2020 MusicRow Awards Category Profile: Breakthrough Artist of the Year

Following the announcement of this year’s nominees for the 32nd annual MusicRow Awards, we take a […]

AIMP Nashville Awards Nominees Announced

The Nashville Chapter of the Association of Independent Music Publishers (AIMP) has announced the […]

Manager Erv Woolsey Launches Label Imprint

Longtime Nashville manager Erv Woolsey, CEO & Founder of the Erv Woolsey Company (EWC), has launched […]

2020 MusicRow Awards Category Profile: Robert K. Oermann Discovery Artist of the Year

Following the announcement of this year’s nominees for the 32nd annual MusicRow Awards, we take a […]

Industry Ink: Whiskey Row, CMT Radio, Crowd Surf, Venture Music

A GoFundMe page has been set up to benefit the family of Kris “DJ Steel” Chupp, who served as a [..]

Label Veteran Abbe DeMontbreun-Stroud Dies At 64

Label veteran Abbe DeMontbreun-Stroud died on June 19, 2020, at age 64. Born to James and Dorothy […]

Spotify Expands Into 13 Global Markets Including Russia

Spotify expanded its service into 13 new markets this week, including Russia, one of the world’s […]

Tim McGraw Gets Virtual Surprise With Pandora Billionaire Plaque

Tim McGraw was surprised by the Pandora team during a Zoom call recently with a […]

Gibson Offering $59,000 Reward For Lost Shipping Ledgers

Gibson is launching a global search for some key missing shipping ledgers from 1959-1960. The Gibson […]

Brent Cobb To Release New Album In October

Brent Cobb will release his upcoming album, Keep ‘Em On They Toes, on Oct. 2 via his own label, […]

Amazon Music Launches Developing Artist Program

Amazon Music is rolling out a new developing artist program—Breakthrough—aimed at elevating and amplifying […]

Reminder: Voting For The 2020 MusicRow Awards Ends Friday

Voting for the 32nd annual MusicRow Awards closes on Friday, July 17 at 5 p.m. CT. Active […]

Reba To Release ‘Reba: Live’ Concert Special On YouTube

In 1994, Reba McEntire was enjoying country radio success with hits including the now-iconic Linda Davis duet […]

Mojo Music & Media Inks Catalog Deals With Terry McBride, Mark Miller, Matt McVaney, Jonathan Smith, More

Indie publishing and marketing company Mojo Music & Media has closed a series of publishing catalog acquisitions […]

Orville Peck To Release ‘Show Pony’ EP Aug. 14

Columbia Records artist Orville Peck has set a new release date for his upcoming album, Show Pony. His […]

Luke Combs Breaks Album Chart Record Set By Taylor Swift

Luke Combs has added yet another sales milestone to his lengthy list of accolades, becoming the first artist […]

Wisconsin’s Country Fest Reveals 2021 Lineup

Wisconsin music festival Country Fest has announced the new performer lineup for 2021. The three-day country […]

2020 MusicRow Awards Category Profile: Song Of The Year

Following the announcement of this year’s nominees for the 32nd annual MusicRow Awards, we take a […]

Ryan Griffin Sets Major Label Debut EP Release For August

Altadena/Warner Records/Warner Music Nashville recording artist Ryan Griffin will release his […]

Blair Garner To Open New Entertainment Venue The Mulehouse

Broadcaster Blair Garner is opening a 55,500-square-foot music venue in Columbia, Tennessee, next year called […]

National Museum Of African American Music Board Appoints Music Industry Relations Committee

The National Museum of African American Music has appointed members to the museum’s first Music Industry […]

‘Billboard’ Changes Chart Methods Regarding Merch And Ticket Bundles

Billboard has changed the rules regarding its Billboard 200, Hot 100 and other album and song charts […]

Rebecca St. James Returns With First Studio Project In Nine Years

Rebecca St. James will return with her first studio recording in nine years, and her first for Heritage […]

2020 MusicRow Awards Category Profile: Female Songwriter Of The Year

Following the announcement of this year’s nominees for the 32nd annual MusicRow Awards, we take a […]

Ongoing Conversation Series “Dear Music City…” To Examine Racial Issues In The Nashville Music Industry

