Trio Fairground Saints Build On California Country Leanings With EP ‘Magic’

Over the past few years, Nashville’s country scene has seen an influx of artists from the Golden State […]

Charlie Daniels And Travis Tritt Kick Off Outlaws And Renegades Tour

Travis Tritt and The Charlie Daniels Band are kicking off their 2019 Outlaws & Renegades tour with special […]

Grammys Outpace Oscars As Awards Show With Most Social Impact

The Grammy Awards are the most social awards show, according to Nielsen’s recent Social Content […]

David Fanning Inks Publishing Deal With RED Creative Group

David Fanning has signed a global publishing deal with RED Creative Group. The Ardmore, Alabama […]

‘Breakthrough’ Soundtrack To Feature Carrie Underwood, Darius Rucker, Lauren Alaina

The star-studded album Breakthrough, music from and inspired by the new motion picture, […]

Spotify Deepens Samsung Partnership

Spotify Technology S.A. continued its strategic relationship with Samsung Electronics, by […]

Fans Can Now Order Concert Tickets From Ticketmaster Via Amazon’s Alexa

Ticketmaster has teamed with Amazon for a new Alexa skill that allows music fans to discover […]

Weekly Chart Report (3/8/19)

It is a sweet week for Old Dominion as they reached the top position on the […]

Google, Spotify, Pandora, Amazon Appeal CRB Royalty Ruling; NMPA, NSAI Respond

In February, the U.S. Copyright Royalty Board formally issued the final rates and terms for […]

DISClaimer: Tucker Beathard, The Vegabonds Issue Career-Making Music

It’s an alpha-and-omega kinda day here at DisClaimer. We have everything from bona fide Country […]

Big Yellow Dog Music Signs Christy McDonald

Big Yellow Dog Music has signed Christy McDonald to a publishing deal. One of the writers behind […]

The Black Keys Return After Five-Year Hiatus With “Lo/Hi”

The Black Keys are back with the first new music since 2014 with their new song, “Lo/Hi” (Nonesuch Records) […]

BMI And Ultra Music Partner For 2019 Global Songwriting Camps

BMI has partnered with Ultra Music for a series of global songwriting camps, providing its songwriters […]

Riley Green Joins Red Light Management

BMLG Records artist Riley Green has joined the Red Light Management roster. Daniel Miller […]

Mark Agnesi Named Director Of Brand Experience At Gibson

Mark Agnesi has been appointed Director of Brand Experience at Gibson Guitars. In the newly-created position […]

Stew James Joins Nashville’s 95.5 NASH Icon, Westwood One NASH Icon Network

Cumulus Media and Westwood One have announced that radio personality Stew James will join […]

Matthew West Signs With Provident Label Group/Sony Music, Launches New Imprint

Provident Label Group/Sony Music have signed Matthew West to their roster. In conjunction […]

MV2 Entertainment Acquires Natalie Hemby Song Catalogs

MV2 Entertainment has acquired Natalie Hemby’s WruckeStrike and HappyGoWrucke publishing rights […]

Hailey Whitters Aligns With Grammy Recognized Co-Writers On Upcoming Album ‘The Dream’

Out of the gate on Friday (March 1) with the song, “Ten Year Town,” Carnival Music writer […]

John Anderson Celebrates Four Decades Of Music With 40-Song Project

In celebration of four decades of hits, John Anderson has released 40 Years and Still Swingin’. […]

Industry Ink: Michael Ray, Forte, Project Music

Warner Music Nashville artist Michael Ray celebrated several Gold certifications today […]

BMI Celebrates Whiskey Jam

On Monday, March 4, BMI joined forces with Whiskey Jam’s Ward Guenther to host a special […]

John Butler Exits Spotify

John Butler has exited his role as Head of Christian Music at Spotify, All Access reports. Butler […]

ACM To Honor Jason Aldean As Artist Of The Decade

Jason Aldean will be honored with the ACM Dick Clark Artist of the Decade Award, and has been named […]

Kelsea Ballerini To Become Newest Opry Member

Kelsea Ballerini was surprised on Tuesday night’s (March 5) show by Opry group Little Big Town with […]

