The Recording Academy will reveal the 65th Annual Grammy Awards nominees across all 91 categories live from the Grammy Museum on Nov. 15 at 11 a.m. CT.

Through the Academy’s annual process of accepting proposals from the creators and professionals that make up its membership body, several landmark changes went into effect in June for the upcoming awards. Among them, five new categories have been created, including Songwriter Of The Year, Non-Classical; Best Alternative Music Performance; Best Americana Performance; Best Score Soundtrack For Video Games And Other Interactive Media; and Best Spoken Word Poetry Album.

Additionally, a new Special Merit Award will be given out for Best Song For Social Change, which celebrates a song that addresses a timely social issue and promotes understanding, peace building and empathy.

“We are so excited to celebrate all of this year’s Grammy nominees who contributed to such a prolific year in music,” shares Harvey Mason Jr., CEO of the Recording Academy. “With the addition of five new categories and a new, diverse class of voting members, we look forward to honoring all of this incredible music and the people who made it.”

The event will stream live at live.Grammy.com and on the Academy’s socials. The full list of nominees will be published on the Grammy website immediately following the presentation. Presenters will be revealed in the coming weeks.

The 65th Annual Grammy Awards will return to Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena on Sunday, Feb. 5. The show will broadcast live on CBS and stream live and on-demand on Paramount+ at 7 p.m. CT.

Multi-Platinum trio Cheat Codes are making the trek into the country music scene with their debut country album, One Night in Nashville – Presented by the Cheat Codes, available on Jan. 27, 2023.

Coming off of their last single with Russell Dickerson, the album’s next release, “Lose You,” features country superstar Jimmie Allen.

“I’ve been a fan of Cheat Codes for a while,” Allen explains. “They did a song with my friends Lee Brice and Lindsay Ell, and the co-writers of ‘Lose You’ are friends of mine–Nick Bailey and Levon Grey. Man, I get to work with Cheat Codes and do a song written by two of my friends? I’m all about it! We’re just glad for the song to be out for the world to hear it.”

After many albums in the EDM, pop and rock genres, the upcoming project signals a further journey into their signature genre bending. Having each been influenced early on in their lives by country music to some degree, the trio knew country was their next step after a trip to Nashville, when it all started to come together.

What followed was a special song with Lee Brice and Lindsay Ell and an invitation to play with them at Stagecoach 2022. From there, collaborations started to happen and the official album was born.

“We’ve always wanted to be able to experiment, push the envelope, and blur the lines between different types of music,” the band shares. “Going to Nashville after us making one country song turned into us wanting to make an entire album with country artists. We knew it was a different world musically from the one we lived in but we knew we wanted to be a part of it.”

One Night in Nashville – Presented by the Cheat Codes Track List:
Cheat Codes x Little Big Town x Bryn Christopher – Never Loved You Again
Cheat Codes x Lee Brice x Lindsay Ell- How do you Love
Cheat Codes x Jimmie Allen – Lose You
Cheat Codes x Lady A – Something’s Coming
Cheat Codes x Matt Stell – When You Know
Cheat Codes x Russell Dickerson – I Remember
Cheat Codes x Maddie & Tae – Already Hungover
Cheat Codes x Mitchell Tenpenny – What’s It Gonna Take
Cheat Codes x Brett Young – Hurt That You Gave Me
Cheat Codes x Mackenzie Porter – One Night Left
Cheat Codes x Dolly Parton – Bets on Us

Russell Dickerson Scores Fifth Platinum Track With ‘She Likes It’

Russell Dickerson has notched his fifth Platinum single with “She Likes It,” featuring Jake Scott. The Triple Tigers recording artist wrote the hit alongside Scott and Josh Kerr.

This new RIAA-certification follows Dickerson’s previous chart success with “Yours” (3x Platinum), “Blue Tacoma” (2x Platinum), “Every Little Thing” (Platinum), and “Love You Like I Used To” (Platinum).

Dickerson’s latest song “Blame It On Being Young” is out now, and his new album Russell Dickerson will be released on Nov. 4.

 

 

Indie Publishing Companies Bring Back Horton Hears A Hit Publisher Crawl

Nashville’s top independent publishing companies came together to revive the Horton Hears A Hit publisher crawl last week. The round-robin style pitch meetings connected music publishers along Music Row’s 16th and Horton Avenues with country artists and their A&R representatives.

This year’s participants included Big Machine Music, Big Yellow Dog, Creative Nation, Jody Williams Songs, Sea Gayle Music, SMACK Songs, Big Loud and Tape Room Music along with recording artists Dustin Lynch, Maddie & Tae, Priscilla Block, John Morgan, and more.

