Loretta Lynn performed during the 2014 CMA Awards. Photo: CMA
, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, has inked a multi-album deal with
Loretta Lynn. The new agreement covers several albums of new material, produced by
Patsy L Russell and
John Carter Cash, recorded over the past seven years at the Cash Cabin Studio in Hendersonville, Tenn.
The first in the new series is slated for release in 2015, Lynn’s first since her Grammy-winning 2004
Van Lear Rose album with
Jack White. The forthcoming recordings will explores Loretta’s musical history, from the Appalachian folk songs and gospel music to new interpretations of her classic hits and Country standards, to songs newly-written for the project. Intimate new performances will capture the essence of life in the 1930’s and 40’s in Butchers Hollow, Ky.
The Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient was inducted into the Country Music Hall Of Fame in 1988, the Songwriters Hall Of Fame in 2008, and became a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1962. Lynn has recorded 60 albums and has sold over 48 million albums worldwide.
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Pictured (L-R): Jon Loba, Benny Brown, Aldean, Carson James.
has extended his recording contract with Broken Bow Records.
MusicRow previously made note of the announcement on Twitter November 11, during the label group’s 5
th Annual Pre-CMA Party at the Hard Rock Café when label EVP
Jon Loba announced that the signing will last for many years.
Aldean has sold over nine million albums and has had 14 No. 1 singles since debuting in 2005. Each of his albums has been certified Platinum except for his October release
Old Boots, New Dirt, which has moved nearly 500,000 units since it became Country music’s second highest selling debut this year.
He has been officially recognized as the top digital male country artist in history with over 21.5 million in digital sales.
'Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve' To Broadcast Nashville Performances
/by Kelsey_Grady“Being included in such an iconic music event like Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve further strengthens the Music City brand and Nashville as a destination,” said Nashville Mayor Karl Dean. “We have seen the Jack Daniel’s Bash on Broadway grow tremendously, and its inclusion on a national show is a natural extension of its growth and popularity. Lady A and Gavin DeGraw are great representatives of the music in our city, and we are excited to have them headline the night in Nashville.”
The complete lineup Wednesday, December 31:
8:00 – 11:00 p.m. – “Dick Clark’s Primetime New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2015”
11:30 – 1:09 a.m. – “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2015, Part 1”
1:10 – 2:13 a.m.– “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2015, Part 2”
Weekly Chart Report (11/7/14)
/by Troy_StephensonClick here or above to access MusicRow‘s weekly CountryBreakout Report
Tim McGraw Exits Red Light Management
/by Jessica NicholsonMcGraw signed with Red Light’s Coran Capshaw in 2009. Under Red Light’s management tenure, McGraw’s career included a successful Las Vegas residency with wife and fellow artist Faith Hill, as well as McGraw’s exit from Curb Records and his signing with Big Machine Label Group.
Siman is currently president of RPM Management, representing Maggie Rose and Chasin’ Crazy, as well as Tate Stevens. Siman served as a Sr. VP at Sony Music Nashville before becoming McGraw’s manager in the 1990s.
Earlier this year, RPM Entertainment eliminated its radio promotions staff, and shifted its focus to its management and publishing divisions.
Additionally, McGraw is no longer working with independent publicist, The GreenRoom PR’s Mary Hilliard Harrington.
McGraw’s latest album Sundown Heaven Town was released by Big Machine Label Group in September.
Disney Music Publishing Signs Steven McMorran
/by Jessica NicholsonPictured (L-R): Patrick Clifford, VP Music Publishing and A&R Nashville, Disney Music Publishing; Penny Gattis, Writer/Publisher Relations, BMI; Steven McMorran, writer; Emily Peacock, Coordinator, AAM; Ciara Gardner, A&R Coordinator, Disney Music Publishing; Leslie DiPiero, Manager, AAM; David Preston Director, Writer/Publisher Relations, BMI.
