Indiana Settles With Stage Collapse Victims

The victims of the Indiana State Fair tragedy are being compensated […]

Snapshots (12/20/11)

Montgomery Gentry and WPOC • First ladies pitch to Black River • Cagle films at Billy Bob’s

RIAA Issues Country Certifications

Honorees include Lady Antebellum, Eric Church, Brad Paisley/Carrie Underwood, and Taylor Swift […]

Sony Adds Assoc. Dir., Artist Development/Marketing

Sony Music Nashville VP Artist Development/ Marketing & Web Initiatives Heather McBee announced […]

Digitally Thinking: Albums Sales, Ringtones and stretchy silicon

Improve your iPad’s keyboard touch; ringtones remain register friendly; plus advance weekly album sales looking good…

Hays Joins Franklin Theatre

The Board of Directors of the Heritage Foundation of Franklin and Williamson County today announced a new Director for the Franklin Theatre. […]

Herring Exits Skyville

Skyville Records President Kevin Herring has exited his position with the label […]

ACAs Boost Track Sales

We spoke with one of ACA’s producers, industry vet Fletcher Foster, to see if he detected a relationship between the show and the week’s sales figures […]

Nashville’s Venture Capital Market Buzzing

New online sevices Populr.me and ArtistGrowth.com have two music industry names in common, Joe Galante and Mark Montgomery, who are part of the investment teams in both ventures.

Brad Paisley, Zac Brown Eye Oscar Noms

Songs written by Zac Brown and Brad Paisley are among a pool of potential Oscar nominees for Best Original Song […]

Facebook Among Most Popular Android Apps

A new study by Nielsen shows which apps have the greatest “active reach” among Android owners […]

Elizabeth Meadia Opens With Major Label Client

Publicist Liz Meade has opened a boutique media relations firm and signed […]

The Roys Sign Production Deal With ValCom Studios

The Roys have signed a production deal with ValCom Studios for a new, weekly music-driven variety show. Lee and Elaine Roy will appear and perform on […]

TV Alerts: Frankie Ballard, Steve Cropper, and Clay Walker

Upcoming TV appearances by Frankie Ballard, Steve Cropper, and Clay Walker […]

Backstory: Alan Jackson on GAC

Alan Jackson and his wife Denise are featured in a show about their personal lives and his remarkable career, premiering […]

Jeffrey Steele Plans 5th Annual Benefit

The Jeffrey Steele and Friends benefit show is set for March 13, 2012 at the newly renovated Franklin Theatre […]

Country Stars Countdown to New Year’s Eve

Big & Rich, Trace Adkins, Lauren Alaina, Rodney Atkins, and The Band Perry will perform on New Year’s Eve television specials […]

MusicRow.com’s Top Stories of 2011

A look back at some of our website’s most popular stories in 2011 […]

Craig Morgan Nominated For Golden Moose Awards

Country artist and television host Craig Morgan was recently nominated in eight categories for The Outdoor Channel’s 12th Annual Golden Moose Awards […]

Josh Turner Debuts Lead Single From Upcoming Album

New music from Josh Turner will be released to iTunes tomorrow (12/20) and will go for radio adds […]

TackleBox Adds Directors

Nashville-based TackleBox Films has added directors to its roster who can offer specialized services for custom media content […]

Country Stars Make Latest “Forbes” List

Which Nashvillians rank among the top-earning women in music? […]

Lost Highway Projects Top Year-End Americana Chart

The Americana Music Association has released its Top 100 Albums of the Year, based on albums reported to the Americana Airplay Chart between Nov. 16, 2010 and Nov. 14, 2011. UMG’s Lost Highway lands the top two spots on the list with Hayes Carll’s KMAG YOYO hitting No. 1, and Lucinda Williams’ Blessed at No. […]

LMG Design Studio Launches in Nashville

LMG Design Studio officially launched last week (Dec. 7) in Nashville with a ribbon cutting ceremony and open house […]

Keek Provides a New Social Platform

Social media users can now add Keek, a micro video platform, to their arsenal […]

