LifeNotes: Former Industry Executive Claudia Mize Dies

Longtime industry executive Claudia Mize, 61, died Jan. 3 in Nashville. Mize was a former […]

Warner/Chappell Music Extends Agreement with Songwriter Michael Dulaney

Warner/Chappell Music extended a long term co-publishing agreement with hit songwriter […]

Weekly Chart Report (1/9/15)

Luke Bryan, jumping from No. 6 to No. 1 only took a year. Well, not really. It’s now 2015 […]

Streamsound Inks Deal with RED Distribution

Streamsound Records’ President/CEO Steve Richardson has signed a multi-year distribution deal […]

Bonnaroo To Let Fans Unlock Performer Lineup for 2015

Bonnaroo’s promoters are letting fans in on the process of announcing the festival’s 2015 […]

BMG Chrysalis, Amylase Entertainment Add Songwriter Joel Shewmake

BMG Chrysalis and Amylase Entertainment have entered into a publishing agreement with […]

Andraé Crouch Dead at 72

American gospel singer Andraé Crouch has died. The Grammy and Dove Award winner passed away on […]

In Pictures: Honoring “Little” Jimmy Dickens

Fans, friends, family and industry members gathered earlier today (Jan. 8) at the Grand Ole Opry […]

The A Team: RCA Studio A Saviors Named ‘Nashvillians of the Year’

The National Trust for Historic Preservation and the Music Industry Coalition will share […]

ACM Lifting Lives Announces Additional 2015 Club Shows

ACM Lifting Lives has announced additional dates for the ACM Lifting Lives Club Shows […]

Ray Scott Adds Crews, Brainard To Team

Country recording artist Ray Scott (deciBel Nashville) has added new alliances in management, […]

Martina McBride To Join Gladys Knight, Estelle on ‘Skyville Live’

Gladys Knight, Martina McBride and Estelle will join forces to perform on new music […]

Deezer Acquires Muve Music

Deezer has acquired Cricket’s music service Muve Music, allowing the French on-demand audio […]

Industry Ink: Sunset Grill’s Swan Song, Average Joes Staff Change, CRS, Blue Barrel Records

As previously reported, after 24 years of service to the Nashville community and a favorite hang […]

‘MusicRow’ Reveals Marketplace Listing Service

MusicRow is proud to announce the creation of the MusicRow Marketplace, a listing service for […]

Kobalt Music Publishing Inks New Deal with Shane McAnally

Kobalt Music Publishing has welcomed ACM Songwriter of the Year 2014 Shane McAnally back to […]

Big Machine Records Signs Waterloo Revival

Big Machine Records is set to release new music from duo Waterloo Revival. The duo’s debut single […]

Weekly Register: 2015 Starts With Sales Slump

Album sales took a deep dive between the last week of 2014 and the first week of 2015 […]

Underwood, Hayes, Lady Antebellum Win at People’s Choice Awards

Carrie Underwood, Lady Antebellum, Hunter Hayes, and Taylor Swift were among the top winners at […]

Artist Pics: Tyler Farr, Josh Abbott Band, WME

Tyler Farr performed this past Saturday (Jan. 3) during halftime of the NFL Wild Card Game […]

McGraw, Hill Offload Leiper’s Fork Farmland For $3 Million

Tim McGraw and Faith Hill have sold 131 acres of farmland in Nashville’s Leiper’s Fork area to […]

Gigabit Technology Coming To Nashville?

