Archive for September, 2011
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
[Subscriber-only] “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
Dill’s ‘Murder’ Hits Home Run
[Subscriber-only] Veteran Nashville manager Stuart Dill’s sharp new novel, Murder On Music Row has more twists than a narrow country road. The plot revolves around a hired assassin, an international record company merger and ...
Corey Wagar – I Hate My Boyfriend
Corey Wagar’s second single “I Hate My Boyfriend,” from her debut album On The Edge (GTR Records Nashville), has an infectious and fun lyric that grabs listeners and says, “This young artist is about to make her name.” “I Hate My Boyfriend” goes for adds Sept 26th, with promotion efforts being spearheaded by Lisa Smoot, [...]
Category: ProgrammerPlaylist
Wilma Lee Cooper Passes
Grand Ole Opry member Wilma Lee Cooper passed away from natural causes on Sept. 13 at her home in Sweetwater, Tenn. She had been a member of the Opry since 1957 and was 90 years old. Per Wilma Lee’s wishes there will not be a memorial service. She will be remembered for her music and her [...]
Grant and Gill To Be Honored With Joe Kraft Humanitarian Award
Artists Amy Grant and Vince Gill will be presented with The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee’s 18th annual Joe Kraft Humanitarian Award.
Category: Artist, Awards, Featured, Organizations
Musical Chairs: Ben Strain, EJ Bernas
New roles for Ben Strain and EJ Bernas.
Category: Featured, Label, Publishing, Radio
BMI and HFA Named In InformationWeek 500
The Harry Fox Agency and BMI have both scored spots on the InformationWeek 500, an annual listing of the nation’s most innovative users of business technology.
Category: Featured, Organizations
The Listening Room Cafe Hosts Benefit Show
Randy Houser, Craig Campbell, Ashley Gearing and Brice Long join the evening’s musical lineup.
Free Bill Monroe Tribute Opens Bluegrass Week
This September marks the centennial anniversary of Bill Monroe’s birth, and will be commemorated as the IBMA informally kicks off its World of Bluegrass Week in Nashville with a free outdoor bluegrass concert featuring The Del McCoury Band with special guests. The concert will be hosted by the non-profit Foundation for Bluegrass Music on the [...]
Category: Artist, Featured, Organizations
Music Execs Join TN Film, Entertainment & Music Commission
This team works to recruit film, television and recording projects to the state.
Category: Featured, Organizations