Dolly Parton Joins Sony/ATV Music Publishing

Sony/ATV Music Publishing has signed a deal to represent the catalog of singer-songwriter Dolly […]

Luke Combs Becomes Second Artist Ever To Top All Five ‘Billboard’ Country Charts

This week, Luke Combs became the second artist ever to simultaneously top all five Billboard […]

Building 429 Launches Label In Partnership With The Fuel Music, Vasquez Entertainment

CCM band Building 429 will release its next single, “Fear No More,” on the newly-formed […]

Maren Morris To Livestream First Show On GIRL The World Tour

Maren Morris is inviting everyone to her GIRL The World Tour. The singer-songwriter, whose […]

Justin Moore Reveals Track Listing, Writers On Latest Project

Justin Moore has revealed the track listing for his latest album Late Nights And Longnecks, due out April […]

Artist Updates: Jennifer Nettles, Trisha Yearwood, Hailey Whitters

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and […]

Alison Krauss, The Avett Brothers, Steve Earle Among Lineup For Willie Nelson’s Outlaw Music Festival

The lineup for Willie Nelson’s Outlaw Music Festival Tour summer leg has been announced. The dates will […]

‘Nashville’ TV Show To Become Broadway Musical

The Lionsgate/ABC Studios series Nashville, which ran for six seasons on ABC, CMT and Hulu, […]

Spirit Music Nashville Inks Multi-Faceted Deal With Zach Crowell

Spirit Music Nashville has signed Nashville writer Zach Crowell. As part of this deal, Spirit […]

Music Biz Conference Makes Nashville Its Home Through 2021

The Music Business Association’s annual Music Biz Conference will remain in Music City through […]

CMA Fest 2019 Performers Revealed

The Country Music Association has revealed the initial artist lineup for this year’s CMA Fest, […]

Mitch Ballard Named Sr. Director, Creative For BMI Austin Office

Mitch Ballard has been named Senior Director, Creative at BMI’s Austin office, effective […]

Industry Ink: NMPA S.O.N.G.S. Foundation, Inside Music Publishing, WMA

NMPA S.O.N.G.S. Foundation (Supporting Our Next Generation of Songwriters) has announced a […]

Industry Pics: Ryan Hurd, Blake Shelton, Leah Nobel

RCA Records Nashville artist-writer Ryan Hurd celebrated his sold-out To A T Tour on Thursday […]

Weekly Register: Luke Combs Tops Country Albums, Streaming Songs Charts

Luke Combs tops both the country albums chart and the country streaming songs chart this week, […]

Clint Black And Trace Adkins Reveal The Hits. Hats. History. Tour

Two country music mainstays, Clint Black and Trace Adkins, will make a return to the stage together […]

Ashley Gorley Back To No. 1 On MusicRow Top Songwriter Chart

Ashley Gorley is back to No. 1 this week on the MusicRow Top Songwriter Chart, with Shane McAnally […]

ole’s VP, Creative John Ozier To Exit

ole’s VP, Creative John Ozier is set to exit the company on March 31 to pursue a new opportunity […]

Ben Folds And Violent Femmes Team For Summer Tour

Ben Folds and the Violent Femmes are launching a summer co-headlining tour, set to begin July […]

‘And The Writer Is…’ Podcast Returns For Fourth Season

A new season of the acclaimed podcast And The Writer Is…, hosted by  Ross Golan, is slated for April […]

Kings of Leon Join Azoff’s Full Stop Management

Nashville band Kings of Leon have exited their longtime management company, Vector Management […]

UMPG Signs Claire Wright

Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) announced that singer-songwriter Claire Wright has […]

BREAKING: Amy Grant Tapped As Featured Speaker For ‘Rising Women’ Event

MusicRow is thrilled to announce Amy Grant as the featured speaker at this year’s Rising Women on […]

Dierks Bentley’s Seven Peaks Music Festival To Include Maren Morris, Luke Bryan, Jon Pardi

Dierks Bentley and Live Nation have announced the lineup for the second annual Seven Peaks Music […]

Carrie Underwood Announces UK Arena Tour

Carrie Underwood will be headlining five arena dates in England and Scotland this summer on her 2019 […]