BOCA RATON, FL / ACCESSWIRE / August 18, 2014 / Brick Top Productions, Inc. (OTCQB: BTOP); ("Brick Top" or the "Company") today is pleased to announce that its majority-owned subsidiary, High Five Entertainment, has been chosen for the fourth consecutive year to produce the Americana Music Honors & Awards broadcast scheduled to return to the historically cool Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN on September 17, 2014.
Each year the Americana Music Association honors distinguished members of the music community. Six member-voted awards and several Lifetime Achievement Awards are handed out while over 2000 artists, music-loving fans and entertainment industry executives look on. The Americana Music Association has announced the selection of Jackson Browne, Loretta Lynn, Flaco Jiménez and Taj Mahal as Lifetime Achievement Award winners in this year’s ceremony presented by Nissan.
Executive producers are Martin Fischer (High Five Entertainment) and Jed Hilly (Americana Music Association) and producer is Edie Lynn Hoback (High Five Entertainment).
"We’re honored to have been chosen again to produce this unbelievable event and look forward to bringing it to television this year and hopefully, every year thereafter." says Martin Fischer, President of High Five Entertainment. "With so many of the best musicians in the world coming together in this wonderful venue, it has become the annual emotional and musical highlight of our entire year-long production schedule. We are humbled by the trust and confidence that the Americana Music Association places in us."
This year’s star studded event will be streamed live and will air on PBS later this year in the Austin City Limits timeslot titled "ACL Presents: Americana Music Festival 2014".
"Truthfully we couldn't produce the show without Martin Fischer, Edie Hoback and the High Five team" says Jed Hilly, Executive Director of the Americana Music Association. "In any relationship, trust is paramount, and with High Five as our partners, we know our show is produced by the best in the biz".
About the Americana Music Association
The Americana Music Association is a professional not-for-profit trade organization whose mission is to advocate for the authentic voice of American Roots Music around the world. The Association curates events throughout the year including the annual Americana Music Festival and Conference, presented by Nissan, and the critically acclaimed Americana Honors & Awards program that will take place in Nashville September 17-21. In addition, the organization partnered with Lincoln Center on "Americanafest NYC" - seven days of music and events, August 4-10, as part of Lincoln Center’s "Out of Doors" programming - for the first time. For more information, please visit www.americanamusic.org.
About Brick Top Productions, Inc.
Brick Top Productions, Inc. (OTCBB: BTOP) (OTCQB: BTOP) is focused on the acquisition and financing of recognized, profitable, synergistic entertainment production companies, as well as the financing, production, and distribution of theatrical films and television shows within domestic and international markets. Brick Top's majority owned subsidiary, High Five Entertainment, is an internationally recognized, Emmy Award-winning entertainment production company with a rich 30 year history. Based in Nashville, Tennessee, High Five specializes in the development and presentation of quality television programming including music series, specials, unscripted television, live events and award shows. High Five is a leader in delivering world-class entertainment properties. Brick Top's majority owned subsidiary, York Productions, owns and is marketing the rights to the television pilot "Nick the Doorman," an urban dramatic comedy centered on the life experiences of a doorman and his friends who work at a historic and upscale Central Park south hotel. Nick the Doorman was written and directed by Emmy-nominated actor, Nicholas Turturro, who also starred in the pilot. Brick Top and its businesses pursue growth through strategic financing and synergistic partnerships in an effort to become the "ultimate and trusted provider of top-notch, award-winning, world-class entertainment.
For more information on the Brick Top and its subsidiaries, please visit www.bricktopproductions.com and www.highfiveentertainment.com. Brick Top’s most recent regulatory filings and financial information can be found on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov.
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SOURCE: Brick Top Productions, Inc.