Ruby Joy Ketchum Signs With BMI

Ruby Joy Ketchum, daughter of award-winning singer/songwriter Hal Ketchum and celebrity stylist Gina […]

Dean Dillon’s Mountain High Music Festival Set For January

Songwriter Dean Dillon and BMI will return to “the last great Colorado ski town” to present […]

Weekly Chart Report 12/15/17

Midland makes their way to the No. 1 spot on the last CountryBreakout chart of 2017 with “Make A Little” […]

Lewis Brice Discusses Real-Life Heartbreak Behind His Songs

South Carolina native Lewis Brice possesses a muscular voice that is at once soulful and […]

Tyler Rich Signs Label, Publishing Deals With Valory, Big Machine Music

Big Machine Music and The Valory Music Co. have signed Tyler Rich to both publishing and recording deals. The California […]

DISClaimer: TobyMac, Hannah Kerr Release Top Christmas Offerings

Nashville has always taken the lead when it comes to holiday music. The city’s artists […]

Country Music Hall Of Fame And Museum Offers Free Community Day Dec. 17

The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum is partnering with the Ford Motor Company Fund for the museum’s […]

Lee Roy Parnell Signs With New Frontier Touring

Lee Roy Parnell has signed exclusively with New Frontier Touring for worldwide booking […]

Cumulus Media Launches Amazon Alexa Skills For 300 Local Stations

Cumulus Media has launched Amazon Alexa skills for 300 local radio stations, Westwood One brands, plus the leading dedicated […]

Kassi Ashton Inks Joint Deal With Interscope/UMG Nashville

Kassi Ashton has signed with UMG Nashville in conjunction with Interscope Records. The California, Missouri […]

Ben Gallaher Gives Back On Seventh Annual Barbed Tour

Ben Gallaher launched his 2017 Barbed Tour this week. The Pennsylvania native has spent the […]

‘CMA Country Christmas’ Re-Air Date Moved

The encore broadcast of the CMA Country Christmas TV special has been moved to Thursday, Dec. 21 at 8 […]

WME Bolsters Rock Roster With 13 New Signings

WME has added 13 new acts to its rock roster, including Rodrigo y Gabriela, Iron & Wine, […]

Newsboys Welcome Back Peter Furler, Phil Joel For New Spring Tour

The Newsboys are welcoming back former bandmates Peter Furler and Phil Joel for the “Newsboys United […]

Mountain Music Museum Plans Reopening Celebration In January

The Mountain Music Museum is gearing up to reopen at its new home at 316 Broad Street in Kingsport, Tennessee […]

Kix Brooks Pens Open Letter To Save Fort Negley

Kix Brooks has weighed in on the ongoing controversy surrounding Nashville’s Fort Negley, […]

Spotify Launches ‘2017 Wrapped’ For Creators Campaign

Spotify announced the launch of its annual ‘2017 Wrapped’ for Creators campaign, presenting […]

Eric Church’s Little Louder Inks Creative/Publishing Deal With Kobalt Music

Kobalt Music has entered a worldwide creative and publishing deal with Little Louder, that […]

John Caldwell Signs With Big Deal Music Group, Brett Beavers

Songwriter, producer and engineer John Caldwell has signed a publishing agreement with Big Deal Music […]

Bon Jovi, The Cars, Dire Straits, Nina Simone To Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame

Bon Jovi, The Cars, Dire Straits, The Moody Blues, and Nina Simone are the newest inductees into the […]

Jack White Previews New Music

Jack White has been in the studio working on a new album, and the singer/songwriter/guitarist just released […]

Creative Artists Agency Announces Promotions

Creative Artists Agency (CAA) today announced the promotion of 10 trainees to agent or […]

Kane Brown Added To ‘Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest’

Kane Brown has been added as a performer for the West Coast celebration of Dick Clark’s New Year’s […]

SOLID Announces Board For 2018

The Society of Leaders in Development (SOLID) announced their board election results for […]

Casting Crowns Extends Very Next Thing Tour Into 2018

Casting Crowns returns to the road in 2018 for the final leg of its The Very Next Thing Tour, featuring […]

Apple Purchases Music Discovery App Shazam

Apple and Shazam confirmed to multiple outlets Monday, Dec. 11, the acquisition of one of iOS’ […]

Industry Ink: Caroline Fields, Ryan Weaver, Savannah Harmon

Absolute Publicity has added Caroline Fields to its staff. Fields will assist in handling publicity for […]

Reba McEntire To Receive Horatio Alger Award

Reba McEntire and 11 other inductees will be honored with the 2018 Horatio Alger Award at a special ceremony […]

Scott Borchetta’s New Show ‘The Launch’ Set For CTV Debut

Big Machine Label Group President/CEO Scott Borchetta and Fergie unveiled a new CTV original […]

Paradigm Names Margaret Bushart As Nashville Office GM

Paradigm Talent Agency has promoted Margaret Bushart to General Manager of its Nashville […]

WME Signs Michael Franti

Michael Franti is the latest signee to WME for exclusive representation. The agency will […]

2018 ACM Awards To Be Held April 15 At Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena

The Academy of Country Music (ACM) announced today that its 53rd Academy of Country Music Awards […]

ACM Promotes Four

The Academy of Country Music has announced staff promotions in several departments, including […]

Florida Georgia Line To Open Nashville Creative Complex

Florida Georgia Line will combine several of their business ventures in a soon-to-be […]

Weekly Register: Chris Stapleton Launches ‘Vol. 2’ At No. 1

Chris Stapleton’s long-awaited From A Room: Vol. 2 has debuted atop Nielsen Soundscan’s Country […]

Capitol Christian Music Group CEO Bill Hearn Dies

William Ray “Bill” Hearn, an industry executive who led the Nashville-based Capitol Christian […]

My Morning Jacket Inks With WME

My Morning Jacket has signed with WME for exclusive representation in all areas including music, film […]

RCA Inspiration Names Damon Williams As VP, Marketing

RCA Inspiration has named Damon Williams as their new Vice President of Marketing, where […]

ANALOG Bows As Nashville’s Newest Nightspot

Over this past weekend, the Hutton Hotel on West End Avenue offered a Grand Opening party for […]

Country Guitar Great Leon Rhodes Passes

Influential, versatile and well-travelled country-music sideman Leon Rhodes has died at age 85. Best […]

Music City Roots, Ole Smoky Distillery, Yee-Haw Brewing To Open Entertainment Complex

Ole Smoky Distillery is joining forces with Yee-Haw Brewing Company and Music City Roots to expand […]

Garth Brooks Turns Nashville Opening Night Concert Into Hit-Filled Singalong

“We waited a long time for this city,” Garth Brooks told the sold-out crowd on Saturday (Dec. 9) at […]

Capitol Christian Music Group Signs Riley Clemmons

Riley Clemmons, an 18-year-old Nashville-based pop singer-songwriter, is the newest signee […]

CMA Awards Celebrate 50 Years Of Performances With 10-DVD Set

Over the past half-century, the CMA Awards have grown from an exclusive, inaugural dinner […]

Exclusive: Downtown Music Publishing Celebrates 10th Anniversary

Downtown Music Publishing celebrated its 10th birthday Wednesday night (Dec. 6) in New York at the historical […]

YouTube Reportedly Taking Third Swing At Subscription Music Service

According to Bloomberg‘s sources, YouTube is planning to introduce a paid music service in […]