AIMP Elects Michael Lau As National Chair

The Association of Independent Music Publishers (AIMP)’s Executive Committee has unanimously […]

Bailey Zimmerman Named Apple Music Up Next Artist

Record-breaking artist Bailey Zimmerman has joined Apple Music’s Up Next program, their monthly […]

Matt Malcolm Joins Wasserman Music As Fairs & Festivals Agent

Matt Malcolm has joined Wasserman Music as a Fairs & Festivals agent focusing on country and Americana […]

Kelsea Ballerini Adds Spring Leg Of ‘Heartfirst Tour’

Kelsea Ballerini has announced the second leg of her “Heartfirst Tour,” adding nine new headlining […]

Whiskey Myers Adds 15 New Dates To 2023 Tour

Whiskey Myers has added 15 additional dates to their upcoming 2023 tour. Cities added to the cross-country […]

Tucker Wetmore Signs With Back Blocks Music

Tucker Wetmore has signed an exclusive publishing and artist development deal with Back Blocks Music […]

Industry Ink: CRS Scholarships, Andrew Jannakos, Bryan Martin, Case Hardin

Country Radio Broadcasters, Inc. (CRB) has unveiled the 2023 recipients of the Rusty Walker and […]

My Music Row Story: Red Creative Group’s Jeremy Stover

As an acclaimed producer/songwriter, Jeremy Stover has celebrated multiple chart-topping hits including […]

Jackie Augustus Joins Spotify’s Artist Partnerships Team

Leading DSP Spotify has tapped Jackie Augustus to join its Artist Partnerships team. Working with a […]

Country-TV Singing Star Stan Hitchcock Passes

Country entertainer Stan Hitchcock died on Jan. 4 at age 86. The Music Row recording artist became […]

Eric Church’s ‘Outsiders Revival Tour’ Heading To Amphitheaters This Summer

Eric Church is taking his live show outdoors this year as he headlines amphitheaters across the country […]

Nominations Open: MusicRow’s 10th Annual Rising Women On The Row

Nominations for MusicRow‘s 2023 class of Rising Women on the Row are open now. MusicRow will honor six […]

5th Annual ‘Daryle Singletary Keeping It Country Jam’ To Feature Rhett Akins, Easton Corbin, More

The 5th Annual “Daryle Singletary Keeping It Country Jam” is set to take place at The Nashville Palace […]

Leslie Jordan Tribute Featuring Ashley McBryde, Brothers Osborne, More Slated For February

Eddie Vedder, Maren Morris, Brothers Osborne, and more are on tap to honor the late Leslie Jordan on […]

Hank Williams Jr. Announces 2023 National Tour

Hank Williams Jr. will embark on his 2023 tour featuring Old Crow Medicine Show, starting Friday […]

Cindy Mabe Appointed Chair & CEO Of UMG Nashville

Cindy Mabe has been appointed Chair and CEO of Universal Music Group Nashville, effective April 1 […]

Sheryl Crow, Tyler Childers, Morgan Wade, More Among Bonnaroo 2023 Lineup

Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival has unveiled its 2023 lineup, taking place June 15-18 on the Bonnaroo […]

Brett Kissel To Release Four-Part ‘The Compass Project’

Brett Kissel is releasing a four-part album series, The Compass Project, beginning with the South […]

Easton Corbin Readies First Full-Length Project Since 2015 For Release On Jan. 20

Stone Country Records singer-songwriter Easton Corbin will release his full length album, Let’s Do […]

Kate Hudson Signs With Jason Owen’s Sandbox Entertainment

Golden Globe Award winner and Academy Award-nominated actress Kate Hudson has signed with Jason Owen […]

Old Dominion Takes A Trip Down ‘Memory Lane’ On New Sampler

Old Dominion have dropped a surprise, four-song collection, Memory Lane (Sampler), on Arista Nashville […]

Jelly Roll Scores First Country No. 1 With Debut Single, ‘Son Of A Sinner’

Jelly Roll has achieved his first No. 1 on country radio with his debut single “Son Of A Sinner,” which […]

The Chicks Announce Six-Night Vegas Run In May

The Chicks, composed of Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines and Emily Strayer, will play their first-ever […]

Mike Dungan Stepping Down From Helm At UMG Nashville

Universal Music Group Nashville Chairman and CEO Mike Dungan will retire in March. He has led the […]

Weekly Register: Zach Bryan Rolls Into 2023 Atop Country Streaming Songs Chart

The same familiar faces fill the top country albums and streaming songs charts as we mark the first […]

