Category: Weekend
Buddy Killen Circle To Gain Apartment Complex
According to the Nashville Business Journal, the long vacant site at 1515 Demonbreun St. across from the Tin Roof and the one-time location of the Barbara Mandrell Museum, is now slated to become home to a $40 milllion apartment project. Lionstone Group, based in Houston, is said to be selling the land now a parking […]
WANTED: A New GPS For Country Marketing
Until recently our industry has relied upon SoundScan and the mainstream radio charts to rank weekly artist activity. But is that still enough or do we need a more comprehensive set of activity gauges? Tom Baldrica and Peter Strickland weigh in…
Category: Exclusive, Featured, Label, Sales/Marketing, Weekend
The Boxcars Lead IBMA Nominations
The Boxcars lead the just-announced International Bluegrass Music Award nominations with nods in nine categories ranging from Emerging Artist of the Year to Entertainer of the Year. The nominations were revealed today (8/17) at a special press event at the Loveless Barn hosted by Doyle Lawson, Russell Moore, Josh Williams and Sierra Hull. Star Del […]
Luke Bryan Debuts At Top of Chart
Luke Bryan’s debut is the big story on this week’s SoundScan report. The Capitol Nashville star moved over 145,000 units of his third album tailgates & tanlines, landing at the top of the Country chart, and No. 2 on the overall chart. This is more than double the first week sales of his sophomore release, […]
Category: Artist, Featured, Label, Sales/Marketing, Weekend
DIY ‘U’ Showcases Digital Artist Career Tool
The DIY series is designed to introduce ASCAP members to various technology companies and this edition featured the Topspin direct-to-fan platform and Topspin Sr. Director of Artist Services Nashville, Wayne Leeloy.
Category: Artist, Exclusive, Featured, Organizations, Weekend
CMT Adds New Sr. VP, Music Strategy
CMT has tapped an industry vet from the radio world to replace exiting Jay Frank.
Category: Featured, Radio, Sales/Marketing, Weekend
Combustion Promotes Chris Van Belkom
Combustion Music announces the promotion of Chris Van Belkom to VP. Van Belkom formerly served as Sr. Creative Director and has been with Combustion since 2004. Working directly with company President, Chris Farren, Van Belkom will oversee all aspects of the creative department and manage the writing staff, which includes songwriters Ashley Gorley, Brett James, […]
Category: Featured, Publishing, Weekend
Sound Of Change Headed To Music City
Put your ear to the music industry railroad tracks and you’ll likely hear a faint rumbling headed toward Nashville—don’t recognize it? It’s the sound of change. Warner Music’s recent purchase by Len Blavatnik’s Access Industries seemingly brought little or no change to Music City, but the upcoming sale of EMI—both publishing and records— is likely […]
Category: Exclusive, Featured, Label, Publishing, Weekend
