Worldwide Executive of Electronic Arts, Steve Schnur, is featured in Variety’s ‘Music City Impact Report’ and is among an elite group of Nashville executives and artists labeled as being some of Music City’s most influential.
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MULTI-GRAMMY NOMINATED DUO DAILEY & VINCENT CELEBRATE 2015 REGIONAL EMMY® NOMINATION
Following the release of their #1 Billboard Bluegrass charting album, “Dailey & Vincent – ALIVE! In Concert,” and the premiere of their first national TV series The Dailey & Vincent Show on RFD-TV, the multi-Grammy nominated duo celebrate their nomination for a 2015 Midsouth Regional Emmy® nomination. The award winning duo is nominated in the Entertainment Program category for their Dailey & Vincent – ALIVE! In Concert, which has been aired on PBS in over 84 markets with an estimate of over 1 million impressions.
TEXAS COUNTRY ROCKER CAMERAN NELSON RELEASES SOPHOMORE ALBUM TO ITUNES FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4
Following the exclusive streaming premiere on The Boot, Texas Country Rocker, Cameran Nelson, releases his highly anticipated sophomore album, “Good Thing Going,” Friday, December 4. The album is available on iTunes here.
Country Radio Seminar and Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum Partner For Reception and Tour Experience At CRS 2016
Country Radio Seminar (CRS) and the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum will partner to offer CRS 2016 attendees a private reception and free tour of the museum on Tuesday, Feb. 9 from 5-7 p.m. CT. This keystone event is one of the many new events planned to launch, “The New CRS Experience.” In addition, CRS attendees can visit the museum on Monday, Feb. 8 from 9 a.m to 3 p.m. CT.
DRAKE WHITE’S “LIVIN’ THE DREAM” AIMS TO UPLIFT
Born and raised at the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains in Hokes Bluff, Alabama, Drake White grew up scanning his radio dial for anything he could relate to from country to blues to rock ‘n roll. In the rural south, White’s musical tastes knew no boundaries, labels or discriminations, a trait that has taken root in his performance style with Rolling Stone Country observing, “He doesn’t play music so much as become possessed by it, shaking, clomping and hopping up on his toes like a cowboy Michael Jackson. It’s a celebration of his country roots and, really, of being back in control.” That verve is encapsulated in White’s new single “Livin’ The Dream,” and it’s a message he knows audiences worldwide need to hear.
TARA THOMPSON RELEASES SASSY DEBUT SINGLE “SOMEONE TO TAKE YOUR PLACE” TODAY
“Country as cornbread” newcomer TARA THOMPSON is plotting new chapters and sweet revenge with her debut single “Someone to Take Your Place” (The Valory Music Co.), available now. Penning the track with her producer Alex Kline and hit songwriter Leslie Satcher, Tara candidly reveals My sister did this make-up she calls it get over your break-up / She said get out there and work it girl so I’m workin’ it / I’ll have two Coronas one for me one for the hot girl I just turned into yeah / I came in here to get a man and I know the man I want / Do you like the new me I am ’cause that’s the one he’s takin’ home. The track, executively produced by Spoon James Williams, will officially hit airwaves in early 2016 and Tara is spending the next several months introducing her sound to Country radio stations.
Billboard Feature On Loretta Lynn “Call Me Your No. 1 You-Know-What-Kind-Of Stirrer”
Loretta Lynn photographed on Nov. 4, 2015 at Loretta Lynn’s Ranch in South Hurricane Mills, TN.
Photo credit: Ramona Rosales
Billboard Women in Music’s 2015 “Legend”, Loretta Lynn opens up about her lasting role in music, her controversial music, who she listens to today, and who she thinks will be our next president.
Album Review: CAM | “Untamed”
Last night, I had the pleasure of attending the album release party for RCA country artist CAM’s debut CD entitled ‘Untamed’ at the Cordelle in Nashville.
Carrie Underwood Shines across Multiple TV Appearances and New “Heartbeat” Music Video
From London to Las Vegas, superstar Carrie Underwood has been in the spotlight in multiple ways this week following a Sunday performance of her new single, “Heartbeat,” on the smash UK series, The X Factor.
RASCAL FLATTS PREMIERE SPIRITED “I LIKE THE SOUND OF THAT” VIDEO EXCLUSIVELY ON TIDAL TODAY
Superstar vocal group RASCAL FLATTS premiered the video for their infectious new single “I Like The Sound Of That” exclusively on TIDAL today. Directed by Kenny Jackson and John Stephens, the fun-spirited music video offers a backstage pass into the band’s creative process that is their everyday life, from working on new songs to playing their headlining shows. The progressive music streaming service will host the video exclusively for seven days here.
