Jerry Holthouse

Music editor for Nashville.com. Jerry Holthouse is a content writer, songwriter and a graphic designer. He owns and runs Holthouse Creative, a full service creative agency. He is an avid outdoorsman and a lover of everything music. You can contact him at JerryHolthouse@Nashville.com

Jimmie Allen’s New Single Most Added At Country Radio

On the heels of his historic No. 1 debut single “Best Shot,” country breakout star Jimmie Allen is back with a song he wrote with Paul Sikes and Jennifer Denmark, “Make Me Want To.” It’s the second single off his Stoney Creek Records / BBR Music Group debut album Mercury Lane. “I’m a …

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Dierks Bentley Scores 18th Number One

      Dierks Bentley earns his 18th No. One single with “Burning Man” (featuring Brothers Osborne) today as the fiery-but-reflective track tops the Mediabase/Country Aircheck singles charts this week. Serving as the second consecutive chart topper from Bentley’s ninth studio album The Mountain, inspired his 2019 BURNING MAN TOUR …

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St. Jude Dedicates Family Patient Room To Randy Owen

More than 900 people in the country music industry – including radio personalities, artists, executives, label representatives and media – are gathered in Memphis this weekend for special performances and industry-insider events to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Country Cares for St. Jude Kids radio program. Since its inception in …

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King Calaway Debuts Self-Titled EP

Today, six-piece band King Calaway releases their debut self-titled EP, giving the world the first taste of their unique sound and cementing their place as an act on the rise. The band has already kicked off the year to critical acclaim and buzz, being named a 2019 Artists To Watch by Amazon …

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Parachute Gives Sneak Peek Into New Album

The pop/rock band Parachute performed an intimate, industry only show on the steps at the WME offices last night (1/25). They released their first new music in three years last week with their forthcoming album’s lead single “Young.” Check it out above. The sneak peek performance revealed several new songs …

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The Stars Are Aligned For Michael W. Smith

Michael W Smith at Ryman Auditorium, Nashville 12/18/20. Buy Tickets on Nashville.com

When the stars align, they surely align, and that is exactly what is happening as country music’s chart-topping group Rascal Flatts, award-winning CCM icons Point of Grace and Phil Keaggy, and comedians Henry Cho, Nate Bargatze and John Crist have all signed on to perform and honor Michael W. Smith …

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Hunter Hayes To Release First Single In 3 Years Tomorrow

Five time GRAMMY nominee Hunter Hayes will release “Heartbreak,” his first single In three Years tomorrow (1/25). Hayes decided to try something a little different for his third studio album. The multi-platinum selling artist patiently built this new track list “I remember the day I wrote heartbreak, I felt relieved …

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Bluebird Cafe Movie To Premiere At SXSW Film Festival

Nashville’s Bluebird Cafe is widely known as one of the most influential music venues in modern history, and now Bluebird, the first-ever in-depth documentary about the tiny 90-seat club, has been selected for a world premiere at the prestigious SXSW Film Festival March 8-17, 2019 in Austin, TX. Directed by …

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Randy Travis’ Opens Up In Newly Released Memoir

Randy Travis announced his long-awaited memoir, Forever and Ever, Amen: A Memoir of Music, Faith, and Braving the Storms of Life today. Travis opens up for the first time, sharing the deeply personal stories of his life. From a troubled, working-class childhood in North Carolina to the Country Music Hall …

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