Author Archive: Sarah Skates
Sarah Skates has worked in the music business for more than a decade and is a longtime contributor to MusicRow.
“Rolling Stone” Declares Nashville “Best Music Scene”
In its new Best of Rock issue, Rolling Stone lists Nashville as the nation’s Best Music Scene. The one-page spread covers Music City restaurants, bars, venues, shopping and record stores, with quotes from local rockers about their favorite hangs. Kings of Leon’s Caleb Followill prefers Losers, and Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney can be found […]
Category: Featured
Kenny Chesney Joins BMI
Kenny Chesney has joined the BMI family of songwriters. The superstar has been building a repertoire of hits for more than a decade, leading to his recent twenty-first No. 1 “Somewhere With You.”
Category: Artist, Featured, Organizations, Publishing
Star-Studded Events Calendar
MusicRow’s social scene is heating up—Paisley and Urban added to the Leadership Music Dale Franklin Award Gala • Grammy Block Party • Music Supervisor Speed Networking • Best Cellars Dinner
Category: Artist, Featured, Organizations
Signings at EMI CMG and Bluewater
Megan James and Fred Wilhelm join EMI CMG • Cody Canada inks with Bluewater
Category: Artist, Featured, Publishing
Weekend Wrap-Up: Luke Bryan, Rascal Flatts, Whitney Duncan
Luke Bryan performed on the Tuesday Night Opry last week and was joined onstage by NBC’s Lester Holt. Holt played bass on Bryan’s current single “Country Girl (Shake It For Me)” for an Opry “I’m With The Band” segment, which spotlights celebrities from different fields performing on the Opry stage. • • • • • […]
Jack White Named Music City Ambassador
Mayor Karl Dean and the Nashville Music Council honored Jack White and his Third Man Records with the inaugural Music City Ambassador Award on Saturday, April 16.
Category: Artist, Awards, Featured, Organizations
Joe Redmond Switches Career Gears
Longtime radio promotion exec Joe Redmond is leaving the music business to open a bakery in Murfreesboro with his wife. “I want to thank all my friends and co-workers through the years in the record and radio industries for the kindnesses shown me, and the opportunities provided me these past 17 years,” he says. “I […]
Jennette McCurdy Partners With Fashion Line
Plus Miss Willie Brown headed to Bonnaroo and The Band Perry on VH1 Songwriters Series.
Nashville Film Festival Opens Today
The Nashville Film Festival opens today (4/14) and runs through April 21, with most screenings and events at the Regal Green Hills Cinema. As always, there are numerous music-related events and movies. Tonight’s offerings include Bloodworth starring Kris Kristofferson, and a movie about the 2010 Nashville flood. Friday (4/13) the fun continues with red carpet […]
Phil Vassar and LBT Raise $100,000 At Benefit Concert
Plus Tracy Lawrence’s celeb golf tourney, Music City Tennis Invitational, Charlie Kelley’s Blue Note Fund, and Foundation for Bluegrass grants.
Category: Artist, Featured, Organizations
Natalie Kilgore Leaving BMLG To Launch Division of GPJ
Natalie Kilgore is leaving her post as Head of Publicity for the Big Machine Label Group to create and lead a new Public Relations Division for George P. Johnson’s Entertainment Marketing Group. GPJ is a premier experience and event marketing agency working with brands including Coca Cola, RAM, Swarovski, Nissan, Blackberry and the Olympics. In […]
Category: Featured, Label, Sales/Marketing
