Luke Bryan Announces Stadium Shows, Adds Dates To Kill The Lights Tour

Luke Bryan has announced five stadium shows for 2016, including Boston’s Gillette Stadium (July 16) […]

Messina Touring Group Promotes Five To Executive Positions

Louis Messina’s Messina Touring Group has promoted five longtime staffers, following a management […]

UMG Artists, Songwriters To Benefit From SoundCloud Deal

Universal Music Group (UMG) and SoundCloud have announced an agreement today (Jan. 13) that […]

Big Machine Label Group Expands Internationally With London Office

Big Machine Label Group has expanded its international presence with a new office and staff in the […]

Nashville Ballet, Bluebird Café Team For Attitude Series

Nashville Ballet has collaborated with the Bluebird Café for a new installment of the dance […]

Artist Updates: Joey + Rory, Scotty McCreery, Willie Nelson

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store and Joey+Rory have partnered for a deluxe CD edition of […]

Vince Gill Chosen For Guitar Center’s RockWalk

Vince Gill will be inducted into the RockWalk at Guitar Center’s flagship location on Sunset Boulevard […]

Bonnaroo Performance Lineup To Be Announced Jan. 19 on ‘Conan’

Bonnaroo’s much-anticipated announcement of its 15th anniversary lineup will take place on Tuesday […]

Ringside: A Fight For Kids Announces Participants In 12th Annual ‘Rumble On The Row’

Four country music industry professionals have been named for the 2016 “Rumble on the Row” bouts at the 12th annual […]

Industry Members Celebrate Chris Young’s Latest Chart-topper

Industry members, friends and family gathered yesterday evening (Jan. 11) at Nashville’s The Cannery […]

LifeNotes: Gospel Great, Former BMI Exec Joe Moscheo Dies

Gospel Music Hall of Fame member Joe Moscheo was known to thousands of music industry folks […]

Sony/ATV Chairman and CEO Signs Contract Extension

Martin Bandier has signed a contract extension to remain as Chairman and CEO of Sony/ATV […]

MusicRowLife: Joel Borski/Amanda Craig, Hillary Lindsey/Cary Barlowe, LOCASH, Gloriana, Colton Dixon

Joel Borski, Sr. Director of Product Management at Warner Music Nashville, and Amanda Craig, […]

Lisa Chader Joins Wortman Works Media & Marketing As Principal

Public relations and media veteran Lisa Chader has been named Principal at Wortman Works Media […]

Industry Ink: Garth Brooks, Silverado Records, LEGACY Events, Maxximum Artist Group

Garth Brooks and Cinch Jeans & Shirts will launch “Garth Brooks Sevens by CINCH,” featuring […]

Tin Pan South, Watkins College Unveil Winning Design

Tin Pan South Songwriters Festival has partnered for the ninth consecutive year with Watkins College […]

LifeNotes: Trucker Song Specialist Red Simpson Passes

Bakersfield Sound pioneer Red Simpson passed away on Jan. 8 following a heart attack.

Sixth Season Of ‘Front And Center’ Spotlights CMA Songwriter Series

The sixth season of public television series Front and Center kicks off this month with five […]

Songwriters Lineup Revealed For “Bob Kingsley’s Acoustic Alley” At CRS

Numerous top-shelf songwriters will take the stage next month as part of the fifth consecutive […]

Keith Urban’s RipCORD World Tour 2016 To Hit Nashville in November

Keith Urban will embark on his first arena/amphitheater tour in two years with the RipCORD […]

Musicians On Call Promotes Katy Epley to EVP

Katy Epley has been promoted to Executive Vice President of Musicians On Call after nearly 10 years […]

Oh Boy Records Announces New Leadership

John Prine has taken over sole ownership of his independent record label, Oh Boy Records. He assumes […]

Randy Houser Plans 17-Track Album Featuring Top Songwriters

Randy Houser has planned his sophomore Stoney Creek Records album, Fired Up, to be released […]

Don Williams Announces Tour Dates For 2016

Country Music Hall of Famer and CMA/ACM award winner Don Williams has announced a tour of 21 […]

Weekly Register: Chris Stapleton Remains No. 1 On Country Albums Chart

Two months after winning big at the CMA Awards, Chris Stapleton is still going strong. He remains […]

