Sony Music Nashville Promotes Olivia Laster to Director, Marketing

Sony Music Nashville Senior Vice President of Marketing, Jennifer Way, announced today (Jan. 8) the […]

Artist Action: McBride & The Ride, Collin Raye, Lilly Winwood

’90s country artists McBride & The Ride’s catalog is now available for the first time in its entirety […]

January 2021 Installment Of CRS360 Announced

Country Radio Broadcasters will present this year’s first CRS360 on Thursday, Jan. 14 at […]

DISClaimer Single Reviews: Tim McGraw, Tyler Hubbard, Dolly Parton, Barry Gibb, Mitchell Tenpenny, More

As we begin 2021, we look at a landscape of rubble. Music is a healing force, so let the healing […]

Reminder: 56th ACM Awards Submission Period Closes Tomorrow

Submissions for the 56th ACM Awards will close tomorrow (Jan. 8), at 5 p.m. PT / 7 p.m. CT. This year’s […]

Primary Wave Music Publishing Acquires Catalog Of Dan Wilson

Primary Wave Music Publishing has acquired the catalog of acclaimed songwriter and producer Dan Wilson […]

John Ozier Named AIMP National Chair; Initial 2021 Events Announced

The Executive Committee of the Association of Independent Music Publishers (AIMP) has named John […]

VenuesNow Conference, Pollstar Live! Join Forces June 14-17 During Live Week

The VenuesNow Conference and Pollstar Live!, including Production Live! are set to take place at the Beverly […]

Country Artists React To D.C. Violence

Yesterday (Jan. 6) a mob of Pro-Trump protesters stormed the United States Capitol in Washington, […]

Nashville’s Station Inn Spotlighted In New Country Music Hall Of Fame Exhibit

The history of Nashville’s legendary bluegrass gem The Station Inn is being chronicled in a brand new […]

Jimmy Wheeler Joins Story House Collective As General Manager

Jimmy Wheeler has been named General Manager of Story House Collective. Before joining Story House Collective […]

Kenny Chesney’s No Shoes Reefs Helps Launch 32-Acre Underwater Reef Park

Kenny Chesney’s No Shoes Reefs, a grassroots organization committed to creating healthier oceans, has […]

Luke Combs, Keith Urban, Jon Pardi, Brantley Gilbert Support CAA’s Young Winter Bazaar

CAA has launched its first-ever Young Winter Bazaar worldwide auction today (Jan. 6), featuring […]

Ronnie Dunn’s Lensman Project Photos To Benefit American Cancer Society

Ronnie Dunn is offering up some of his photographs for a very good cause as part of his Lensman Project […]

Chris Lindsey’s ‘Pitch List’ Podcast Gears Up For Season Four

Pitch List Podcast, hosted by songwriter Chris Lindsey, is set to launch its 4th season of the show on […]

Nashville Legal Analyst And Writer Publishes ‘MODERNIZATION OF MUSIC’

E. Maxwell, a Legislative Research Analyst for the Tennessee House of Representatives, has published […]

Chris Young and Kane Brown’s “Famous Friends” Most-Added At Country Radio

Chris Young and RCA Nashville label-mate Kane Brown are starting off 2021 with the most-added single […]

Little Big Town, Brandi Carlile, Scotty McCreery, More Join YETI To Raise Money for Road Crews

YETI has partnered with Crew Nation—a charitable organization created to support the touring and […]

IBMA Women In Bluegrass Virtual Summit Set For Thursday

The IBMA Women in Bluegrass Summit will take place this Thursday (Jan. 7) from 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. CT. The […]

Tim McGraw And Tyler Hubbard Partner Up On New Single “Undivided”

Tim McGraw and Florida Georgia Line’s Tyler Hubbard are offering up some sage wisdom during a trying […]

Country Songwriter Jamie O’Hara Diagnosed With ‘Aggressive Cancer’

Singer-songwriter Jamie O’Hara, known for being part of the country duo O’Kanes and for writing hit […]

Who Ruled 2020 Year-End Sales? Luke Combs, Gabby Barrett, Morgan Wallen, Maren Morris, Dan + Shay

According to Nielsen, Gabby Barrett tops the Top 5 on-demand audio Streaming Country Songs for 2020, […]

Maggie Rose To Host New Podcast Highlighting Her Favorite Women In Music

Osiris Media announced the premiere of Salute the Songbird, a new podcast hosted by Nashville-based […]

BREAKING: The Recording Academy Postpones Grammy Awards To March

The Recording Academy has postponed the Grammy Awards to March 14, 2021. The show’s postponement is due […]

Soundstripe Names Drew Weaver Chief Operating Officer

Soundstripe has hired music, tech, and entertainment industry veteran Drew Weaver as Chief Operating […]

‘American Songwriter’ Taps Lisa Konicki For Editor in Chief

American Songwriter announced today (Jan. 5) the hiring of industry veteran Lisa Konicki as its Editor […]

Off The Record: What Is Your Word For 2021?

