Category: Featured
MusicFest Sellout Sets New Attendance Record
CMA is reporting its second consecutive CMA MusicFest sellout. The country music organizations which puts on the massive downtown event has released the following informatin. Average daily attendance over the four days was 65,000. In 2010, Festival attendance jumped 16.7 percent over 2009 when attendance was 56,000. The 65,000 attendance in 2011 includes four-day ticket […]
Category: Featured, Organizations, Touring
Industry Ink Monday (6/13)
Crystal Shawanda • Doak Turner • Jolene Mercer Dakil • Springbarrel Songwriter Services • Steep Canyon Rangers • BMI’s East Side Sounds
Category: Artist, Featured, Organizations
More Hot CMA Fest Pics
Brad Paisley, Brantley Gilbert, Joe Nichols, Dierks Bentley, Eli Young Band, and more.
Industry Watch
Independent Music Publishers Panel (6/14) features music supervisors • Gaga Facing Physical Returns? • Spotify Inks Universal
Bobby Karl’s Fan Fair Finale
Chapter 369: I am pretty sure it was the hottest one on record, and I am fairly confident that it was the best attended, but I am absolutely positive that this has been the most star-loaded CMA Music Fest in history. On Wednesday (6/8), we had the legendary Oak Ridge Boys and Hall of Famer […]
CMT’s Next Superstar Inks With Elektra
Matt Mason from Fairland, Indiana was crowned the winner of the first season of CMT’S Next Superstar. Mason will receive a record deal with Warner Music Nashville’s Elektra imprint and will be the opening act for CMT on Tour this fall, headlined by Luke Bryan and sponsored by the network. President and CEO of Warner Music Nashville, […]
Fab Photos From Music Fest
Little Big Town host Ride For A Cure • “Idols” on the Opry • Fan Fair Hall with Dolly, Robin Meade and Due West
Photos: CMA Fest, Hot Dog Day, CMHOF
SunTrust Hot Dog Day • Shania Twain honored for 75 million in sales • Songwriter Don Schlitz at Hall of Fame • Joanna Smith at CMA Music Festival
Country, Bluegrass and Americana News (6/10/11)
New albums from Randy Travis and Ricky Skaggs • Foundation for Bluegrass Music establishes grants • Larry Cordle and “Pud Marcum’s Hangin'”
Category: Artist, Featured, Organizations, Sales/Marketing
Review: Marty Stuart’s Late Night Jam Delivers
Marty Stuart sold out the historic Ryman Auditorium June 8 for his 10th Anniversary Late Night Jam. The event raised over $30,000 for MusiCares with a portion also going to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. Guests included country music icons Parton, Mel Tillis and Connie Smith, along with The Quebe Sisters Band, Doug Kershaw and surprise […]
Category: Artist, Featured, MusicFest, Organizations
Bobby Karl Works CMA Fest: Part 2
Day Two of the CMA Music Festival was a carbon copy of Day One, weather-wise. The streets of downtown Nashville sizzled in the mid-90s. But I’ll be darned if the fans weren’t having a ball in spite of it all.
