Artist Photos (1/26/12)

Emmylou Harris celebrates 20 years on the Opry • The Secret Sisters become HoF “Family and Friends”

Industry Toasts Keith Urban’s “Long Hot Summer”

BMI and ASCAP celebrated the creative powers behind Keith Urban’s recent No. 1 hit “Long Hot Summer” (Capitol Nashville) at a party held yesterday […]

Band Perry, Shelton To Perform With Glen Campbell On Grammy Telecast

Five time Grammy winner and Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient Glenn Campbell will be saluted by a couple of country music’s brightest stars at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards […]

Genevieve Jewell Leads The Collective’s Nashville Office

Beverly Hills based management and production company The Collective has opened a Nashville office under the leadership of Genevieve Jewell […]

Chris Young Makes a Donation to MTSU

ACM-nominated singer and Murfreesboro native Chris Young recently donated a portion […]

12South Entertainment Launches In Nashville

Music industry veteran Ruth Gonzalez has announced the opening of 12South Entertainment […]

Lady A Owns The Night With Ticket Sales Gold

Reigning CMA and ACM Vocal Group of the Year Lady Antebellum has already sold more than 500,000 tickets for their Own The Night 2012 World Tour […]

How To Become Famous? Hack Your Hit

Jay Frank’s second book, Hack Your Hit, is scheduled for release Jan. 31, 2012 […]

Alan Jackson Performing At CRS Luncheon

This year’s Capitol/EMI luncheon will be held inside the Performance Hall at the Nashville Convention Center […]

MusicRow Hires Caitlin Rantala

She will oversee the magazine’s art and design in both its printed and digital content, and manage all advertising-related artwork […]

2012 ACM Award Nominations Announced

ACM Nominations revealed in real-time […]

ACM 2012 Broadcast Nominees

ACM Broadcast Award nominees were revealed this morning for On-Air Personalities and Radio Stations of the Year […]

Industry Ink Wednesday (1/25/12)

Render Records inks Rick Monroe • Plus news from Byron Hill, SOLID, Music City Tennis Invitational, Lori Bumgarner, One Night Rodeo and more […]

David Nail, Josh Thompson Plot Solo Tours

Country music tour managers have a busy winter and spring ahead of them […]

DISClaimer Single Reviews (1/25/12)

There is life after major labels. That’s today’s message, coming to us loud and clear from […]

Sunny Sweeney Helps Raise $1.3 Million

Longview, Texas native, Sweeney helped raise funds for the West Texas Rehabilitation Center […]

Underwood to Release New Single

Carrie Underwood will release her new single, “Good Girl,” to country radio on […]

CBS, ACM Announce 10-Year Deal

CBS, the Academy of Country Music and dick clark productions announced today a new 10-year deal […]

IBMA Announces Leadership Bluegrass Class of 2012

The 2012 Leadership Bluegrass will be hosted at BMI and Bone McAllester Norton, PLLC in Nashville, March 8-10 […]

Jimmy Rector Joins Show Dog-Universal

Promotion vet Jimmy Rector has joined forces with Show Dog-Universal […]

Ty Stone Releases Video, Joins Spring Tour

Southern Rock newcomer Ty Stone releases new single and video, joins a Spring tour […]

Labels Earned $5.2 Billion in Global Digital Revenue Last Year

Released Monday by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, the report covers revenue, subscription and download models, piracy and more […]

Lionel Richie Unveils “Tuskegee” Details

Lionel Richie is slated to release Tuskegee on Mar. 27 via Mercury Nashville. The album is a collection of 13 of his international hits re-recorded with artists such as […]

Nelson, Hiatt and Lovett Schedule Symphony Center Dates

Nashville Symphony has added two special new performances to Schermerhorn Symphony Center’s calendar […]

Borchetta: “Love what you do, and outwork everyone”

Scott Borchetta visited with Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum writer and editor Michael McCall this past weekend […]

Flynn Promoted at Combustion Music

In this role, Flynn will work closely with Combustion President Chris Farren and VP Chris Van Belkom in catalog exploitation […]

