Industry Events

August 4
CMA Fest, the Music Event of Summer airs as a three-hour primetime concert special, at 7 P.M. CT on ABC

August 20
CMA Awards second ballot closes at 6 p.m. CT

August 21
13th Annual ACM Honors at the Ryman Auditorium

August 27
SOURCE Hall of Fame Awards at Nashville’s Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum at the Municipal Auditorium

Single Add Dates

August 5
Kane Brown/Homesick/RCA Nashville
Billy Currington/Details/Mercury Nashville
The Ashley Sisters/Crush/GKM Records

August 12
Ricky Cook/(I Can’t Stand A) Woman Beatin’ Man/Imperator Records
James Dupre/Another Love Song/Fleur de Magnolia Music
Disha/Mine to Write/Disha D LLC

August 19
Rodney Atkins/Thank God For You/Curb
John King/Try Saying Goodbye/in2une Music
Amy Jack/Shake & Bake/Amy Jack Music
AJ Sanders/Chevy and Daddy/AJ Sanders Music

August 23
Stephan Hogan/Gypsy Girl

Album Releases

August 2
Tyler Childers/Country Squire/Hickman Holler Records-RCA
Eric Burgett/Pass It On [EP]/Bow To Stern Records

August 9
Matt Dylan/Keep On Keeping On/Motivated Music Group
Jeff Clayborn/Good Bar Attender/The Cabin Record Co.
Olivia Lane/The One/Big Spark Music Group
Various/The Bakersfield Sound, 1940-1974/Bear Family Records

August 15
Rodney Crowell/TEXAS

August 16
Tracy Lawrence/Made In America/LMG

August 23
Vince Gill/Okie/MCA Nashville
Midland/Let It Roll/BMLG Records
Tanya Tucker/While I’m Livin’/Fantasy Records
Ty Herndon/Got It Covered Out
Taylor Swift/Lover/UMG

August 30
Trisha Yearwood/Every Girl/Gwendolyn Records
Sheryl Crow/THREADS/The Valory Music Co.
Jedd Hughes/West
Various/Country Music – A Film By Ken Burns (The Soundtrack) [5CD deluxe box set]/Legacy Recordings-Sony Music Entertainment-Universal Music Group (UMG)

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LB Cantrell is Editor/Director of Operations at MusicRow magazine, where she oversees, manages and executes all company operations. LB oversees all MusicRow-related content, including the publication’s six annual print issues and online news. She is a Georgia native and a graduate of the Recording Industry Management program at Middle Tennessee State University.

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