MusicRow

FCC Chairman Reveals Broadband Plan Elements To CMA

David M Ross — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:55:31 +0000

The FCC’s long-awaited National Broadband Plan is due to be revealed next Tuesday (3/16) then presented to Congress the following day. FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, nominated by President Barack Obama and sworn into office on June 29, 2009, met with Country Music Association Board members in Washington DC at the Capitol Building 3/10. Genachowski has spent [...]

Love and Theft Celebrate “Single Best Town”

Peter Cronin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:46:45 +0000

Kraft Singles and Disney ABC have announced the top ten finalists in their search for America’s “Single Best Town” and invite America to vote for the winner. With more than 400 submissions coast to coast, the top ten towns boast one-of-a-kind features that make them special and uniquely American. Now through April 11, consumers can vote for [...]

New Artists Ignite at Radio

Peter Cronin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:06:40 +0000

Steel Magnolia Making History Big Machine duo Steel Magnolia’s Top 15 hit, “Keep On Lovin’ You,” has become the highest charting debut single from a male/female country duet act in the 66-year history of Billboard’s Top Country Songs Chart. The song currently sits at No. 14. Steel Magnolia is a multiple ACM Award nominee (Top Vocal Duo [...]

Bobby Karl Works Lady Antebellum at The Ryman

Bobby Karl — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:38:43 +0000

Chapter 334 Photo: Jamey Walls Lady Antebellum concluded its two-night stand at The Ryman Auditorium on Thursday (3/11) by demonstrating to a sold-out, A-List crowd that it is one terrific little party band. The set was peppered with bright, tightly harmonized rockers, including the concert opening “Stars Tonight” and such radio favorites as “Love Don’t Live Here Anymore,” [...]

Bryan and West To “Celebrity Apprentice”

Peter Cronin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:38:12 +0000

Capitol Nashville artists Luke Bryan and Emily West have been chosen to appear in an episode of the new season of NBC-TV’s Celebrity Apprentice. The two artists will take part in a Nashville-themed challenge that will have the celebrity teams trying to figure out what it takes to make a country music superstar. West says she [...]

Capitol Announces EMI Records Nashville

David M Ross — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:52:52 +0000

Building on its continued success in the country genre, EMI Music’s Capitol Nashville is forming a new imprint. Designed to be a sister label to Capitol Nashville, which includes artists Dierks Bentley, Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Lady Antebellum, Little Big Town, Darius Rucker, Keith Urban and Emily West, the new imprint, to be called EMI Records [...]

ACM Announces Radio Award Winners

Peter Cronin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:20:01 +0000

Today (3/12) the Academy of Country Music announced the full list of radio award winners that will not be televised on the upcoming ACM Awards due to time constraints. The ceremony will be broadcast live from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 18 at 7:00 PM CT on CBS. Cody Alan, the host [...]

Rucker and Vassar Step Up For St. Jude

Peter Cronin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:33:10 +0000

Capitol Nashville’s Darius Rucker will host his 1st Annual Darius and Friends concert at Nashville’s Wildhorse Saloon on June 7 to benefit the groundbreaking research and lifesaving care of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The concert will include performances by Rucker and some of his country music friends, with additional performers to be announced at [...]

Trisha Yearwood Releases Second Cookbook

Christie King — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:40:11 +0000

Trisha Yearwood will release Home Cooking, the follow-up to her best-selling 2008 cookbook, Georgia Cooking In An Oklahoma Kitchen, on April 6th from Publisher Clarkson Potter. She again teamed with her mother Gwen Yearwood and sister Beth Yearwood Bernard on the project. Husband Garth Brooks is also featured. Yearwood will appear on an upcoming episode of [...]

News From Willie and Wynonna…and Fred

Peter Cronin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:40:03 +0000

Fred Eaglesmith To Perform at the Bluebird Singer/songwriter Fred Eaglesmith is back in Nashville to celebrate his recent success with a show at the Bluebird Cafe on Friday, March 19. The acclaimed Canadian has enjoyed some mainstream country success of late with cuts from Miranda Lambert (“Time To Get a Gun”) and Alan Jackson (“Freight Train,” [...]