Archive for November, 2010
Video: Loretta Lynn Discusses Tribute Album
Loretta Lynn talks about the Coal Miner’s Daughter tribute album honoring her 50-year career. Also featured in the video are the artists from the project, including Sheryl Crow, Alan Jackson, Miranda Lambert, Kid Rock, Carrie Underwood, and Jack White.
Rucker Sings For PGA Tour Charity
Darius Rucker is set to team with the PGA Tour during 2011 to raise funds for PGA Tour charities through music. Rucker, an avid golfer, has written and produced “Together Anything’s Possible,” that will be available for download starting in early January. All proceeds from the song for a full year will be donated to […]
Category: Artist, Featured, Organizations
Hit Writers Pen Holiday Parody Album, Merry Ex-Mas
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 […]
Reba Is People Country’s December Cover
The December issue of People Country is out today (11/12) and features photos of 2010’s biggest stars in their favorite places. Reba graces the cover and speaks about her favorite vacation place, the Ryman Auditorium. “My family didn’t take vacations except to go to the Grand Ole Opry at the Ryman,” says Reba. “It represents tradition […]
McBride Joins Train in CMT Crossroads Premiere
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 […]
Trailer Choir Hosts & Chesney Celebrates No. 1
CMT’s 40 Greatest Songs Of The Decade, premiers Sat., Nov. 13. Trailer Choir helps the show count down country’s most popular videos in this all new two-hour music special that celebrates the most successful and influential songs of the past ten years. The BNA Records staff was presented with plaques for Kenny Chesney’s two-week Number One Single, […]
Promotion vs. Servicing Myths
(Bryan Farrish Promotion is an independent promotion company handling airplay, talk radio interviews, and gig promotion. www.radio-media.com) One of the new tricks to confuse artists is “digital distribution” or “digital servicing”. This is a service where the following is supposed to happen: You pay a small fee to have your audio sent to radio stations, […]
Flatts Extend Tour; American Music Awards
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 […]
Urban Prepares To Get Closer Next Week
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 […]
CRB Expands New Faces Voting
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 […]
Category: Featured, Organizations, Radio
Savannah Launches Licensing Division; ACM Radio Submissions Open Soon
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 […]
Category: Awards, Featured, Label, Organizations, Radio
