TFEMC Promotes Raines, Hires Locklin

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bill Hagerty announced key appointments today (12/14) to the Tennessee Film Entertainment and Music Commission (TFEMC) […]

Scenes From the Hall: Sarah Trahern, Suzy Bogguss

Suzy Bogguss performs at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum • GAC’s Sarah Trahern saluted at Louise Scruggs Memorial Forum […]

Americana Music Association Offering Early Bird Registration

Early bird registration for the Americana Music Festival’s 13th Annual Festival & Conference, scheduled for September 12-15 […]

DISClaimer Single Reviews (12/14/11)

Let’s close out the year with some holiday tunes, shall we? This week, we’re looking at some of the more high-profile ones in our community. Next week, we’ll check out the indie artists’ Yuletide offerings. […]

Weak Release Slate Puts Coal In Country Sales Stockings

Like turning lemons to lemonade, it’s coal dust soufflé when you receive lumps of the black rocks in your holiday stocking. And that’s exactly what country sales departments will be forced to munch as consumers shop their way through the final three weeks of 2011. […]

Aristo International Report Highlights Country’s Global Reach

The Winter 2011 edition of the Aristo International Report showcases the latest country music happenings around the globe […]

GAC’s “Headline Country” Expands

Headline Country on GAC will begin airing episodes weekly in 2012 with the show scheduled […]

Durante Plans Livestream; Wagar Teams With Holiday Express

Corey Wagar has teamed with non-profit Holiday Express and Margaret Durante is planning a livestream holiday event on Dec. 18. […]

The Band Perry on NYE; Sugarland at Nobel Peace Concert (Video)

The Band Perry will perform at the 40th celebration of Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2012 […]

Top 2012 PR Trends

…ideas about how PR firms will work with their clients in the coming year. One theme which travels throughout the article is “engagement.” […]

Alan Jackson Viral Campaign Earns Award Nomination

Alan Jackson, Capitol Records Nashville and Eventful have earned a nomination for Viral Campaign of the Year at the fifth annual […]

Lee Ann Womack Treats Social Club Members For Holidays

Lee Ann Womack was in Las Vegas for a three-night stand earlier this month and while she was there […]

Weblinks: YouTube Buys RightsFlow; Verizon Eyes Movie Services

Google-owned YouTube works to compensate music rights holders • Verizon looks to integrate movie streaming

CMA Pledges $10 Million to Hall of Fame

The Country Music Association has pledged $10 million to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s capital campaign Working On A Building: Country Music Lives Here […]

GAC Debuts “Hit Exchange”

GAC is launching new show Hit Exchange with an installment pairing Trace Adkins and Exile […]

Bottlenose Set to Revolutionize Social Media Admin

Bottlenose hopes to help users accomplish by offering a healthy menu of tools to organize, categorize and streamline the process of interaction and analysis. […]

Neal Coty Inks New Publishing Deal

Dune Grass Music has inked an exclusive songwriter deal with Neal Coty […]

Kingsley To Be Honored At Country Radio Hall of Fame Ceremony

Radio veteran and syndicated countdown host Bob Kingsley will be honored with […]

Artists Engage Fans With Successful Contests

Dierks Bentley and Keith Urban engaged fans with recent promotional contests […]

Black Keys’ El Camino Not Licensed For Streaming Services

Nashville-via-Akron rockers The Black Keys released their seventh full-length album El Camino (Nonesuch) last week to some seriously high expectations […]

Paisley Finds Special Collaborator For Benefit Song

Brad Paisley lends his voice to a new song “Hard Life,” written by 23-year-old friend Joe Kindregan, who suffers from a terminal disease […]

Big & Rich Host “Christmas In The Black Hills” Tonight On GAC

Tonight (12/12) on the GAC network, multi-platinum duo Big & Rich will host Christmas in the Black Hills, a holiday music special. The show premieres at […]

New Sony Music Nashville Signing

Sony Music Nashville has signed family trio […]

Greg Travis’ Father Passes; Wade Hayes Fights Cancer

MusicRow sends condolences to Greg Travis, and well-wishes to Wade Hayes […]

Americana Episode of “Austin City Limits” Hits Right Chord

The star-studded PBS show is a big hit with viewers […]

Carole King Coming To Bluebird

The acclaimed singer-songwriter will join revered Nashville tunesmiths Gary Burr, Georgia Middleman and Jim Photoglo […]

Singled Out (12/12/11)

New singles impacting radio from Tim McGraw, Ronnie Dunn, Lady Antebellum, and Canaan Smith.

