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Keith Urban Rumored For ‘Idol’ Spot

The latest spate of rumors has country guitar slinger Keith Urban joining the American Idol judges table, along with pop/hip-hop star Nicki Minaj […]

Tom T. Hall To Be Honored As BMI Icon

The BMI Icon award is given to songwriters who have had a “unique and indelible influence on generations of music makers” […]

Bobby Karl Works the SOURCE Awards

Bobby Karl reports on the 10th annual SOURCE Awards and Banquet, held August 23 at the Musicians Hall of Fame in Nashville […]

Industry Ink (8/24/12)

Lamon Records celebrating 50 years • Show Dog-Universal new signing • Rob Baird inks booking agreement

Mindy Smith Compilation Due in October

The Essential Mindy Smith features songs from the highly acclaimed singer-songwriter’s three Vanguard Records studio albums […]

Big & Rich Are “Hillbilly Jedi”

Big & Rich are preparing to release their fourth studio album, Hillbilly Jedi, which is currently available for pre-sale […]

Dance Music Festival Coming to Nashville’s Riverfont

“With Your Friends” Festival curated by dance music stars Skrillex and Pretty Lights […]

Weblinks: Breaking Music Online, Feminist Hits, Spotify and More

New “Nashville showrunner, Summer’s biggest hits broke online, Spotify revenues/losses, House subcommittee on Universal/EMI, and “Taylor Swift, Princess Of Punk?” […]

Eric Paslay Launches Share-To-Win Contest on Facebook

Debuts acoustic performance video of “Amarillo Rain” […]

Digital Rodeo and Eventful Announce “Next Country Star” Competition

Digital Rodeo and Eventful, Inc. have launched Digital Rodeo’s Country Star competition. Unsigned artists can […]

CMA Honors the Late Journalist Rineke Van Beek

Van Beek, who passed away in 2011 after a brave battle with cancer, worked as an ambassador for Country music in the Netherlands […]

Weekly Chart Report (8/24/2012)

Industry servants in Nashville got to hear a performance of Little Big Town’s new album Tornado (due Sept. 11) earlier this week […]

Charlie Cook On Air: Blu-Ray

I write a lot about choosing radio or online music sources. It seems to be the most researched topic in the music business […]

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