SOPA and PIPA Succumb To Internet Activists

The goal was to move closer to a world where owners of intellectual property were compensated for their works in the digital arena. Toward a utopian era, where education and effective legal remedies combined forces to virtually end the theft of copyrighted material. […]

Garth Brooks and Premiere Launch Las Vegas Sweepstakes

Garth Brooks and Premiere Radio Networks have joined efforts to create Garth Brooks and Premiere Radio Networks have joined efforts to create […]

Coy Taylor Signs Management Agreement

Coy Taylor has signed an exclusive career management deal with […]

CRS 2012 Update: Hall of Fame After Party, New Panelists

On Feb. 21, prior to the official kickoff of Country Radio Seminar 2012, Sony Music Nashville and Sea Gayle Records will stage […]

TuneSat Debuts Exclusive Internet Monitoring Technology

TuneSat, the audio monitoring service which helps copyright holders track unauthorized musical performances, is expanding with today’s launch of Internet monitoring […]

Currington Announces First Headlining Tour

Billy Currington is scheduled to kick off his first headlining tour on Mar. 24 with guests […]

Matt Mahaffey Returns To Tennessee With New Studio

Matt Mahaffey turned his success in genre-hopping alternative band Self into a career handling production work for Shrek, Shark’s Tale, and Expedia.com […]

BMI Taps Penny Everhard For Writer/Publisher Relations

Penny Everhard has joined BMI as Associate Director, Writer/Publisher Relations, Nashville […]

30A Songwriters Festival: Q&A with Joanna Cotten

MusicRow spoke exclusively with singer/songwriter Joanna Cotten about her first experience at the 3rd annual 30A Songwriter’s Festival […]

Casey James To Release Debut Album

Casey had a hand in writing nine of the album’s 11 tracks, including current single “Let’s Don’t Call It A Night,” and contributed guitar throughout […]

Rethink Music Conference Offers Genesis Competition

Rethink Music describes itself as, “A hands-on conference designed to bring music stakeholders together to discuss business models for the future, examine copyright challenges in the digital era, and analyze technological innovation in music and its distribution. […]

Industry Celebrates Brantley Gilbert’s “Country Wide” No. 1

Tuesday night (1/17), music industry professionals joined the Valory Music Co. in congratulating Brantley Gilbert on his first no. 1 hit as […]

Trace Adkins Announces Songs & Stories Tour

The American tour will visit theaters throughout the Spring incorporating performances and stories about Adkins’ roots […]

ACM Nominations Coming Thursday

In keeping with the Academy’s ever-growing fan engagement initiatives, the nominees will be announced for the first time via a digital press conference […]

Weblinks: Top “Idol” Earners, Facebook/Vevo, Haggard

Underwood leads list of Top Earning Idols […]

McGraw Strikes Gold with “Felt Good On My Lips”

Tim McGraw’s recent no. 1 single “Felt Good On My­­ Lips” has struck digital download gold. A collaborative creative effort from […]

Music City Songwriting Competition Adds Black River VP

Nashville Convention & Visitors Bureau has added Black River Entertainment VP of A&R, Doug Johnson […]

Rascal Flatts To Receive Humanitarian Award At CRS 2012

Big Machine’s Rascal Flatts has been named the recipient of the CRS 2012 Artist Humanitarian Award […]

GAC Focuses On Fan Engagement

The network’s Sarah Trahern and Suzanne Gordon discuss interactive programming geared toward fan engagement […]

MusicRow Hires Eric Parker

The newly created position includes marketing efforts for the publication, editorial contribution, and event coordination […]

New Catalog Purchase For Carlin America

Rotten Kiddies Music, a subsidiary of independent publisher Carlin America, has announced the acquisition […]

Kobalt Expands Into Label Services With Major Acquisition

Kobalt Music Group is expanding with the launch of an Artist and Label Services division, as well as a Neighbouring Rights division […]

Producer and Songwriter Larry Butler Passes

Award-winning producer, songwriter, and musician Larry Butler passed away in his sleep yesterday (Jan. 19) at home in Pensacola, Florida […]

Artist Updates (1/20/12)

Craig Morgan • Craig Campbell • Clay Walker • Steel Magnolia