Nashville Music Scene w/ Jerry Holthouse

On Tuesday, May 8, the CMA Foundation will present the third annual Music Teachers of Excellence Awards, honoring 34 music educators from districts across the state of Tennessee, as well as Chicago, Cincinnati, Seattle and Los Angeles, for their innovation and commitment to music education. The invite-only event will be …

Joshua Hedley released his debut album, Mr. Jukebox, last Friday also making his Opry debut to a standing ovation, fulfilling a lifelong dream.  The Third Man Records singer will will celebrate with a record release party tomorrow at the Basement at 8:00 pm. Hedley wrote nine of the songs on the 10 track album …

Ashley Monroe will join previously-announced acts for a free concert in the back parking lot of Grimey’s and The Basement tomorrow in celebration of Record Store Day – Saturday, April, 21st: new Infinity Cat signing Nectar, jangle-pop faves Ornament, singer (and rock culture legend) Bebe Buell, and a steel guitar tribute …

In honor of her father’s birthday this weekend (April 22), Debby Campbell is releasing The Way We Were, a tribute album of her father’s iconic hits. CLICK HERE to order The Way We Were. “As hard as it was to sometimes go into the studio and sing some of dad’s songs, …

When Michael Ray re-entered the studio to begin recording his sophomore album, Amos, he felt it was going to be special. The album is named after Ray’s grandfather, who passed away just two months prior to Ray’s debut on the Grand Ole Opry. It was Amos who inspired Ray’s passion for music, inviting …

Here are the first 75 of more than 250 artists slated to perform at this year’s Americanafest, Sept. 11-16 in various venues across Nashville, TN! Check out our first line-up below…. List of Artists Confirmed to Play AMERICANAFEST: Alejandro Escovedo American Aquarium American Folk ANIMAL YEARS The Black Lillies Brandy …

Reigning Billboard Music Awards Top Country Song (“H.O.L.Y.”) winners Florida Georgia Line will vie for the same category again this year with their double platinum-certified Bebe Rexha collaboration “Meant to Be.” The BMLG Records global entertainers are also up for Top Country Duo/Group Artist and Top Country Tour at the 2018 show, …

The International Songwriting Competition has announced its 2017 winners. The Grand Prize winners this year are Nicholas Miller (better known as Illenium), Annika Wells, Kate Morgan, and Michael Biancaniello for the song “Crawl Outta Love Ft. Annika Wells.” Illenium (along with co-writers Keeley Bumford, Henri Lanz, and William Rappaport) is also the …

Emerging singer-songwriter Dustin Collins has signed a label-services deal with Average Joes Entertainment for marketing and distribution of Collins’ new album set for release this summer on DCDL Entertainment. Fresh off his independent single “Cold Dead Hands,” which ascended to No. 1 on the Billboard Singles Sales chart, Collins is in the …

Carrie Underwood will release Cry Pretty, her first studio album on Capitol Records Nashville on September 14.  The title track and lead single was released worldwide on April 11 and is the most added song at Country radio this week.  “Cry Pretty” has already topped the iTunes Top Songs charts …