Author Archive: Sarah Skates
Sarah Skates has worked in the music business for more than a decade and is a longtime contributor to MusicRow.
Faith Hill Set For Symphony Fashion Show
Wynonna, Kathy Mattea, and Steve Wariner will perform with the Symphony’s Pop Series.
Grammy Party Pics [updated 2/16]
JaneDear at the Warner bash, Chris Young at the Sony party, Keith and Nicole at EMI event, and a Bigger Picture celebration.
ACM Reveals Radio Winners
ACM radio award winners were announced this morning (2/15). They will not be televised due to time constraints during the live telecast of the ACM Awards on April 3. Winners in radio categories will be invited to receive their awards at a private reception in Las Vegas on Saturday, April 2. This marks the third […]
New Paisley Project Coming In May
It’s the first major release date revealed this year, but SoundScan watchers will have to wait until May to see a sales boost. Reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year Brad Paisley is slated to release his new album, This Is Country Music, on May 24 via Arista. Paisley once again teamed with longtime producer Frank […]
Matraca Berg Plans New Release
Plus news on projects from George Jones, Ralph Stanley, Jeff Bates and Kenny Rogers.
Grammy Reaction Around The Web
Nashville is on a Grammy winning streak. Last night’s wins by Lady Antebellum marked the third year in a row that a Nashville act has been the show’s top winner. Last year Taylor Swift scored big, and in 2009, the most trophies went to Alison Krauss and Robert Plant. It is a testament to the […]
Grammys Score Best Ratings In A Decade
Last night’s (2/13) Grammy Awards were the show’s most viewed telecast since 2001, drawing 26.6 million total viewers and securing a win for CBS. The show’s ratings have been on a steady rise in recent years, with a 3 percent increase over last year’s broadcast which attracted 25.8 million viewers. In the key adults 18-49 […]
Grammy Ads Feature Growing Number of Celebs
Nearly one out of four advertisements during last night’s (2/13) Grammy Awards featured a celebrity endorsement, according to a report by Greenlight, a company specializing in licensing and rights clearance. Among the other findings of the GreenLight Ad Gauge: • celeb ads were up 47% over last year, and up more than 250% from 2009 […]
Category: Artist, Featured, Sales/Marketing
Lady A Sweeps Grammys
Lady Antebellum won five Grammy awards last night, including the all-genre tropies for Record of the Year and Song of the Year for “Need You Now.”
Reading List: Crowell, Lomax, Louvins and Murphy’s Laws
Rodney Crowell’s new memoir, Chinaberry Sidewalks, (Knopf) offers a look at his childhood and his parent’s often rocky marriage, set against the backdrop of 1950’s Houston, Texas. Crowell, the only child of a hard-drinking father and a Holy Roller mother, shares wild anecdotes such as the time he broke up his parents’ raucous New Year’s Eve […]
