Archive for May, 2010
Colt Ford Posts Impressive Numbers
In 2008, Average Joes Entertainment Group launched with flagship artist Colt Ford, and today, nearly two years later, the label has surpassed 500,000 in digital single sales and 253,969 albums sold on Ford according to Nielsen SoundScan. “When we first began marketing Colt Ford, 99 percent our industry peers said it was impossible,” says Shannon […]
Category: Featured
“Guitars of the Stars” Benefits Flood Victims
A second annual Guitars of the Stars Benefit Auction will be held on Friday, June 11 at 3:00 PM at the Ryman Auditorium. The event will give fans in town for CMA Music Fest the opportunity to bid on acoustic guitars decorated by some of country music’s hottest stars. All proceeds from the auction will […]
AEG Live Adds Amy Bryan
AEG Live/Moore Entertainment Group has announced that Amy Bryan has joined the firm to develop a Talent Buying division for the company. Prior to her new position, Bryan was a Talent Buyer and an Entertainment Producer for Neste Event Marketing. Bryan is a graduate of the University of Florida and has been producing entertainment for […]
Category: Featured
McBride Signs With Morris Artist Mgt.
RCA Nashville artist Martina McBride has signed a management deal with Clint Higham, President of Morris Artist Management, this week. Higham, who manages Kenny Chesney and Jake Owen, is based in Nashville and has been with Morris Artist Management for 18 years. “Excited is an understatement when it comes to how I feel about starting […]
Worley’s “Hitmakers” Sing For Charity
Songwriters Darryl Worley, Jim “Moose” Brown, Walt Aldridge, and Steve Wariner performed some of their biggest hits this past Friday (5/14) for a sold out audience at the Hitmakers on the Harbor songwriters concert. The event took place in Pickwick, TN and raised $28,000 in support of The Darryl Worley Foundation, which doubled the amount […]
CMA Names Chapman Director of Marketing
The Country Music Association has promoted Cory Chapman to Director of Marketing, announced CMA Senior Director of Marketing Tammy Donham today (5/19). “During his tenure with CMA, Cory has shown a strategic vision and commitment to our department and organization that has significantly contributed to our many recent successes,” said Donham. “His creative skills, marketing […]
Category: Featured, Organizations, Sales/Marketing
DISClaimer 5/19/10 (reveiws)
It sounds to me like this town is ready to shake off those rainy-day blues and do some dancing in the sunshine.
Habitat Knoxville’s “Brooks & Dunn” House
Knoxville Habitat for Humanity and the Charlie and Moll Anderson Family Foundation are teaming up with America’s talented musical artists to build a ‘Music Row’ in Knoxville. Only this ‘Music Row’ serves to provide local families with simple, decent and affordable housing. Today, Brooks & Dunn’s Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn participated in the dedication […]
Category: Artist, Featured, Organizations
Naxos Brings “Classical” Flood Relief
Franklin, Tennessee-based classical music company, Naxos of America, joins with online retailers Amazon MP3, Naxos Direct and ClassicsOnline to launch Naxos for Nashville, from which one hundred percent of the proceeds will go to Hands On Nashville (www.hon.org), a volunteer organization that is helping local communities in and around Nashville cope with losses from the […]
22nd Annual MusicRow Awards
MusicRow is proud to announce its nominees for the 22nd Annual MusicRow Awards. Ballots for the reader-voted categories will be emailed to subscribers May 19. The deadline for voting is May 24th. The winners, along with the Top Ten Album All Star Musicians will be announced at our awards ceremony on June 24. (The eligibility […]
Swift Wins BMI Song of the Year
Taylor Swift won top honors at last night’s BMI Pop Awards in Los Angeles, taking home the prestigious Song of the Year award for her multi-genre international No.1 smash “Love Story.” 20-year old Swift is the youngest songwriter in history to win this honor, and the first country winner in more than a decade. The […]