Holiday Season Benefits

Wynonna at Macy’s • Craig Morgan and the USO • Legacy Learning Systems and Nashville Rescue Mission • Steve Richard and Gabe Dixon partner with Second Harvest […]

Grooveshark Faces Legal Action

Online listening service Grooveshark could find itself without safe harbor, thanks to pending legal action […]

CountryBreakout No. 1 Song

Here’s the thing about time: it’s only moving one direction […]

Weekly Chart Report (12/16/11)

News for the final CountryBreakout Chart of 2011 […]

Shockey and LeHew ‘Fly High’ With New Book

The Factory at Franklin host a presentation of Flying High, a new book co-written by best-selling author and songwriter, Stowe D. Shockey, and motivational speaker/entrepreneur Calvin LeHew […]

RCA Promotes Easler

Josh Easler has been promoted to the post of Director […]

Montgomery Gentry To Hit The Road With Bullriders

Average Joe’s duo Montgomery Gentry recently caught the attention of The Professional Championship Bullriders and the two have teamed […]

Charlie Cook On Air: Radio ≠ Pandora

I believe Mr. Pittman is correct in describing radio as something different than a music stream like Pandora. […]

Dudley Resigns From CMA

The Country Music Association announced today that Senior Vice President Bobette Dudley has submitted her resignation […]

Rodney Atkins Files For Divorce

Rodney Atkins has filed for divorce from his wife Tammy Jo Atkins […]

Artist Updates (12/15/11)

Big Vinny • Woody Paul • Darryl Worley and Wynn Varble • Hunter Hayes

Musical Chairs (12/15/11)

Job and contact updates for Katy Brown Epley, Jess Draper, and Janice Bane […]

Industry Vets Launch Wrinkled Records

Music industry veterans Sandy Knox, Katie Gillon, and Stephen McCord have teamed for the formation […]

Android 4.0: In Time For The Holidays

The most highly-anticipated Android phone ever has finally hit Verizon shelves. The Samsung Galaxy Nexus with Android’s 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system […]

Emmylou Harris To Celebrate Opry Anniversary

Emmylou Harris will be honored by the Grand Ole Opry on her […]

Live Nation Uncorks BigChampagne Data

BigChampagne, the data farm that has been a pioneer in developing metrics to gauge online music use involving peer-to-peer traffic, has been acquired […]

Guy Clark Tribute Released

Houston’s Icehouse Music recently released the double-CD set, This One’s For Him: A Tribute to Guy Clark, to celebrate Clark’s 70th birthday. Clark was born in Monahans, Texas on November 6, 1941. The collection was co-produced by Tamara Saviano (Grammy winner for Beautiful Dreamer: The Songs of Stephen Foster) and frequent Clark co-writer Shawn Camp (“Sis […]

Skip Bishop Exits Sony

MusicRow has confirmed the exit of Sony Music Nashville Sr. VP Promotion Skip Bishop from the label group […]

Martina’s “Hits and More” Due In January

RCA Records Nashville will release Hits and More, a twenty-song collection from Martina McBride […]

Messina, Warren Play St. Jude Country Music Marathon Party

The St. Jude Country Music Marathon & 1/2 Marathon, presented by Nissan will host a holiday party tomorrow […]

Faith Hill To Perform On People’s Choice Awards

Faith Hill is one of the first performers announced for the 2012 People’s Choice Awards […]

Good Works: Rodney Atkins

Rodney Atkins performs for Texas volunteer firefighters and at the American Giving Awards […]

Billie Jo Spears Passes

Billie Jo Spears, one of the most consistent female country hit-makers of the 1970s, has died in Texas at age 74. […]

Burrell And Houghton to Host BMI’s Trailblazers of Gospel Music

Kim Burrell and Israel Houghton will host the 13th Annual BMI Trailblazers of Gospel Music Awards Luncheon on […]

Nimbit Reports Spotlight Boosting Facebook Sales

Nimbit.com reports that its direct-to-fan platform has been showing strong growth in terms of Facebook sales for artists and bands. According to VP of Marketing Carl Jacobson, the trend started about 15 months ago when, “We began to see a sharp uptick in the percentage of direct sales that were coming from our artists’ Facebook […]