More news rolls out of Las Vegas’ CES convention, this time concerning Comcast’s Internet […]

John Oates Taps Brett Eldredge, Ashley Monroe For TJ Martell Benefit

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member John Oates will lead a benefit for the T.J. Martell Foundation […]

Gretchen Peters To Be Honored at CMHoF ‘Poets and Prophets’ Series

Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame member Gretchen Peters will offer stories and songs during […]

Atlanta’s Shaky Boots Festival To Debut With Star-Packed Lineup

The inaugural Shaky Boots Festival in Atlanta has announced the line up for […]

Industry Ink: Bonnaroo, ASCAP, Debbie Z Entertainment, paNASH Style

The Bonnaroo Works Fund (BWF), the charitable arm of the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, is […]

Music Business Association To Honor Scott Borchetta

Big Machine Label Group president and CEO Scott Borchetta will be honored with the Music Business […]

McCormack To Exit BMLG

Big Machine Label Group Director/Promotion Strategy Mandy McCormack will be leaving the […]

CRS Registration Rate To Increase On January 13

The deadline to purchase the $499 regular rate for the 2015 Country Radio Seminar (CRS) is […]

DISClaimer: Female Voices Make A Strong Showing in 2015

This past one was terrible for women in country music, so I am pleased to report that in the […]

Nashvillians On ‘Forbes’ 30 Under 30 List

Three artists with strong Nashville ties earned spots on Forbes’ new 30 Under 30 in Music […]

Blake Shelton To Host, Perform on ‘Saturday Night Live’

Blake Shelton already knows how to charm a television audience through his work as a coach on […]

Artist Updates: Reba, Toby Keith, Chris Young

Reba McEntire, who recently signed to the NASH Icon label, has released her latest single, “Going Out […]

Lady Antebellum Reveals ‘Wheels Up 2015 Tour’

Lady Antebellum surprised fans with a big touring announcement during their appearance on […]

Chase Bryant Renews Publishing Deal

BMG Chrysalis and Still Working Music have renewed their publishing agreement with Red Bow artist […]

Nashville Entrepreneur Center Names Eight Finalists For ‘Project Music’

Nashville’s Entrepreneur Center has revealed the eight companies accepted as finalists into […]

Webster Public Relations Adds Two Publicists

Webster Public Relations has hired former Essential Broadcast Media publicist Amanda French Clark and […]

More Developments Coming To Midtown, Hillsboro Village

A new development consisting of a hotel, and residential and retail space is in the works […]

Google Reveals Wireless Home Audio Streaming

Google has revealed Google Cast for audio, which will embed the same technology behind its […]

Kenny Rogers To Reunite With First Edition For Nashville Q&A Event

Kenny Rogers and the original members of First Edition will participate in a panel […]

LifeNotes: Former Elvis Presley Band Leader Joe Guercio Dies

Joe Guercio, former band leader and conductor for Elvis Presley, died Sunday, Jan. 4 in […]

What Are Apple’s Plans for 2015?

According to MacRumors, Apple is set to not only release the Apple Watch in 2015, but to roll out […]

Christian Music Streaming Service, The Overflow, Debuts

The first unlimited Christian Music streaming subscription service launched today (Jan. 5) […]

Nashville’s Big 98 Brings Tige & Daniel to Afternoons

Nashville’s The Big 98 WSIX has announced that Tige & Daniel will take over the afternoon […]

Industry Ink: ASCAP, Sony Music Nashville, CRS, Gilda’s Club Nashville

ASCAP songwriter, producer and artist Dave Berg will participate in the ASCAP Songwriter […]

BMG Chrysalis Signs Andrew DeRoberts

BMG Chrysalis has signed songwriter/producer Andrew DeRoberts to its roster. Based in Nashville […]

UMG Begins 2015 Goals, Forms Global Data Alliance

Universal Music Group (UMG) has formed the Global Music Data Alliance with global […]

Bloodshot Records Celebrates 20 Years With Nashville Event

To commemorate the label’s 20th anniversary, Chicago’s Bloodshot Records is taking […]

Nielsen 2014 Data: On-Demand Streams Exceeded 164 Billion Songs

While 2014 saw overall album sales shrink 11 percent from 289.4 million in 2013 to 257 million […]

Interviewing With Tri Star’s Lou Taylor? Only The Confident Need Apply

Owner and CEO of Tri Star Sports and Entertainment Group Lou Taylor sets the bar high when hiring […]