Country music icon Loretta Lynn was showered with industry awards and heartfelt praise at a celebration marking her 50 years in country music on Friday (9/24) at her Hurricane Mills ranch outside Nashville. The Academy of Country Music, Country Radio Broadcasters, Inc. and BMI each made award presentations during the invitation-only event billed as “A […]
The Grand Ole Opry will return to the the Grand Ole Opry House tonight (9/28) for the first time since the May floods, and fans will be able to watch a live stream of the historic show online. To see the action, go to opry.com, ustream.com/opry, GACTV.com, and participating artists’ websites beginning at 8 p.m. […]
Jamey Johnson recruited actor pal Matthew McConaughey to direct and star in the video for his latest single “Playing The Part.” The shoot took place last week at the famed Los Angeles intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Ave. The song is the lead single from Johnson’s double album, The Guitar Song, which debuted at […]
Next month Charlie Daniels will deliver the closing keynote address at the International Entertainment Buyers Association conference, and will be honored at a separate event by the TJ Martell Foundation. Daniels, a member of the inaugural class of the IEBA Hall of Fame, will speak on Tuesday, October 5 in the Hilton Nashville ballroom. Immediately […]
Influential and beloved music executive Frances Preston will be presented with the Mentor Award during the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Dinner and Induction Ceremony on October 17. “Frances is the consummate mentor,” said Roger Murrah, Chairman of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Foundation. “She has mentored an industry of dreamers and professionals. The […]
Black River Entertainment has purchased Music City’s legendary Sound Stage studios, home to recordings by artists as varied as George Strait, Alan Jackson, Michael McDonald and Sheryl Crow. Black River president Jimmy Nichols says he could not pass up purchasing the studio which is located next to his label on Music Circle. He has often […]
Starting Oct. 4, fans can hear one new track per week from Taylor Swift’s upcoming Speak Now release. The star’s label home Big Machine has partnered with iTunes, Comcast, XfinityTV.com and E! News Daily to debut songs for the three weeks leading up to the album’s Oct. 25 street date. On Mondays starting Oct. 4, […]
Matt Nahay has been promoted to Executive Producer at Gamma Blast, a creative video and digital content production company. He has been a Writer/Producer with the company for three years. “It just made sense to promote Matt,” says Director/Owner, Chad Denning. “With the number of new relationships he’s forged for us and his experience working […]
SESAC hosted a “Give + Love” blood drive and spare change/canned food donation event for the American Red Cross and Second Harvest Food Bank at its Nashville headquarters. A steady stream of artists, songwriters and Music Row personnel stopped by to lend a hand with donations. The event, which was sponsored by Urban Flats, Provence […]
Capitol Records Nashville has promoted Melissa Fuller Spillman to A&R Manager, where she will act as the A&R department’s liaison with producers, publishers, management and artists. She joined Capitol Nashville in May 2006 as a marketing coordinator. “Melissa has always kept her ears to the street and her eyes on the goal-line,” says Capitol Pres./CEO […]