Lonestar Reunites For New Music and 2012 Tour

The original members of Lonestar have reunited with frontman Richie McDonald for […]

Photo Spread: Joe Walsh and Friends, Dustin Lynch, Casey James

CMT Crossroads: Joe Walsh & Friends • Dustin Lynch Visits CMA • Casey James Performs For CRB Board

Booker T., Richard Thompson to be Honored By Americana Music Association

The Americana Music Association will present Booker T. Jones and Richard Thompson with Lifetime Achievement Awards at its 11th Annual Honors and Awards ceremony […]

Karaoke Industry Leaders Meet Today (6/22) in Nashville

The Karaoke Cloud Music City Summit 2012 – The End Of The Age Of Plastic meets today (6/20) […]

Weekly Chart Report (6/21/2012)

Call the po-po, it’s Dierks Bentley’s “5-1-5-0” taking over the CountryBreakout Chart’s No. 1 spot after 13 weeks of reports […]

GRAMMY Camp In Nashville This Week

The interactive residential experience focusing on commercial music was held at Black River Entertainment […]

Charlie Cook On Air: New Acts

I was having a conversation with a friend the other day. He listens to Country Music Radio about a third of the time, and listens to CHR and Talk Radio the other times […]

No. 1 Party: Jake Owen’s “Alone With You”

RCA’s Jake Owen and songwriters, JT Harding, Catt Gravitt and Shane McAnally celebrated their recent No. 1 chart-topper […]

Dave Berg Inks New Publishing Agreement

Singer/Songwriter Dave Berg has signed a worldwide co-publishing agreement with Los Angeles and New York-based Downtown Music Publishing […]

Church’s “Chief” Certified Platinum

Eric Church’s album Chief has been certified Platinum by the RIAA. Chief, released in July 2011, debuted at […]

BMLG Adds Canadian Marketing Manager

The Big Machine Label Group and Universal Music Canada have announced the addition of Sherry Sinclaire as Marketing Manager […]

ACM Lifting Lives Camp In Nashville This Week

Campers from around the country come for music enrichment through performance and education […]

MusicRowPics: 2012 MusicRow Awards

MusicRow presented its 24th annual MusicRow Awards yesterday (6/20) in front of a packed house at BMI […]

Angaleena Presley Enters EMI, Ten Ten Partnership

EMI Music Publishing has signed a long-term worldwide publishing agreement with singer, songwriter Angaleena Presley […]

Industry Ink (6/21/12)

Schlitz signs with Sea Gayle • Third Coast promotes Debbie Moore • Grascals ink new booking deal • The Label names PR team • KY Country Music Road Contest winner • Cassidy departs DSR Entertainment • Willis Launches Volt Music Group

Bobby Karl Works The MusicRow Awards

Nothing can compare to the feelings that come when you receive applause from your community, your peers. The magazine’s 24th annual presentation of its accolades took place at BMI […]

SESAC Announces Nashville Awards Date

SESAC will kick off CMA Awards Week 2012 by honoring the top songwriters and publishers in Country and Americana at the 2012 SESAC Nashville Music Awards […]

Donna Hilley Passes

MusicRow extends its condolences to family and friends of former Sony/ATV Nashville President and CEO Donna Hilley […]

Wynonna Weds and More Lifenotes

Plus baby news from Joe Nichols, Ken Madson, and Kai Griffin […]

Performers, New Location Named For Music City July 4

The Nashville Convention & Visitors Bureau has announced […]

Stella Parton to be Featured in Documentary

Entertainer and author Stella Parton’s inspirational memoir, Tell It Sister, Tell It, which chronicles pieces of her […]

Bluegrass Nights at the Ryman Begins June 21

Starting tomorrow (6/21), the Ryman will host a six-week series, Spinger Mountain Farms Bluegrass Nights at the Ryman. Each Thursday night show will start […]

World Famous Headliners Plan Debut Album

Group also includes Shawn Camp, Pat McLaughlin, Michael Rhodes, and Greg Morrow […]

Gaylord Says Opryland Explosion Mechanical In Nature

Gaylord Entertainment Co. has given an update on the explosion that happened at Gaylord Opryland Hotel last night (6/19) […]

Weekly Register: TEAs Troubling For Physical/Digital Transactions

As our colorful graph (and the purple bars) show, country’s TEA has been sliding slowly all year—until now. All genre TEA (golden bars) started edging up slowly last month, and continues to expand this month as well. So what does that tell us? To sum it up it says, the sales relationship between albums and digital singles is remaining constant, but let’s look a bit deeper.

