unique platform to add their voices to the current conversation on gender inequality and sexual harassment prevalent throughout America and on a local level within the country music industry. Earlier this week, Rolling Stone Country released an article discussing the history of sexual misconduct and harassment in country music radio: “They reveal an environment where artists and other music professionals – especially women – are expected to be overly accessible and use sexuality as currency when visiting stations and meeting with certain program directors, or attending industry events, in the hope of having their song added into rotation.” - Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone Country

The proceeds from the sale of the song will benefit Time’s Up, an organization that created a unified call from women in entertainment to end discrimination, harassment and abuse of women everywhere.

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The 23 voices featured in “Time’s Up” come from all over the U.S. and Canada and all have unique stories and musical directions. You can learn more on each participating artist here (women listed in order of appearance in the song): Kalie Shorr, Tasji Bachman, Chloe Gilligan, Savannah Keyes, Mignon,Gracie Schram, Tiera,Jenna Paulette, Emma White, Jordyn Mallory,Emma Lynn White, Regan Stewart,Kim Paige, Jenna McDaniel - Madison Kozak, Jenny Ray, Tenille Arts, Tristan McIntosh,Tia Scola, Alexis Gomez, Candi Carpenter, Trannie Stevens, Lena Stone (does not appear in music video).

TIME'S UP

written by Kalie Shorr & Lacy Green

(the Song Suffragettes artist singing each part is denoted in parenthesis)

(Kalie Shorr) Time’s up for the ruthless, the wicked and the vain

(Tasji Bachman) Time’s up for the cheaters, cause now the game has changed

(Chloe Gilligan) It’s been a long time coming

                          There’s a new day dawning

                          Gonna stop your running today

(Savannah Keyes) The wait’s over for the patient, the humble and the brave

(Mignon) Now the way it is becomes the way it was

(Gracie Schram) Yeah you’ll always lose if you’re fighting love

(Tiera) They say good things come to those who wait but we’ve waited long enough

(Jenna Paulette) Our time is here

(Emma White) Our time is now

(Jordyn Mallory) Our time has come

(Emma Lynn White) Time’s up for the shadows, about to meet the light

(Regan Stewart) Time’s up for the castles, built on sand and spite

(Kim Paige) Rome is burning

                   And one thing’s for certain

                   The guilty are nervous tonight

(Kalie Shorr) We aren’t waiting anymore for the moon to turn the tides

(Jenna McDaniel) Now the way it is becomes the way it was

(Chloe Gilligan) Yeah you’ll always lose if you’re fighting love

(Madison Kozak) They say good things come to those who wait but we’ve waited long enough

(Jenny Ray) Our time is here

(Tasji Bachman) Our time is now

(Tenille Arts) Our time has come
(Tristan McIntosh) And your time is up

(Tia Scola) The scales are tipping

(Tia/Kalie Shorr) And the veil is ripping

(Tia/Kalie/Jenna P) And the clock is ticking

(Tia/Kalie/Jenna P) Cause the

(Jordan Mallory) time’s up

(Ensemble) The scales are tipping

(Ensemble) And the veil is ripping

(Ensemble) And the clock is ticking

(Ensemble) Cause the

.@kalieshorr talks about the new @songsuffragette song #TimesUp with @Cgilly24 before tonight’s Nashville show. Watch LIVE at 6:15pm CT on @PeriscopeTV. pic.twitter.com/NdmnpjPRxB

— Radio Disney Country (@RDCountry) 23 January 2018

(Madison Kozack) time’s up

(Ensemble) The scales are tipping

(Ensemble) And the veil is ripping

(Ensemble) And the clock is ticking

(Ensemble) Cause the

(Tenille Arts) time's up

(Ensemble) The scales are tipping

(Ensemble) And the veil is ripping

(Ensemble) And the clock is ticking

(Savannah Keyes) Now the way it is becomes the way it was

(Alexis Gomez) Yeah you’ll always lose if you’re fighting love

(Tenille Arts) They say good things come to those who wait but we’ve waited long enough

(Mignon) Our time is here

(Chloe Gilligan) Our time is now

(Kim Paige) Our time has come

(Kalie Shorr) And your time is up

(Candi Carpenter on all refrain vocals above)

(Tiera) We aren’t waiting anymore for the moon to turn the tides

(Trannie Stevens & Lena Stone on harmonies throughout)

About Song Suffragettes

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Song Suffragettes – Nashville, TN 13 June 2016

Song Suffragettes is a collective of female singer-songwriters who perform every Monday night at Nashville’s Listening Room Café. With a mantra of #LetTheGirlsPlay, Song Suffragettes has featured close to 200 women in the past 3+ years resulting in multiple publishing and record deals for some of Nashville’s brightest talent. For more information please visit www.songsuffragettes.com.
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About Kalie Shorr
Kalie Shorr burst onto the Nashville music scene in 2016 with her self-penned hit “Fight Like A Girl”. The Portland, Maine singer-songwriter became a Sirius XM Highway Find and was praised by Spotify, CMT, Radio Disney Country, Taste of Country, and even Billboard magazine. In 2017, Kalie released her Slingshot EP to rave reviews and was named “New Artist You Need to Know” by Rolling Stone, “The New Nashville” by Teen Vogue, and one of “2017’s Hottest Artists Under 25” by Taste of Country. Her newly released single “Two Hands” has already been added to Sirius XM, Radio Disney Country and TuneIn with prominent placement on Apple Music’s Breaking Country and Cool Country playlists. With a new EP coming January 26, 2018, Kalie was recently inducted into CMT’s Next Women of Country Class of 2018 and has just been announced as support for the Sara Evans All The Love CMT Next Women of Country Tour.  Playing over 100 shows a year, Kalie’s message of female- empowerment has led to her being called the “next ‘Women of Country’ generation” [CMChat] and a “modern country woman [who will] continue to inspire in 2018” [TasteofCountry.com].

2018 Country Artist To Watch Kalie Shorr to release highly anticipated EP, Awake, January 26