There are some people who make a list of resolutions for the new year and as the year progresses, […]

Apollo LTD Kick Off The New Year With Upcoming New Album, ‘Nothing Is Ordinary, Everything Is Beautiful’

Apollo LTD is gearing up for the release of its sophomore LP Nothing is Ordinary, Everything is Beautiful […]

Logan Mize Proves He’s ‘Still That Kid’ On New Album Due January 27

Logan Mize is releasing his latest project, Still That Kid, on January 27 via Big Yellow Dog Music […]

Lee Greenwood And Soldier Valley Spirits Develop Signature Bourbon Whiskey

Lee Greenwood has partnered with Nebraska-based Soldier Valley Spirits to develop and distribute the […]

Weekly Register: Luke Combs Finishes Out 2020 On Top

The final weekly chart of 2020 saw Luke Combs on top with “Forever After All” earning 7.5 million streams […]

MusicRow’s 2020 Print Issues And Important 2021 Dates

The 2020 Country Radio Issue highlights the winners of MusicRow‘s 18th Annual CountryBreakout Awards […]

Industry Ink: City National Bank, Songshine Media, T. Graham Brown

City National Bank has promoted staffers Kristy Sargent and Stacia Watkins. Sargent has been promoted […]

Florida Georgia Line’s Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley To Release Solo Music

Florida Georgia Line members Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley announced on social media that they will […]

Top Songwriter Chart: MusicRow’s Top 100 Songwriters Of 2020

While the past year was difficult for all, 2020 saw these elite songwriters garner ample chart success […]

Loretta Lynn To Celebrate Women Of Country On Upcoming New Album, ‘Still Woman Enough’

Loretta Lynn is releasing her 50th studio album, Still Woman Enough, a celebration of women in country […]

Carrie Underwood To Follow Up ‘My Gift’ With Companion Gospel Album, ‘My Savior’

Carrie Underwood gave fans a special Christmas gift this year, announcing on social media in a Christmas […]

Bluegrass Icon Tony Rice Dies

Tony Rice, a pillar in bluegrass and country music, died on Christmas morning (Dec. 25, 2020) at his […]

Bluebird Cafe Announces Lineup For “Alive At The Bluebird” Virtual Concert Series

The Bluebird Cafe is hosting a year-long streaming series with a variety of songwriters in 2021 to help […]

Mark Your Calendar—January 2021

Single Add Dates • Album Release Dates • Industry Events […]

The Mechanical Licensing Collective Begins Full Operations

The MLC (Mechanical Licensing Collective) officially began administering the new blanket license, […]

MusicRow’s Sherod Robertson Looks Back On 10 Years As Publisher and Owner

In college, MusicRow Publisher/Owner Sherod Robertson was enamored with the television show Dallas […]

Rewind: MusicRow’s Top Engaging Stories Of 2020

The articles below were some of the most-read stories from MusicRow during 2020. For the first […]

Rewind: 2020 ‘MusicRow’ CountryBreakout Radio Chart No. 1s

Since 2002, the MusicRow CountryBreakout Chart has crowned No. 1 songs in the secondary […]

Nashville-Related Music Obituaries 2020

Like everyone, the Nashville music community had a dreadful 2020. The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic claimed […]

The Academy of Country Music’s Damon Whiteside And Lyndsay Cruz Recount 2020 [Interview]

In a challenging year for all, the Academy of Country Music, like most companies, worked hard to […]

‘An Evening Of Thanksgiving With CeCe Winans’ Set For February 21st

CeCe Winans is hosting the virtual Evening of Thanksgiving with Compassion International on Feb. 21 […]

Helping a Hero’s Lee Greenwood Patriot Awards Gala Raises Over $500,000 For Wounded Vets

The Lee Greenwood Patriot Awards Gala at The Woodlands Waterway Marriott in Houston was held earlier […]

DISClaimer Single Reviews: Jimmie Allen, Lee Brice, Lady A, Tim McGraw, Shy Carter, More

The Big Week is here. Is your shopping done? Have you wrapped everything? If not, here’s a sampling of […]

Cage The Elephant To Play Bread And Roses’ Winter Benefit

Cage The Elephant is set to perform a full band and electric virtual concert for Bread & Roses’ Winter […]