Industry Updates (2/24/12)

Unsigned Music Competition • CMA “Year of Radio” • ASCAP Honors George Strait • Carter Twins Kingston Project • Flying Island at CRS • Anchor Down Signing

Guitarist/Producer Billy Strange Dies

Billy Strange, a member of the Musicians Hall of Fame in Nashville, has died at age […]

Lady Antebellum Expands Easily Into Headliner Status

“Coming up out of the lift at the start of the show, is my favorite part,” said Lady A’s Charles Kelley during an exclusive MusicRow interview with the trio before their Nashville show. “The energy is so outrageous, so addictive…” […]

Thompson Square Singer Loses Family Member [Updated]

MusicRow offers its condolences to Thompson Square’s Keifer and Shawna Thompson, following the death of Shawna’s father last night (Feb. 23) […]

Craig Morgan Release Week Includes Hometown Show

Craig Morgan is gearing up for the Feb. 28 release of his sixth studio album This Ole Boy […]

Female Country Pioneer Bertha Garcia Passes

Old-time fiddler and singer Bertha Woodruff Garcia died on Monday, Feb. 20, in Nashville at age 93 […]

CountryBreakout No. 1 Song

Non-consecutive week No. 1 songs are a rarity on the CountryBreakout Chart […]

Weekly Chart Report (2/24/12)

Anyone still awake out there? It’s the final day of Country Radio Seminar 2012, but there’s still plenty more to come.

Bobby Karl Works The Capitol Records Luncheon

Bring me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses….and Alan Jackson will heal them […]

Lipscomb University Taps Randy Goodman

Former Lyric Street Records Pres. Randy Goodman was recently appointed executive-in-residence […]

Charlie Cook On Air: Country Radio Seminar

As this article is being posted on the musicrow.com almost two thousand broadcasters, record company personnel, artists and many more […]

Mike Dungan To Leave Capitol For Universal [Updated]

Billboard.biz is reporting that Capitol’s President/CEO Mike Dungan will soon be moving […]

MusicRowPics: 10th Annual CRS Meet & Greet and CBO Awards [More Pics]

More pics from MusicRow’s 10th Annual CRS Meet & Greet and CountryBreakout Awards held Tues., Feb 21, 2012 […]

Industry Ink Thursday (2/23/12)

BMI, Pat Finch, Ann Marie • Save The Date for CMT Music Awards • Patsi Bale Cox memorial • Keith Anderson to host Cool Country Live • Melissa Varallo joins Cody Entertainment • Thomas Rhett

Show Dog-Universal Adds Nathan Cruise, Jimmy Rector

Show Dog-Universal Music President Mark Wright today officially announced the appointment […]

Bobby Karl Works the UMG Ryman Showcase

The third annual Ryman showcase by UMG (2/22) has staked its claim as the pre-eminent musical presentation of Country Radio Seminar […]

Lambert Receives Gold “For The Record” Plaque

Although Miranda Lambert’s “Four The Record” album was certified Gold in last December […]

New Collection Examines Campbell’s Storied Career

Readers Digest recently released The Legendary Glen Campbell, a new 3-CD collection […]

KREK’s Edwards Suffers Heart Attack

MusicRow sends its thoughts and prayers to family and friends of Dusty Edwards […]

Adele and Houston Lead Post-Grammy Sales Boom

If you had put money down on who would fare well following the Grammy Awards, the smart bet would have been on multi-category winner Adele […]

Feb/March ’12—On the Cover: Jana Kramer

If you ask Jana Kramer to describe her life in this very moment she would say, “Dreams really do come true.” The singer/songwriter/actress has […]

CRS 2012 Research Study Reveals Non-P1 Preferences

The 2012 CRS research study was delivered yesterday and focused on the attitudes and preferences of country fans beyond the P1 listener […]

Hank Jr. Tour To “Take Back the Country”

Hank Williams Jr., will begin a multi-city tour on March 3 […]

Nashville Artists Support National and Local Public Libraries

Taylor Swift and Mat Kearney endorse reading with recent campaigns […]

