Archive for June, 2011
Jack Clement’s Cowboy Arms Studio Suffers Fire
Sadly, The Cowboy Arms Recording Studio and Spa, owned by country legend Jack Clement suffered a fire Saturday afternoon (6/25) around 2 p.m.
Category: Featured
Teen Media Behavior: Myths and Reality
Nielsen’s newly released study on Teen Media Behavior, proves some conventional beliefs, but also breaks a few myths about how teens spend their time in an age dominated by media choices. The study looks at multiple channels including internet, cable TV and web connected devices. Kids are the heaviest mobile phone video users, are more [...]
Category: Featured, Sales/Marketing
Lady A on GAC; CMT’s Next Superstar Matt Mason
Photos: Lady Antebellum • Matt Mason
Guitarist James Burton To Be Honored As “Nashville Cat”
Legendary guitarist James Burton will be honored Saturday, July 23, as part of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s series Nashville Cats: A Celebration of Music City Musicians. The program begins at 1:30 in the Museum’s Ford Theater and will be streamed live on www.countrymusichalloffame.org. Bill Lloyd will host the event, which will [...]
Friday Row Wrap
CMA Songwriter Series Sells Out • Big Machine Adds McKenna • Moody Bluegrass Two Tribute
Category: Featured, Label, Organizations
Colt Ford Co-Hosts New TV Series
Average Joe’s Entertainment’s Colt Ford serves as co-host, alongside comedian Marc Ryan, in The Outdoor Channel’s new show, Mudslingers. The 13-episode half-hour series spotlighting off-road entertainment will debut on June 27 at 10:30 p.m. ET and is presented by Sta-bil. “There’s an entire culture that consists of 4×4 trucks, camping, music, and pure madness that [...]
Hough Promotes Hero Dog Awards
Julianne Hough kicked off a voting campaign for the “Hero Dog Awards” at Manhattan’s VA Medical Center where she visited patients with therapy dogs and performed. The contest presented by Cesar Canine Cusine is intended to celebrate heroic dogs that help transform lives by providing comfort and support. Votes can be cast at www.HeroDogAwards.org. For [...]
Category: Featured, Organizations
Benefits and a Tour Overseas
Josh Turner Benefit Concert • Link The Town Pink Campaign • Stealing Angels Homecoming Tour Overseas • SOLID Yard Sale Benefit
Facebook Unites SoundCloud And Moontoast
[Subscriber-only] If the social networking revolution is about bringing users together to share experiences and affinities, then a smoothly integrated commerce engine should provide mutual value to all parties. And that seems to be the rationale behind the new collaboration between SoundCloud and Moontoast.
Funky Winkerbean Goes Country
This Sunday, June 26, the lyrics to the classic country song, “Til I Gain Control Again,” play a prominent role in the long‐running comic strip “Funky Winkerbean.” Written by Rodney Crowell and published by Tessa Publishing Company, song was first recorded by Emmylou Harris in 1975. Tom Batiuk, the cartoonist, specifically requested the use of [...]
Category: Featured, Publishing
Guy Clark Tribute Album Due In November
A who’s who of roots, country and Americana will pay tribute to the legendary Guy Clark with the November 1 release of This One’s For Him: A Tribute To Guy Clark (Icehouse Music). Guests include Rodney Crowell, Shawn Colvin, Rosanne Cash, Willie Nelson, Steve Earle and many more. The release is timed to coincide with Clark’s 70th birthday on November 6.
Bug Relocates, Adds Multi-Media Facility
Publishers continue to adopt a larger role in the discovery and development of talent, and in an effort to streamline and intensify that process, Bug Music has announced its new offices will contain new multi-media tools. Bug, which calls itself the largest U.S. independent contemporary music publisher, is set to move July 1 into new [...]
Category: Featured, Publishing
Weekly Chart Report (6/24/11)
If the subject is CountryBreakout Chart No. 1 songs on this particular day, then the answer to Dierks Bentley’s question “Am I The Only One” is, simply, “yes.”
Photo Friday
Luke Bryan, Doobie Brothers on “CMT Crossroads” • Justin Moore and his Outlaws • Xtreme Muzik Tour Opens At Show Me Fest
Vince Gill Heads To Hollywood Walk of Fame, Ryman Tonight
Vince Gill will get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame as part of the 2012 class of inductees alongside Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Lopez, David Foster, Heart and others. Gill, who moved to Los Angeles at age 19, has long had an affinity for the city. Today he recalls, “When I lived out there, [...]
Dolly Looks Toward “Better Day”
Dolly Parton is gearing up for Tuesday’s (6/28) release of her new album Better Day. The first single “Together You And I” is climbing MusicRow’s Country Breakout chart, and she recently shot a video for the song in Nashville with director Trey Fanjoy. The project is coming via Dolly Records, with distribution through Warner Music [...]
