Author Archive: Jon Freeman
Nashville Artists Celebrate Record Store Day
Record Store Day, the annual celebration of music and independent retailers, takes places tomorrow (4/21) all over the U.S. and abroad [...]
Category: Featured, Sales/Marketing
CountryBreakout No. 1 Song
Kudos to the Big Machine Records promotion team and all its agents on earning a second week at No. 1 on the CountryBreakout Chart with Rascal Flatts’ “Banjo” [...]
Weekly Chart Report (4/20/2012)
Rascal Flatts is still making a case for “Banjo”-driven music and some rural surroundings, sticking for a second week [...]
Campbell and Parker-Davis Join Forces For New Venture
Music industry vets Craig Campbell and Vanessa Parker-Davis are joining forces to create The POD (“Professionals on Demand”) [...]
Category: Featured
Levon Helm Dies at 71 [Updated]
According to a post on his website, Levon Helm, singer and drummer for The Band, passed away at age 71 today (4/19) [...]
Inspirational Country Music Week Set For October
The Inspirational Country Music Association Faith, Family & Country 20th Anniversary Awards Week will take place October 14-18, 2012 at the Millenium Maxwell House Hotel [...]
Category: Featured, Organizations
Nashville Film Festival Begins Today
The Nashville Film Festival (NaFF), presented by Nissan, starts today (4/19) at the Regal Green Hills Cinemas, running a full week until next Thursday (4/26) [...]
Category: Featured, Organizations
Dick Clark Passes Away
Broadcast and entertainment legend Dick Clark passed away today (4/18) in Los Angeles following a heart attack, according to numerous reports [...]
Journalist Pat Harris Passes Away in Nashville
Nashville journalist Pat Harris passed away Saturday (4/14) of natural causes at her daughter’s Nashville home. She was 88 [...]
Photo: Final Round of Road to Bonnaroo
BMI, Mercy Lounge, the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival and the Nashville Scene presented the third installment of the 2012 Road to Bonnaroo competition [...]
Category: Artist, Featured, Organizations
Hayes’ New Video Hits No. 1 On GAC
Warner Music Nashville artist Hunter Hayes has just released the new video for his single “Wanted” [...]
Dierks Bentley Joined By Special Guests in LA
Dierks Bentley journeyed to California on Friday (4/13) to kick off the US leg of his headlining 2012 Country & Cold Cans Tour for a sellout crowd at LA’s Nokia Theatre [...]