Pre-CRS After Hours With BMLG

BMLG takes over 3rd & Lindsley and showcases The Mavericks at Mercy Lounge

DISClaimer Single Reviews (2/22/12)

Everybody’s trying to introduce new artists, so do you think it might be Country Radio Seminar week or something? […]

GMA Announces Dove Nominations

The Gospel Music Association (GMA) announced today (2/22) the 43rd Annual GMA Dove Awards nominees at […]

CRS Presents 2012 Humanitarian Awards

The CRS 2012 Humanitarian Awards were distributed this morning for Artist Humanitarian and Small, Medium, and Large Market Radio […]

MusicRowPics: 10th Annual CRS Meet & Greet and CBO Awards

MusicRow held its 10th Annual CRS Meet & Greet and CountryBreakout Awards yesterday with performances by JT Hodges, The McClymonts, and Marlee Scott. See photos from the event here […]

Bobby Karl Works The Country Radio Hall of Fame Ceremony

The official/unofficial first Country Radio Seminar cocktail party occurred just prior to the Country Rado Hall of Fame awards at the Convention Center […]

Parallel Music Publishing Signs Hit Writer

Nashville’s Parallel Music Publishing has signed songwriter […]

Pittman and Houle Kick Off CRS 2012

Country Radio Seminar 2012 officially opened its first full agenda day, Wednesday February 22, with a keynote address form Clear Channel CEO Bob Pittman and a presentation from futurist David Houle. […]

Bobby Karl Works MusicRow’s CountryBreakout Awards

Listen, I live all year long in one unending schmoozathon, but nothing tops CRS in the schmooze department […]

EMI Records Announces New Signing

EMI Records Nashville has signed singer/songwriter […]

Amy Staley Joins Valory Promotion Team

The Valory Music Co. announces the hiring of Amy Staley […]

Rascal Flatts Hits Big Screen for New Album

Rascal Flatts will hit the big screen Thursday, April 5 for a special album release week feature film […]

Nashville Makes An Impression On “The Voice”

The second season of NBC’s The Voice is well underway, and Nashville’s considerable talent pool is being represented […]

Photos: Joe Nichols, The Band Perry, Ira Dean and More

Joe Nichols at the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo • Band Perry meets Glen Campbell at the Grammy Awards • Ira Dean performs at Troop Aid

Exclusive: Q&A With Chris Woods, EVP/COO, TuneSat

MusicRow recently sat down exclusively with Chris Woods, Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer of TuneSat for […]

Don Schlitz Named To Songwriters Hall of Fame

Nashville’s own Don Schlitz is among the new class of inductees for New York’s Songwriters Hall of Fame […]

Nashville Gears Up For CRS 2012

CRS 2012 will keep the industry hopping this week, with events starting today and the seminar officially opening tomorrow […]

Hall of Fame Announces Bakersfield Exhibition

The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum will unveil its new 5,000 sq. ft exhibition The Bakersfield Sound: Buck Owens, Merle Haggard and California Country […]

Bluewater Music Signs Kink Ador

Bluewater Music Services Corp is proud to announce the signing of Sharon Koltick to an exclusive […]

Aspen Songwriters Festival Attracts World-Class Talent

Famed artist and writer John Oates brings a bit of Nashville to his hometown […]

Artist Updates (2/21/12)

Taylor Swift • Jake Owen • The Roys • Craig Campbell • Mark Collie • Ray Stevens

Gallimore, Wilkes Launch Streamsound Records

Full radio team and major distribution in place […]

Ty Stone Reveals Debut Album

Atlantic/Top Dog Records Ty Stone is gearing up for the release of his debut album, American Style, which will coincide […]

Keith Urban Heads Down Under for The Voice

Keith Urban will film in Sydney this month for Australia’s The Voice […]

Juno Award Country Nominations

Nominations for the 2012 Juno Awards were revealed earlier this month […]

Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Announces Promotions

Promotions include Rachel Shapiro, Rachel Weingartner, and Debbie Parsley […]