Industry Ink: Jim Asker to ‘Billboard,’ Villain Place, InDo, Word, PLA Media, Kore PR

Jim Asker has been named Chart Manager for Billboard’s Country, Christian, and Gospel charts. Asker […]

Fletcher Foster Elected To Songwriters Hall of Fame Board

The Songwriters Hall of Fame in New York has elected a new Board of Directors. Linda Moran was re-elected as President […]

MusicRowPics: 2015 ‘MusicRow’ Awards At ASCAP

The 27th annual MusicRow Awards were presented yesterday (June 23) during a ceremony at ASCAP’s Nashville offices […]

Bobby Karl Works The ‘MusicRow’ Awards

This year’s MusicRow Awards party had exceptional hospitality, a happy vibe and, most of all, a pervasive feeling of […]

BMI Honors Christian Music’s Best at Annual Awards Ceremony

Chris Stevens was one of the big winners last night at BMI’s 2015 Christian Awards at the PRO’s Nashville […]

On The Cover: Michael Carter (June/July 2015)

Michael Carter is one of Nashville’s hottest producer/songwriters today. With 27 cuts to date by artists such as Chris Young, Craig Campbell, and […]

Winners Revealed For 27th Annual ‘MusicRow’ Awards

The 27th annual MusicRow Awards were presented June 23 during a ceremony at ASCAP’s Nashville offices […]

IEBA Announces Agenda And Keynote Speaker For 2015 Conference

The International Entertainment Buyers Association (IEBA) has revealed the agenda for the 45th […]

Downtown Music Publishing Signs Sturgill Simpson

Downtown Music Publishing has signed a worldwide publishing agreement with Grammy nominated singer-songwriter […]

Stars Lend A Hand at ACM Lifting Lives Camp

ACM Lifting Lives Music Camp is in session this week in Nashville, with campers from across the country participating in a week […]

Artist Pics: Canaan Smith Goes Gold, Nathan Chapman at Opry, Erica Nicole Day

Mercury Nashville’s Canaan Smith played to a sold-out crowd of 2,500 last night (June 22) in his hometown of Williamsburg, Va. […]

Ryman Hosts Free Community Appreciation Day This Sunday

Tennessee residents will get a free, up-close look at the newly-renovated Ryman Auditorium this Sunday […]

Luke Bryan’s ‘Kick The Dust Up’ Tour Continues To Sell Out Stadiums

Luke Bryan recently brought the “Kick The Dust Up” tour to TCF Stadium in Minneapolis, MN. […]

‘CBS Sunday Morning’ Highlights Little Big Town

Little Big Town was the subject of a profile airing Sunday (June 21) on the award-winning news show […]

Kacey Musgraves Launches Album, Announces Tour

Kacey Musgraves’ highly-touted sophomore release Pageant Material hits retailers today, and she’s celebrating […]

Kelsea Ballerini Celebrates No. 1 Debut, Receives ‘MusicRow’ Challenge Coin

Black River Entertainment recording artist Kelsea Ballerini is celebrating her first No. 1, with debut single […]

TV Personality Larry Black Hospitalized After ATV Accident

Larry Black host of RFD-TV’s Larry’s Country Diner, and creator/producer of Country’s Family Reunion was in a […]

Sam Hunt Teams With Bose For ‘House Party’ Contest

MCA Nashville’s Sam Hunt has announced the House Party Promotion powered by Bose. The contest runs through […]

Music Health Alliance Announces Board Of Directors

The 2015-2016 Music Health Alliance Board of Directors has been revealed. Tatum Allsep, Founder and Executive Director […]

Crazy Pitches Hosts ‘Dress Up For St. Jude’ Fundraiser

The Crazy Pitches songplugging group is launching its first “Dress Up For St. Jude” event Sept. 10 […]

Katie Dean Fills MCA Promo VP Role

Katie Dean has been named VP Promotion for MCA Records Nashville, replacing Van Haze […]

Marty Dodson Extends Deal with ole

Marty Dodson has extended his publishing agreement with ole. Dodson signed with the company […]

Apple Swiftly Reverses Decision to Withhold Royalties

Give Taylor Swift less than 500-words and about 16-hours and she will persuade the world’s […]

Joey Martin Feek Fighting Stage Four Cancer

Joey Martin Feek, of the country duo Joey and Rory, has had a recurrence of cancer […]

Artist Pics: Chesney, Brooks & Yearwood, Paisley & Underwood, Sheryl Crow With Time Jumpers

