Category: Featured
Reba & Blake Plan Tornado Relief Concert
Oklahoma natives Reba and Blake Shelton will host the Tornado Relief Concert on May 26 at the Choctaw Casino Resort, in partnership with the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. Tickets will be available beginning May 6 at 10:00 AM and may be purchased by phone at 1-800-585-3737 or online at www.choctawcasinos.com. The news of Atoka County’s recent tornado […]
Photo Spread: EMI Signs Channing Wilson
Plus the Country Music Hall of Fame’s Words & Music Night • ASCAP Music Lounge @ NaFF • BMI Road to Bonnaroo
Category: Artist, Featured, Organizations, Publishing
“The Voice” Sings Its Way To Strong Ratings
Last night’s (4/26) premiere of The Voice scored strong television ratings for NBC. The singing competition featuring celeb coaches Blake Shelton, Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green and Adam Levine helped the network win the night in the coveted 18-49 demographic, according to Zap2It.com. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the strong showing of 11.8 million viewers […]
Sugarland Stuck on Platinum
Sugarland’s Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush celebrate Platinum certification for their latest effort, The Incredible Machine, at their recent sold-out concert in Nashville. This marks the duo’s fourth consecutive release that has reached platinum or multi-platinum status with over 9 million records sold. As previously reported by MusicRow, this album has also garnered two nominations […]
Category: Featured
Music City Pickers Launches In Nashville
Hit songwriter and artist Brady Seals (Little Texas, Hot Apple Pie) has teamed with former Gibson Guitars web editor Gabriel Hernandez to launch Music City Pickers, which will specialize in purchasing and selling vintage musical instruments.
Category: Featured, Sales/Marketing
Best Cellars Dinner Has Raised Over $2 Million To Date
Celebrities enjoyed gourmet food and world class wines at the Twelfth Annual Eco-Energy Best Cellars Dinner Monday night (4/25). The event raised more than $170,000 for the T.J. Martell Foundation’s cancer research efforts, bringing the grand total to more than $2 million since the event’s inception in 1999.
Category: Artist, Featured, Organizations
AristoMedia Celebrates 31 Years with Promotion Fest
The AristoMedia Group, now celebrating its 31st year in operation has announced seven departmental promotions.
Category: Featured
Benefit News: Dawn Gates’ Woman of the Year Campaign
Plus Bill & Gloria Gaither Tribute • ReTune Nashville • Bob Sullivan stem cell drive • Concerts by David Nail, Josh Thompson, Darryl Worley, Jars of Clay and more
Easter Puts Hippity Hop In Country Sales
According to Nielsen SoundScan, Easter sales added a 7% hip hop to Nashville’s weekly country album sales compared with the previous week, whereas all genre sales only boosted 2%. However, a lack of high profile releases has kept YTD country album sales quite a bit below the all genre benchmark.
Category: Featured, Label, Sales/Marketing
Musical Chairs
Outback promotes Stefanie Porolniczak • Mark Montgomery joins Topspin Advisers Board • Darcy Ferris exits UMPG
Category: Featured
DISClaimer Single Reviews (4/27/11)
It will come as no surprise to most of you that Kenny Chesney has hit another home run. “You and Tequila” is a minor masterpiece of songwriting, vocal performance and production. And it wins Disc of the Day.
