The Academy of Country Music, and CBS announced today the nominations for the 56TH ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS™, honoring the biggest names and emerging talent in the Country Music industry. The 56th ACM Awards® will broadcast live from three iconic country music venues: the Grand Ole Opry House, Nashville’s …
Read More »MORE Performers Announced for CMA Awards!
UPDATE! More performers announced: Kelsea Ballerini, Brooks & Dunn with Brothers Osborne, Garth Brooks with Blake Shelton, Dan + Shay, Kacey Musgraves with Willie Nelson, Lady Antebellum and Halsey, Old Dominion, Blake Shelton, and Thomas Rhett Eric Church, Luke Combs, Miranda Lambert, Reba McEntire, Maren Morris, Dolly Parton with for …
Read More »Country Music Association Honors Industry Pros At 2018 CMA Touring Awards
The Country Music Association presented industry honors at the 2018 CMA Touring Awards last night at Marathon Music Works in Nashville, recognizing Country Music’s top touring professionals. Hosted by Jerrod Niemann, the event celebrated 16 industry professionals, including Louis Messina, CEO of Messina Touring Group, who was honored with the …
Read More »Dave Matthews Added To Willie Nelson Tribute
Iconic singer-songwriter Dave Matthews will join the all-star lineup of artists performing at Willie: Life & Songs Of An American Outlaw, a once-in-a-lifetime concert event set to take place this Saturday at 7:00pm CT at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. Matthews joins an already-epic lineup of music stars featuring Willie Nelson, Alison …
Read More »Stars Added to Willie: Life & Songs of an American Outlaw
Music stars Chris Stapleton, Emmylou Harris, Eric Church, Jimmy Buffett, Bobby Bare, Jamey Johnson, Lukas Nelson, Margo Price, Micah Nelson, Nathaniel Rateliff, Ray Benson, and Steve Earle have been added to the all-star lineup of Willie: Life & Songs Of An American Outlaw, A Willie Nelson All-Star Concert Celebration. They …
Read More »Kenny Chesney’s “Live in No Shoes Nation” Goes Platinum
When Kenny Chesney released Live in No Shoes Nation, a two-disc live recording (Blue Chair/Columbia Nashville), people thought he was crazy. Who buys records of concerts they’ve already been to? But Kenny Chesney, who’d been listening back to the members of No Shoes Nation shouting, singing and cheering along over the previous decade, …
Read More »Michael Knox To Launch Music Knox Records
BMG has entered into a new label venture deal with award-winning Country music producer Michael Knox. Knox, most noted as the producer of Broken Bow Records’ Country superstar Jason Aldean, will look to develop, sign, and release up-and-coming artists through Music Knox Records, a new imprint backed by BMG. With …
Read More »Scotty McCreery To Release ’Seasons Change’ This Friday
Scotty McCreery has lived a lot of life in between his last album in 2013 and his long-awaited new album, Seasons Change, available everywhere this Friday, March 16 on Triple Tigers Records. He moved out on his own, went to college, released a book, proposed to his high school sweetheart, and most recently, notched …
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