Author Archive: Sarah Skates
Sarah Skates has worked in the music business for more than a decade and is a longtime contributor to MusicRow.
CMA Donates $1.4 Million To Keep The Music Playing
The CMA Foundation is donating $1.4 million to benefit music education programs for Nashville’s 78,000 public school students […]
Photos: Alive At The Bluebird; Mike Reid at Franklin Theater
Mike Reid, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Victoria Shaw and Jim Photoglo were among the performers at the recent charity events […]
Combustion Hosts Hit Songwriter Showcase
Combustion Music hosted an intimate songwriter showcase at Gary Allan’s new clothing store, The Label […]
Category: Featured, Publishing
Benefit News: Jimmy Wayne, Jo Dee Messina, Phil Vassar
Vassar heads home to WV • Messina helps local Montessori • Wayne to testify at state Capitol
Hall of Fame Sets All-Time Attendance Record, Offers Free Day
The 2011 attendance total is the largest in the institution’s 44-year history […]
Category: Featured, Organizations
SAG, AFTRA Merger Moves Closer
The merger of entertainment unions the Screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists appears imminent […]
Category: Featured, Organizations
Kent Earls To Lead UMPG Nashville
Earls promoted from Sr. VP, Creative to Exec. VP/GM of the publisher’s Nashville office […]
Category: Featured, Publishing
Kobalt Names Richard Sanders President
Richard Sanders moves from an International post at Sony Music to serve as President of Kobalt Music Group […]
Category: Featured, Publishing
Higdon Exits UMPG
Higdon’s exit is the latest in a series of major changes at the publishing giant […]
Category: Exclusive, Featured, Publishing
CMA Salutes Triple Play Songwriters
Events at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum are always fantastic and Tuesday’s CMA Songwriters Luncheon in the Hall’s Conservatory was no exception […]
Category: Artist, Awards, Exclusive, Featured, Organizations, Weekend
Article Traces History of Women on The Row
Music Row hasn’t always been easy street for women in the music business […]



