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Overseas Fans Embrace Country

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Fans worldwide continue to embrace country music, drawing a growing number of tours overseas, including recent outings by Dolly Parton, Lorrie Morgan and Dailey & Vincent.

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Swift’s Sold-Out Traveling Sound Emporium

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“I’m a hopeless romantic,” Taylor Swift told the 15,000 screaming fans jammed into Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Sept. 16. Indeed, her 14-track Speak Now album, which has sold 3.65 million copies in 46 weeks, is packed with stories of love—won and lost.

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Netflix Splits Services, Introduces Qwikster

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Earlier this summer, Netflix announced a 60% increase on subscription fees, prompting about one million subscribers to cancel their subscriptions. Now Netflix is splitting its online streaming and DVD-by-Mail services. To order DVDs via snail mail, Netflix users will have to sign-up for Qwikster, the newly renamed mail order plan. The separately named service will […]

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Music Lawyer Bob Sullivan Passes

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Prominent music-business attorney Bob Sullivan has died of leukemia at age 59. Sullivan was a partner at Loeb & Loeb LLP. During his career, his clients included Johnny Cash, B.B. King, Thompson Square, The Fray, Peter Frampton, Lynyrd Skynyrd, EMI Publishing, John Prine, The Carter Family and Waylon Jennings. Robert Lee “Bob” Sullivan was born […]

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Dill’s ‘Murder’ Hits Home Run

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Veteran Nashville manager Stuart Dill’s sharp new novel, Murder On Music Row has more twists than a narrow country road. The plot revolves around a hired assassin, an international record company merger and …

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Corey Wagar – I Hate My Boyfriend

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Corey Wagar’s second single “I Hate My Boyfriend,” from her debut album On The Edge (GTR Records Nashville), has an infectious and fun lyric that grabs listeners and says, “This young artist is about to make her name.” “I Hate My Boyfriend” goes for adds Sept 26th, with promotion efforts being spearheaded by Lisa Smoot, […]

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Wilma Lee Cooper Passes

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Grand Ole Opry member Wilma Lee Cooper passed away from natural causes on Sept. 13 at her home in Sweetwater, Tenn. She had been a member of the Opry since 1957 and was 90 years old. Per Wilma Lee’s wishes there will not be a memorial service. She will be remembered for her music and her […]