DISClaimer Single Reviews (6/20/12)

Why isn’t country music making more female stars? […]

Chesney Shares Fishbowl With Fans

Welcome to Kenny Chesney’s fishbowl. The superstar is letting fans behind the curtain on his latest album, marking the release tonight with a live-streaming beach concert and Saturday’s party at LP Field with Tim McGraw […]

Journalist Chris Neal Passes

MusicRow sends its condolences out to friends and family of music journalist Chris Neal […]

BMI Presents Christian Music Awards

BMI celebrated the songwriters and music publishers behind the past year’s most-performed songs in Christian music […]

Chely Wright Releases Documentary

After receiving Nashville Film Festival’s Audience Award, Chely Wright’s Wish Me Away documentary is currently available […]

Guitarist Dave Stewart to Debut Documentary at Belcourt Theatre

The upcoming documentary The Blackbird Diaries and the Ringmaster General was shot in Nashville during recording sessions at Blackbird Studios […]

UMG, NMPA Deal Covers Videos on YouTube, Vevo

It is the first agreement with a major label to pay songwriters and publishers for music video plays […]

Pistol Annies Welcome Fans to The Henhouse

New online community allows fans to share inspirations and browse discoveries of other fans […]

UMG/EMI Merger Path Lined With Hurdles

Universal Music Group still has a few hurdles to clear before it can purchase EMI’s recorded music division […]

Willie Nelson to Host Celebrity Golf Tournament

Willie Nelson will host his First Annual Celebrity Golf Tournament at Pedernales Cut N Putt Golf Club on June 30 […]

Blogs Set Off Facebook Frenzy

A blog post about the importance of paying for music is the hottest topic on Facebook among members of the Nashville music community—proof that the fight for compensation is a passionate as ever […]

Lady A Sells Out Australian Shows

Friday afternoon (6/15), Lady Antebellum officially sold out its Australian Own The Night 2012 World Tour dates in […]

Tuesday Snapshots (6/19/12)

Gwen Sebastian makes her Opry debut • Hall of Fame honors Jimmy Capps • BMI showcases new talent at Two Old Hippies

“Ronnie Milsap’s Country Cut” Contest Announced

Aspiring songwriters will have the chance to compete to have one of their songs recorded by Milsap for an upcoming album due in fall 2012 […]

Laying A Legend To Rest

Frances Williams Preston departed the community she nurtured with the same grace and class she displayed when she was living in it […]

Leadership Music Names Class of 2013

Leadership Music has announced the class of 2013 which include the following participants […]

SoundExchange Crosses $1 Billion Payment Threshold

Q1 2012 marks the first time the organization has distributed over $100 million in a given quarter […]

Robinson Joins rpmentertainment Promotion Staff

pmentertainment’s VP of Promotion Jack Christopher has announced the hiring of Will Robinson as Director of Midwest Promotion […]

Easton Corbin Plans Sophomore Album Release

Mercury Records recording artist Easton Corbin will release his second album All Over The Road […]

Sophie Shines Benefit Concert, More Charity News

Plus events led by Craig Morgan, Tim McGraw, Steel Magnolia, Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson […]

Academy of Country Music Promotes Three, Hires One

The Academy of Country Music has announced a round of promotions and one new hire, as well as a reorganization and renaming of three departments […]

Nail Covers Adele on VEVO

David Nail, who has been warming up before his shows with Adele’s “Someone Like You,” has performed the song acoustically […]

Industry Pics: AIMP, Lambert, ACM

AIMP Power Lunch • Lambert Celebrates 1 Million Twitter Followers • Claudia Lee Visits ACM […]

BamaJam Brings Out the Fans

Festival season is in full swing, and thousands of country music fans flocked to Enterprise, Alabama over the weekend for BamaJam 2012 […]

Don Williams Album Coming Tomorrow

Exclusive premiere today on WSM-AM […]