Play It Again’s Trea Landon Releases Self-Titled EP

Play It Again Records artist Trea Landon released his debut self-titled EP […]

GMA’s Immerse Conference Announces Performers For BMI Songwriters Showcase

The BMI Songwriters Showcase, held tonight (June 13) during this year’s IMMERSE Conference […]

Taste of Country Festival Draws Record Crowd For 2017

The 5th Annual Taste of Country Music Festival hosted a record 56,000-plus fans over its three-day run […]

Nashville Chamber Of Commerce Announces Emerging Leader Award Finalists

The Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce and YP Nashville have announced the finalists for the 2017 Nashville […]

ASCAP, YouTube Ink Voluntary Deal For U.S. Performance Rights

ASCAP, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, and YouTube have signed a voluntary multi-year […]

Creative Nation Promotes Two

Nashville-based music company Creative Nation has promoted Jeff Skaggs to VP, Creative and […]

Sheryl Crow Adds Farm Aid, Iridium Taping To Fall Tour

Sheryl Crow has announced additional dates on her tour in support of her latest album Be Myself which […]

Industry Pics: SESAC, Sony Music Nashville, Tucker Beathard, Luke Bryan

SESAC EVP of Creative and Business Affairs Dennis Lord gives Paul Shaffer a warm welcome prior to Shaffer’s […]

Alexandria Hardy Promoted To GM At ‘MusicRow’ Reporting Station KYYK

Alexandria Hardy has been promoted to General Manager for Palestine, Texas station KYYK, a MusicRow CountryBreakout Chart […]

Craig Morgan’s ‘American Stories’ Tour To Launch This Fall

Craig Morgan will reprise his Operation Finally Home Welcomes “American Stories Tour” this Fall, hitting […]

Weekly Register: Luke Combs Debuts With No. 1 Country Album

Luke Combs debuts at No. 1 on the Nielsen Soundscan country albums rankings with his River House/Columbia Nashville […]

Industry Ink: ASCAP, APA, BMI, Musicians On Call

ASCAP hosted a variety of hit songwriters and up-and-coming writer-artists at this year’s CMA Music Festival. On Saturday, […]

Black River Entertainment Adds Dave Dame To Radio Promotions Team

Black River Entertainment Sr. VP of Radio Promotion Mike Wilson has announced the hiring of Dave Dame as Director […]

Grand Ole Opry Adds Wednesday Night Shows To Summer Schedule

The Grand Ole Opry will add nine weeks of Wednesday night shows to its schedule, beginning […]

Ty Herndon Holds Second Annual Concert For Love And Acceptance In Nashville

Ty Herndon’s second annual 2017 Concert for Love and Acceptance on Thursday night (June 8) featured […]

Funeral Services, Celebration Of Life Set For Songwriter-Producer Norro Wilson

Services for the late Norro Wilson will be held at Westminster Presbyterian Church on Thursday, June 15 […]

Bobby Karl Works The Room: CMA Music Fest 2017 Wraps With Superstar Performances

Despite thousands of Bonnaroo attendees coming back into town, the CMA Fest throng and Predators fans […]

“Forever Country” Creators Receive RIAA Plaques During CMA Fest

The success of “Forever Country” was recognized Saturday (June 10) during CMA Fest as producer Shane McAnally and […]

Bobby Karl Works The Room: CMA Music Fest Blends Charity, Hits For Saturday Shows

The most flawless weather in CMA Fest memory continued on Saturday (June 10). Fans were […]

Bobby Karl Works The Room: CMA Music Fest’s Friday Lineups Salute Legends, Newcomers

Part of Friday’s CMA Fest felt bittersweet. That date, June 9, marked the release of Adios, the final studio […]

Bobby Bones To Tour With His “Class Of 2017” Picks

Bobby Bones is doing a mini-tour hitting four cities in August with his “Class Of 2017” artists along […]

Brad Paisley, Carrie Underwood To Return As Hosts For CMA Awards

Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood will return to host the 2017 CMA Awards for a 10th consecutive year, […]

Matthew West Sets All In Tour With Jordan Feliz, Leanna Crawford

Matthew West will launch his headlining All In Tour this fall, visiting more than […]

Radio Disney Country Launches On 99.1 FM In Los Angeles

Radio Disney Country has launched KRDC in Los Angeles, airing at 99.1 FM and on 1110 AM […]

Will Hoge Releases Debut Single From New Album ‘Anchors’

Will Hoge is set to release the debut single, “Little Bit Of Rust,” from his 11th studio album Anchors […]

