Author Archive: Sarah Skates

Sarah Skates has worked in the music business for more than a decade and is a longtime contributor to MusicRow.

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RIAA Report: Streaming Revenue Surpasses $1 Billion

RIAA has issued its semi-annual report on U.S. music business sales, shipments and revenues through the first half of the year […]

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War Memorial Auditorium Turns 90 Today

The War Memorial Auditorium is celebrating its 90th birthday today. The building was dedicated […]

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Weekly Register: Brett Eldredge Debuts at No. 1

Brett Eldredge sings his way to the No. 1 country album spot this week […]

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Alabama Releases First Album In 14 Years Today

Alabama released their first studio album in fourteen years today (Sept. 18). The band is in […]

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Diamond Rio Releases Album Today, Celebrates 25th Anniversary

Diamond Rio is releasing their tenth studio album today (Sept. 18). The title track was co-written […]

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Buddy Miller, Jim Lauderdale Welcome Guests To City Winery For SiriusXM Series

Esteemed musicians and colleagues Buddy Miller and Jim Lauderdale will begin a unique concert series […]

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5 Things We Learned From Don Henley’s Keynote at the Americana Conference

He sat down for a discussion at the Country Music Hall of Fame with music authority Warren Zanes […]

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Tim McGraw Says ‘Damn Country Music’ On Upcoming Album

Tim McGraw will release a new album, Damn Country Music, Nov. 6 on Big Machine Records […]

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No. 1 Party: ASCAP, BMI Toast Canaan Smith’s ‘Love You Like That’

By now, we all know that Canaan Smith is “a fishin’ in the dark Nitty Gritty boy.” So last night (Sept. 15) ASCAP and BMI […]

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David Friedman Joins UMG Nashville

Universal Music Group Nashville announced today that David Friedman has joined the company […]

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Nielsen: 75 Percent Listen Online, Radio Still Leads Discovery

According to the new Music 360 2015 report, Nielsen’s fourth annual study of U.S. music listeners […]

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