YEP To Host 90’s Night

Tonight (12/12) the Young Entertainment Professionals Network invites Nashville to take a break from holiday parties and join them instead for 90’s Night […]

Memorial Services Set For Dobie Gray

Funeral and visitation arrangements for Dobie Gray will be held this week in Nashville […]

Christmas 4 Kids’ Tour Bus Show Tonight

The Christmas 4 Kids organization will spread holiday cheer to underprivileged children throughout middle Tennessee with the Tour Bus Show and Artist Meet & Greet […]

Bassist “Bee” Spears Passes

Dan “Bee” Spears, the longtime bass player for Willie Nelson, died on Dec. 8 […]

Cooper Moves To Morris; Meacham Promoted At Columbia/BNA

Morris Artist Management has named Columbia/BNA Dir./National Promotion Buffy Cooper to the brand new post […]

The Boom Labs Opens for Business

Industry vets Pino Squillace and Jerry Navarro have announced the development and grand opening of The Boom Labs […]

Friday Photos (12/9/11)

WMBA Tunes For Tots • Corey Wagar visits MusicRow • Lady Antebellum loves tacky Christmas sweaters

Rascal Flatts Gets “Easy” Gold

Rascal Flatts’ current single, “Easy,” has been certified Gold from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales exceeding 500,000. This accolade comes while the single is […]

CMT/GAC TV Premieres and MD Records Launch

CMT’s Artist of the Year Awards and GAC’s Martina McBride special plus news about new label MD Records. […]

Toby Keith Foundation To Build OK Kids Korral

The Toby Keith Foundation will move forward with plans to build OK Kids Korral, a place to […]

Artist Compilation (12/9/11)

Chris Young • Brad Paisley • “CMA Country Christmas” • Jo Dee Messina

CountryBreakout No. 1 Song

It’s December, which means it’s time for everyone to start putting together those “Best of 2011” lists so we can see what gems we might have missed during the last 12 months […]

Weekly Chart Report (12/9/11)

It’s a perpetual party on MusicRow’s CountryBreakout Chart, as Eric Church’s “Drink In My Hand” maintains its slightly buzzed footing […]

Lambert “Retweets” Pistol Annies

The Pistol Annies have been causing a buzz and making registers ring. The band’s digital-only album was released in late August and debut sales were a remarkable 42,000 units. At the same time, the trio’s most famous member, fiery Miranda Lambert, has also been lighting torches. […]

Charlie Cook On Air

Are we on the precipice of another explosion like the early ‘90s? […]

ZBB At Red Rocks On CMT

Zac Brown Band’s sold-out concerts at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado are featured in a new special on CMT […]

Springsteen to Keynote SXSW

This keynote will further SXSW’s aim to foster connection and communication in the music community […]

Industry Ink: Chesney Goes Platinum

Plus news from WSIX, EMI Music, MusicRow’s David Ross, CMA, and tons more […]

SiriusXM Salutes Waylon Jennings

The satcaster hosted a special taping earlier this week in Nashville […]

Curb, Atkins Renew Contracts

Rodney Atkins has inked new contracts with longtime homes Curb Records and Curb Publishing […]

Owen Raises Money For St. Jude’s From His Kitchen

Jake Owen recently played his second Stageit show to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital […]

Hank Jr. Concert Raises $75K For Hall of Fame

Hank Williams Jr. performed an acoustic benefit concert marking the close of Family Tradition: The Williams Family Legacy exhibit […]

Thursday Photos

Brent Anderson Makes Opry Debut • Christmas at Belmont Taped at Schermerhorn Symphony Center […]