Category: Label
Lifenotes: Evelyn Walker Brown, mother of Allen Brown
MusicRow extends condolences to Sony Music Nashville Vice President, Media & Corporate Communications, Allen Brown, on the passing of his mother Evelyn Walker Brown on November 12. She was 86 years old. Services will be held Thursday, November 18 with committal at the Emmett Cemetery in Emmett, ID at 2 pm. A memorial service will […]
Trailer Choir Hosts & Chesney Celebrates No. 1
CMT’s 40 Greatest Songs Of The Decade, premiers Sat., Nov. 13. Trailer Choir helps the show count down country’s most popular videos in this all new two-hour music special that celebrates the most successful and influential songs of the past ten years. The BNA Records staff was presented with plaques for Kenny Chesney’s two-week Number One Single, […]
Savannah Launches Licensing Division; ACM Radio Submissions Open Soon
Savannah Music Group Launches Licensing Division Nashville-based Savannah Music Group announced that Mark and Nick Mulch of the Mulch Brothers will handle the licensing for the label and music publishing company. The Mulch Brothers, moonlighting as MGH Music Services, will license existing Savannah songs for commercials, film and television and will also oversee the creation […]
Category: Awards, Featured, Label, Organizations, Radio
More Post Awards Party Photos
MCA Nashville’s Josh Kelley, who just released his debut country album, Georgia Clay, and his wife Katherine Heigl stop by the Universal Party, held at Giovanni’s in midtown Nashville. The Big Machine Label Group gathered the majority of their roster together for an exclusive CMA after party at downtown Nashville’s aVenue. Included in this photo: […]
Category: Artist, Awards, Featured, Label, Organizations
Post Awards Party Photos
Sony Music Nashville had much to celebrate at a gathering at the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum following Wednesday’s 44th Annual CMA Awards, co-hosted by Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley. The evening saw top nominee and birthday girl Miranda Lambert walk away with three awards, claiming Female Vocalist of the Year, Music Video […]
Swift, Aldean And Sugarland Sell the Sound Of Nashville
[Please sing using melody from “Sound Of Music”] Album sales are alive With the Sound of Nashville, With Swift and Aldean, Numbers one and two, The register rings, With the sound of Nashville Sugarland, Paisley, Kings Of Leon, too…. Yes, as we prepare to enjoy tonight’s CMA Awards (11/10) one can’t help but notice that […]
Category: Featured, Label, Sales/Marketing
[Updated] McBride Signs With Republic Nashville
Martina McBride has joined the Republic Nashville roster. The signing was announced earlier today (11/8) at a press conference at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. “We’ve been busy orchestrating Martina’s long-term business plan, and today’s signing is a major component,” explained her manager Clint Higham. “Working with Martina has been especially gratifying […]
Jury Says Hands Off in EMI Fraud Case
Terra Firma Chairman Guy Hands has lost his multibillion dollar legal suit against lender Citigroup yesterday. The trial explored Hands’ 2007 purchase of EMI and Hands’ alleged claim that Citigroup’s Chairman of U.K. banking David Wormsley “duped” him into overpaying for EMI. The jury unanimously voted that Citigroup was not liable in the buyout. The […]
Category: Featured, Financial/Legal, Label, Publishing, Radio
Howard and Sebastian Accomplish “Nothing”
Producer Chuck Howard’s studio sessions with new artist Gwen Sebastian have produced what they hope might become the perfect tear jerker for 2011, country’s latest breakup song, “Nothing.” The song, co-written by Jason Matthews, Lisa Carver and Sebastian, is the third release from her six-song EP V.I.P. on Open Road Records. Sebastian was selected as […]
Kenny Chesney to Co-Headline Stadium Tour with Zac Brown Band
Kenny Chesney announced his return to the stage for a nine stadium “Goin’ Coastal Tour”. When the four time CMA/ACM Entertainer of the year sets out on the 2011 tour, he will be joined by co-headliners The Zac Brown Band, plus special guests Billy Currington and Uncle Kracker. “With four acts on the bill, we’ve […]
Big Machine Publicity Adds Burr
Big Machine announces it has added Erin D.D. Burr to its publicity department as PR Account Manager. Burr’s primary focus will be the day-to-day facilitation of publicity initiatives for the Republic Nashville label roster, which includes The Band Perry, Eli Young Band, Jaron And The Long Road To Love, Sunny Sweeney and SHEL. “I am […]
