Industry Ink (9-17-13)

Easton Corbin scores Gold certification • Still Working Music/BMG signing • YEP Mixer

Nashville Songwriters To Head South For Pensacola Festival

Slated to run from Oct. 1 through Oct. 6, the lineup features numerous songwriters, including Ed Beaver, Sandy Carroll, […]

T Bone Burnett To Receive Maestro Award

Burnett is being honored for his work as a songwriter and producer on projects like […]

MusicRowPics: North 40

Country duo North 40 visited MusicRow‘s offices on Friday (Sept. 13) to preview songs from […]

Industry Ink (9-16-13)

Mallary Hope Signs, Music City Roots Airs, Leadership Music Summit Wraps, SOLID new member party […]

The Recording Academy Extends Portnow's Contract Through 2019

The Board of Trustees of The Recording Academy has extended President/CEO Neil Portnow’s contract through 2019. During […]

Hit Writers Perform To Raise Funds For WaterHope

Brandy Clark, Matt Jenkins, Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne, Matt Ramsey, Jimmy Robbins, and Trevor Rosen performed […]

Universal Music Group Nashville Adds Katie McCartney

McCartney, a Kansas native and MTSU graduate, joins UMG Nashville with expansive record label […]

CRS Announces 2013 “CRS Battle of the Bands” Lineup

For the second year in a row, representatives from labels and other music affiliated companies […]

Skates On The Case: Shelton's Ten Times Crazier Tour

Almost a year since Blake Shelton received CMA Entertainer of the Year honors at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, he returned to the stage […]

Legendary “Tennessee Waltz” Makes News Again

U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander donated the priceless original manuscript of “The Tennessee Waltz” to the University of […]

George Strait, Blake Shelton, Miranda Lambert, More Added To George Jones Tribute

Eric Church, Reba McEntire, and Alabama have also signed on to perform at Nov. 22 show […]

CBS Radio, BBR Music Group Bring Fans Seven Shows In Seven Days

Artists slated to take part include Jason Aldean, Thompson Square, Joe Nichols, Randy Houser, Dustin Lynch […]

Cumulus Media Partners With Rdio

Cumulus Media Inc. has announced a partnership with digital music service Rdio. In exchange for a significant […]

Artist Updates (9-16-13)

Tim McGraw working on new project with George Clooney • Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton debut new video • Sarah Darling on The Better Show […]

MusicRowPics: Striking Matches

New duo Striking Matches, formed by Sarah Zimmerman and Justin Davis, visited the MusicRow offices […]

Industry Ink (9-13-13)

Flynnville Train signs with Trisha Walker International • TKO Artist Management ups Gallo • National Association of Music Education […]

Founder and Director Emeritus of Dolby Laboratories Dies at Age 80

Dr. Ray Dolby, American inventor of groundbreaking audio technologies, died Sept. 12 at his home in […]

19th Annual Key West Songwriters Festival Dates Revealed

The 18th annual Key West Songwriters Festival in May of 2013 welcomed more than 15,000 fans total […]

'MusicRow' No. 1 Song

McGraw’s “Southern Girl” claims the No. 1 spot on the MusicRow Chart this week from Big Machine […]

Sheryl Crow Celebrates New Album At Her Farm in Nashville

Sheryl Crow and Southern Living welcomed a group of friends to her farm in Nashville on Sept. 5 […]

NMPA Takes New Pandora Head To Task In Open Letter

Pleads with new exec to reexamine company’s treatment/pay scale for writers and publishers […]

Nashville Songwriters To Host Benefit Show For WaterHope

Tonight (Sept. 13), Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne, Trevor Rosen, Jimmy Robbins and more will gather […]

Weekly Chart Report (9/13/13)

After spending 12 weeks on the chart, Tim McGraw’s “Southern Girl” heads north, taking the […]

Charlie Cook On Air: I Wanna Talk About Me

Where is your radio station, or your recording career, in all of this? Are you relevant? Are […]