Disney Music Publishing has signed songwriter Steven McMorran, who has had cuts in multiple genres, including Tim McGraw‘s “Still On The Line” and Celine Dion‘s “This Time.” McMorran has also had cuts for Joe Cocker and Michael Bolton.
On Disney’s newest writer in Nashville, Mio Vukovic (Senior Vice President, A & R / Head of Creative; Disney Music Group) says, “Steven is such an immense talent and we are so excited to now be part of his developing career.”
McMorran’s writing career went into overdrive after Dion included “This Time” on her 2007 album Taking Chances. In 2009, Bolton recorded “What You’re Doing To Me” on his project One World One Love. McMorran has also released an EP in 2010 and and LP in 2013 on Sony Music’s Descendant Records.
Larry Cordle Enlists Brooks, Chesney, Yearwood For 'All-Star Duets'
/by Jessica NicholsonDierks Bentley, Garth Brooks, Kenny Chesney, Terri Clark, Kevin Denny, Diamond Rio, Alison Krauss, Kathy Mattea, Daryle Singletary, Travis Tritt, Del McCoury, Rick Skaggs and Trisha Yearwood all make appearances on the project, which releases the week of November 11.
Brooks revisits “Against The Grain,” a track from 1991’s Ropin’ The Wind, while Yearwood performs “Lonesome Dove” (recorded for her 1991 debut album Trisha Yearwood). Diamond Rio offers “Mama Don’t Forget To Pray For Me” (recorded for their 1991 self-titled debut project), Mattea contributes to her signature “Lonesome Standard Time,” while Chesney joins Cordle for “The Fields of Home.” Daryle Singletary and Kevin Denny take on Cordle’s “Murder On Music Row,” famously recorded by Alan Jackson and George Strait.
The all-star vocalists are backed by a band of all-star musicians, including Andy Leftwitch, Randy Kohrs, Bryan Sutton, Jerry Douglas, Ron Block, Tim Crouch, Stuart Duncan, Dave Pomeroy, Jack Pearson, Jay Weaver and Jenee Fleenor.
Track Listing For Larry Cordle’s All-Star Duets:
1. Against the Grain feat Garth Brooks
2. Mama Don’t Forget to Pray for Me feat Diamond Rio
3. Highway 40 Blues feat Ricky Skaggs
4. Lonesome Dove feat Trisha Yearwood
5. The Bigger the Fool feat Del McCoury
6. The Fields of Home feat Kenny Chesney
7. Lonesome Standard Time feat Kathy Mattea
8. Murder on Music Row feat Daryle Singletary/Kevin Denney
9. You Can’t Take it With You When You Go feat Dierks Bentley
10. Cure for the Common Heartache feat Terri Clark
11. Rough Around the Edges feat Travis Tritt
12. Two Highways feat Alison Krauss
CMA Awards Win Night For ABC
/by Sarah Skates
Last night (Nov. 5) The 48th Annual CMA Awards drew 16.1 million total viewers, according to Nielsen. This is on par with its year-ago telecast, which attracted 16.8 million viewers on Nov. 6, 2013.
Year-to-year rating comparisons based on the Live + Same Day data stream are distorted by the level of DVR penetration in the Nielsen sample. The only truly valid year-to-year comparison would be one based on the Live + 7 Day metric, once those stats are released by Nielsen. Source: The Nielsen Company, Fast Affiliate Live + Same Day Ratings for 11/05/14. Nielsen Socialguide for 11/05/14. Total Tweets +/- three hours during telecast.In the coveted 18-49 demographic, the show scored 4.5 rating/14 share, down slightly from last year’s 4.7 in the same demo, according to Zap2it.com.
The show won every half-hour for the ABC network.
The CMA Awards broadcast won in total viewers, all key adult demos (ages 18-34/ages 18-49/ages 25-54), teens 12-17, and kids 2-11. In viewers and young adults, it was the network’s strongest performance on any night with entertainment programming since the Academy Awards on March 2. Ratings were up for the second year in teens 12-17 (+4 percent) and kids 2-11 (+19 percent) to its best numbers since 2011.