Eventbrite To Acquire Ticketfly

Event tech platform Eventbrite has entered an agreement with Pandora to acquire ticketing […]

CMA Music Fest Kicks Off With Music, Music, And More Music

Chris Janson performed a full-throttle set for fans at CMA Music Fest at the Riverfront Stage Thursday […]

Blake Shelton To Play Surprise CMA Music Fest Pop-Up Show Today

Top Nashville artists are keeping fans guessing with pop-up shows during […]

The Cadillac Three Set For Headlining Ryman Show, Release ‘Legacy’ Track Listing

The guys in The Cadillac Three know how to celebrate an album release. The trio will honor the […]

Nashville Symphony Director To Lead Wroclaw Philharmonic In Poland

Nashville Symphony music director Giancarlo Guerrero has been named music director of the Wrocław Philharmonic […]

Bobby Karl Works The Room: Garth Brooks Surprises At CMA Music Fest’s Star-Studded Thursday Night Show

The big surprise at Nissan Stadium during the Thursday CMA Fest debut evening concert (June 8) was the […]

Weekly Chart Report (6/9/17)

Midland hits No. 1 this week on the MusicRow CountryBreakout chart with their single […]

Bobby Karl Works The Room: 2017 CMA Music Festival, Day 1

I am almost ashamed to say this, but I have lived in Nashville for more than 30 years and have never been […]

Lady Antebellum Celebrates Album Release With CMA Music Fest Pop-Up Performance

Lady Antebellum is celebrating the release of their latest album, Heart Break, today with fans at CMA […]

Taylor Swift Releases Full Catalog To All Streaming Services

Taylor Swift fans got a huge surprise on Friday (June 9) at midnight: the entertainer’s entire catalog […]

SiriusXM Invests $480 Million In Pandora

SiriusXM and Pandora today (June 9) announced an agreement under which SiriusXM will make a $480 million […]

LifeNotes: Songwriter/Producer Norro Wilson Passes

Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame member Norro Wilson died at age 79 on Thursday […]

Exclusive: Music Executive Todd Cassetty To Consult For ‘American Idol’

Long-time music executive Todd Cassetty has been retained as the Nashville talent consultant […]

Cumulus Media’s Kelly Ford, Cheree Carter Earn Gracie Awards

Kelly Ford, Co-Host of Cumulus Media and Westwood One’s nationally syndicated morning radio […]

Industry Ink: Big Machine, Sony Music Nashville, Bullseye Marketing, CMHoF, Jammber

Big Machine Label Group has relaunched its newly designed brand store located in downtown […]

DISClaimer: Gary Allan, Maggie Rose Outshine Star-Packed Competition

Looks like it’s all-hands-on-deck for the CMA Fest edition of DisClaimer. The most star-packed […]

Fan-Facing CMT Awards Honor Keith Urban’s Appeal For Nearly Half Of The Show

It is a good thing Keith Urban stayed the duration of the 2017 CMT Music Awards on Wednesday […]

Sara Evans Benefits CMA Foundation With New Limited Edition Wine

Sara Evans has launched a limited edition ONEHOPE Sara Evans Signature Series 2014 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. […]

Blake Shelton Celebrates Partnership With Smithworks Vodka (…and some karaoke)

Thanks to country music kingpin Blake Shelton, Smithworks® Vodka is now available in Tennessee as it […]

Florida Georgia Line Gets Their Shine On With Plenty Of Metal For May

Florida Georgia Line accumulated a ton of precious metal for the month of May, with one multi-platinum […]

Harry Styles 2018 Tour Openers Include Kacey Musgraves, Leon Bridges, Warpaint

Harry Styles has been burning up the Top 200 sales chart with his self-titled solo album, moving 193,000 […]

Dismas House Sells 16th Avenue South Property In Nashville

The Dismas House has sold its headquarters and transitional housing center on 16th Ave South for $1.85 million […]

In Pictures: Carrie Underwood, Michael Ray, LANCO, Craig Campbell, Lewis Brice, Lee Brice

Grand Ole Opry member Carrie Underwood hosted a party for her official fan club at the Grand Ole Opry House on Tuesday […]

Artist Updates: Kelsea Ballerini, Thomas Rhett, Jessie James Decker, Gretchen Wilson, Striking Matches

Kelsea Ballerini released a new single, “Legends,” from her highly anticipated second album, to […]

Country Music Association Names VP, Marketing

The Country Music Association has named a new VP, Marketing. In her new role, Lizzie Daniel will provide […]