Archive for November, 2010
Urban Prepares To Get Closer Next Week
Three-time Grammy award winner Keith Urban has a busy week ahead for the release of his sixth studio album, Get Closer, which will hit the streets on Tuesday, November 16th. Urban served as guest DJ on SIRIUS XM’s The Highway Channel this morning, previewing some songs from Get Closer and music from some of his [...]
CRB Expands New Faces Voting
Country Radio Broadcasters, Inc. has announced the expansion of its New Faces of Country Music Show voting process to include all country radio station employees. The nominees for this year’s show are The Band Perry, Lee Brice, Easton Corbin, Danny Gokey, Jaron and The Long Road To Love, David Nail, Jerrod Niemann, Steel Magnolia and [...]
Category: Featured, Organizations, Radio
Savannah Launches Licensing Division; ACM Radio Submissions Open Soon
Savannah Music Group Launches Licensing Division Nashville-based Savannah Music Group announced that Mark and Nick Mulch of the Mulch Brothers will handle the licensing for the label and music publishing company. The Mulch Brothers, moonlighting as MGH Music Services, will license existing Savannah songs for commercials, film and television and will also oversee the creation [...]
Category: Awards, Featured, Label, Organizations, Radio
Weekly Chart Report (11/12/10)
RADIO NEWS Max Media’s WWBE/Sunbury, PA has moved midday host Shelly Marx to mornings to join Mark Roberts for its new “B98.3 Breakfast Bunch.” Afternoon Drive man Todd Steward will handle the midday slot, and Rick “RJ” Jordan will take on afternoon drive. SPIN ZONE After a tough battle for the CountryBreakout Chart’s No. 1 [...]
More Post Awards Party Photos
MCA Nashville’s Josh Kelley, who just released his debut country album, Georgia Clay, and his wife Katherine Heigl stop by the Universal Party, held at Giovanni’s in midtown Nashville. The Big Machine Label Group gathered the majority of their roster together for an exclusive CMA after party at downtown Nashville’s aVenue. Included in this photo: [...]
Category: Artist, Awards, Featured, Label, Organizations
Davis-Kidd To Close Nashville Store
MusicRow sister publication Nashville Post reports: After serving Nashville for thirty years, Davis-Kidd Booksellers is closing its doors. Cincinnati-based Joseph-Beth Group, which purchased the business from founders Karen Davis and Thelma Kidd in 1997, today announced the closure of the store, located in the Mall at Green Hills, as it filed a Chapter 11 reorganization [...]
Category: Featured, Publishing
Honky Tonk TV Launches Weekly Show
Honky Tonk TV, the country music entertainment and news show which began as a news segment embedded in a daily National TV show, has now grown into its own full length production. The new half hour weekly version of Honky Tonk TV began Nov. 8 via Brighthouse Networks (http://brighthouse.com) and can be found in markets [...]
Post Awards Party Photos
Sony Music Nashville had much to celebrate at a gathering at the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum following Wednesday’s 44th Annual CMA Awards, co-hosted by Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley. The evening saw top nominee and birthday girl Miranda Lambert walk away with three awards, claiming Female Vocalist of the Year, Music Video [...]
CMA Awards Win Evening For ABC
Fast National ratings from zap2it.com and based upon data from The Nielsen Company show the CMA Awards giving ABC a strong lead on Wed. evening. Results were down slightly from last year’s 17.2 million viewers, but averaged 16.45 million viewers and a 9.8/16 share. ABC also won the adults 18-49 demographic with a 4.7 rating. [...]
Category: Awards, Featured, Organizations
Bobby Karl Works The CMA Awards
Performance photos by John Russell and Donn Jones Chapter 355 The earliest CMA Awards Show review came from the organization’s newly crowned Entertainer of the Year. “I think this was the best [CMA] show I’ve ever seen,” said Brad Paisley. “And I’ve been watching it all my life. I loved every minute. “Who Still Buys [...]
Category: Awards, Featured, Organizations
Messina Replaces Jewel, Hank Jr. Launches New Whiskey
Messina to Replace Jewel for Nashville Symphony Series Jo Dee Messina will perform with the Nashville Symphony this weekend, taking the place of Jewel, who was forced to cancel due to illness. Messina will be featured as part of the Bank of America Pops Series, to be held November 11-13 and Lipscomb University’s Allen Arena. [...]
Lambert Wins Three And Paisley Gets Entertainer
Top CMA Awards nominee Miranda Lambert, who entered “Country Music’s Biggest Night” with a record nine nominations, walked away with three CMA Awards, including Female Vocalist, Album for Revolution (produced by Frank Liddell and Mike Wrucke) and Music Video of the Year for “The House That Built Me” (directed by Trey Fanjoy, who picked up [...]
Category: Awards, Featured, Organizations
Melanie Denard
“All I Ever Did Was Love You” StarPath Records ”This sassy belter has been noted for her dynamic delivery in this column several times. The upbeat romp of the song gives her plenty of room to work with… she has a very appealing huskiness in her voice, full of barely suppressed fire. I’ll bet she [...]
Category: ProgrammerPlaylist
CMA Winners List
Here are the full nominations and winners [in red] for the 44th Annual CMA Awards. ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR Lady Antebellum Miranda Lambert Brad Paisley Keith Urban Zac Brown Band FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR Miranda Lambert Martina McBride Reba McEntire Taylor Swift Carrie Underwood MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR Dierks Bentley Brad Paisley Blake [...]
Category: Artist, Featured, Organizations
Critics Pick CMA Award Winners
MusicRow’s editorial staffers Sarah Skates and Jon Freeman square off in a spirited debate about tonight’s top CMA Award categories. Tune into ABC at 7 PM to see all the action. See all the categories and nominees here. Entertainer of the Year JF: Brad Paisley—He is long overdue for an Entertainer of the Year honor, [...]
Grammy Nominations Special Set For Dec. 1
Nominations for the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards will be announced live on the hour long special “The Grammy Nominations Concert Live! — Countdown To Music’s Biggest Night,” airing Wednesday, Dec. 1 at 9 pm CT on CBS. The show will take place at Club Nokia in Los Angeles, with rapper/actor LL Cool J reprising his [...]
Category: Awards, Featured, Organizations
