Archive for April, 2011
Randy Travis Records Star Duets For “Anniversary Celebration”
Country stalwart Randy Travis is planning a duets album to celebrate the 25th anniversary of his career. The Warner Bros. Records release, Anniversary Celebration, will include guests Zac Brown Band, Kenny Chesney, Don Henley, Alan Jackson, Jamey Johnson, George Jones, Kris Kristofferson, Tim McGraw, Willie Nelson, Brad Paisley, Carrie Underwood and Kristin Chenoweth. Coming June […]
Industry Ink Tuesday (4/5)
SESAC signs Nathan Bell • Mark Montgomery writing for Forbes.com • Black River hires Dawn Delvo • JKMusicwerks inks Eric Durrance
Category: Artist, Featured, Organizations, Publishing
Steven Dale Jones Signs With Word Publishing
Word Music Publishing has signed hit songwriter Steven Dale Jones. The Grammy nominated/award winning writer is known for penning such hits as “One More Day” (Diamond Rio), “Ten Thousand Angels” (Mindy McCready), “He Gets That From Me” (Reba), and many more. Showing his diverse talent, Jones has had cuts from artists as wide-ranging as the […]
Category: Featured, Publishing
Shelton Hosts ACM Shoot
Blake Shelton hosted the first ever NRA Country/ACM Celebrity Shoot on April 2 at Nellis Air Force Base as part of the Las Vegas Academy of Country Music Awards week celebration. The event consisted of a 13-station, 50-target competition for 19 teams of five shooters—each with a celebrity captain. Prizes were awarded to the […]
Category: Awards, Featured, Organizations
BMI Presents Annual Christian Awards
BMI saluted the writers and publishers of the past year’s most-performed songs on Christian radio and television during the annual Christian Music Awards, held last night (4/4) at the company’s Music Row offices in Nashville. Among the evening’s top honorees were Rodney Griffin, tobyMac, Needtobreathe’s Bo Rinehart, Scott Krippayne and Universal Music Publishing Group. Genre-jumping […]
Category: Artist, Awards, Featured, Organizations, Publishing
Jayne Rogovin Benefit, Hats Across The Row Today
Plus benefit news from Kacey Jones and Jesse Goldberg, Joe Dee Messina at the Music Row Road Race, and Cumulus Nashville’s Radiothon
SOURCE Announces 2011 Honorees
The SOURCE Awards committee has announced its 2011 honorees, whose achievements will be celebrated at the SOURCE Awards, August 25, 2011 at Nashville’s Noah Liff Opera Center. The 2011 SOURCE Awards honorees are Roberta Edging (Eddy Arnold Enterprises), Millie Kirkham (WSM Radio, Tree Music Publishing, Legendary Background Vocalist), Barbara Orbison (Barbara Orbison Productions, Roy Orbison […]
Category: Awards, Featured, Organizations
Rich Raises Big Bucks For St. Jude On Celeb Apprentice
John Rich was given project manager duties on last night’s (4/3) episode of Celebrity Apprentice, where he rallied friends including previous CA contestant Trace Adkins to line up big donations. The show’s two teams made art and auctioned it off to benefit their respective charities; Rich’s team was working for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. […]
ACM Awards Win Ratings Race
The ACM Awards drew 12.2 million viewers last night (4/3), winning the ratings race for CBS, according to Zap2It.com. The 3-hour country music extravaganza won every hour, starting at 8PM/ET. CBS far outpaced the next runner-up, ABC which attracted 8.3 million watchers. NBC followed with 6.5 million, and Fox came in with 4 million. This […]
ACM Unleashes Niche Expanding Tour De Force
The 3-hour 46th Academy of Country Music Awards was perhaps the best show this format has produced—ever. Country superstars and rising newcomers were everywhere, blended with a liberal dose of off islander presenters to help drive ratings and exposure.
