Weekly Chart Report (4/14/17)

Luke Combs has risen to the top of the MusicRow CountryBreakout chart for the first time with “Hurricane” taking […]

Cumulus Media Promotes Three To Executive VP Roles

Cumulus Media has promoted three executives to newly-created EVP posts. Mike McVay, Senior Vice President, […]

EXCLUSIVE: Song Suffragette Kalie Shorr To Perform At Rising Women On The Row

Song Suffragettes member Kalie Shorr will bring her musical talents to MusicRow’s sixth annual Rising Women […]

Kings Of Leon To Headline First Tennessee Park’s Inaugural Concert

Kings Of Leon is set to headline First Tennessee Park’s first major concert in the stadium’s history, on Sept. 29. […]

MusicRowPics: MV2’s Nora Collins Offers New Tracks

Newcomer Nora Collins recently performed material from her latest EP during a visit to […]

Songwriter Tim Nichols Celebrates Five BMI Million-Air Awards

Songwriter Tim Nichols stopped by BMI’s Nashville office to celebrate his impressive collection of Million […]

CMA Announces Hirings, Promotions

The Country Music Association has named Amber Williams as Vice President of Communications and Talent Relations; Haley […]

Industry Ink: Third Man Records, The Country Network, Plowboy Records

Third Man Records is partnering with the Bob Seger camp to release the first vinyl reissue of Seger’s […]

Jason Aldean, Miranda Lambert, Sam Hunt Headline 5th Annual Taste Of Country Music Festival

Jason Aldean, Miranda Lambert and Sam Hunt are set to headline the 5th Annual Taste of Country […]

Loretta Lynn Gears Up For Birthday Celebration With Music City Shows, New Album

Country legend Loretta Lynn is celebrating her 85th birthday tomorrow (April 14), and she’s celebrating with […]

Artist Action: Cam, Unlikely Heroes, Jimmy Wayne, Darryl Worley

Cam has been chosen by John Frieda Hair Care and iHeartMedia to join its “Your Hair Talks, Make A statement […]

DISClaimer: Americana’s Top-Shelf Stars, Sizzling Newcomers In The Spotlight

Americana, country music’s kissing cousin, today shows that it can field a team of writer-artists that’s easily the equal of […]

LifeNotes: Tour Manager Jan Elliott Passes

Jan Elliott, tour manager/lighting director, passed away from cancer on Sunday, April 9, at […]

Willie Nelson’s Outlaw Music Festival Announces Show Lineups

Willie Nelson is taking his Outlaw Music Festival on the road this summer to six cities, and he’s announced […]

Exit/In Offers Ultimate Guilty Pleasures Show With ’90s Country Throwback

Nineties night at the Exit/In last night (April 11) conjured up some hits from the decade and offered plenty […]

Sony Music Nashville Promotes Jim Catino

Sony Music Nashville’s Jim Catino has been promoted to Senior Vice President, A&R. Most recently Vice President of A&R, […]

Brett James’ Cornman Music Launches Management Division

Cornman Music has launched CornMGMT, which will be helmed by former Cornman Music Creative […]

CMA Music Festival To Debut ‘Forever Country’ Stage

Fans of old school country will be happy to know that the CMA Music Festival has added a new “Forever Country” […]

Industry Ink: Deluge Music, Gordon Law, BMG, BMI, Eastside Sounds

Deluge Music has signed songwriter Mason Thornley. “Mason is extremely talented and will be a force in […]

Dan Fernandez Joins Big Deal Music

Dan Fernandez has signed a publishing deal with Big Deal Music. Fernandez is a multi-genre writer. “When […]

Alabama’s Jeff Cook Battling Parkinson’s Disease

Alabama member Jeff Cook will step away from touring due to his ongoing battle with […]

Trace Adkins Packs Spring With TV Dates, USO Tour Plans

Trace Adkins’ new album, Something’s Going On (his first for BBR Music Group/Wheelhouse Records) […]

Reba, Jason Isbell, John Prine Set For Thistle Farms Fundraiser

The Thistle Farms 20th Anniversary Fundraiser, Love Letters, will take place at Nashville […]

Nashville Bourbon Derby To Benefit T.J. Martell’s FTL Sarcoma Fund

Members of the music industry have teamed up to host the Nashville Bourbon Derby on Tuesday, May 2 […]

Webster PR Signs Brenda Lee

Brenda Lee has added Webster Public Relations for PR, named Janet Wilcox as Manager of […]

