Crook and Chase Return

Duo To Host Weekly TV Show

The longtime duo of Lorianne Crook and Charlie Chase will make their return to television Thursday as host of the new The Crook and Chase Hour on the Shop At Home Network. The show, which...

Intermedia Leaves Bird Blue

Turner South Unavailable In Nashville

We’re trying to spread the message about the wonderful thing we have here, but we can’t show it in our hometown,” says Bluebird Cafe owner Amy Kurland about Live From The Bluebird Cafe, a show...

Opry Gets Facelift

Set Change Plans Unveiled

The Grand Ole Opry announced it will unveil a new set design during its 75th Anniversary kickoff party June 10. The set change is the first in more than 25 years. Opry publicist Jessie Schmidt...

Hall of Fame Reaching Financial Goal

Funding for the under-construction $37 million Country Music Hall of Fame is nearing completion, according to Kyle Young, Director of the Country Music Foundation. "We are currently 80 percent there," he tells MR. "Be...

Coens Concert To Aid Hall

Filmmakers Tap Nashville

It started out as this story of three guys who escape from a chain gain,” says filmmaker Joel Coen, of O Brother Where Art Thou, his upcoming cinematic offering with partner and brother Ethan. “It...

Imminent Impact: Craig Morgan

When Barry Coburn started as Atlantic Nashville’s top executive, he was surprised to discover the label had nearly two dozen artists in various stages of development. “I had the task of going through and listening...

Caffe Milano Closes Temporarily

Gibson Guitar Cafe Also Shutters

Less than two weeks after being named the Academy of Country Music’s Club of the Year, Gibson’s Caffe Milano has temporarily closed its doors for renovations.The club’s sister venue, Gibson’s Guitar Cafe & Gallery, has also...

Net Backlash Heats Up

Napster Fans Flame Metallica

Prominent recording artists pondering action against song-swap technology company Napster might reconsider in the wake of widespread Web-based backlash against rock band Metallica and, to a lesser extent, rapper Dr. Dre. The two...

Dear Readers

a note from the editor...

This site's redesigned look and feel is the first step in a series of planned changes to present revolutionary online functionalities for music industry professionals. MusicRow.com will not only be a robust front-end Internet...

Rocking The Boat

Band's Internet Success Making Waves

How a virtually unknown North Carolina band is changing the rules for internet music. And why the labels are looking over their shoulders.

Little in life prepares a turn-of-the-millennium music journalist for...