Kentucky Office of Music will leverage what’s already a multibillion-dollar cultural asset
The sea of music fans gathered in Louisville for September’s Bourbon & Beyond festival in for a surprise. Sandwiched between early Friday evening sets by Father John Misty and Foster the People was a guest not initially on the performance schedule; while not an artist in any traditional sense, music was the reason for his visit.
Gov. Andy Beshear approached the microphone to tell the audience — and, in essence, all of Kentucky — of his executive order forming the Governor’s Office of Music. The new office plans to be a means to connect, promote and assist the full range of artists, venues, promoters and those responsible for creating music in the state. Its first act: composition of an industry registry…