It’s hard to imagine, but the price of a concert ticket in the good old days to see Dolly, Eagles, Kenny Rogers, or Alabama was typically under $20 per. These days, you can expect to pay hundreds of dollars for a ticket to the most popular band or artist. Live Nation, one of the country’s […]
After being away from the bright spotlight for a few years, Shania Twain fans were thrilled wither her emergence back into their lives these past few months. She did however cause a stir with a comment made about her potentially voting for our current President if she were able to, with an apology walk back […]
Darius Rucker made his bones as the lead singer of the pop group ‘Hootie and the Blowfish’ but we’ve come to love him as one of the countries rising stars over the years. In case you didn’t hear, Darius will return to the Nashville Ryman Auditorium this June 4th for his 9th annual benefit concert […]
One of the best outdoor music festivals of the year is AmericanaFest, held this year in the Music City, September 11th through the 16th, with tickets starting at $75 per, available now. The festival is a different kind of show, leaning on the roots of America, with the nation’s current popular singers and bands from […]
The annual CMA Fest is a series of shows in Nashville, scheduled for June 7th through June 10th. This popular ‘meet and greet’ with tons of live show always places a great demand on tickets, but there’s news that will lower the anxiety levels. The Country Music Association has announced that the Ascend Amphitheater in […]
Record Store Day is tomorrow April 21st, nationwide, a day set aside to celebrate the local record store owner and the memory of running down to your neighborhood little record store to buy a single. The day is also designed to feature special releases that are primarily vinyl from today’s artists or promote reissues of […]
Here’s a fact that you are already aware of; country music is good business, and country music fans represent a sizable and influential sector of the American music industry pie. Here’s a recent real-world example; in spite of the much ballyhooed James Comey interview Sunday night, the overall broadcast ratings for the ACM awards was […]
The 2018 Billboard Award nominees have been announced, with a few surprises revealed. The nominations were announced live on the Today Show this week by pop stars Khalid and Bebe Rexha. Sam Hunt, Chris Stapleton have the most nominations, Taylor Swift is here, and Florida Georgia Line ‘s Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley have three […]
A few days after the wonderful ACM Awards, life and the business of country music get back to the hustle and bustle of airplay and sales. What are the top country albums this past week? ‘Golden Hour’ by Kacey Musgraves ‘Seasons Change’ by Scotty McCreery ‘Brett Young’ by Brett Young ‘Kane Brown’ by Kane Brown […]
Country Music’s 53rd Academy of Country Music Awards proved to be the healing this nation needed, having been held in Las Vegas last night, the site of one of the worst mass shooting in our nation. The night’s biggest award went to Jason Aldean who was on stage that dreaded October night when the shooting […]