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CMA Songwriters Series Brings Church To NYC

As part of the events leading up to the 44th Annual CMA Awards, the CMA Songwriters Series will return to New York City for two shows at Joe’s Pub on Tuesday, Nov. 2. Show times are 6:30 and 9 pm ET, and will feature EMI Records Nashville artist/songwriter Eric Church, who is also touring with […]

Photos: DiPiero and Shaw Sign Flynn; Lambert Kicks Off Tour

Amanda Flynn has signed a publishing deal with Leslie T. DiPiero of Tom-Leis Music & co-publisher Victoria Shaw. ••• Columbia Nashville’s Miranda Lambert kicked off her CMT on Tour: Miranda Lambert Revolution fall tour September 29 in New York, the first of more than two dozen dates through early December. Here, Lambert is joined by […]

Weekly Chart Report (10/01/10)

RADIO NEWS Quality Broadcasting’s KFTX/Corpus Christi GM/morning host Dr. Bruce Nelson Stratton has announced his retirement after 50 plus years in radio, 15 of which have been on air with KFTX. His last day will be December 31. “Nobody in this business could ask for a better 52 year career then I have had,” says […]

Sherrill Named BMI Icon

BMI will honor Billy Sherrill as a BMI Icon during its its 58th annual Country Awards, slated for Tuesday, November 9 at the organization’s Music Row offices in Nashville. The black-tie ceremony will celebrate songwriters and publishers of the past year’s fifty most-performed country songs from the BMI catalog. BMI will also award the Song, […]

Bobby Karl Works IBMA Awards

Chapter 348 The bluegrass demographic looks like it is becoming more diverse than ever. Judging by the crowd at the 21st annual International Bluegrass Music Awards at the Ryman (9/30), bluegrass still skews somewhat older. But more than ever, the genre’s fans were hard to pigeonhole. Thin young people mingled with heavyset seniors. Cowboys sat […]

Performance Royalty Wrangling Spurs FM Research

As part of the debate framing the discussion of a performance royalty for terrestrial radio, airwaves advocate NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) has asked for a government mandate that all cell phones be equipped with an FM radio. The CEA (consumer electronics association) has recently released a study showing that 70% of cell phone and […]

Joe Nichols Makes $125,000 Donation

Joe Nichols has donated winnings of $125,000 from his appearance on Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader to Missouri’s Camp Barnabas. The camp provides life-changing opportunities each summer for almost 1300 young people with special needs and chronic diseases. Nichols’ younger sister Kelli has been among the attendees over the past several years. According […]

Opry Plans “Spirit Of Nashville Day”

With the Grand Ole Opry now returned to its permanent home at the Opry House, visitors and fans are invited to celebrate its homecoming on “Spirit of Nashville Day” Saturday, October 2. The day will offer free tours of the Opry House from 10 am – 4 pm CT, as well as free music in […]

Aldean’s Concert For The Cure

Jason Aldean will donate all proceeds from his Oct. 15 show in Evansville, Ind. as part of his 5th Annual Concert For The Cure to benefit Susan G. Komen For The Cure. Ticket and donation information is available at www.jasonaldean.com. “Most of my long-time fans know that I had a really good friend die of […]

ZBB This Week’s Top Dog, Next Week Chesney?

Country’s big sales stories are the No. 1, 2 and 3 CDs on this week’s Top 75 Current Country Albums list—Zac Brown Band (153k+), Billy Currington (45k) and Jamey Johnson (30k). ZBB’s last studio album is close to 2.3 million and so this debut’s opening number may seem a bit shy of expectations, but it […]

Farm Aid Concert To Be Broadcast On Sirius XM

The 25th Annual Farm Aid concert Farm Aid 25: Growing Hope For America, will take place Saturday, October 2 at Milwaukee’s Miller Park. Scheduled performers include Farm Aid President Willie Nelson, board members Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews (with Tim Reynolds), as well as Norah Jones, Jamey Johnson, Jeff Tweedy (of Wilco), Jason […]

Armiger Celebrates CD Release At SESAC

Katie Armiger celebrated the upcoming Oct. 5 release of her third Cold River Records album, Confessions Of A Nice Girl to a packed house at SESAC (9/29). Armiger performed selected tracks from the new CD with musical help from special guests such as Rebecca Lynn Howard, guitarist Jesse Tucker, Bruce Wallace, Joe West and others. […]

Writer’s Den Adds Alex Heddle

Alex Heddle has recently been added to the team at Writer’s Den Music Group as Catalog Manager/Song Plugger. Heddle formerly oversaw all creative aspects at Propel Music, where he spent the past two years. “We are thrilled to have someone with Alex’s experience and enthusiasm as a part of our group,” says Head of Publishing, […]

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