Round Hill Music, Baby Needs New Shoes Ink Co-Pub Deal with Jimmy Robbins

Round Hill Music and Baby Needs New Shoes have entered into a co-publishing agreement with songwriter […]

LifeNotes: Hit Writer And Singer Troy Shondell Passes

Pop-country performer and former Music Row song publisher Troy Shondell has died […]

Dierks Bentley Prepping Eighth Studio Album, ‘Black’

Dierks Bentley aims to dig even deeper on his upcoming eighth album, Black, set for release in […]

RodeoHouston Reveals 2016 Lineup

Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan and Kenny Chesney are among the confirmed headliners for the Houston […]

Nashville Student Tristan McIntosh Impresses Judges At ‘American Idol’ Auditions

One of the highlights from Thursday night’s (Jan. 7) American Idol auditions came courtesy of a talented Nashville […]

Memorial Service Set For Backroad Anthem Singer Craig Strickland

A memorial service has been set for 29-year-old Craig Strickland, a singer for country group […]

Warner Music Nashville Signs The Last Bandoleros

During a show at Nashville’s 3rd & Lindsley on Thursday night (Jan. 7), Warner Music Nashville […]

Industry Ink: New West Records, JB Squared Enterprises, Pro Music Academy, APA

Tom Osborn has been appointed VP of Marketing for New West Records. Osborn joins New West from […]

Charles Kelley’s Solo Album Set For Feb. 5

Charles Kelley will release The Driver, his first-ever solo album, on Capitol Records Nashville on […]

‘American Saturday Night: Live From The Grand Ole Opry’ Gets National Release Date

The Grand Ole Opry’s first feature-length concert movie, American Saturday Night: Live From The […]

Artist Updates: Chris Stapleton, Thomas Rhett, Cam, Brandy Clark

Chris Stapleton will kick off 2016 as the Jan. 16 musical guest on NBC’s Saturday Night Live […]

New Year, New Look! Weekly Chart Report (1/8/16)

A Thousand Horses have the first No. 1 Song of 2016 on the MusicRow CountryBreakout […]

Dierks Bentley’s Whiskey Row Coming To Nashville

Nashville will soon be home to Dierks Bentley’s latest Whiskey Row establishment, when the country bar […]

Nielsen Unveils 2015 Total Music Consumption Report

In a nearly 30-page report, Nielsen has released its 2015 U.S. Music Report for the 12-month […]

Sony Music Nashville Promotes Sarah Westbrook

Sony Music Nashville Senior Vice President, Marketing Paul Barnabee has announced the promotion […]

BMI Promotes Five, Adds to Writer-Publisher Relations Team

Five members of BMI’s Writer-Publisher Relations team in Nashville have been promoted, with […]

Industry Ink: Johnny Cash Trust, IBMA, Deluge Music and Gravity Gone Music, Marbaloo

Veteran concert promoter and artist manager Lou Robin, who has worked with the Cash family for […]

SESAC Signs Songwriter/Producer Dave Pittenger

Songwriter/producer Dave Pittenger has signed with SESAC for representation. Pittenger, […]

DISClaimer: Jennifer Nettles, Eric Chesser Shine

The fallout from Dolly’s triumphant Coat of Many Colors holiday TV movie continues into this […]

Creative Nation Names Sarah Lai To Senior Role, Adds Tyler Johnson To Roster

Creative Nation has moved Sarah Lai into the role of Senior Director of Marketing + Publicity. […]

Big Deal Music Signs Ross Lipsey To Publishing Deal

Ross Lipsey has signed an exclusive publishing deal with Big Deal Music. “Ross is a tremendous artist, singer […]

Lady Antebellum, Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood Win People’s Choice Awards

Lady Antebellum, Blake Shelton and Carrie Underwood were announced as winners of the 2016 People’s […]

Carrie Underwood Visits ‘MusicRow’ To Accept Four Chart Honors

Carrie Underwood visited the MusicRow offices today (Jan. 6) to accept four No. 1 Challenge […]

Crowd Surf’s Cassie Petrey Named to Forbes’ 30 Under 30 List

Crowd Surf co-founder Cassie Petrey is included on the music portion of the 2016 Forbes 30 Under 30 […]

UMG Enters Virtual Reality Partnership With iHeartMedia

Universal Music Group (UMG) has partnered with iHeartMedia, in a deal focused around virtual […]