Songwriters Will Robinson, Mike Reid and Don Pfrimmer have just released Merry Ex-Mas: Holiday Songs For the Divorced and Soon To Be, a tongue in cheek collection of eight Christmas parodies and two original new holiday songs. The ten tracks are performed by a group called the Irreconcilables, which includes Joanna Cotten, Perry Danos, Fred […]
Next Saturday, November 20th, marks the premiere of CMT Crossroads: Train and Martina McBride. This highly-anticipated performance will air at 8:00 pm ET/PT. This special was taped before an invitation-only audience in Nashville and features Martina joining Train on her hits “A Broken Wing,” “Wrong Baby Wrong,” and Train’s “Drops of Jupiter,” “Marry Me” and […]
Rascal Flatts will continue their Nothing Like This Tour into 2011 with a re-launch Jan. 14 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. This second leg of the tour includes 21 shows and features opening acts Luke Bryan and Chris Young. As previously announced, the group will release their first album on Big Machine Records, Nothing Like […]
Three-time Grammy award winner Keith Urban has a busy week ahead for the release of his sixth studio album, Get Closer, which will hit the streets on Tuesday, November 16th. Urban served as guest DJ on SIRIUS XM’s The Highway Channel this morning, previewing some songs from Get Closer and music from some of his […]
Country Radio Broadcasters, Inc. has announced the expansion of its New Faces of Country Music Show voting process to include all country radio station employees. The nominees for this year’s show are The Band Perry, Lee Brice, Easton Corbin, Danny Gokey, Jaron and The Long Road To Love, David Nail, Jerrod Niemann, Steel Magnolia and […]
Savannah Music Group Launches Licensing Division Nashville-based Savannah Music Group announced that Mark and Nick Mulch of the Mulch Brothers will handle the licensing for the label and music publishing company. The Mulch Brothers, moonlighting as MGH Music Services, will license existing Savannah songs for commercials, film and television and will also oversee the creation […]
RADIO NEWS Max Media’s WWBE/Sunbury, PA has moved midday host Shelly Marx to mornings to join Mark Roberts for its new “B98.3 Breakfast Bunch.” Afternoon Drive man Todd Steward will handle the midday slot, and Rick “RJ” Jordan will take on afternoon drive. SPIN ZONE After a tough battle for the CountryBreakout Chart’s No. 1 […]
MCA Nashville’s Josh Kelley, who just released his debut country album, Georgia Clay, and his wife Katherine Heigl stop by the Universal Party, held at Giovanni’s in midtown Nashville. The Big Machine Label Group gathered the majority of their roster together for an exclusive CMA after party at downtown Nashville’s aVenue. Included in this photo: […]
Honky Tonk TV, the country music entertainment and news show which began as a news segment embedded in a daily National TV show, has now grown into its own full length production. The new half hour weekly version of Honky Tonk TV began Nov. 8 via Brighthouse Networks (http://brighthouse.com) and can be found in markets […]
Sony Music Nashville had much to celebrate at a gathering at the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum following Wednesday’s 44th Annual CMA Awards, co-hosted by Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley. The evening saw top nominee and birthday girl Miranda Lambert walk away with three awards, claiming Female Vocalist of the Year, Music Video […]