Wednesday evening (June 4) Billboard’s annual events honored in the Country Power Players, presented by Bud Light and held on Luke Combs’s category 10 site in the center of Nashville, several of the top artists and leaders of the country music.
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The Country Power Players event also served as a call for action to help them in the music community – whether artist, songwriter, musician, tournament member, performer or other creative – who are struggling with mental health.
Country Duo Brothers Osborne honored the Music Health Alliance -founder Tatum Allsep with the Impact Award, for her vision and leadership in the launch and cord of the organization with the mission to provide access to healthcare and mental health resources to help music people connect to medical and financial solutions.
By presenting AllSEP with the Impact Award, the Osborne John Osborne brothers said: “Music Health Alliance’s services are free to anyone who has served for life in the music industry for three or more years, and services are available to their spouses, partners and children. Most recently, MHA gives a variety of health services, including personalized recommendations, Universal Music Group, Launch of Laancing, Launch of Laancing, Launch of Laancing, Last in Launch, in Launch, including personalized recommendations, Universal Music Group, Launch of Laancing of Laancing of Laancing of Laancing in Laancing, Last Launch of Launch, the music industry and psychiatrists, including grants to help offset the costs of everyone in the music industry.
The Osborne brothers also announced that they were making a $ 10,000 donation to the Music Health Alliance to help help the organization’s work in honor of Allsep, which TJ called “Nashville’s own mother Teresa.”
When he took the stage, the Allsep brothers thanked Osborne and said, “Thank you for commitment to the music and thanks for being my friends since the first day.”
Allsep remembered to have the idea of ​​launching the Music Health Alliance 15 years ago to help them in the music community get the resources they need. “It is an honor to stand here with the people who shape the sound of our culture, and for the impact of this little engine that could, MHA, to be recognized is so meaningful. For all of you who have gone with us over the years … Have you kept this mission alive and made it possible for us to grow from a person on the coffee shop in Nashville, to a team of 15 who have earned 32,000 music folk Millions.
Alsep also thanked them at the Music Health Alliance team and said, “You put boxing gloves on every day and you get into that ring and you hear the impossible stories you fight against the broken systems you fight and cut the bureaucracy, and still you approach every single music person who calls so openly, with open arms and [with] The most powerful medicine found on this planet and that is hope. You are the reason why our mission has influence. ”
She thanked Umg, the Osborne brothers, Dierks Bentley, Marcus King, Sully Erna from Godsmack and others who have stepped up with funding and support, which has helped the organization provide more than 8,000 therapy to help them in need.
“The music mind is filled with so much uninvited noise,” said Allsep. “It’s noise from pressure, income instability, insulation. It costs our industry big time. See you around. Everyone knows someone that this has affected. It costs us creatively, human, corporate.”
Allsep noted that in the past few months Music Health Alliance has seen a 250% increase in mental health support requests. “It’s not a statistic – it’s a screaming flare -up. It’s an SOS call and we have to do better,” said Allsep.
“I am so serious when I say that MHA is equipped with tools and knowledge and the partners to help every artist, every songwriter, every crew member, everyone in our industry has access to the mental health that they deserve, but not only in a crisis. We have got a plan for the long move. We know music. Mission and influence.
She added, “We desperately need you to stand with us, to care for the noise. And then we can really cure the music.”
Others honored during the evening were Riley Green (honored with The Troenbreaker Award), Ella Langley (Rising Star Award), BigXthaplug (Innovator Award), Little Big Town (the preliminary Ben Vaughn Song Champion Award) and Goldenvoice/AEG’s Stacy Vee (Director of the Year).
Billboard continues to highlight the music of several artists this week as the Billboard Country Live is launched on June 5, with two days’ performances from a number of artists, including Jake Worthington, Reyna Roberts, Max McNown, Graham Barham, Mitchell Tenpenny, Drew Baldridge, Alexandra Kay and Cooper Alan.