​Ricky Skaggs is celebrating his 64th birthday today in a slightly different atmosphere than he has ever observed it before, knowing that sometime this fall the Country Music Association will officially induct him into the Country Music Hall of Fame, placing his bronzed visage alongside plaques of some of his mentors, including Bill Monroe, Emmylou Harris and Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs.

This year is the last year you can catch the well-known Made In America music festival on the Benjamin Franklin Freeway in Philadelphia. Now, the founder of the festival, Jay-Z, has written an open letter to the mayor regarding the action for local Philadelphia newspaper The Inquirer, published today (July 18). In it, he points out in the opinion piece that the economic benefits to the city should not be ignored.

Brandi Carlile’s brand new Girls Just Wanna Weekend music festival has announced its all-female lineup today (July 18).

Tom Jones' official Twitter account has posted a statement to inform fans of the unfortunate cancellation of his Stansted Park show near the city of Chichester, West Sussex, England, scheduled for tonight (July 18).

As of Tuesday (July 17), Concord Music became the third music publisher this year to join forces with ICE Services -- a provider of music royalties administration services based in the UK, Germany and Sweden.

Back in February, a New York judge caused a bit of a freakout by issuing a copyright decision regarding the embedding of a copyrighted photo of NFL superstar Tom Brady.