The 48th Annual CMA Awards was Wednesday’s most-social broadcast with 1,043,707 Tweets.
New Label Deals: Jason Aldean, Loretta Lynn
/by Eric T. ParkerLoretta Lynn performed during the 2014 CMA Awards. Photo: CMA
Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, has inked a multi-album deal with Loretta Lynn. The new agreement covers several albums of new material, produced by Patsy L Russell and John Carter Cash, recorded over the past seven years at the Cash Cabin Studio in Hendersonville, Tenn.
The first in the new series is slated for release in 2015, Lynn’s first since her Grammy-winning 2004 Van Lear Rose album with Jack White. The forthcoming recordings will explores Loretta’s musical history, from the Appalachian folk songs and gospel music to new interpretations of her classic hits and Country standards, to songs newly-written for the project. Intimate new performances will capture the essence of life in the 1930’s and 40’s in Butchers Hollow, Ky.
The Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient was inducted into the Country Music Hall Of Fame in 1988, the Songwriters Hall Of Fame in 2008, and became a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1962. Lynn has recorded 60 albums and has sold over 48 million albums worldwide.
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Pictured (L-R): Jon Loba, Benny Brown, Aldean, Carson James.
Jason Aldean has extended his recording contract with Broken Bow Records. MusicRow previously made note of the announcement on Twitter November 11, during the label group’s 5th Annual Pre-CMA Party at the Hard Rock Café when label EVP Jon Loba announced that the signing will last for many years.
Aldean has sold over nine million albums and has had 14 No. 1 singles since debuting in 2005. Each of his albums has been certified Platinum except for his October release Old Boots, New Dirt, which has moved nearly 500,000 units since it became Country music’s second highest selling debut this year.
He has been officially recognized as the top digital male country artist in history with over 21.5 million in digital sales.
CMA Honors Chuck Dauphin With 2014 CMA Media Achievement Award
/by Jessica NicholsonChuck Dauphin receives the 2014 CMA Media Achievement Award. Photo: John Russell / CMA
Veteran music and radio journalist Chuck Dauphin was honored with the 2014 CMA Media Achievement Award backstage last night (Nov. 5) in the media center during the 48th Annual CMA Awards.
For the past 21 years, Dauphin has worked as a radio broadcaster, record promoter and journalist. Since 1991, he has worked at various radio stations in Tennessee, including WDKN in Dickson, and WNKX in Centerville. Since 2011, he has been a contributing writer for Billboard, as well as billboard.com’s Country News Editor and The 615 columnist.
“I am truly blessed and humbled to be in the list of names who have won this award,” said Dauphin. “Thanks to all my editors who give me the outlets to write for, especially Tye Comer at Billboard for the chance. And, thank you to the publicists who make my job so much easier. They are not just people I work with, they are my friends. Thanks to my God, my family, including my son Zack, and of course to the CMA.”
“Chuck is a well-respected journalist within the industry and he is highly regarded among our voting CMA member publicists for his preparation, creativity, integrity, and passion for Country Music,” said CMA Vice President of Corporate Communications Wendy Pearl.
CMA’s Media Achievement Award recognizes outstanding achievement in the media as they relate to Country music. Print and internet journalists, columnists, authors, editors; television writers, producers and bookers; and syndicated radio reporters are eligible to win the honor.
Among the past honorees of the award are Deborah Evans Price, Jack Hurst, Chet Flippo, Hazel Smith, Storme Warren and MusicRow‘s own Robert K. Oermann.
CMA After Parties 2014: BMLG, UMGN, Sony Music Nashville, WMN
/by Kelsey_GradyBig Machine Label Group packed The Rosewall for their CMA after party. The annual late night soiree was in full swing at midnight as native Nashvillians The Cadillac Three took the stage with their “we came just for the party” lyrics and swagger.
