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Nostalgic Music Release Free to 500 Lucky Fans!

THE DOUBLE LP OF ROOTS MOMENTS GOES TO PRESS!

Image634733034634124000Analog record pressing and old-school mail-in promotion can earn Music City Roots and Vietti Chili fans a cherished musical keepsake

Details and Video Coming Soon!

Music City Roots and Vietti Vinyl  announce the release of Roots Moments: Special Live Cuts From Season One in a limited edition, double LP set.

Already released on CD and iTunes download by Nashville’s Compass Records, this anthology is known as an enthralling sonic document of the inaugural season of Nashville’s admired roots/Americana radio show.

Now, in partnership with anchor Music City Roots sponsor Vietti Chili, the 11-song collection is being released in high style, with brown speckled vinyl, laser etched art on side four, bonus photos and expanded liner notes.

Later this week, a crew from Music City Roots and Vietti will head over to Nashville’s legendary United Record Pressing plant to document on film and in photos the one-time-only pressing of 500 copies of the album. A short video will be posted soon thereafter, bringing the magic of this little-understood analog process to our fans.

Like the show itself, the album begins with a solo performance by musical host Jim Lauderdale, the Grammy Award winning songwriter and artist. What follows feels like an unbroken experience, with songs by 18 South, Holy Ghost Tent Revival, Nanci Griffith, Miss Tess and the Bon Ton Parade, Scott Miller, Caitlin Rose, Charlie Louvin, The Black Lillies and Mike Farris with the McCrary Sisters.

The final cut is one of the greatest-ever Loveless Jams, the show-closing ensemble number named for the show’s host venue, the Loveless Cafe Barn. Here, iconic bluegrass musician Sam Bush leads “Up On Cripple Creek” with Lauderdale, Farris and more.

Music City Roots and Vietti Vinyl, along with the fabulous Vietti Chili Girl Aly Sutton, will be spreading the word about the label mail-in giveaway and this exciting souvenir recording over the next few months until all 500 albums wind up in the hands of music and chili fans around the nation.

About Music City Roots:
Music City Roots has been hailed as “truly extraordinary” and “the greatest live radio in America” by journalists who have visited and artists who’ve played the Roots stage. The Nashville Scene recently named the Loveless Barn and the show as Nashville’s Best New Roots Music Venue, “akin to what the Opry must have been like 60 years ago.” The program has also established itself as a trusted curator for excellence in Americana music, with appearances by Emmylou Harris, Sam Bush, Mike Farris, Ricky Skaggs, Mountain Heart, Cherryholmes, Dex Romweber, Roger McGuinn and many more. Roots has become a trusted brand partner that has done everything in its power to extol its valued sponsors, including Nissan, Vietti Chili, Ascend Federal Credit Union, Star 129 Diamond and The Nature Conservancy.

Image634733034961646000About Vietti Vinyl:
Since 2006 Vietti Foods Company has supported emerging musical artists through its ongoing “Vietti Vinyl” promotion (www.viettivinyl.com). For the past six years Vietti Vinyl has featured twenty-two selected artists such as The Grascals, Aly Sutton, Chris Young, Bo Bice and Marthia Sides on its food labels and its web site. Vietti Brand Chili and Vietti Vinyl also sponsor live music through partnerships with Music City Roots, Bluegrass Underground and The Country Network. Many fans and foodies have been first introduced to the robust and hearty flavors of Vietti Brand Chilis though the company’s association with music.

About Vietti Foods Company, Inc.:
Vietti Foods Company, Inc. (formerly Choice Food of America LLC) is a manufacturer and marketer of shelf-stable food products under its own brands, contract brands, private label and licensed brands. The company produces and merchandises a broad variety of products to supermarkets, mass merchandisers, drug and dollar stores. Founded in 1898, Vietti originally incorporated as a Nashville-based company in 1936 and remained under family ownership until it became a part of Choice Food Group, Inc. in 2006. In March 2011, Choice Food Group sold the assets of the canning operation to Zwanenberg Food Group BV, based in Almelo, The Netherlands.

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