1. Rymer Rings In New Year With Montage

    January 05, 2007 12:00 AM EST 0 0 0 0 Music Row veteran Bobby Rymer has joined Nashville-based Montage Music Group as the head of its newly-formed publishing division. Most recently, Rymer had been running his own publishing company, but he previously served as VP/GM of the Nashville ...

  2. 'American Idol' Finalist Signs With Nashville Label

    January 04, 2007 12:00 AM EST 0 0 0 0 "American Idol" finalist Bucky Covington has signed with Nashville-based Lyric Street Records, where he joins fellow "AI" alumni Josh Gracin. Following his time on last year's show, Covington performed with his fellow cont ...

  3. Grand Ole Opry Star Del Reeves Dies

    January 02, 2007 12:00 AM EST 0 0 0 0 Del Reeves, a Grand Ole Opry star who sprinkled his performances with humor and hit No. 1 on the country charts in 1965 with the song "Girl on the Billboard," has died. He was 74. Reeves died Monday, New Year's Day, after an extende ...

  4. Rascal Flatts Gears Up For Tour

    December 06, 2006 12:00 AM EST 0 0 0 0 Rascal Flatts will begin the 2007 version of their Me and My Gang tour on Feb. 8 in Charleston, W.V. The tour will play 21 cities before wrapping in early April, at which time the band will take a break from the road to work on a new album. Jason ...

  5. Winnipeg To Host Canadian Country Music Week In '08

    December 05, 2006 12:00 AM EST 0 0 0 0 The Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) has announced that Winnipeg, Manitoba, will be host city for the 2008 Canadian Country Music Week and Awards, which will be held Sept. 5-8, 2008. The awards show will be held at the MTS Centre on Sept. ...

  6. Independents' Day

    December 01, 2006 12:00 AM EST 0 0 0 0 It was not that long ago that the words "independent label" were generally construed to mean "a quick way for an aspiring artist to be bilked out of their life savings by disreputable operators." H Times have changed. Independe ...

  7. Cardwell Joins CAA

    November 14, 2006 12:00 AM EST 0 0 0 0 Will handle sponsorships, endorsements. Industry veteran Marcie Allen Cardwell has joined Creative Artists Agency's Nashville office as a consultant for sponsorships and endorsements. Cardwell's debut project at CAA was closing StubHub a ...

  8. Brooks & Dunn Dominate CMA

    November 06, 2006 12:00 AM EST 0 0 0 0 It was fitting that Brooks & Dunn hosted the 40th Annual Country Music Assn. Awards and performed the show's opening number, "Building Bridges," because with four awards between the duo, the show was all about them. Their inspir ...

  9. Strait Sets Sights On Winter Tour

    November 01, 2006 12:00 AM EST 0 0 0 0 CMA Hall of Fame inductee George Strait will embark on another winter tour, beginning Jan. 11 at the Cajundome in Lafayette, La. Twenty dates have been unveiled as a first leg, concluding March 3 at the Pepsi Arena in Denver. This would be a typic ...

  10. Chesney Rules As King Of Summer Touring

    October 03, 2006 12:00 AM EDT 0 0 0 0 Kenny Chesney is playing live for more people each summer than any country music artist on the planet. In fact, Chesney's five-year attendance total of nearly five million ranks him in the league of such global heavyweight touring artists as ...

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