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 […]

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 […]