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- Chris Stapleton Leaps Into Top Three On MusicRow Top Songwriter Chart November 27, 2023
- In Pictures: ‘MacKenzie Porter + Friends’ Concert Raises $85K For American Cancer Society November 27, 2023
- Plight Of Songwriters Captured In New TV Show ‘Chart Breakers’ [Exclusive] November 27, 2023
- Andrew Beason Signs With SMACKSongs November 27, 2023
- Alabama’s June Jam XVIII Set For 2024 November 27, 2023
- Tracy Lawrence’s Annual Turkey Fry & Concert Raises Over $250K For Nashville Rescue Mission November 27, 2023
- Dolly Parton Scores The Biggest Album Debut Sales Week Of Her Career With ‘Rockstar’ November 27, 2023
- The BIG 98 Wraps Successful Friendsgiving Benefit At The Opry November 27, 2023
- Jason Aldean Extends ‘Highway Desperado Tour’ Into 2024 November 27, 2023
- Sonos Radio HD Launches New Subscriber-Only Christmas Channel In Partnership With CMA November 27, 2023
- Riley Green & Luke Combs Top MusicRow Radio Chart November 22, 2023
- Operation Song To Hold Second Annual Nashville Showcase In December November 22, 2023
- Gene Watson Slates ‘All The Hits & More Tour’ For 2024 November 22, 2023
- RVSHVD Signs With CAA November 22, 2023
- Garth Brooks Adds 18 Dates To 2024 Las Vegas Residency November 22, 2023
WSM AM To Air “This Is My America” Special
/by LB Cantrell650 WSM AM will celebrate Memorial Day by airing a This Is My America Special celebrating the writers and performers from This Is My America, including Billy Dean, Jenny Gill, J Fred Knobloch and Sarah Majors. An epic concept album, This Is My America is a three-disc set of original material that captures the spirit […]
Bobby Karl Works Jamey Johnson Gold Party—Chapter 309
/by Bobby Karl(L-R): Brian Wright, UMG Nashville VP A&R; Luke Lewis, UMG Nashville Chairman/CEO; Jamey Johnson; Hank Cochran; Cowboy Jack Clement; and Buddy Cannon. The Gold good old days are back. “This looks like a good turnout; I haven’t been to one of these in a long time,” said Duane Allen of The Oak Ridge Boys. Neither […]
Messina’s Road Race Helps St. Jude
/by LB CantrellCurb artist Jo Dee Messina and Nashville Mayor Karl Dean lead over 800 runners on Saturday (5/16), in the rain-soaked inaugural Music Row Road Race benefiting the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The race and Messina’s headline concert at the Wildhorse Saloon that same evening raised $100,000 for the Hospital. Messina treated fans at a […]
Sony/ATV Nashville’s Berschback Promoted
/by LB CantrellDuff Berschback has been promoted to VP of Business Affairs at Sony/ATV Nashville. Berschback joined Sony/ATV Nashville in January 2007 as Senior Director of Business Affairs after six years as an entertainment attorney with his own Nashville-based private practice. Bershback will report directly to Sony/ATV Nashville’s President/CEO, Troy Tomlinson, and is responsible for all contract […]
Holly Williams Readies Debut
/by LB CantrellHolly Williams‘ Mercury Nashville debut, Here With Me, is scheduled for release June 16. Williams, the granddaughter of Hank Williams, Sr. and daughter of Hank, Jr., penned the majority of the album’s 11 tracks and co-produced with Justin Niebank and Tony Brown. Current single, “Mama,” was written for her mom as a Mother’s Day gift. […]
Adkins Joins Nat’l Memorial Day Concert
/by LB CantrellTrace Adkins will join co-hosts Gary Sinise and Joe Mantegna and an all-star line-up of dignitaries, actors and musical artists for the National Memorial Day Concert, honoring the service and sacrifice of America’s men and women in uniform, their families at home and all those who have given their lives for our country. The top-rated […]
Guitar Auction to Benefit Opry Trust Fund
/by LB CantrellThe inaugural edition of the Guitars of the Stars Benefit Auction to benefit the Opry Trust Fund will take place Friday, June 12 at 2 PM at the Ryman Auditorium. The event will offer fans in town for CMA Music Festival the opportunity to bid on Epiphone acoustic guitars decorated by country stars and visual […]
Source Foundation Honorees
/by LB CantrellSOURCE, Music Row’s executive women’s group, held a luncheon May 14 for the 2009 honorees who will be feted at the Source Foundation Awards, July 30. Plaques commemorating the outstanding careers of the honorees will permanently hang in the Source Room, located within the Musicians Hall of Fame Museum. This years honorees are Joyce Jackson, […]
Shea Fisher Signs With Stroudavarious
/by LB CantrellJames Stroud, CEO of Stroudavarious Records, has announced the signing of Australia native Shea Fisher to a recording agreement covering worldwide territories outside her home country. Fisher’s self-titled album, produced by Richard Landis and Steve Forde, debuted in the Top 10 on Australia’s ARIA Country Chart last month. The Trey Fanjoy-directed music video for her […]
Gospel’s “First Lady” Passes
/by Robert K OermannGospel Music Hall of Fame member Eva Mae LeFevre, known as “The First Lady of Gospel Music,” died Monday (5/18), at age 91. She played piano, sang alto and was the emcee in the long-running gospel group The LeFevre Trio (later billed as The LeFevre Family and The LeFevres). She was born Eva Mae Whittington […]
1720 Entertainment to Acquire Rock PR
/by LB CantrellNashville- and Atlanta-based artist development company 1720 Entertainment, whose roster of clients includes country artists Jamie O’Neal, Rissi Palmer and Stevie Walker, is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement in principle to acquire an equity stake in New York-based entertainment and media branding company Rock PR Media. 1720 will acquire equity in […]
CMT Music Awards Nominees Announced
/by LB CantrellWith over 2.5 million votes cast to determine the final nominees for the 2009 CMT Music Awards, country duo Sugarland holds the lead with five final nominations. Brad Paisley and Taylor Swift are next in line with four nominations each. Newcomers Lady Antebellum score their first nominations with three, along with Rascal Flatts. The announcements […]
Industry News: Time Jumpers, Chesney, Montgomery Gentry and More
/by LB CantrellTime Jumpers In the Times Sunday’s (5/16), New York Times ran a feature story on Nashville’s Time Jumpers and the band’s legendary Monday night shows at the Station Inn. Times writer Peter Applebome profiled the stellar players and packed houses that distinguish this weekly musical gathering, referring to the Station Inn as a “low-ceilinged dive” […]