Kenny Chesney made a triumphant return to Green Bay’s Lambeau Field Saturday (June 20) […]

Van Haze Exits MCA, Joins Red Light

Van Haze exited his post as VP of Promotion for MCA Nashville last week and is joining […]

Creative Nation Signs Lori McKenna for Publishing, Management

Hit songwriter and critically acclaimed artist Lori McKenna has signed a publishing and […]

Third Annual ASCAP Presents at CMA Music Festival

ASCAP presented a bevy of hit songwriters and emerging songwriter-artists at the 2015 […]

Condolences To Fount Lynch And Family

Sincere condolences to Sony Music Nashville VP Media Fount Lynch and his wife Krystal […]

Josh Turner And Al Roker Fulfill A Father’s Musical Dream

MCA Nashville’s Josh Turner and NBC’s Today Show helped Tennessee father Lewis Lusk fulfill […]

Benefit News: ACM Lifting Lives, Music City Tennis Invitational

ACM Lifting Lives Music Camp is in session this week in Nashville, Tenn. […]

Song Suffragettes Showcase Celebrates First Anniversary

Song Suffragettes celebrated its first anniversary Monday, June 15 with a sold out show […]

Bluegrass Blog: World of Bluegrass, SteelDrivers, Steep Canyon Rangers

Details are shaping up for the IBMA’s World of Bluegrass 2015 event, set for Sept. 29 to Oct. 3 […]

Spirit Music Group Acquires Catalog of Christian Songwriter Jason Ingram

Spirit Music Group has acquired a portion of the publishing catalog of top Nashville-Christian […]

Songwriters Hall of Fame Inducts Bobby Braddock, Toby Keith In New York

The 2015 Songwriters Hall of Fame 46th Annual Induction and Awards Dinner was a sparkling success […]

RaeLynn Cameos On Disney Channel This Sunday

Raelynn makes a cameo appearance on the Disney Channel’s series I Didn’t Do Itthis Sunday (June 21). […]

Producer’s Chair: Noah Gordon

Noah Gordon appeared on The Producer’s Chair on Thursday, June 25, 2015 at Douglas Corner at 6 p.m. […]

Weekly Chart Report (6/19/15)

Brantley Gilbert’s latest album, Just Who I Am, has now provided three consecutive No. 1 songs […]

LifeNotes: Nashville Edition Founder Delores Dinning

Prolific Music City session singer Delores Dinning Edgin passed away on Wednesday, June 17 […]

Industry Signings: Tanya Tucker, Shane Hines, Kristen Kelly

Tanya Tucker has signed with Danny Nozell’s CTK Management, which will oversee all business aspects of her career […]

‘Moonshine: That Hee Haw Musical’ Names Cast For September Premiere In Dallas

Producers Opry Entertainment (Steve Buchanan, Sally Williams) and Fox Theatricals (Kristin Caskey, Mike Isaacson) […]

Country Music Hall Of Fame Exhibits Honor Trisha Yearwood, Sam Phillips

The girl who used to give tours at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum will now have her own […]

NMPA Annual Meeting: New Board Elected, Bob Corker Honored

The National Music Publishers’ Association held its annual meeting in New York City at the Marriott Marquis […]

Indie Labels Aren’t Keen on Apple Music

Some indie labels including Beggars Group (Adele, Thom Yorke) haven’t reached an agreement with Apple Music […]

LifeNotes: King of the Party Pat Patrick Passes

Pat Patrick left his mark on the music business as a studio owner, record producer, jingle writer, song publisher […]

Dixie Chicks Return to Road for European Tour

The Dixie Chicks are launching a European tour next year that will hit six venues in Amsterdam, the […]

The Cadillac Three’s Debut: A ‘White Lightning’ Experience

Big Machine’s The Cadillac Three debuted the video for “White Lightning” this week at Nashville’s […]

Warner/Chappell Signs Lady Antebellum

Warner/Chappell Music announced today that it has signed a worldwide publishing agreement with Grammy Award-winning […]

NASH TV Coming To Smart TVs, Apple TV, Roku, Chromecast

Cumulus Media is expanding NASH TV through a partnership with Qello Concerts, the worldwide leader in streaming […]

Dolly Parton Plans First Nashville Concert in More Than A Decade

Dolly Parton will perform a benefit concert on July 31 for the Dustin Wells Foundation to benefit the […]