New Beginnings

LeAnn Bennett Forms BEG • Stephanie Taylor Joins Bone McAllester Norton PLLC • Vanderbilt Transfers WRVU • Cary Rolfe Joins TCN

CMT Awards Ratings Up 19%

According to CMT, its Wed. June 8, two and a half hour Awards presentation earned a 1.35 rating among P18-49, averaging 2.9 million viewers. Combined two-play performance ratings (the show was repeated immediately after the first run) produced the best in the history of the franchise, up 19% from last year with a total of […]

Gill Gets Chills From Duane Allman Guitar

“I have chills running down my spine,” Vince Gill told the crowd. “This was the guitar that Duane Allman played with the Allman Brothers.” Gill got the chance to play the guitar, while in Macon, Georgia, home of the Allman Brothers Band, on May 5 to do a benefit concert for the Alzheimer’s Association of Georgia. […]

New Kids In Town: Idols and MP MusicHouse

American Idol winner Scotty McCreery and runner up Lauren Alaina thank some of the Mercury Nashville staff for getting their new singles played on country radio. Scotty’s song is “I Love You This Big” and Lauren’s is “Like My Mother Does.” They began work on their albums today.     New York songwriters and entrepreneurs, […]

Reba Announces North American Tour

Reba has announced plans for her upcoming fall tour, which will hit 31 cities in the U.S. and Canada. Fellow Big Machine Label Group artists The Band Perry, Edens Edge, and Steel Magnolia have been tapped to open select U.S. dates starting in October. “I am very excited about the fall tour. We are designing […]

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