Songwriter Rounds: Boots & BBQ, ASCAP, The Well

ASCAP’s We Create Music Series will showcase at Nashville venue The Basement (1604 8th Ave. S.) on […]

BMI Launches Bonus System For Top Streamed Songs

BMI has implemented a new value system for the most-played songs on some digital services. […]

Parallel Music Publishing Signs Jesse Lee

Parallel Music Publishing has signed songwriter Jesse Lee, who has garnered album cuts with Kelsea Ballerini […]

Aaron Scherz Joins Liv Write Play

Aaron Scherz, the co-writer/co-producer behind Maddie & Tae’s hit “Girl In A Country Song,” has […]

Nashville Gets ‘Tangled Up’ In Thomas Rhett’s New Groove

Downtown Nashville was the place to party last night (Sept. 21) as the music […]

Songwriter Neil Thrasher Extends Deal With peermusic

Songwriter Neil Thrasher has extended his deal with peermusic Nashville. He has been a peermusic […]

George Strait To Play Four Vegas Shows in 2016, Plans New Album

George Strait is headed to Las Vegas in 2016, he announced today (Sept. 22) during […]

Music Biz Adds Garbarini, Rich, Healy To Board of Directors

The Music Business Association (Music Biz) has added three representatives from one major label and […]

LifeNotes: MMA Creative’s Veronica Greene Passes

MMA Creative Nashville’s National Accounts Manager, Veronica Greene, died Thursday, Sept. 17. She was […]

Mac Davis To Be Honored As BMI Icon

BMI will celebrate the songwriting career of Mac Davis by naming him a BMI Icon at the […]

Kickstarter Restructures As Public Benefit Corporation

Kickstarter has restructured as Kickstarter PBC, a public benefit corporation. In a statement on the […]

RIAA Report: Streaming Revenue Surpasses $1 Billion

RIAA has issued its semi-annual report on U.S. music business sales, shipments and revenues through the first half of the year […]

Artist Updates: Dierks Bentley, Steven Tyler, The Cadillac Three, Darius Rucker

Dierks Bentley commissioned a limited edition “Riser” necklace available now on Dierks.com and at […]

Ashley Monroe To Hit Nashville on ‘The Blade Tour’

Ashley Monroe has announced a multi-city U.S. outing, titled The Blade Tour. Set to begin Oct. 1 in […]

Major Bob Music Inks Deal With Vanderheym

Major Bob Music has signed multi-genre songwriter/producer Alysa Vanderheym to an […]

War Memorial Auditorium Turns 90 Today

The War Memorial Auditorium is celebrating its 90th birthday today. The building was dedicated […]

Eli Young Band Preps For Winter Tour

Valory Music Co Artist Eli Young Band will headline a winter tour presented by Live Nation […]

IEBA Announces 2015 Hall of Fame Inductees and Honorees

IEBA (International Entertainment Buyers Association) has announced its 2015 Hall of Fame […]

Music City Food + Wine Super Sizes Third Year

In its third year, the Music City Food + Wine Festival has grown to sizable proportions […]

[Updated]: Blake Shelton To Perform Free Nashville Concert at WMN’s “Pickin’ On The Patio”

Additional logistics information has been announced for Blake Shelton’s upcoming Pickin’ On The […]

House Judiciary Committee To Host Copyright Roundtable Discussion in Nashville

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.) […]

Carrie Underwood, Cam Performances To Be Streamed Live From Apple Music Festival

Carrie Underwood and Cam are set for performances today (Sept. 21) in London as part of the […]

Weekly Register: Brett Eldredge Debuts at No. 1

Brett Eldredge sings his way to the No. 1 country album spot this week […]

Womack Woos Americana Crowd in Nashville

Lee Ann Womack whisked to the stage of Nashville’s 3rd and Lindsley on Friday night (Sept. 18) […]

Vince Gill And Lyle Lovett To Reunite For 2016 Tour

After a series of successful concerts earlier this year, Vince Gill and Lyle Lovett will reunite […]