Nashville Music Equality is launching “Dear Music City…,” a series of continued conversations about […]

HARDY Claims No. 1 Spot On MusicRow Top Songwriter Chart

Michael Hardy—or HARDY—earns the No. 1 spot on the MusicRow Top Songwriter Chart this […]

Industry Pics: Live From The Drive-In, Travis Denning, Grand Ole Opry, Charlie Daniels

Brad Paisley, Darius Rucker and Jon Pardi treated fans to a long-awaited Summer concert at Live […]

Weekly Register: Maren Morris Tops Country Streaming Chart

Maren Morris tops the On-Demand Country Streaming Songs chart this week, with 8.3 million streams […]

2020 MusicRow Awards Category Profile: Male Songwriter of the Year

Following the announcement of this year’s nominees for the 32nd annual MusicRow Awards, we take a […]

Chris Fabiani Joins Warner Music Nashville

Chris Fabiani has joined Warner Music Nashville as Regional Manager of the Radio & Streaming Department […]

Reba McEntire, Vince Gill To Perform On Grand Ole Opry

Two Grand Ole Opry and Country Music Hall of Fame members will take the stage at the Grand Ole […]

Bill Anderson Breathes New Life Into Hits On Latest Album

Bill Anderson is set to release his 73rd album, The Hits Re-Imagined, on July 24. The new project includes […]

‘CMA Best of Fest’ Airs Tonight On ABC

Country music fans can take a look back at 16 years of performances from CMA Fest tonight (July 13), as […]

SiriusXM To Acquire Stitcher

SiriusXM has entered into an agreement with The E.W. Scripps Company to acquire podcast leader Stitcher […]

Jimmie Allen Follows His Childhood Dreams On All-Star Collaborative EP [Interview]

In 2018, Jimmie Allen made history with his warm, polished debut single “Best Shot,” as the […]

Nick Di Fruscia To Join RMusic

Nick Di Fruscia will soon exit his role as VP/Awards & Membership of the Academy of Country Music […]

Mechanical Licensing Collective Launches Tools For Self-Administered Songwriters, Publishers

The Mechanical Licensing Collective (The MLC) has announced two initiatives developed […]

Tanya Tucker, Kristian Bush, Cam Among International Songwriting Competition Judges

The International Songwriting Competition has announced its 2020 panel of judges, which includes […]

Chris Tomlin Releases Track List For New Collaboration Album

Chris Tomlin is teaming up with Florida Georgia Line, Thomas Rhett, Russell Dickerson, Chris […]

Great Escape Record Retailer Gary Walker Dies

Multi-faceted country-music figure Gary Walker passed away on Wednesday (July 8) at age 87. […]

Weekly Radio Report (7/10/20)

“I Called Mama” by Tim McGraw peaks at No. 1 on the CountryBreakout Radio Chart this week. […]

Tim McGraw’s New Album Coming In August

Tim McGraw will release his first album of new music in five years on Aug. 21. The album, Here On […]

2020 MusicRow Awards Category Profile: Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year

Following Tuesday’s (July 7) announcement of this year’s nominees for the 32nd annual MusicRow Awards […]

Charlie Daniels Funeral Service To Be Livestreamed

Charlie Daniels’ public funeral service this morning at 11:00 a.m. CT at World Outreach Church in Murfreesboro […]

DISClaimer Singles Reviews: Luke Bryan, Lindsay Ell, Avenue Beat, And More

We have gender parity this week, which in country music is a shameful rarity. Both our male and female entries […]

Recording Academy Extends Over 2,300 New Membership Invites

The Recording Academy has invited more than 2,300 music professionals from wide-ranging backgrounds […]

Darius Rucker’s ‘Darius & Friends’ St. Jude Benefit Concert Goes Virtual For 2020

Darius Rucker is holding his annual “Darius & Friends” benefit for St. Jude this year as a virtual event […]

Carson Jeffrey Inks With Red 11 Music

Carson Jeffrey has signed with Red 11 Music for booking. A Texas native, Jeffrey spent much of his childhood […]

RaeLynn Sets ‘Baytown’ EP Release For August

RaeLynn is releasing a new song, “Me About Me,” from her forthcoming EP, Baytown, set for release […]