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 […]

Girlilla Marketing Hires Emily Cohen As Account Director

Emily Cohen has joined Girlilla Marketing as an account director, building creative campaigns for the […]

Writers Spotlight: ASCAP at Sundance, Writer’s Den Music Group

ASCAP has announced its event lineup for the 2016 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. […]

iHeartMedia Expands To Mobile, Auto Dashes Across Canada

Today (Jan. 6), iHeartMedia announced an exclusive partnership with Bell Media—Canada’s […]

Songwriter Matt Warren Joins BMI

BMI has signed songwriter Matt Warren, who stopped by the Nashville office to sign as part of […]

Southern Ground CEO Rob Parker Exits

Rob Parker has stepped down from his role as Southern Ground president and CEO. As the CEO of […]

Kobalt Appoints Ron Cerrito To Lead Label Services Division

Ron Cerrito has joined Kobalt as General Manager, Kobalt Label Services, U.S. Cerrito will be […]

Taylor Lindsey Promoted at Sony Music Nashville

Taylor Lindsey has been promoted to Senior Director, A&R, at Sony Music Nashville. Most recently […]

BMLG’s Erik Powell Promoted to National Director of Radio Promotion

Big Machine Label Group has promoted Erik Powell to National Director of Radio Promotion for the […]

Exclusive: Songwriter Marc Beeson Reflects on 25 Years in Nashville

Marc Beeson remembers a different kind of traffic jam when he moved from Los Angeles to Nashville in 1990. […]

The Peach Pickers Announce Annual ‘Georgia On My Mind’ Benefit Concert

The song-writing trio known as The Peach Pickers (Dallas Davidson, Ben Hayslip, Rhett Akins) will once again […]

A2IM Names New CEO

The American Association of Independent Music (A2IM), has named Richard James Burgess as its […]

Country Radio Hall of Fame Class of 2016 Revealed

The 2016 class of Country Radio Hall of Fame inductees has been revealed. Among those included are […]

Coming Soon: ‘MusicRow’ Country Radio Meet & Greet and CountryBreakout Awards

MusicRow magazine has begun accepting RSVPs for its invitation-only Country Radio Meet & Greet and […]

Artist Updates: Brad Paisley, Sam Hunt, Craig Morgan

Brad Paisley made a surprise appearance on the Grand Ole Opry on Saturday night (Jan. 2) in honor of […]

Industry Ink: Country Radio Seminar, Merch Cat, Crowd Surf, Vices Verses Music

Country Radio Seminar has extended the deadline to receive a $100 discount on CRS 2016 […]

Dave Cobb, Warner/Chappell Enter Publishing Agreement

Warner/Chappell Music has signed a worldwide publishing agreement with songwriter and producer […]

Nashville Songwriting Exhibit Opens in Music City Center

The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (NaSHOF) has opened a new exhibit in its gallery located in […]

Juanita Copeland Named President, Partner at Sound Emporium

Juanita Copeland has been promoted to President/General Manager and named to Partner […]

Backroad Anthem Singer Craig Strickland Found Dead

According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, the body of Backroad Anthem singer Craig Strickland […]

Bobby Braddock Adds Original Demos To His Website

Songwriter Bobby Braddock has posted 48 of his original demos to his website in conjunction with […]

Nashville’s Johnny Cash Museum Set To Expand

The Johnny Cash Museum is set to expand its location at 119 3rd Avenue South in Nashville, with […]

Music Health Alliance To Offer Health Insurance Seminars

Music Health Alliance, the music industry’s non-profit healthcare advocate, is offering a series of free seminars […]

Mark Your Calendar — January 2016

Radio Single Add Dates • Album Release Dates • Industry Events for Nashville and beyond […]

LifeNotes: Marion James, Nashville’s Queen Of The Blues, Passes Away

Music City has lost one of its R&B mainstays with the death of singer, songwriter and […]

Rewind: 2015 ‘MusicRow’ Events

MusicRow looks back on its events from 2015, including the MusicRow CountryBreakout Awards during […]

Rewind: 2015 ‘MusicRow’ CountryBreakout Chart No. 1s

Since 2002, the MusicRow CountryBreakout Chart has crowned No. 1 songs in the country radio marketplace […]

The Beatles Catalog To Stream Starting Dec. 24

The Beatles catalog will be added to nine worldwide music streaming services as of 12:01 a.m. […]

Brantley Gilbert Teams With Toys For Tots, Bendon For $10.5M Donation

Brantley Gilbert has aligned with Marine Toys for Tots Foundation, as well as children’s […]