Album Releases

October 1
Charlie Robison/High Life/Thirty Tigers
Colt Ford/Ride Through the Country Revisited/Average Joes
Those Darlins/Blur The Line/Oh Wow Dang

October 8
Cassadee Pope/Frame By Frame/Republic Nashville
Kenny Rogers/You Can’t Make Old Friends/Warner Bros. Records
Joe Nichols/Crickets/Red Bow Records
Joey+Rory/Made To Last/Farmhouse Recordings
Larry Cordle/The Cord Files: All-Star Duets/MightyCord Records
Amos Lee/Mountains Of Sorrow, Rivers Of Song/Blue Note Records
Patty Griffin/Silver Bell/Universal Music Enterprises

October 15
Scotty McCreery/See You Tonight/19 Recordings
Jason Aldean/Night Train Tour [DVD]
Natalie Grant/Hurricane/Curb Records
Logan Brill/Walking Wires/Carnival Music
Will Hoge/Never Give In/Cumberland Recordings
Chase Rice/Ready Set Roll

October 17
Madeleine Slate/Fine Lines

October 22
Brandy Clark/12 Stories/Slate Creek Records

October 29
Toby Keith/Drinks After Work/SDU
Thomas Rhett/It Goes Like This/The Valory Music Co.
Robertson Family/Duck The Halls: A Robertson Family Christmas/Universal Music Group Nashville
Julie Roberts/Good Wine and Bad Decisions/Sun Records-Red River-Sony RED
George Ducas/4340/Loud Ranch
Kelly Clarkson/Wrapped In Red/RCA-Columbia Nashville
Restless Heart/A Restless Heart Christmas/Red River Entertainment
Trace Adkins/The King’s Gift/Caliburn Records-Sony RED
Mindy Smith/Snowed In [EP]/Giant Leap-TVX Records

Pictured (L-R): Bobby Bare, “Cowboy” Jack Clement, and Kenny Rogers inducted to the Country Music Hall of Fame during Medallion Ceremony. Photo: John Russell.

Industry Events

October 1-6
Pensacola Beach Songwriters Festival

October 4-6
Austin City Limits Music Festival

October 5-8
5th Annual Country on the Beach at the Reach Resort in Key West

October 11-13
Austin City Limits Music Festival

October 13
43rd Annual Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Dinner & Induction Ceremony at the Music City Center

October 15
Dove Awards at Lipscomb University’s Allen Arena

October 19-22
43rd annual IEBA Conference at Nashville’s Omni Hotel

October 22
T.J. Martell New York Honors Gala at the Cipriani

October 20-24
2013 ICM Faith, Family and Country Convention and Awards at Two Rivers Fellowship at Opryland

October 24
19th annual Inspirational Country Music Awards at Two Rivers Fellowship at Opryland

October 27
Medallion Ceremony at the Country Music Hall of Fame

October 28
Final CMA ballot closes at 5:00 p.m. CT

October 31
Last day to submit for the 2013 NSAI Song Contest presented by CMT

Single Add Dates

October 7 
Leah Turner/Take The Keys/Columbia Nashville
Aaron Watson/July In Cheyenne/HTK Records
Brad Long/Every Heart Has a Different Road/Blackwater Records
Susan Ashton/Moonshine/Be Music & Entertainment
Florida Georgia Line/Stay/Republic Nashville
Josh Pruno/Cut Offs/Lawrence

October 14
Aaron & Amanda Crabb/If I’m Guilty/differencemedia
Grayson/You & America/Way Outback Records
Old Crow Medicine Show/Dixieland Delight/ATO Records
Dan + Shay/19 You + Me/Warner Bros.-WAR
Rodney Atkins/Doin’ It Right/Curb
Sins Country/Muscadine/Go Time Records
Lady Antebellum/Compass/Capitol Nashville

October 21
Samantha Landrum/What If/Reviver Records
Ty Herndon/Lies I Told Myself/Flying Island
Blackjack Billy/Get Some/Bigger Picture
Jerrod Niemann/Drink To That All Night/Sea Gayle-Arista Nashville
Rachel Farley/Midnight Road/Red Bow
Weston Burt/Smile That Smile/HitShop

October 28 
Little River Band/You Dream, I’ll Drive/Frontiers
Mitch Goudy/Blow These Speakers Out/Third Floor Records