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The Raconteurs’ Earth Shaking Show at Third Man
As The Raconteurs tore through their show at Jack White’s Third Man Records, you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone in the crowd not fully enthralled by the earth-shaking beats and crashing, dance-party rhythms.
Hunze To Lead Parallel Music
“We are up and running and are looking for great writers,” says Tim Hunze, who now heads up Parallel Music Publishing’s Nashville offices. “We believe being a boutique publisher is perfect for today’s ever changing environment.” Parallel Music Publishing is a partnership between Hunze, Parallel Entertainment Founder & CEO, J.P. Williams, and C.T. Wyatt, who runs […]
Category: Featured, Publishing, Weekend
All For The Hall Los Angeles
Evening focuses on guitars and their stories, and includes a surprise announcement from Gibson about a special limited-run guitar.
Category: Artist, Featured, Organizations
Rodney Atkins Debuts Video, Preps Album Launch
Rodney Atkins is heading into the Oct. 4 release of his new album with a rising single and video. He’s also set to perform at the CMA Songwriters Series in NYC.
Overseas Fans Embrace Country
Fans worldwide continue to embrace country music, drawing a growing number of tours overseas, including recent outings by Dolly Parton, Lorrie Morgan and Dailey & Vincent.
CRB Re-Brands As Country Radio Seminar
Country Radio Broadcasters, Inc. is officially re-branding itself and continuing operations under the name Country Radio Seminar. The organization has also set a special presentation from a renowned futurist for CRS 2012.
Category: Exclusive, Featured, Organizations, Radio
Swift’s Sold-Out Traveling Sound Emporium
“I’m a hopeless romantic,” Taylor Swift told the 15,000 screaming fans jammed into Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Sept. 16. Indeed, her 14-track Speak Now album, which has sold 3.65 million copies in 46 weeks, is packed with stories of love—won and lost.
Photos: Chenoweth, Lyda, WMBA
Kristin Chenoweth visits CMA • Jacob Lyda chats with Crook & Chase • Tiffany speaks at WMBA event
Category: Artist, Featured, Organizations
Netflix Splits Services, Introduces Qwikster
Earlier this summer, Netflix announced a 60% increase on subscription fees, prompting about one million subscribers to cancel their subscriptions. Now Netflix is splitting its online streaming and DVD-by-Mail services. To order DVDs via snail mail, Netflix users will have to sign-up for Qwikster, the newly renamed mail order plan. The separately named service will […]
Category: Featured
5th Annual ACM Honors Tonight
The 5th Annual ACM Honors takes place tonight, Sept. 19, at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN. The event honors and awards non-televised category winners from the 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards, held last April. Hosted by performer Joe Nichols and musically directed by Buddy Cannon, the night features musical tribute performances and […]
Category: Artist, Awards, Featured, Organizations
Music Lawyer Bob Sullivan Passes
Prominent music-business attorney Bob Sullivan has died of leukemia at age 59. Sullivan was a partner at Loeb & Loeb LLP. During his career, his clients included Johnny Cash, B.B. King, Thompson Square, The Fray, Peter Frampton, Lynyrd Skynyrd, EMI Publishing, John Prine, The Carter Family and Waylon Jennings. Robert Lee “Bob” Sullivan was born […]
Category: Featured, Financial/Legal
