Big Machine Records Names J.C. Coffey As Midwest Director, Promotion

Big Machine Records has named J.C. Coffey as Midwest Director of Promotion, effective Monday, March 18 […]

Bobby Cudd Joins WME, Brings Old Crow Medicine Show, Ricky Skaggs To Roster

Music agent Bobby Cudd has joined WME’s Nashville office. A well-known agent, especially in […]

Trisha Yearwood Celebrates 20th Opry Anniversary With Special Guests

Praise for multi-talented country music superstar Trisha Yearwood was through the roof last night […]

‘Anything For A Hit’ Author, Former A&R Exec Dorothy Carvello To Speak At Change The Conversation Event

A&R pioneer Dorothy Carvello will discuss her new book, Anything For a Hit: An A&R Woman’s Story of […]

Shaun Melby Launches Wealth Management Firm

Shaun Melby has opened Melby Wealth Management, a new fee-only financial planning and investment […]

NMPA’s David Israelite Delivers Point-By-Point ‘Fact Check’ To Spotify’s CRB Ruling Appeal Explanation

The National Music Publishers Association is taking to task Spotify’s recent blog post, which […]

Third Man Records To Celebrate 10-Year Anniversary With The Raconteurs Nashville Show

To celebrate a decade in its home base of Nashville, Third Man Records will host The Raconteurs’ […]

Country Trio Leaving Austin Inks Co-Pub Deal With Sea Gayle Music, BMG Nashville

Sea Gayle Music and BMG Nashville have signed country band Leaving Austin to a co-publishing […]

Kix Brooks, Luke Dick Added To Music Health Alliance’s “The First And The Worst” Lineup

Brooks & Dunn hitmaker, songwriter and radio personality Kix Brooks, along with hit songwriter […]

Zac Brown Band, Alison Krauss, Robert Plant Set For Bourbon & Beyond Festival In September

The Bourbon & Beyond Festival will make its anticipated return to Louisville, Kentucky, on Sept. 20-22, expanding […]

Song Suffragettes Celebrate Five Years, Honor Supporter Liz Rose

The all-female singer-songwriter collective Song Suffragettes celebrated its fifth anniversary […]

Chris Stapleton, Maren Morris, Thomas Rhett Among Initial ACM Awards Performers

The Academy of Country Music announced today the first group of performers for the 54th Academy […]

Dierks Bentley To Host CMA’s Fourth Annual Music Teachers Of Excellence Awards

Dierks Bentley will be on hand to honor the country’s best in music education when he hosts the CMA’s […]

Weekly Register: Luke Combs Celebrates Double Platinum Status, Remains At No. 1

Luke Combs, who just celebrated double Platinum status for his album This One’s For You, remains […]

Garth Brooks Sets Sales Records For Five Stadium Shows

Garth Brooks’ new tour has been setting new records even before he hit the stage at St. Louis’ […]

Conner Smith Signs Deals With Tape Room Music/Miller Crow Music, CAA

High school senior Conner Smith is already making major accomplishments in the Nashville […]

Heath Sanders Inks Pub Deal With Sony/ATV Music Publishing

Singer/songwriter Heath Sanders has signed a worldwide publishing deal with Sony/ATV Music […]

Spotify Includes Hulu In New Premium Bundle

Spotify has created a new bundle with Hulu as part of Spotify’s premium membership offerings, […]

Miranda Lambert And Mom Bev Celebrate 10 Years Of Helping Shelter Pets

Miranda Lambert and her mom Bev are celebrating the 10th anniversary of MuttNation Foundation, the nonprofit […]

In Pictures: 12th Annual Jeffrey Steele & Friends Fundraiser Raises Over $120,000

Renowned songwriter Jeffrey Steele’s 12th annual Jeffrey Steele & Friends fundraiser concert took […]

Maren Morris Breaks Apple Music Record For Biggest Day-One Female Country Album

With the release of her sophomore album GIRL, Maren Morris scored the biggest day-one female […]

Downtown Music Publishing Nashville Holds Songwriters Retreat

Downtown Music Publishing’s Nashville office recently held a week-long songwriters’ retreat at […]

Cage The Elephant Sign Publishing Deal With BMG

Nashville-based rock band Cage The Elephant have signed a new worldwide publishing […]

Ashley Gorley Leads The MusicRow Top Songwriter Chart, “Take It From Me” Writers Advance

Ashley Gorley is at No. 1 again this week on the MusicRow Top Songwriter Chart, with Kevin Welch […]

Kane Brown Earns Biggest Country Artist Debut In History At Houston Rodeo

Kane Brown made history with his debut at the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo Saturday night (March 9), where […]

Spotify Responds To Backlash Regarding CRB Royalty Ruling Appeal

It was reported last week that Spotify, along with Google, Amazon and Pandora, had filed a notice […]

Jimmie Allen, Lindsay Ell, Travis Denning, Cam Visit Europe During C2C Festival

The Country Music Association visited Europe and the U.K. last week with stops in Berlin, […]

Signings: Conner Sweet Signs With Given Music, Emily Minor Signs With Green Hills Music

Conner Sweet has signed a publishing deal with Given Music. Sweet was raised in Hendersonville, TN and […]

Trace Adkins, Dillon Carmichael, The Sisterhood Band Added To Hometown Rising Festival

Trace Adkins, Dillon Carmichael, and The Sisterhood Band have been added to the lineup for Hometown Rising […]

Collective Artist Management Elevates Craig Dunn To Vice President

Collective Artist Management (CAM) has elevated industry professional Craig Dunn to Vice President […]

CMT ‘Next Women of Country’ Presents Clare Dunn As Featured Performer At ‘Rising Women On The Row’ Honors

Presented by CMT Next Women of Country, MCA/Universal Nashville singer/songwriter Clare Dunn will […]

Brandi Carlile, Lauren Daigle Reveal Apple Playlists For International Women’s Day

Brandi Carlile and Lauren Daigle are among the female artists helping Apple Music highlight […]

Industry Ink: BMI, CMA Foundation, Granville Automatic

Prodigy teenage pop rock musician, and Somerset, Kentucky native Will Muse recently signed a […]

OMG! I’m A Songwriter Celebrates International Women’s Day With Panel

OMG! I’m A Songwriter, a grassroots songwriter support community in Nashville, celebrated […]

Sara Evans Keeps It In The Family On New Project, ‘The Barker Family Band’

Sara Evans is coming full circle on an upcoming six-song EP, The Barker Family Band, which finds […]

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 […]