MusicRowPics: Casey James Artist Visit

Sony Music Nashville artist, Casey James, stopped by MusicRow’s headquarters […]

CountryBreakout No. 1 Song

During halftime of Super Bowl XLVI last weekend, Chrysler aired a two-minute ad called “Halftime in America” […]

Country Throwdown Tour Adds Gary Allan and Others

Gary Allan will headline the third-annual Country Throwdown Tour […]

Weekly Chart Report (2/10/12)

It’s a super close Capitol Records switcheroo at the top of the CountryBreakout Chart […]

Grascals and Webster In Legal Dispute

Bluegrass band The Grascals has filed a lawsuit against music publicist/manager […]

Charlie Cook On Air – The Super Bowl

Another Super Bowl has come and gone (without the Lions) and what did we learn? […]

Johnny Cash Museum Coming to Downtown Nashville

A museum dedicated to the legacy of Johnny Cash is planned for downtown Nashville […]

3rd & Lindsley Hosts Weekend Benefit [Updated]

Also on the schedule are Old Union, The Wooten Brothers, Josh Hoge and tons more […]

Publishing Updates (2/9/12)

New Nettwerk One/Revelry signing • Ten Ten Music Group names new Catalog Manager

The Producer’s Chair: Carl Jackson

This exclusive interview with Carl Jackson precedes his upcoming session in The Producer’s Chair series […]

EMI Extends Publishing Agreement With Young

EMI Music Publishing has announced that it has extended its five year relationship with Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter […]

ACM New Artist Nominees Revealed

The Academy of Country Music and Great American Country (GAC) announced today […]

Haggard Resumes Tour

Merle Haggard is returning to the road after an illness that forced him to cancel several January tour dates […]

Rodney Crowell Teams With Author Mary Karr For New Album

Rodney Crowell’s upcoming release is a project of songs co-written with author Mary Karr, which features several star guests […]

Taylor Swift Video To Debut Globally

Taylor Swift and Viacom have partnered to introduce the new music video […]

First Investigation Into Indiana State Fair Tragedy Concludes

A six-month investigation has determined that the company which built the roof and rigging, the stagehands union, and fair officials share blame […]

T.J. Martell Foundation Announces Honorees

Invitation-only event is scheduled for Monday, March 26 at the Hutton Hotel […]

ACM to Host Week-Long Vegas Experience

The ACM has announced the first-ever ACM Experience, a free, open-to-the public event […]

Emmylou Harris To Be Honored

Emmylou Harris will be honored at a Feb. 21 fundraiser for The Park Center […]

Songwriting Snapshots (2/08/12)

Aldean’s “Tattoos” • SESAC Picks Up Stone • Singles Only Shows Some Heart

DISClaimer Single Reviews (2/08/12)

They don’t call it Country Music City, just Music City, and this week we’re celebrating that with everything from rock to rap, classical to jazz. There’s plenty to explore in this stack of Nashville’s musically diverse platters […]

Tyler, Underwood Team For Top Rated Episode of “CMT Crossroads”

The pair performed live from the Pepsi Super Bowl Fan Jam […]

Big Loud Mountain Partnership Announces First Signing

Big Loud Shirt Industries, producer/songwriter Joey Moi, and artist manager Kevin “Chief” Zaruk have combined forces […]

CRS 2012: UMG Luncheon, Additional Performers

It’s hard to believe that Feb. 22, just two weeks from today, will signal the official start of CRS 2012 […]

MusicRowPics: “Act Of Valor” Movie Premiere

Relativity Music Group and Capitol Records Nashville offered a private advance screening of […]

Photos: CMHOF and SOURCE

Hall of Fame’s Ford Community Day • SOURCE members’ luncheon

O’Neal Returns With Momentum

Singer/songwriter Jamie O’Neal is going the entrepreneurial route […]

Ringo Starr To Celebrate Birthday In Nashville

Ringo Starr will ring in his birthday with a performance at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium […]

Publisher Notes: ole, Parallel

New publishing signings with ole and Parallel include […]

Country Sees Digital Surge

Country consumers arguably have arrived fashionably late to the digital download party, but the YTD 2012 numbers show they are making up for lost time and partying down. […]

Underwood And Lady Antebellum Added To Grammy Night

Current GRAMMY® nominees Tony Bennett and Carrie Underwood, who will perform together […]

Bank Shuttering Music Row Branch

Local branch notifies customers it will be closing […]

New UMPG Nashville Signing

Universal Music Publishing Group has signed hit producer […]

Reba Preps TV Pilot, GAC Concert Special

Reba McEntire has been busy preparing for primetime television and more […]

Turner & Nichols Adds Associate Partner

Turner & Nichols Management Company has announced the addition of music industry veteran […]

Redbox/Verizon To Marry Content And Distribution

A newly announced joint venture between Redbox and Verizon Communications has Netflix looking over its shoulder […]

MR Exclusive: Taillight Taps Director Becky Fluke

Director Becky Fluke has joined Taillight, it was announced yesterday, Feb. 6, working under […]

Jeffrey Steele & Friends Concert Adds Performers

Benefit show on March 13, 2012 at the Franklin Theatre has added several more artists to the line up […]

Industry Ink Tuesday

News from the Copyright Society of the South, Leadership Music Digital Summit, Saturday Night Music Club, DeeJay Silver, and more […]

SPBGMA Bluegrass Music Awards Presented

The SPBGMA Bluegrass Music Awards and National Convention were held last week in Nashville […]

“You and Tequila” Certified Platinum

Kenny Chesney’s duet with Grace Potter “You and Tequila,” has been certified platinum […]

Updated Edition of “Encyclopedia of Country Music”

The Second Edition, released last week, offers 1200 new and updated entries […]

Apple Leads Smartphone Shipments

A recent report confirms what most plugged-in observers already suspected—smartphone use is exploding […]

Rachel Holder – In Your Arms

In a town full of attractive country singers, it takes a lot for a young female artist to catch the attention of Nashville’s music industry crowd. But that’s exactly what 19-year-old Curb Records artist Rachel Holder is doing, and she’s pleased to present her new single “In Your Arms,” written by Scott Lynch and Billy […]

Photo Spread: Road Trip To See Miranda, Chris, and Jerrod

Sony Music Nashville hosted a road trip last week to Huntsville, AL to catch Miranda Lambert’s On Fire tour […]

Lady Antebellum Plots European Tour

Lady Antebellum will take its headlining Own The Night 2012 World Tour to Europe […]

Artist Updates (2/06/12)

Trace Adkins, Craig Morgan and the NRA • The Farm to play the Grand Ole Opry • Charlie Allen’s tv show and video

Orbison Enterprises Under New Leadership

Sons Alex and Roy Jr. have taken the helm and will be directing the family estate, catalog, and publishing companies […]

Redigi.com Facing Legal Action

New website, redigi.com, which purports to create a marketplace to buy and sell new and previously owned digital files […]

Colt Ford Announces 2012 Tour

Average Joes Entertainment’s Colt Ford will kick off the first leg of his 2012 Declaration of Independence Tour on […]