IEBA's 43rd Annual Conference Set For October

50 live performances will take place on stages over four days at the conference […]

Jason Aldean To Release Concert Film

Jason Aldean’s Night Train Tour has garnered plentiful media buzz throughout the past year, playing stadiums […]

Lambert, Musgraves, Clark, McAnally Celebrate No. 1

It was a star-studded event in Nashville yesterday (Sept. 11) as Brandy Clark, Kacey Musgraves and Shane McAnally were feted […]

Artist Updates (9-12-13)

Thompson Square • Joey+Rory and Heidi Feek • Chris Young […]

CRS Appoints Senior Director Post

Executive Director Bill Mayne appointed the Sr. Director of Brand Marketing and Strategic Partnerships […]

Taryn Pray Launches Publicity Company

Publicist Taryn Pray has left her post as Director, Media Marketing at Universal Music Group to […]

Leigh Parr Joins UMG Nashville As Director, Media Marketing

UMG Nashville announces today that Leigh Parr has joined the Media Marketing […]

Candlelight Vigil Commemorates 10-Year Anniversary of Cash's Death

Ten years ago today the world of country music lost an icon when Johnny Cash passed away at age 71 in […]

Dolly Parton Surprised With $50,000 Donation To Dr. Robert F. Thomas Foundation

Dolly Parton was recently surprised with a check for $50,000 by Dr. Robert F. Thomas Foundation […]

Major Labels Sue Sirius XM Over Pre-1972 Recordings

The suit is the third major complaint filed against Sirius XM in recent weeks. The band […]

Pandora Names Brian McAndrews CEO, President and Chairman

Pandora’s Board of Directors has appointed Brian McAndrews to succeed […]

Warner Music Group and Clear Channel Form Strategic Partnership

WMG to share in revenue from all platforms through partnership […]

Leadership Music Holds Annual Music Summit

Members of the music industry convened yesterday, September 10, for Leadership Music’s lightly packed annual Music Summit […]

Weekly Register: Luke Bryan, Florida Georgia Line

The top Country album title in this week’s Top 200 rankings remains Luke […]

ACM Announces Returning Hosts for 2014 Awards Show

The good ol’ boys will be back for next year’s ACM Awards. Shelton co-hosted the awards beginning in 2011 and in 2012 […]

Warner Music Nashville Promotes Holley To Sr. VP Post

In this position, Holley will continue to manage all aspects of the company’s digital marketing, direct-to-fan, […]

Industry Ink (9-11-13)

Sea Gayle Music signs Ryan • Nashville songwriters honor the late John Jarrard • “Mama Jan” Smith on music reality competition • 650 AM WSM teams with Larry Gatlin for radio show […]

MusicRow Exclusive: 101 Ranch Records Launches, Appoints Doug Howard as President

101 Ranch Records has announced its official label launch, including the appointment of […]

Bobby Karl Works The Room: ACM Honors

Whether you went for the sounds or for the star-gazing, you were well rewarded at the 7th Annual […]

Stephen Stills Joins Americana Awards Show Lineup

Old Crow Medicine Show, Dr. John, Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell and Duane Eddy also on tap to perform […]

DISClaimer: A Song That Shakes You

The Disc of the Day prize goes to the always reliable Dierks Bentley. The DisCovery Award belongs to […]

Laura Bell Bundy And Bobby Bones Host Marathon Dance For Haiti

Laura Bell Bundy has partnered with nationally syndicated radio host Bobby Bones […]

Toby Keith's Oklahoma Twister Relief Concert Raises $2 Million

More than 60,000 fans took part in raising approximately $2 million during the United Way of […]

Industry Photos (10-10-13)

SOLID helps Notes for Notes • Owen Bradley Music Festival • Luke and Beth Laird welcome son Jake

2013 'MusicRow' Award Winners Cash In During CMA Noms

Musgraves not only swept the MusicRow’s Awards but received more nominations on the CMA ballot […]