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The Country Radio Broadcasters (CRB) have announced Lon Helton, Publisher/CEO of Country Aircheck and host of Westwood One’s Country Countdown USA, as the recipient of the 2020 Tom Rivers Humanitarian Award, which will be presented during Country Radio Seminar 2020. Helton will be recognized at the Opening Ceremonies on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020. The Tom Rivers Humanitarian Award is given […]
Earlier this year, Grammy award-winning singer/songwriter and powerhouse vocalist LeAnn Rimes unveiled Rimes: Live at Gruene Hall as an exclusive Record Store Day only, vinyl release. As a gift to her fans around the globe, Rimes announced at her sold-out show at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville last night, that she is making the record […]
Outback Presents will kick-off multiplatinum-selling country artists Justin Moore and Tracy Lawrence’s 2020 Late Nights And Longnecks Tour sponsored by ROXOR on Thurs., Jan. 16 in Dodge City, KS. Each night will feature an opening act (TBA). Moore recently earned his eighth No. 1 with “The Ones That Didn’t Make It Back Home,” the lead single off Moore’s fifth studio album ‘Late Nights […]
CMT has announced that country music icon Reba McEntire will be honored with the “Artist of a Lifetime” award presented by Ram Trucks at this year’s “CMT Artists of the Year” event. The 10th annual celebration will air LIVE from Nashville’s Schermerhorn Symphony Center on Wednesday, October 16 at 8pm ET/PT. Reba will join the […]
Country music’s newest powerhouse vocalist Tyra Madison is celebrating the release of her single, “Saturdays Are For The Girls.” The girl power anthem was produced by industry vets Brad Hill and Lee Holland (Brothers Osborne, Maren Morris, Brett Young). A true multi-hyphenate, this Belmont graduate and former Kentuckian demonstrates her impactful vocals along with her mature musicianship on today’s release. SCENES Media will […]
Play It Again Music has signed Walker Montgomery, as their flagship artist, to a multi-faceted music publishing and artist development deal. Founder and CEO, Dallas Davidson will produce a new project on Montgomery, who is the son of country music legend John Michael Montgomery and the nephew of Eddie Montgomery (Montgomery Gentry), which will be […]
PEDIGREE Foundation will host its Fifth Annual Charity Golf Tournament on Friday, October 11th at Hermitage Golf Course as part of its two-day fundraising event to help raise much needed grant funds for PEDIGREE Foundation. This is the first time PEDIGREE Foundation will open the tournament to the public with sponsorship opportunities available; teams are $1,500 […]
Coming off a spectacular year, sharing the stage with the likes of Wilson Phillips, Rita Coolidge and Albert Lee; while being awarded New Music Weekly’s AC/Hot AC Breakthrough Artist of the Year, the multi-award winning, chart-topping singer-songwriter Eileen Carey returns to her “home away from home,” Nashville, TN, to continue her recording chores, and to sing some […]
Today, three-time Grammy Award-winning, Zac Brown Band releases its highly anticipated and dynamic sixth studio album, The Owl via BMG. Featuring intricate melodies and dynamic vocal arrangements the group has long been known for, while also exploring new sounds through unexpected collaborations, The Owl, marks Zac Brown Band’s most personal and genre-defying album to date. […]
Blanco Brown, the mastermind behind the viral sensation “The Git Up” today announces his debut full-length album, Honeysuckle & Lightning Bugs, will be released October 11 and is available today for pre-order digitally via BBR Music Group. Inspired by his youth growing up in Atlanta during the school year and rural Georgia during the summers, […]
