Rusty Gaston Receives Milestone Award from Belmont and ASCAP

Belmont’s Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business and industry partner ASCAP celebrated Belmont’s connection to Music Row […]

New Biography Tells The Story of Marty Robbins

The life of country legend Marty Robbins is being recounted with the release […]

Lambert Schedules Nashville Tour Date

Miranda Lambert’s camp today announced a tour date at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena […]

Levon Helm’s Ramble Returns To The Ryman

The Americana Music Association has announced the return of Levon Helm’s “Ramble on the Road” to Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium […]

Photo Roundup (3/01/12)

ASCAP New Crew Writers Round • Sonny Curtis • Bill Anderson, Clint Black and Bob DiPiero

Underwood’s “Good Girl” Debuts At No. 1

Carrie Underwood’s new single, “Good Girl,” debuted at No. 1 on […]

Rucker Celebrates No. 1, Plans New Album

Darius Rucker recently celebrated his fifth No. 1 single, “This,” while in Nashville to work on his third album for Capitol Records […]

Date Set For Next Chesney Album

The follow-up to Hemingway’s Whiskey will be released this summer […]

Artist Updates (3/1/12)

News from Dustin Lynch, Lauren Alaina, Chris Cagle, Sunny Sweeney, and more.

Country Throwdown Tour Adds Performers, Preps For Kick-off

Gary Allan is headlining the 2012 Country Throwdown Tour Fired Up by Kingsford. He and tour co-producers Sarah Baer and Kevin Lyman discussed the upcoming trek with members of the media on Monday (2/27) during an event at Allan’s Nashville store, The Label. Josh Thompson, Eric Paslay, and Sunny Sweeney are set for the full […]

WKSR’s Carter Honored During CRS

The 2012 Randy Jones Memorial Award was presented Tuesday, Feb. 21 […]

Trisha Yearwood To Perform “A Celebration of Paul Newman’s Dream”

Trisha Yearwood will perform along with Josh Groban and Paul Simon at an event to support Paul Newman’s charities […]

Photo: “Drink In My Hand” No. 1 Party

Music industry professionals gathered at BMI’s Nashville office yesterday (Feb. 28) to celebrate Eric Church’s first […]

Sugarland Launches Fan Interactive Tour

Sugarland has announced the launch of In The Hands of the Fans, their sixth consecutive headlining tour […]

Industry Ink (2/29/12)

Road to Bonnaroo • Billy Dean’s new management • Flat Earth Signs Dawson Reigns • Luna Chica adds new artist

Bigger Picture Group Promotes Powers, Cahill

Bigger Picture Group today announced the promotions of founding partners Michael Powers and Bob Cahill […]

Dungan Gets UMG Start Date, Lewis Plans New Venture

It was officially announced today (2/29) that Mike Dungan will join UMG Nashville on May 1 […]

Little Big Town Previews New Album Via Livestream

Capitol Nashville’s Little Big Town will be hitting the studio this week with new producer […]

Baby Boom: Randy Montana, Matt Kennon, Jay DeMarcus

Big congratulations go out to a few country singers who are adding to their families […]

MusicRowPics: Thomas Rhett Artist Visit

Valory Music’s Thomas Rhett stopped by MusicRow headquarters yesterday (2/28) with Valory’s VP of Promotion, George Briner, to share […]

Swift Extends ACM Invitation to Teen Battling Cancer

It looks like Taylor Swift won’t be single at this year’s Academy of Country Music Awards. The ACM Entertainer of the Year nominee has a date: 18-year-old […]

Anne Sarosdy-Yarbrough Joins Tenacity Promotion

Nashville’s Tenacity Records recently announced […]

Ticketmaster Debuts iPhone App

Ticketmaster has released an iPhone app that allows users to find events and purchase tickets […]

Scotty McCreery Gets Gold For His “Trouble,” Pranks Paisley

Scotty McCreery’s second single, “The Trouble With Girls,” has been certified gold […]

“We Walk The Line” Concert Pays Tribute To Cash

On Apr. 20, music stars and friends will join together to celebrate the life of Johnny Cash in Austin, TX at “We Walk The Line: A Celebration of […]

Photo: “All Your Life” No. 1 Party

The great tradition of musical family was the theme of the day, when BMI toasted the team behind The Band Perry’s No. 1 song “All Your Life” […]