Texas Heritage Songwriters Association Honors Guy Clark, Tamara Saviano

The Texas Heritage Songwriters Association held a special tribute to the life and legacy of Guy Clark […]

Artist News: Soul2Soul Tour Opens, Midland Opry Debut, Silverado Records

Tim McGraw & Faith Hill’s Soul2Soul The World Tour 2017 launched Friday night (April 7) in New Orleans […]

Darius Rucker’s Annual St. Jude Benefit Moves To Ryman

Darius Rucker will hold his annual “Darius and Friends” benefit concert for St. Jude this year for the […]

Grand Ole Opry Delivers New Subscription Boxes

Grand Ole Opry fans can now get Opry curated music selections, one-of-a-kind merchandise, a copy of its […]

Relive Country’s Greatest Decade Tonight

Some of country’s hottest rising stars will take fans on a trip through the ‘90s tonight […]

Weekly Register: Artists See Post-ACM Awards Sales Bumps

The recent Academy of Country Music Awards resulted in sales bumps for several performers […]

Dylan Schneider To Release EP ‘Spotlight’s On You’ April 14

Dylan Schneider is set to release his new EP, Spotlight’s On You, this Friday, April 14. The […]

Kenny Chesney Rounds Out 2017 Schedule With Four New Concert Dates

Kenny Chesney has announced the final four shows of his 2017 tour schedule, with two dates in Alabama and […]

CMT Renews ‘Nashville’ For Season Six

Nashville will return to CMT for a new 16-episode season, beginning in early 2018. CMT announced news of the […]

In Pictures: Tortuga Music Festival Brings Bryan, Chesney, Stapleton For Sold-Out Event

The Tortuga Music Festival, produced by Huka Entertainment, brought in more than 100,000 people for its fifth annual event […]

ASCAP To Offer Members Mastering Access Through LANDR

ASCAP and automated mastering platform LANDR have teamed up to provide ASCAP members with access to […]

“Road Less Traveled” Leads To No. 1 For Lauren Alaina, Meghan Trainor, Jesse Frasure

Lauren Alaina, Meghan Trainor, and Jesse Frasure have plenty to celebrate this week, as “Road Less […]

Florida Georgia Line Tops 2017 ‘Billboard’ Music Awards Country Nominees

The nominations were recently announced for the the upcoming Billboard Music Awards, with duo […]

Kelly Clarkson To Join Music Biz’s Leading Ladies Speak Out Panel

Kelly Clarkson has been added to the Music’s Leading Ladies Speak Out panel moderated by […]

BMLG Names Matt Brum As Director, Digital Strategy and Social Media

Big Machine Label Group has added Matt Brum as Director, Digital Strategy and Social Media […]

LifeNotes: Gospel Legend Ben Speer Dies

Gospel Music Hall of Fame member Ben Speer died in Nashville on April 7 at age 86. He was a mainstay […]

Steve Mekler Upped To Director/Marketing At L3 Entertainment

Steve Mekler has been promoted to Director/Marketing and Strategy at L3 Entertainment. Mekler […]

CCM News: Hillary Scott, Sarah Reeves, Switchfoot, Lifehouse

Following two Grammy trophies for their chart-topping “Thy Will” and faith-based Love Remains, which […]

Industry Ink: Ryman Hospitality Properties, A2IM, The Press House, SSM Nashville

Grand Ole Opry Member Blake Shelton and Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. this week officially kicked off […]

Charity Roundup: Stars For Second Harvest, Good Friday Nashville, Stars For St. Bernard

Tickets are on sale now for the 13th Annual Stars for Second Harvest concert, slated for […]

Steven McMorran Joins Major Bob Music Roster

Steven McMorran has signed with Major Bob Music. The Little Rock, AR native has had cuts in multiple […]

Ryan Hurd’s Self-Titled EP Out Today

Ryan Hurd’s new self-titled EP has been released today at all digital retailers. Since the release of […]

NSAI Plans Anniversary Concert At Ryman Auditorium To Celebrate 50 Years Of Songs

The Nashville Songwriters Association International is celebrating its 50th birthday this year, and it is […]

‘Woman Walk The Line’ Due Out In September

A new book coming out in September, Woman Walk The Line, looks at the relationship between female songwriters […]

ASCAP, SACEM, PRS For Music Launch New Copyright Information Sharing Technology

ASCAP, SACEM, (the Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers of Music) and PRS for Music has partnered […]