 

 

Jelly Roll Surprised With Gold Certification Plaque For ‘Son Of A Sinner’

Jelly Roll was surprised with a Gold certification plaque for his Top 10 and climbing country hit “Son of A Sinner,” at the Grand Ole Opry on Wednesday night (Oct. 26). The Stoney Creek Records artist has held the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s Emerging Artist for 11 weeks.

His first headlining show at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, benefitting Impact Youth Outreach, will take place on Dec. 9.

 

 

Blessing Offor Makes Grand Ole Opry Debut

Rising artist Blessing Offor made his Grand Ole Opry debut on Tuesday, Oct. 25.

On the Opry stage, he performed a stripped-down version of his track “Tin Roof,” before bringing the full band on to play his Top 5 radio single “Brighter Days,” which received a standing ovation from the crowd.

His full-length debut album My Tribe will be available on all major music streaming platforms on Jan. 13.

 

 

Granville Automatic Joins Bonfire Music Group’s Touring Roster

Bonfire Music Group has added Nashville duo Granville Automatic to their touring roster.

Granville Automatic is made up of singer-songwriter Vanessa Olivarez and songwriter-guitarist Elizabeth Elkins. They have toured extensively for over a decade, often logging more than 100 dates per year, including recent support for The SteelDrivers. Bonfire agent Joe Lekkas will handle the group’s U.S. and Canadian dates.

“Bonfire Touring is excited to add the talented Granville Automatic to our roster,” Lekkas says. “I am looking forward to working with Elizabeth and Vanessa and continuing to expand the foundation they’ve built.”

The duo plans to hit the road in 2023 in support of their recent album Tiny Televisions, a companion piece to the duo’s first book, Hidden History of Music Row.

The Fourth Annual Dottie West Birthday Bash presented Music Health Alliance with a check for $30,000 raised during the star-studded event Oct. 11 at 3rd & Lindsley.

Presented by Springer Mountain Farms, the show was hosted by Grand Ole Opry legend Jeannie Seely and included a live auction.

“Musicians have always been special to me and I feel like they don’t always get recognized for their efforts. When hard times hit, sometimes these are the folks who get hit the hardest since many of them are young with young families. We appreciate Music Health Alliance allowing us to partner with them, doing all we can to provide the resources needed to assist everyone, but especially this vitally important part of our business,” says Seely.

The event included performances by Seely along with honoree Country Music Hall of Fame member and Grand Ole Opry member Charlie McCoy, The War & Treaty, Rhonda Vincent, Mandy Barnett, Don Schlitz, Vince Gill, John Schneider, Linda Davis and Lang Scott, and many more.

“We are so honored and thankful to once again be the charity partner for such a fabulous event honoring an icon in our industry. Through the generosity of those who attended and participated in the event, Music Health Alliance will be able to provide more than $900,000 in life-saving healthcare advocacy and resources to those who are facing healthcare challenges in the music industry. Thank you for helping us to heal the music,” shares Tatum Allsep, MHA Founder and CEO.

Scott Hamilton will host his annual “Scott Hamilton and Friends” skating event featuring superstar music performances and ice skating from world, Olympic and national figure skating champions, live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Nov. 20.

This year’s event marks 25 years of cancer survivorship for skating champion Hamilton, and will feature an evening of performances for the whole family. Musical guests for this year’s show include Colbie Caillat, Jason Derlatka from Journey, Natalie Grant, Joe King of The Fray, and Jason Scheff of Chicago, with House Band Sixwire.

Champion skaters performing one-time-only choreography will include 2x Olympic gold medalist Katia Gordeeva, Olympic gold medalist Ilia Kulik, Olympic team bronze medalist Jeremy Abbott, Olympic bronze team medalists Marissa Castelli and Simon Shnapir, double Olympic medalist and 4x World medalists Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue, Olympic team medalists Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier, Olympic team medalist and U.S. National Champion Karen Chen, 3x Canadian National Champions Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje, 2x U.S. National Champion Alissa Czisny and U.S. National Champion Ryan Bradley. Social media sensation Elladj Baldé will also return for his second year.

Tickets for the 6th annual show benefiting the Scott Hamilton CARES Foundation are available at ticketmaster.com. Proceeds will fund Glioblastoma research through the Scott Hamilton CARES Foundation, dedicated to changing the future of cancer by funding advanced, innovation research that treats the cancer while sparing the patient.