LifeNotes: Local Rock ‘n’ Roll Pioneer Richard Williams Passes

Pianist-singer Richard Williams, who co-founded Nashville’s first rock ‘n’ roll band, has died […]

Alabama Releases First Album In 14 Years Today

Alabama released their first studio album in fourteen years today (Sept. 18). The band is in […]

BMI Photos: Loufest Music Festival

Eight BMI bands from areas as far as South Carolina, Texas, New York and Tennessee brought high energy […]

Natalie Maines Inducted Into Hometown Walk of Fame

Natalie Maines was inducted into the West Texas Walk of Fame last night (Sept. 17) in a ceremony […]

Industry Ink: WMBA, Spin Doctors Music Group, Katherine Lepore, ACM

The Nashville Women’s Music Business Association (WMBA) held its September meeting at the American […]

Lauren Alaina Set To Release Self-Titled EP

Mercury Nashville/19/Interscope Records’ Lauren Alaina is set to release her self-titled EP […]

Tucker Beathard Lands Dot Records, Big Machine Music Deals

Dot Records has signed singer-songwriter Tucker Beathard to its artist roster. He has also […]

Diamond Rio Releases Album Today, Celebrates 25th Anniversary

Diamond Rio is releasing their tenth studio album today (Sept. 18). The title track was co-written […]

Bobby Karl Works ‘Eric Church: Inside The Outsider Exhibit’

A man I consider to be a Hall of Fame caliber artist has a new exhibit at the Country Music Hall […]

The Producer’s Chair: Fred Mollin

Legendary producer Fred Mollin appeared on The Producer’s Chair, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015 at […]

Buddy Miller, Jim Lauderdale Welcome Guests To City Winery For SiriusXM Series

Esteemed musicians and colleagues Buddy Miller and Jim Lauderdale will begin a unique concert series […]

LifeNotes: Star Drummer Martin Parker Passes

Widely beloved Nashville drummer Martin Parker died on Sept. 10 in his home community in North […]

Weekly Chart Report (9/18/15)

Maddie & Tae are 2-for-2 with releasing hit records. After their debut, platinum-selling single […]

Carrie Underwood Announces CMT Instant Jam Concert in Atlanta

Carrie Underwood and CMT have announced a free show at the Variety Playhouse in Atlanta […]

5 Things We Learned From Don Henley’s Keynote at the Americana Conference

He sat down for a discussion at the Country Music Hall of Fame with music authority Warren Zanes […]

RIAA, Music Biz Team With Thomas Rhett To “Give the Gift of Music”

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the Music Business Association […]

List Reveals ‘Billboard’ Top Music Power Players for TV

Billboard released its first-ever Top Music Power Players list today (Sept. 17), and many […]

Signings: Absolute Publicity, SESAC, HoriPro

Bison Creek Records artist James Robert Webb has teamed with Absolute Publicity for exclusive […]

No. 1 Party: Keith Urban’s “Raise ‘Em Up”

Music Row execs raised ’em up for Keith Urban last night (Sept. 16) at the Sutler Saloon as he […]

Google Fiber Commits To Satellite Communities in Nashville

Google Fiber has committed to satellite communities in the greater Nashville area. Initial […]

GrassRoots Promotion Launches Imprint, Adds Tomalty

GrassRoots Promotion has added 18-year country and Christian marketing and promotion exec Jill Tomalty […]

Tim McGraw Says ‘Damn Country Music’ On Upcoming Album

Tim McGraw will release a new album, Damn Country Music, Nov. 6 on Big Machine Records […]

Songwriter Roundup: ASCAP, BMI, Cornman Music, Creative Nation

The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) hosted the September […]

Artist Updates: Willie Nelson, Cam, Jana Kramer, Cassadee Pope, Brian Collins

Willie Nelson and Tuatara Capital, L.P. have entered into a partnership to establish Willie’s […]

Bobby Karl Works The Americana Music Awards

The cornucopia of music that was the Americana Music Awards is a memory that will linger far […]