Leadership Music Digital Summit Gets Social

Social Media will be the focus topic of the 2012 Leadership Music Digital Summit, which takes place Wednesday, April 25 […]

CMA’s SRO Touring Awards To Return In 2012

The honors will be presented during Country Music Month in October […]

DISClaimer Single Reviews (3/14/12)

It is undeniable that much of the most creative music being made today is in the Americana genre, and that furthermore much of it comes from Nashville […]

Lady Antebellum Hits Touring Milestone, Launches Prom Contest

Lady Antebellum’s current headlining Own The Night 2012 World Tour stopped at the Target Center in Minneapolis, MN […]

Turntable.fm Signs Licenses With Majors

Social music site Turntable.fm now has licensing agreements in place with all four major labels […]

ACM ZinePak Spotlights Nominees

The 47th Annual ACM Awards Spotlight ‘ZinePak will hit Walmart shelves on March 20 […]

Brad Paisley Adds Virtual Reality Dates

Paisley has announced 43 additional appearances in 2012, with guests The Band Perry, Scotty McCreery and Easton Corbin […]

Church Brings Blood, Sweat & Beers To The Masses

Eric Church has long been a touring favorite, and his recent successes are helping take his live productions to exciting new places […]

Laurel Kittleson Joins Big Machine

The Big Machine Label Group announced Laurel Kittleson as A&R Coordinator […]

HoriPro Inks Two Writers

HoriPro Entertainment Group has signed Michael Gresham and Jill Spencer […]

Hats Across The Row Parade to Benefit Minnie Pearl Foundation

Hats Across the Row will be held Tues., April 17 on Music Row […]

Artist Growth and BMI Partner to Aid Performing Artists

Music management app Artist Growth and BMI have announced a partnership to help musicians […]

Swift Tops “Money Makers” List

See which other country stars made the cut […]

IBMA Announces 2012 Leadership Bluegrass Graduates

The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced the 2012 graduating class of Leadership Bluegras […]

Belmont Students to Experience SXSW For Class Credit

A select group of Belmont University upperclassmen will get a unique opportunity to learn by immersing completely in the hustle of SXSW […]

AMA and Blackberry Farm Partner For Benefit

The Americana Music Association has partnered with Smoky Mountain luxury resort Blackberry Farm […]

Gibson Adds Global EVP

Gibson Guitar Corp. has tapped Bob Weissburg to serve as Global Executive Vice President […]

Twitter Queen Passes 20 Million Followers

It had to happen, eventually. Someone would amass 20 million Twitter followers. […]

Performers Added To ACM Awards Telecast

The list of performers at the 47th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards is growing […]

CMT Relaunches Insider App

CMT’s mobile division, launched in 2006, has introduced an upgraded version of its CMT Insider app […]

CMT and Taylor Guitars Launch Rascal Flatts Contest

CMT and Taylor Guitars have launched a contest to design the official guitar for […]

Carrie Underwood Releases “Good Girl” Video

Carrie Underwood is set to release the video for her latest single [….]

Broken Bow Promotes Tina Crawford

She will oversee creative direction for the label group […]

SoundLand Returns In October

SoundLand 2012, presented by Next Big Nashville, is slated to bring four days and nights of performances to Music City […]

NRA Country/ACM Celebrity Shoot Returns To Vegas

NRA Country and the Academy of Country Music announced that the Second Annual NRA Country/ACM Celebrity Shoot, hosted by ACM Entertainer of the Year nominee Blake Shelton […]

Chesney Makes Donation To Coastal Conservation Association

Funds were raised through sales of the Kenny Chesney Limited Edition Costa Sunglasses available during Chesney’s massive Goin’ Coastal tour in 2011 […]

Photo Friday (3/09/12)

TNA Wrestling’s Cowboy James Storm shoots video with country artists • John Carter introduces the advance screening of Disney’s “John Carter.”

Latocki Team Creative Launches Team Design Labs

Latocki Team Creative has launched its new service […]

AirPlay Direct Promotes Michael Harnett

AirPlay Direct has announced the appointment of Michael Harnett to President […]

SESAC Changes Royalty Distribution Model

SESAC has announced a major change in its royalty distributions […]

Keen, Lovett, and Van Zandt Inducted to TxHSA Hall of Fame

The Texas Heritage Songwriters Association held its 7th Annual Hall of Fame Awards Show March 4 at Austin City Limits Live […]

ASCAP Reports Increased Revenues

Also, ASCAP Nashville christens Music Lounge with performances by Whitney Duncan and Jonathan Singleton […]

CountryBreakout No. 1 Song

In the 45 rpm singles era, the B-side would occasionally eclipse the A-side single in popularity and go on to experience huge success […]

Nashville Artists Joining Summer TV Competitions

Nashville artists are among the celebrity cast members featured on new music competition shows from ABC and the CW […]

Chatterbox Music Closes Offices

Mark Bright’s publishing company, Chatterbox Music, LLC, is closing its administrative office […]

Weekly Chart Report (3/9/2012)

A new No. 1 song and CountryBreakout Chart news […]

Charlie Cook On Air: Playing Currents

I put 800 miles on my car this weekend, travelling a lot during early morning hours when there was only “fix-it” and colon cancer programming on the AM band […]

Sarah Darling’s “Blackbird” Taking Flight

Sarah Darling fans are reacting to her rendition of the Paul McCartney classic “Blackbird” […]

Film-Com To Bring Movie Biz To Music City

Music will figure prominently at the event geared toward members of the film industry […]

Key West Songwriters Festival Expands Lineup

The Better Angels Music Key West Songwriters Festival has announced the addition of several entertainers for its 2012 edition […]

Artists Added To CMA Music Fest Evening Concerts

The evening concerts will run from Thursday through Sunday, June 7-10 […]

Warner Music Nashville, Mayor, Metro Schools Align For Student-Run Label

Nashville’s Pearl-Cohn Entertainment Magnet High School received some exciting news this morning (3/8) during a student body gathering […]

First Performers Announced For ACM Awards

The initial round of performers on the 47th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards will include […]

Tin Pan South Schedule Posted, Passes On Sale

The 20th Annual Tin Pan South passes, venues and performers are available […]

ACM Experience Is Latest Addition To The Week Vegas Goes Country

As the April 1 ACM Awards draw near, the Academy of Country Music continues to up the ante for county fans […]

Trisha Yearwood Officially Announces Food Network Show

Trisha Yearwood and the Food Network have released official details for the new daytime series […]

Sawyer Brown’s Miller Producing First Film

Sawyer Brown lead singer and Beach Street Records founder Mark A. Miller is working on his first feature film […]

McCreery Covers McGraw Song for “Idol”

American Idol Season 10 winner and platinum-selling artist Scotty McCreery has been chosen to perform the “goodbye” song for […]

Signings: Southern Crossroads, Big Ride, and More

Southern Crossroads signs two new writers • Big Ride adds Craig Wayne Boyd • New booking agreement for Danni Leigh • Dave Russell signs with Cupit

Benefit News (3/07/12)

Exile and Wade Hayes at the Stars Go Blue Benefit • Music City Tennis Invitational hosts songwriters at the Bluebird Cafe