Luke Combs‘ latest single, “The Kind Of Love We Make,” rakes in first-week support across the Billboard, Mediabase and MusicRow CountryBreakout radio charts this week.

On Billboard, Combs earned 105 new station adds, +2,063 spins and debuted at No. 18. He sits at No. 28 on Mediabase with +1,988 spins from 135 stations. On MusicRow, he adds +354 spins from 24 first-week radio stations and lands at No. 46.

Combs shares, “I wrote this song in Montana with Dan [Isbell] and Reid Isbell and my guitar tech Jamie Davis, who used to be in a band with Dan. I met Jamie through Dan. Jamie had the idea, and Dan and Reid brought it to me and I thought it was a killer melody. It ended up being one of those songs that wrote itself. Dan, Reid and I are all having kids within a month of each other, so maybe this song had something to do with that.”

Combs and his wife Nicole celebrated the birth their first child, Tex Lawrence Combs, on Sunday, June 19.

For more chart data, view the latest edition of The MusicRow Weekly.

CEO of Dreamliner Luxury Coaches Jeremy Maul & CEO of Dreamliner Luxury Coaches Jeremy Maul

Dreamliner Luxury Coaches has acquired Diamond Coach Leasing from longtime owner and entrepreneur, Kylee Ervin. The move doubled Dreamliner’s fleet, and also establishes the company’s new corporate headquarters and southeast facility in Nashville.

Boasting a combined fleet of almost 75 coaches and a new East Coast operation, Dreamline provides luxury coach transportation to rock, pop, hip-hop and now country musicians throughout the country. Clients include Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, The Weeknd, Jonas Brothers, Drake, Halsey, Rod Stewart, Pearl Jam, Doja Cat and many more.

“It’s a big deal for us just having an East Coast location,” says Jeremy Maul, CEO of Dreamliner. “Expanding our footprint, as well as our fleet, was something we have been considering for over a year, and Kylee Ervin and her Diamond team have been a staple in the music scene for 20 years. It’s the perfect expansion for our brand.”

“We’ve worked really hard to become a trusted partner for touring artists and entertainers, so it goes without saying that this decision was one we weighed heavily,” adds Ervin. “We’re proud to see what we’ve built continue and expand with Dreamliner at the helm.”

Dreamliner’s Nashville operations will be housed in north Davidson County with Ervin remaining involved in bus builds and serving on its Board of Directors.

The Mechanical Licensing Collective (The MLC) and Easy Song Licensing are joining forces to present a free webinar, “Cover Song Licensing in the MMA Era,” on Tuesday, July 12 at 2 p.m. CT.

The MLC’s Head of Third-Party Partnerships, Dae Bogan, will be joined by Easy Song’s Aaron Green and his team for an in-depth discussion and Q&A that explores the landscape of cover song licensing since passage of the Music Modernization Act of 2018 (MMA).

During the 60-minute webinar, participants who want to record and perform cover songs to raise their artistic profile and build a fanbase will learn important details, including what constitutes a cover song, the potential streams of income that are available, and how to register a cover song correctly to ensure that they properly recognize rights holders and creators for their original works.

For additional details and to register, click here.

Pictured (L-R, front row): Vere Music’s Paige Heinemann and Alyssa Logan, River House Artist’s Alicia Jones, Southerland’s Matt Chase and Chris Rogers, Reservoir’s John Ozier and Beth St. Jean; (L-R, back row): Reliant Talent’s Seth Meganck and Matt McGuire, Vere Music’s Rusty Harmon, River House Artist’s Zebb Luster, Reservoir’s Greg Gallo and King Business and Financial Management’s Chris King. Photo: Allison Heffernan

Country duo Southerland has expanded their team, signing with new label Vere Music/ADA and with Reliant Talent for booking. The duo is slated to release a new song, “Down The Road” on July 22, which follows their 2021 debut EP Boot Up.

Charleston, South Carolina native Matt Chase and Washington, Georgia’s Chris Rogers met through mutual friends and played college towns and dive bars together for three years before morphing into the duo now known as Southerland.

The two made their CMA Fest debut earlier this month, and have previously shared the stage with Michael Ray, Mitchell Tenpenny, Jon Langston, Drew Parker, Parmalee and Ray Fulcher, among others.

“The village that is Southerland includes long-time friends and associates. Chris and Matt embody the talent, attitude, grit, and knowledge needed to succeed in today’s music industry,” says Vere Music’s Rusty Harmon. “Everyone at Vere is honored to be working on the Southerland team.”

“We’re really excited to work with the Vere and Reliant teams! We felt that they understood us, our music and where we wanted to go,” shares Southerland. “They integrate perfectly with our current teams at River House Artists and Reservoir and are the perfect addition to the Southerland family. We’re very thankful to have these two companies in our corner and cannot wait to share our new music with the world.”

Chris Burrus

Creative Artists Agency (CAA) has promoted a handful of its staff from the CAA Elevate program, including new Nashville-based agent Chris Burrus.

CAA Elevate is the agency’s next-generation training and practical development curriculum. Building upon the agency’s Training Program, CAA Elevate was designed to cultivate best practices, encourage innovation, foster global strategic-thinking, and nurture the talents of CAA’s agents and executives in training.

Burrus was promoted to Agent in the Music Touring department and represents Nate Smith, Tyler Booth, Erin Kinsey, and After Midtown. He is also on the teams that support Jake Owen, Matt Koziol, and Brandon Ratcliff.

Burrus joined CAA upon graduating from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He joined CAA in 2018 as an assistant to Sabrina Butera, and supported Marc Dennis, Meredith Jones, and Emily Van Allsburg in the Music Touring department before being promoted to Music Touring Coordinator in 2021.

Previously, Burrus held internships at such companies as Ole Publishing, Capitol Christian Music Group, and Yep Roc Music Group.

Inder Gill, Sophie Kavanagh, Zakaria Laaboudi, Arlen Papazian, and Kara Petit have also been promoted from CAA Elevate, and are located in some of the agency’s offices across the world.