Big Machine Label Group executives join for a family-style portrait with talent across artist roster. Photo: Getty Images
Big Machine Label Group President/CEO Scott Borchetta welcomes Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler. Photo: Getty Images
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Universal Music Group Nashville celebrates after the 48th Annual CMA Awards with winners Dierks Bentley (Music Video of the Year – “Drunk On A Plane”), Kacey Musgraves (Song of the Year – “Follow Your Arrow”), Keith Urban (Musical Event of the Year – “We Were Us” featuring Miranda Lambert), Little Big Town (Vocal Group of the Year), Luke Bryan (Entertainer of the Year) and Vince Gill (Irving Waugh Award of Excellence).
Pictured (L-R): Universal Music Group Nashville Chairman and CEO Mike Dungan, Little Big Town’s Kimberly Schlapman, Little Big Town’s Jimi Westbrook, Kacey Musgraves, Universal Music Group Nashville President Cindy Mabe, Little Big Town’s Karen Fairchild and Little Big Town’s Phillip Sweet. Photo: Peyton Hoge
Pictured (L-R): Universal Music Group President Cindy Mabe, CMA Entertainer of the Year Luke Bryan, Universal Music Group Chairman and CEO Mike Dungan. Photo: Chris Hollo
Pictured (L-R): CMA Song of the Year winner Kacey Musgraves and Universal Music Group Nashville Chairman and CEO Mike Dungan. Photo: Chris Hollo
Pictured (L-R): Little Big Town’s Phillip Sweet, Universal Music Group President Cindy Mabe, Little Big Town’s Jimi Westbrook, Universal Music Group Nashville Chairman and CEO Mike Dungan, Little Big Town’s Kimberly Schlapman and Little Big Town’s Karen Fairchild. Photo: Chris Hollo
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Sony Music Nashville Chairman & CEO Gary Overton welcomed Sony Music Entertainment CEO Doug Morris, as well as Sony artists, executives, and guests, to celebrate their post-CMA Awards gathering at Adele’s in Nashville. The night was a historic one for Sony’s RCA Nashville songstress Miranda Lambert, who took home her fifth consecutive win as Female Vocalist of the Year, becoming the category’s top winner in CMA history.
Pictured (L-R) Front Row: Sony Music Entertainment’s Kevin Kelleher; artists Michael McDonald, Miranda Lambert, Trisha Yearwood, and Garth Brooks; Sony Music Nashville’s Gary Overton; and artist Chase Rice. Second Row: Go Down Moses band members Reid Huffman and Brandon Dockery; artists Jerrod Niemann and The Henningsens (Brian, Clara, and Aaron Henningsen); Sony Music Entertainment’s Doug Morris and Julie Swidler; and artist Cam Ochs. Back Row: Go Down Moses band members Barrett Jacques and Philip Haas; artist Chris Young; Sony’s Richard Story, Darren Stupak, and Dennis Kooker; and artists Ryan Griffin, Josh Dorr, Logan Mize, Ben Gallaher, and Jake Owen. Photo: Alan Poizner
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Warner Music Nashville celebrated another historic CMA night, with Blake Shelton scoring a record-tying, fifth consecutive Male Vocalist of the Year win and Brett Eldredge taking home the CMA New Artist of the Year award.
Pictured (L-R): John Esposito, President and CEO WMN, Peter Strickland, EVP and the two CMA Awards winners.
Warner Music Nashville
Cledus T. Judd Releases New Parody Single "Luke Bryan"
/by Troy_StephensonReleased on RoseyMoMusic and distributed by Average Joes Entertainment, “Luke Bryan” was written by Judd, Chris T. Cream Clark, Bill Whyte, and Country star Colt Ford who is also featured on the song.
The song is written over the music of Robin Thicke’s recent hit “Blurred Lines.”
“This is one of the few songs I’ve written where we couldn’t stop laughing out loud while we wrote it,” Cledus says. “I don’t think I’ve done that since ‘Did I Shave My Back For This?’ Every line makes you laugh.”
Watch the “Luke Bryan” video HERE. The song is available on iTunes.