WXIA 11 Alive, "Atlanta & Company" — Zac Brown Band's John Driskell Hopkins performs tunes from his new Christmas album, You Better Watch Out, and talks with host Christine Pulara.

WXIA 11 Alive, "Atlanta & Company" — Alex Guthrie performs and talks with host Christine Pullara.

ATLANTA BUSINESS CHRONICLE — Zac Brown Band founding member John Driskell Hopkins is at a good spot in his life.

When he's not on the road with the three-time Grammy Award-winning band, Hopkins is either spending time with his family and friends, working on projects for his own John Driskell Hopkins Band, or working on projects as a producer for the likes of living-jazz legend Joe Gransden, The Joe Gransden Big Band, Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal's daughter Katie Deal and rising Atlanta-based singer-songwriter Alex Guthrie.

But now, Hopkins doesn't have to drive to Tennessee to record at Zac Brown's Southern Ground Nashville or pay to rent out 808 EAST in Atlanta to produce an album. Hopkins is the new owner of Brighter Shade Studios, a 2,500-square-foot, professional-grade digital recording studio in his home base of Atlanta. 

ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION — There’s a reason you know that Geico gecko or Flo from Progressive. Insurance companies have a lot of money to spend on advertising. And thanks to ubiquitous American Family Insurance ads, Marietta singer Alex Guthrie has been seen by practically every American who has a TV over the past seven months. He was the street musician at Woodruff Park in downtown Atlanta who was shocked when Jennifer Hudson strolled up and began dueting with him.

CBS 46, ATLANTA PLUGGED IN — John Driskell Hopkins (founding member of the Zac Brown Band) stopped by the CBS studios to talk about his new studio, Brighter Shade Studios, and his new Christmas Album with The Joe Gransden Big Band entitled "You Better Watch Out."  The album also features performances by Bela Fleck, Aoife O'Donovan, Daniel De Los Reyes and Clay Cook.  Available now at johndriskellhopkins.com. 

BIZ 1190, "THE DANA BARRETT SHOW" — DeKalb Entertainment Commission Director Shelbia Jackson joins Dana Barrett to discuss the booming entertainment industry in DeKalb County and Atlanta. From movies and TV, to music and digital gaming, it's all happening in Georgia.

DENVER POST — Eric “ESAM” Lew never goes to a video game tournament without his custom Wii U controller. But there was that time when he set his bag down before a competition in Austin, Texas, and inadvertently left without it. Preparing for a big e-sports competition isn’t unlike practicing for a baseball game or hockey tournament. Lew, who joins dozens of competitive gamers this weekend at Denver’s first DreamHack Festival, has his own tools. He practices five to eight hours a day before a big game. The reward? He is paid and gets to fly around the globe for competitions.

CBS, "ATLANTA PLUGGED IN" — We've all seen him be surprised by Jennifer Hudson on the American Family Insurance commercial but today he's here to perform live! Alex Guthrie will also be performing at The Peach and the Porkchop Restaurant tonight 9/29, and Eddie's Attic on 12/1!

Alex Guthrie Sits Down With Star 94.1 Atlanta's Marino!

WXIA-11ALIVE, "ATLANTA & COMPANY" — On Monday’s ATL & CO actor Hal Sparks (“Queer as Folk,” “Lab Rats”) spoke with host Christine Pullara about the Concerts For America show taking place at Georgia Tech’s Ferst Center for the Arts.  Proceeds from Concert for America: Stand Up, Sing Out! will benefit five national organizations working to protect human rights: Southern Poverty Law Center, National Immigration Law Center, The Sierra Club Foundation, NAACP and National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Created and hosted by Seth Rudetsky (SiriusXM Broadway Host) and James Wesley(Broadway/Record producer) — who also organized the “Broadway For Orlando/What the World Needs Now is Love” benefit recording with Gloria Estefan, Idina Menzel, Carole King, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Sarah Jessica Parker.  Concert for America has been hailed by The New York Times as “striking for its emphasis on the importance of faith in the United States and optimism about its future.” Concert for America: Stand Up, Sing Out! debuted as a monthly series at The Town Hall in New York City on Inauguration Day, 2017, to universal acclaim.

ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION — Charitable enterprises are a way of life for Broadway mainstays Seth Rudetsky and his husband, James Wesley. In 2015, the pair, who for years worked with myriad nonprofit organizations, formed their own — Your Kids, Our Kids — dedicated to helping children. But by the end of 2016, Rudetsky, a noted host on SiriusXM’s Broadway channel, and Broadway/record producer Wesley decided that the number of people “at risk” in the U.S. stretched beyond children.

ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION —Alex Guthrie is a street musician from Marietta, and although it may appear he’s on the road to becoming an overnight sensation, his singer/songwriter path goes back a few years, especially for someone so young. He’s just had a birthday that’s taken him near his mid-twenties.