Archive for October, 2010
ACM Lifts Lives Through Donations
ACM Lifting Lives® has donated $800,000 this year to programs that improve lives through the power of music. Among its newest beneficiaries are the Nashville Symphony, Sophia’s Heart Foundation and Stars for Stripes. Throughout 2010, the organization has supported flood relief in Middle Tennessee, the Diane Holcomb Emergency Relief Fund for music industry professionals in [...]
Category: Artist, Featured, Organizations
DISClaimer Single Reviews (10/6/10)
[Subscriber-only] This is a column full of old favorites of mine. Chris Hillman and Herb Pedersen are back, sounding as hale and hearty as ever. Dale Watson returns as well, and he is still a country singer’s country singer. The evergreen Bellamy Brothers remain the groove masters they have always been.
Troy Olsen EP Out Today
EMI Records Nashville’s flagship artist Troy Olsen releases his self-titled 4-song EP today (10/5). In addition to his current single, “Good Hands,” the Troy Olsen EP features “Summer Thing,” “Tumbleweed” and “Ghost Town Train.” The Arizona native makes his debut next Wednesday, October 13 on the 3rd Annual Capitol Street Party in Nashville, TN alongside [...]
Big 98 Guitar-B-Que Tomorrow, More Events
•••The Big 98 Guitar-B-Que happens tomorrow night (10/6) in front of Losers Bar at the end of Music Row. The free end-of-summer bash will shut down Division St. for performances by Randy Rogers Band, Thompson Square, David Nail, Chris Young, Jake Owen and Uncle Kracker. •••Also tomorrow, SOLID presents Writers in the Round at the [...]
Evans n’ Adkins Visit Airwave Gatekeepers
Sara Evans was in Florida recently for a trip that included a visit with K-Country/WOGK Ocala’s Mr. Bob and Big Red. Sara is on the radio now with her new RCA Nashville single, “A Little Bit Stronger,” written by Luke Laird, Hillary Lindsey and Hillary Scott. The song was produced by Tony Brown. “Everybody’s gone through [...]
Nancy Russell Staffs Up The Co-op
Nancy Russell has re-launched her management and entertainment company as the co-op. Initial clients for the co-op include Alan Jackson and Loretta Lynn. Joining the team are longtime publicist Judy McDonough (judy@co-opmailbox.com), Renee Aly (renee@co-opmailbox.com) and Jaimie Ellis (jaimie@co-opmailbox.com). The company’s offices are at 1510 16th Ave South, Nashville, TN 37212; the phone number for [...]
Sandbox Hires Todd Ramey
Todd Ramey has joined artist management firm Sandbox Entertainment, where he will work closely with Jason Owen on all projects, including those for flagship artist Shania Twain. Ramey’s background in artist management includes work with Loretta Lynn, Alan Jackson, SHeDAISY and others. Ramey’s music career started at Universal Music Group in 2001 where he first [...]
Category: Featured
The Science of Retweets And Replies
Toronto based Sysomos, which describes itself as the leading provider of social media monitoring and analytics, powered by patent-pending technology, has released some interesting Twitter research about retweets and replies. Sysomos examined a sample of 1.2 billion tweets to find out how many of them actually entice a reaction. According to the report, 29% of [...]
Category: Featured
CMA Awards: More Performers, Virtual Radio Remotes
Today the CMA announced the second round of performers for the Nov. 10 awards show, and also revealed a cutting-edge upgrade for the surrounding radio remotes. Brad Paisley, Rascal Flatts, Reba, George Strait, Sugarland, Carrie Underwood, and Keith Urban have been added to the lineup for the 44th Annual CMA Awards. Previously announced performers for [...]
Photos: James Otto In California, Rhonda Vincent In NY
James Otto performed at the California’s AIDS Walk fundraiser on Sunday, September 26 at Los Angeles’ famed Greek Theatre. He played in a songwriter round with fellow Nashvillians Deana Carter and Billy Dean. •••••••••••• Craig Campbell made his first music video recently. The video for his single, “Family Man,” was shot in Nashville by Shaun [...]
Tour News From Luke Bryan, Carrie Underwood
Luke Bryan wrapped a four-city concert tour in his home state of Georgia this past Friday (10/1). His “Farm Tour” performed for nearly 16,000 fans in Valdosta, Claxton, Carrollton and Macon, Georgia. Local colleges in all four towns will receive a “Luke Bryan Farm Tour Scholarship,” which will be given to a student from a [...]
Azar Video Offers “Sunshine”
Steve Azar’s latest video “Sunshine” is breaking through hitting No. 8 recently on GAC and CMT countdown shows. The video was shot using hand hand-held cameras at night to give it an intimate and edgy feel. While it was filmed primarily at various locations in downtown Nashville, they were careful not to shoot any of the city’s [...]
NARM/CMA Produce Entertainment Law Event
Final programming for the Entertainment Law Conference series has been set for Nov. 9 at Nashville’s Hutton Hotel. The half-day continuing legal education course will be part of scheduled events leading up to “The 44th Annual CMA Awards,” which will be held Wed., Nov. 10 (8:00-11:00 PM/ET) at the Bridgestone Arena and broadcast live on [...]
Category: Featured, Publishing
Blake Shelton Brings Greatest Hits
Reprise is planning the Nov. 9 release of a Blake Shelton greatest hits package. It will be the artist’s third offering this year, following two Six Pak collections built around recent hits “Hillbilly Bone” and “All About Tonight.” LOADED: The Best of Blake Shelton is his first greatest hits release and includes all seven of [...]
Country Crossing’s Ronnie Gilley Indicted
Country Crossing owner Ronnie Gilley is among a group of 11 individuals being indicted today as part of a federal investigation into political corruption in the state of Alabama. The indictment alleges that Gilley, along with casino and racetrack owner Milton McGregor, hired lobbyists to bribe state legislators into supporting proposed pro-gambling legislation. Four state [...]
Category: Featured, Financial/Legal
Capitol Nashville Promotes Amanda Heinrichs
Capitol Records Nashville has promoted Amanda Heinrichs to Marketing Manager. In her newly elevated role, she will be responsible for marketing research and analysis, budgets, coordinating album marketing plans, creating presentations for sponsorship opportunities, event logistics and coordination, advertising buys and managing marketing interns. She will report directly to Sr. VP, Marketing Cindy Mabe. “I [...]
Category: Featured, Label, Sales/Marketing
