Archive for December, 2011

The Boom Labs Opens for Business

Industry vets Pino Squillace and Jerry Navarro have announced the development and grand opening of The Boom Labs [...]

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Friday Photos (12/9/11)

WMBA Tunes For Tots • Corey Wagar visits MusicRow • Lady Antebellum loves tacky Christmas sweaters

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Rascal Flatts Gets “Easy” Gold

Rascal Flatts’ current single, “Easy,” has been certified Gold from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales exceeding 500,000. This accolade comes while the single is [...]

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CMT/GAC TV Premieres and MD Records Launch

CMT’s Artist of the Year Awards and GAC’s Martina McBride special plus news about new label MD Records. [...]

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Toby Keith Foundation To Build OK Kids Korral

The Toby Keith Foundation will move forward with plans to build OK Kids Korral, a place to [...]

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Artist Compilation (12/9/11)

Chris Young • Brad Paisley • “CMA Country Christmas” • Jo Dee Messina

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CountryBreakout No. 1 Song

It’s December, which means it’s time for everyone to start putting together those “Best of 2011” lists so we can see what gems we might have missed during the last 12 months [...]

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Weekly Chart Report (12/9/11)

It’s a perpetual party on MusicRow’s CountryBreakout Chart, as Eric Church’s “Drink In My Hand” maintains its slightly buzzed footing [...]

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Lambert “Retweets” Pistol Annies

[Subscriber-only] The Pistol Annies have been causing a buzz and making registers ring. The band's digital-only album was released in late August and debut sales were a remarkable 42,000 units. At the same time, the trio's most famous member, fiery Miranda Lambert, has also been lighting torches. [...]

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Charlie Cook On Air

Are we on the precipice of another explosion like the early ‘90s? [...]

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ZBB At Red Rocks On CMT

Zac Brown Band’s sold-out concerts at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado are featured in a new special on CMT [...]

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Springsteen to Keynote SXSW

This keynote will further SXSW’s aim to foster connection and communication in the music community [...]

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Industry Ink: Chesney Goes Platinum

Plus news from WSIX, EMI Music, MusicRow’s David Ross, CMA, and tons more [...]

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SiriusXM Salutes Waylon Jennings

The satcaster hosted a special taping earlier this week in Nashville [...]

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Curb, Atkins Renew Contracts

Rodney Atkins has inked new contracts with longtime homes Curb Records and Curb Publishing [...]

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Owen Raises Money For St. Jude’s From His Kitchen

Jake Owen recently played his second Stageit show to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital [...]

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