wm Alan Ross
alan@rossmusic.net
Sept. 21 - Poplar Estates, Columbia, TN
2 p.m.
“Colonel Anne,” the lead song from the 2013 album release Fogs of August by wm Alan Ross, has been named a nominee for best Celtic Song in the 2017 Just Plain Folks Music Awards competition. From 240,000 songs submitted over the years 2010-2016, judges chose nominees in over 60 genres of music. “Colonel Anne” competes with 20 other songs in the Celtic Song category. Just Plain Folks (JPF) is the largest grassroots music organization in the world, with over 50,000 members in over 160 countries worldwide representing recording artists, songwriters, and music industry professionals.
- 1960s New York City folksinger, two-time major label recording artist
- 47-year Nashville studio session singer
- 1999 Kerrville (TX) Folk Festival “New Folk” finalist
- three-time CLIO Award finalist
- 15-year advertising agency VP/creative director
- 40-year jingle company head
- author of 32 books
- NFL historian
- former contributing editor, 4th largest weekly magazine in North America