When you think of the public face of women in country, you think of Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert, Maren Morris or any of the other artists who’ll be spotlighted on the “Cmt Artists of the Year” telecast Wednesday night. But if you live and work in Nashville, the first name that might instinctively spring to mind in connection with that phrase, even before any of the celebrities’, is that of Leslie Fram. The senior VP of music strategy for Cmt is indelibly associated with heightened attention to the issues facing women in the genre, not just as the driving force behind her network’s ongoing Next Women of Country initiative, but as a co-founder of the awareness group Change the Conversation.
This year’s female-focused “Cmt Artists of the Year” is essentially a culmination of her vision distilled down into one night, so you would naturally assume the idea...
This year’s female-focused “Cmt Artists of the Year” is essentially a culmination of her vision distilled down into one night, so you would naturally assume the idea...
- 10/17/2018
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
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