Rachel Platten’s Modest Production Packs Arena Wallop

Rachel Platten with Bess Rogers and Craig Meyers The National Underground, Nashville, Feb. 25, 2012 If you have already visited The National Underground in Nashville’s downtown Broadway music district, then you know it’s a friendly, but sparse listening room with great burgers and reasonably priced drinks, but short on atmosphere. TNU relies on its performers to […]

Bentley Wraps Canadian Trek, Heads Home To US

Dierks Bentley wrapped the Canadian leg of his 2012 Country & Cold Cans Tour Friday (2/23) night in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The eight city venture north of the border was the first official trek in support of Bentley’s sixth studio album Home. The title track and current single “Home” is resonating with fans in the U.S. […]

Nashville’s DWP Live Projects Success at Super Bowl Halftime

Although the halftime show at this year’s Super Bowl lasted only 12 minutes, months of planning and testing by Nashville production company DWP Live went into the spectacle […]

The Band Perry’s Sold Out Show at the Ryman

The Band Perry played to a full house at the Ryman Auditorium on Feb. 20 in downtown Nashville, TN. When tickets went on sale last fall, the show sold out in […]

Lineup Announced For Charley Foundation’s Ringside Event

Nashville-based organization The Charley Foundation will host its 8th Annual Ringside: A Fight For Kids on Friday, March 2 […]

Bluebird Cafe To Host Weekend Benefit Shows

The Bluebird Cafe is hosting benefit shows this weekend for Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital and the John Jarrard Foundation […]

KREK’s Dusty Edwards Passes

MusicRow sends its condolences to family and friends of KREK/Bristow, OK MD Dusty Edwards, who passed away Friday (Feb. 24) in Tulsa.

The McClymonts – I Could Be A Cowboy

Australian natives The McClymonts have released their second US single, a follow up to “Wrapped Up Good,” called “I Could Be A Cowboy.” Co-written by […]

Joanna Smith – We Can’t Be Friends

Columbia Nashville is proudly releasing “We Can’t Be Friends,” the new single from Joanna Smith, to country radio. The song was written by Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally, and Shelley Skidmore and produced by Buddy Cannon. Smith was raised on a farm in tiny Crestview unincorporated, Georgia, and has displayed her rural roots in songs like […]

Nashville Parties With Aldean, Bryan, and Alaina

A sold-out crowd surrounded the stage in the Bridgestone Arena Friday night for the My Kinda Party Tour with Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan and Lauren Alaina […]

CRS 2012 Attendance Shows Growth

CRS 2012 showed an increase in attendance for the fourth consecutive year […]

MusicRowPics: GAC’s ACM New Artist of the Year Taping

Last night (2/26) at Marathon Music Works, GAC taped for the […]

NEEDTOBREATHE Reckons With The Ryman

On Friday night (2/24), NEEDTOBREATHE sold out the Ryman for their second […]

Photos: CRS Late Nights

Black River • Average Joes • Billy Block Show

Musician/Photographer Bev LeCroy Passes

James Beverly LeCroy was notable in Nashville for his classical and jazz contributions, as well as for his work as a photographer […]

Music City Roots Releases Live Recordings

Nashville’s weekly live radio show “Music City Roots,” will release Roots Moments: Special Live Cuts From Season One […]

Niemann Prepares Sophomore Album

Sea Gayle/Arista singer/songwriter Jerrod Niemann is releasing new single “Shinin’ On Me” today […]

Classic Country Songwriter Roy Baham Passes

Award-winning country songwriter Roy Baham has died at age 74 […]

Alan Jackson Breaks San Antonio Rodeo Attendance Record

Jackson’s Thursday night performance at the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo broke the event’s all-time attendance […]

Mercury/Lost Highway’s Kacey Musgraves Joins Major Tour

Just days after wowing a crowd of radio and industry professionals during CRS with her song “Merry Go Round,” Mercury/Lost Highway artist Kacey Musgraves has landed a spot as the sole opener […]

WCRS Live! Features All Female Lineup

Lyrical sirens Lori McKenna, Matraca Berg, Natalie Hemby and Ashley Monroe showcased their songwriting, the bedrock of the industry […]

CRS After-Hours: Photo ReCap

Phil Vassar and Rodeowave • Warner Music Nashville • Tenacity Records

RIAA’s Gold and Platinum Country January Highlights

January was a good to several country music artists. American Idol champ Scotty McCreery took home his first […]

Sony Boat Show Combines New Artists and Seasoned Pros

Sony Music Nashville’s General Jackson Show & Dinner cruise is a time-honored tradition of Country Radio Seminar […]