Category: Organizations
Date Set for Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction
The 41st Anniversary Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Dinner and Induction Ceremony will take place Sunday, October 16, 2011 at the Renaissance Nashville Hotel, according to an announcement made today (4/11) by John Van Mol, Chairman of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Foundation. This year’s inductees will be revealed in the coming months. The [...]
Category: Awards, Featured, Organizations
Americana Award Noms Due Tomorrow
Nominations are being accepted for the Americana Honors & Awards through tomorrow, Friday, April 8. Only members of the Americana Music Association in good standing may submit nominations. Membership costs $35 for artists or $75 for industry. The eligibility period for this year’s Americana Honors & Awards runs from April 1, 2010 through March 31, 2011. The 10th [...]
Category: Awards, Featured, Organizations
All-Star Performers For Leadership Music Gala
Martina McBride, Ronnie Milsap, and Little Big Town will perform at the Leadership Music Dale Franklin Award gala dinner honoring the Country Music Association.
Category: Artist, Awards, Featured, Organizations
Grammy Categories Restructured For 2012
Fewer trophies will be handed out at next year’s Grammy Awards, just one of several changes announced today (4/5) by The Recording Academy.
Category: Awards, Featured, Organizations
Industry Ink Tuesday (4/5)
SESAC signs Nathan Bell • Mark Montgomery writing for Forbes.com • Black River hires Dawn Delvo • JKMusicwerks inks Eric Durrance
Category: Artist, Featured, Organizations, Publishing
Shelton Hosts ACM Shoot
Blake Shelton hosted the first ever NRA Country/ACM Celebrity Shoot on April 2 at Nellis Air Force Base as part of the Las Vegas Academy of Country Music Awards week celebration. The event consisted of a 13-station, 50-target competition for 19 teams of five shooters—each with a celebrity captain. Prizes were awarded to the [...]
Category: Awards, Featured, Organizations
BMI Presents Annual Christian Awards
BMI saluted the writers and publishers of the past year’s most-performed songs on Christian radio and television during the annual Christian Music Awards, held last night (4/4) at the company’s Music Row offices in Nashville. Among the evening’s top honorees were Rodney Griffin, tobyMac, Needtobreathe’s Bo Rinehart, Scott Krippayne and Universal Music Publishing Group. Genre-jumping [...]
Category: Artist, Awards, Featured, Organizations, Publishing
SOURCE Announces 2011 Honorees
The SOURCE Awards committee has announced its 2011 honorees, whose achievements will be celebrated at the SOURCE Awards, August 25, 2011 at Nashville’s Noah Liff Opera Center. The 2011 SOURCE Awards honorees are Roberta Edging (Eddy Arnold Enterprises), Millie Kirkham (WSM Radio, Tree Music Publishing, Legendary Background Vocalist), Barbara Orbison (Barbara Orbison Productions, Roy Orbison [...]
Category: Awards, Featured, Organizations
Friday Factoids
Kerry Hansen • Corey Crowder • Sarah Cates
Category: Artist, Featured, Organizations
ASCAP VP Tim Dubois Meets with Source
Plus, Curb’s Dylan Robinson celebrates 20 and CMA EDU/SOLID welcomes McGhee Entertainment
Category: Featured, Organizations
BMI Out and About
Cheer Up Charlie Daniels Win Road to Bonnaroo Round Two Fans were out in full force for the second installment of BMI’s 2011 Road to Bonnaroo competition, held at Mercy Lounge on March 21. Cheer Up Charlie Daniels proved victorious, narrowly edging out the other competing bands: Leroy Powell, Big Surr, Born Empty, Keegan Dewitt, [...]
Category: Featured, Organizations
ASCAP Releases 2010 Financial Results
ASCAP released its financial results for 2010 today (3/31), showing a dip in total revenues and member distributions since last year’s record highs. The information was presented at the organization’s General Annual Membership Meeting in New York City. Financial distributions to members in 2010 totaled $845 million, down 2.1% versus the 2009 high of over [...]
Category: Featured, Financial/Legal, Organizations
