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Pickler Acting Debut On 90210
Kellie Pickler’s personality is as big as the North Carolina mountains where she grew up, in Albermarle. In fact, her infectious sense of humor may be too huge to allow her to be branded as just a music artist. So it should be no surprise that she has become almost a regular on the Ellen […]
New UMG Artist Builds Team
This rising artist/writer has signed with ASCAP, Vector Management and EMI Music Publishing.
Category: Artist, Featured, Label, Organizations, Publishing
Country’s Album TEA Party
The largest and final sales quarter of 2011 is almost upon us and the list of planned album releases is mostly revealed (except for a few possible last minute surprises). The above graph is intended to help readers quickly grasp how album sales are trending. Last week for example (week ended 9-18-11), country hit its […]
Category: Artist, Featured, Label, Sales/Marketing, Weekend
DISClaimer Single Reviews (9/28/11)
This week at the Convention Center, it’s round-the-clock picking and singing at the IBMA World of Bluegrass confab. Among the week’s highlights are the presentation of the IBMA Awards at the Ryman Auditorium on Thursday evening. The discs in this week’s column all belong to nominees. […]
Armiger Launches Deluxe Package With Opry Performance
Katie Armiger finally got to stand in country music’s inner circle […]
Johnnie Wright Passes
[Updated with arrangements] Country singer Johnnie Wright died this morning (9/27) at age 97 following a lengthy illness. He is known as a solo artist, as husband of female pioneer Kitty Wells, and as part of the duo Johnnie & Jack.
NBN SoundLand: Day 4
After late nights with Next Big Nashville’s SoundLand on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, I spent the rest of the weekend dragging. I guess there’s always a price for pursuing good times.
NBN SoundLand: Day 3
It’s all about the music, and Day 3 of Next Big Nashville’s SoundLand offered a ton of sounds from regional and national artists.
Weekly Chart Report (9/23/11)
Texas makes a strong showing on this week’s CountryBreakout Chart.