Submissions For The 58th Annual ACM Awards Now Open

The Academy of Country Music (ACM) has opened submissions for the 58th ACM Awards. Submissions will […]

Ernest Launches New Publishing Company, Ern’s Cadillac Music, In Partnership With Big Loud

Big Loud singer-songwriter Ernest has launched his own publishing venture, Ern’s Cadillac Music, in […]

CMA Launches Diversity & Inclusion Fellowship, Opens Applications

The Country Music Association (CMA) has unveiled details behind its inaugural Diversity & Inclusion […]

Jayne Hamblin Joins Creative Nation Staff

Jayne Hamblin has joined Creative Nation as Manager, Management and Records. In her new position, she […]

Comedians Henry Cho, Gary Mule Deer To Become Grand Ole Opry Members

Comedians Henry Cho and Gary Mule Deer were each invited over the weekend to become members of the […]

Singer-Songwriter Stephen Allen Davis Dies

Award-winning Nashville songwriter Stephen Allen Davis has passed away at age 73. During his career […]

Griffen Palmer Signs With Big Loud Records

Singer-songwriter and NBC’s Songland winner Griffen Palmer has signed with Big Loud Records. An Ontario […]

Mandy McCormack Named EVP Of Marketing & Partner Strategy For Trisha Yearwood, Inc.

Industry veteran Mandy McCormack has been named Executive Vice President of Marketing & Partner […]

Engineer Mark Capps Killed In Police-Involved Shooting

Mark Capps, the Grammy-winning recording engineer, was shot and killed Thursday (Jan. 5) by a […]

Cheat Codes Reveals Details Behind New Country Collab Album, Out Jan. 27

Cheat Codes has unveiled new details behind their upcoming country collaboration album, One Night in […]

Chris Schuler Returns To UMG As VP Of Promotion At Capitol Records Nashville

Capitol Records Nashville has announced the hiring of Chris Schuler as VP of Promotion, effective […]

Chapel Hart Kick Off 2023 With Mississippi House Honor

Chapel Hart was honored by the Mississippi House of Representatives on Jan. 4 with House Resolution […]

Kasey Tyndall Releases Part One Of New Docuseries

Kasey Tyndall has released part one of her new two-episode docuseries. She recruited her inner country […]

‘Austin City Limits Hall Of Fame Honors Sheryl Crow’ To Premiere Jan. 7

Austin City Limits will return on Jan. 7 with a special installment, Austin City Limits 8th Annual […]

Country Music Abounds At Upcoming 2023 RodeoHouston Season

The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo has unveiled its entertainment lineup for the 2023 Rodeo season […]

Nate Smith Earns First MusicRow No. 1

Nate Smith earns his first No. 1 on the MusicRow CountryBreakout Radio Chart this week with “Whiskey On You.” Smith […]

Reba McEntire’s New Lifetime Movie ‘The Hammer’ To Premiere Tomorrow

Reba McEntire’s new Lifetime network movie The Hammer premieres tomorrow (Jan. 7) at 7 p.m. CT. The […]

How Kelleigh Bannen Became A Leading Country Music Personality [Interview]

As Apple Music has made a comfortable space for themselves in radio over the last few years, a group […]

LoCash To Perform At Monster Jam World Finals XXII In Nashville

Country duo LoCash will perform at halftime during the Monster Jam World Finals XXII in Nashville’s […]

The Orchard Adds Katie Studley As Vice President Of Nashville Office

Full-service music distribution company The Orchard has tapped Katie Studley as the Vice President of […]

Dolly Parton, Cyndi Lauper, More Appear On New ’80 For Brady’ Soundtrack Single

Dolly Parton, Belinda Carlisle, Cyndi Lauper, Gloria Estefan and Debbie Harry are among the artists […]

DISClaimer Single Reviews: Ashley McBryde & Friends Give Some ‘Sass & Salt’ On New Tune

Happy New Year from the land of country music. Today’s DISClaimer is a guidepost of what’s ahead for […]

Songwriter Taylor Pie Stars In New Documentary Tracing The History Of The Pozo Seco Singers

Singer-songwriter Taylor Pie (aka Susan Taylor) stars in Nobody Famous, a new documentary tracing the […]

UMPG Nashville Signs Allison Veltz-Cruz

Universal Music Publishing Nashville has signed hit songwriter Allison Veltz-Cruz to an exclusive […]

Travis Tritt & Wynonna Added To ‘Still Playin’ Possum’ Lineup

Travis Tritt and Wynonna have been added to the all-star lineup for the upcoming “Still Playin’ Possum […]