Nashville Music Scene w/ Jerry Holthouse

Gibson guitars, based here in Nashville has teamed up with nine-time Grammy Award-winner Sheryl Crow to announce the new Sheryl Crow Country Western Supreme acoustic guitar. Created for Sheryl Crow and based off her own Gibson ‘Country Western,’ the features of the Gibson Sheryl C row Country Western Supreme signature …

The Americana Music Association’s annual c brought in an estimated aggregate attendance of more than 50,000 from around the world during its 20th annual run on September 10-15. The association has also announced the dates for its 21st event, taking place Sept. 15-20, 2020. For the 20th consecutive year, AMERICANAFEST …

Chris Young makes his directorial debut with the music video for his newest song, “Drowning.” Co-directed with Native 31 Films Producer and Director Jeff Johnson, the video opens with Young holding a photo of Adam Carnes, his longtime friend whose loss is memorialized in the song’s lyrics. Watch the video …

    After thrilling fans with the opening weekend of her currently underway Roadside Bars & Pink Guitars Tour, which continues throughout the fall, CMA Female Vocalist of the Year nominee and seven-time winner in the category announces plans to continue touring into 2020 with tickets on sale starting Friday, Sept. …

Just days after CJ Solar’s dream of performing on the Grand Ole Opry came true, he celebrated one of his biggest weeks as a songwriter. Jason Aldean just dropped the CJ co-written “I Don’t Drink Anymore.” CJ won a “10 Songs I Wish I’d Written” trophy for “Up Down” at Tuesday’s …

Lauren Akins is sharing more of her story in her first-ever book titled, LIVE IN LOVE: Growing Together Through Life’s Changes, written with bestselling collaborator Mark Dagostino, available May 5, 2020. Live in Love is a revealing and inspiring memoir by Lauren Akins – wife of Thomas Rhett, a regular contributor to Country Living Magazine, …

Kenny Chesney has been named 2020’s Country Radio Broadcasters (CRB) Artist Humanitarian Award recipient.The 8-time Entertainer of the Year will receive the award, sponsored by Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, on Wednesday, Feb. 19 as part of the 2nd Annual Warner Music Nashville (WMN) Kickoff Luncheon, which serves as the official launch of Country Radio Seminar 2020. In …

The late Ralph Murphy will be honored with the Frances Williams Preston Mentor Award during the upcoming Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Gala on Monday, Oct. 14, it was announced today by Sarah Cates, Chair of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Foundation. “Ralph Murphy lived his life in service …

Country star Cam surprised singer/songwriter Sam Williams, son of Hank Williams Jr. and grandson of Hank Williams Sr. to make his Grand Ole Opry debut on October 9. “The moment Cam asked me, I was too focused on our last night singing together and it almost didn’t even register in my …

CMA Award-winning journalist Chuck Dauphin died at 6:47 PM CT on Wednesday, Sept. 18, at Nashville’s Alive Hospice following a series of complications from diabetes. He was 45. Born Charles Frederick Dauphin, III, on Feb. 17, 1974, in Dickson, Tenn., he was destined for a life in country music. Those …