New Music Weekly’s editor’s desk focuses on the happenings of the radio industry in the Top40, AC, Country and College music scene.
The first quarter of the year is always the best time for artists and bands to break new records. Radio programmers have cleaned the slate on all of their holiday music and most take off some of the songs that they stuck with during the year before. With the major labels always taking extra time […]
Coming to the end of a year is always bittersweet. It’s an accomplishment of sorts just to get through it yet there is a sadness that we leave another one behind. This has been a tough year for many. Our financial woes continue, we had a presidential election that tore many people apart and now […]
It’s hard to believe that the award season is already upon us. Before too long there will be the American Music Awards, Grammy Award activity and just before all of that we should have the announcements for our New Music Awards. This is the time that we get to honor the very best artists and […]
It’s our favorite time of year here at New Music Weekly and just about everywhere in the USA. That means “tour time” for many with abundant music festivals and concerts filled with great artists and bands. Indie artists are also out and about using the good weather to make their way to cities and towns […]
One of our favorite issues we do every year is the one for our Indie Artists and Bands. When the call comes out for this, the music arrives from all over the world and it’s amazing to see just how many want to get involved. The response comes from Country to Pop artists that realize […]
It’s hard to believe that the first quarter of this year is already over. We’ve been seeing some new artists and bands emerge and that is a good sign that this is set to become a very solid year at radio. Some of the new material is exceptional and a few of the early entries […]
We always look so forward to the CRS in beautiful Nashville Tennessee. It comes at the perfect time of year just as artists and record labels get set and ready for the new releases and this event provides the prefect launching pad. In this wide-spread industry it’s so hard to get everyone together and with […]
Not only is this our first “official” printed issue of 2012, it’s also our Nomination issue for the annual New Music Awards. We could not be more thrilled about both of these events and to all of our nominees a big “congratulations”. The nominations are a culmination of a lot of hard work from recording […]
As we start to close out to 2011, it’s time once again to spotlight all of the artists & bands that achieved landmark success here at New Music Weekly. It’s hard to believe that it’s already that time once again but what a year this has been. As the industry continues its readjusting and the […]
It’s hard to believe that we have already entered the fourth quarter. Where did 2011 go anyway? It’s been another year of changes in the music industry and not so much for the better. Just this week alone we got the word of more downsizes and changes as Jive Records and Arista pretty much shut […]
