ASHLEY MCBRYDE CELEBRATES RIAA
GOLD CERTIFICATION OF
“LIGHT ON IN THE KITCHEN”
JUST-LAUNCHED LIGHT ON FUND SHINES BRIGHT
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Photo ID (L to R): Fount Lynch (SVP Publicity, WRN), Sarah Sholar Rickerman (Manager, Q Prime), Cris Lacy (Chair & President, WRN), Ashley McBryde, Mike Dupree (SVP Creative Director, WRN), Anna Pittman (VP Marketing, WRN)
At last week’s Redemption Residency shows, Warner Records Nashville’s Ashley McBryde was surprised with a plaque celebrating the RIAA GOLD-certification of “Light On In The Kitchen.”
Earlier this month, McBryde launched the Light On Fund, a new charitable initiative that exists to support causes close to McBryde’s heart. Named in reference to “Light On In The Kitchen,” a musical tapestry inspired by and in honor of her mother and her mother’s two sisters, Ashley McBryde’s Light On Fund targets giving to areas including advocacy for the mental health of veterans, rehabilitation resources for the creative community, helping children in the foster care system, championing ASL interpretation at live music events, and much more. The fund will announce a new charitable focus each quarter starting 2026 and onward — learn more HERE.
ABOUT ASHLEY MCBRYDE GRAMMY®, CMA and ACM award winning singer-songwriter Ashley McBryde “has arrived” (CBS Sunday Mornings). From back porches to biker bars across America’s Middle, to playing arenas, sheds, and stadiums around the world, the Arkansas native and Warner Records Nashville recording artist has dedicated her life to the craft of storytelling; “an artist with many things to say and a big enough voice to slice through the noise” (Rolling Stone).
The Grand Ole Opry member’s 2018 major label debut Girl Going Nowhere charmed The New York Times, NPR, Rolling Stone, Paste, The Washington Post and more, earning a GRAMMY nomination for Best Country Album. Follow-up Never Will is one of the only albums ever nominated for Country Album of the Year by the ACM, CMA, and the Recording Academy in the same awards season. Her collaborative project, Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville, earned McBryde her third consecutive GRAMMY nomination for Best Country Album, and opened up a parallel universe in homage to world-building song mastermind Dennis Linde that took the Nashville creative community by storm. Her latest, The Devil I Know, brought more critical acclaim, earning nods as one of the best country albums of the year from Rolling Stone, Billboard, Slate, PASTE, Holler and more.
In 2022, McBryde was honored with the CMA International Artist Achievement Award for the most significant creative growth, development and promotion of the country music industry outside of the U.S. This year, she was awarded an honorary doctorate in music from her alma mater, Arkansas State University, for her significant contributions to the field.
Hailed as “one of Nashville’s most reliable and sophisticated songwriters” (Los Angeles Times) Dr. McBryde released road-worn fan favorite “Rattlesnake Preacher” in June to rapturous reception. She opened her non-alcoholic forward concept, Redemption Bar, at home on the fifth floor of Eric Church’s Chief’s in Nashville this August, paired with her four-show Redemption Residency at Chief’s Neon Steeple this October and December. McBryde is touring nationwide now, wrapping a slate of headlining dates through the end of 2025.
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About Ashley McBryde’s Light On Fund
Ashley McBryde's Light On Fund is a charitable initiative founded in 2025 to support causes close to McBryde's heart. Established on her mother’s birthday, Ashley McBryde's Light On Fund was named in honor of the women in her family — her mother and her mother’s two sisters — who inspired the musical tapestry of "Light On In The Kitchen,” the lead single from her fourth studio album, The Devil I Know.
Ashley McBryde’s Light On Fund focuses on giving in various areas of need, including but not limited to: advocacy for the mental health of our veterans, rehab support for the creative community, supporting children in the foster care system, and championing ASL interpretation at live music events. To contribute to Ashley McBryde’s Light On Fund, click HERE.
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