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Adams and Reese Music Row Office Celebrates 10th Year

Adams and Reese recently celebrated the tenth anniversary of its Nashville Music Row office with a festive event and presentation to founding partner Sam Bartholowmew. Bartholomew, current Of Counsel with Adams and Reese, saw the need to service the entire Nashville Music Row community by starting an entertainment practice and presence there. “Only someone as wonderful […]

Capitol Promotes Allison Hardy

Capitol/EMI Records Nashville has promoted Allison Hardy to Manager, Media & Public Relations. She has been part of the label’s team since interning with the company in 2008 and has worked in the promotion and marketing teams over the last three years. Her most recent stint was Coordinator of the Marketing Department, reporting to Cindy […]

Flying Island Entertainment Plans For Launch

Entertainment attorney Nancy Eckert and booking veteran Louis Newman have announced the formation of Flying Island Entertainment, a Nashville-based artist services company to address the needs of both up-and-coming and established artists. GrassRoots Promotion’s Nancy Tunick will oversee the staffing of Flying Island’s radio division, as well as serving as its label and promotion consultant. […]

"Rolling Stone" Declares Nashville "Best Music Scene"

In its new Best of Rock issue, Rolling Stone lists Nashville as the nation’s Best Music Scene. The one-page spread covers Music City restaurants, bars, venues, shopping and record stores, with quotes from local rockers about their favorite hangs. Kings of Leon’s Caleb Followill prefers Losers, and Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney can be found […]

Photo Spread: Judds, Lunabelles, SOLID

The Judds Donate to St. Jude • Mark Wright Speaks at SOLID • The Lunabelles at CMA EDU

Nine North Adds Two Staffers

Nine North Records has added Jim Dorman and Will Robinson to its staff, effective May 2.

Sugarland Added To CMA Music Fest Lineup

Sugarland joins the growing list of performers for the 2011 CMA Music Festival’s Nightly Concerts at LP Field. The award-winning Mercury Records duo will take the stage Friday, June 10.

Kenny Chesney Joins BMI

Kenny Chesney has joined the BMI family of songwriters. The superstar has been building a repertoire of hits for more than a decade, leading to his recent twenty-first No. 1 “Somewhere With You.”

Study Finds DVDs And BluRay Discs Dominate Digital Video Options

Consumers are still using DVDs and Blu-ray Discs (BD) more than all other digital  video options combined reports market research group NPD. According to the company’s March 2011 study that included 9636 completed surveys from U.S. consumers, 77% of those surveyed reported watching a movie via DVD or BD for an average of four hours […]

Star-Studded Events Calendar

MusicRow’s social scene is heating up—Paisley and Urban added to the Leadership Music Dale Franklin Award Gala • Grammy Block Party • Music Supervisor Speed Networking • Best Cellars Dinner

Signings at EMI CMG and Bluewater

Megan James and Fred Wilhelm join EMI CMG • Cody Canada inks with Bluewater

Weekend Wrap-Up: Luke Bryan, Rascal Flatts, Whitney Duncan

Luke Bryan performed on the Tuesday Night Opry last week and was joined onstage by NBC’s Lester Holt. Holt played bass on Bryan’s current single “Country Girl (Shake It For Me)” for an Opry “I’m With The Band” segment, which spotlights celebrities from different fields performing on the Opry stage. • • • • • […]

Blake Shelton's "Honey Bee" Treats The Single Like A Full Length Album Release

Clearly, a plan was in place. And when SoundScan revealed the single’s impressive sales results, MusicRow “tracked” Peter Strickland where he graciously shared some of the behind-the-scenes elements leading to Blake’s strong showing.

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