By: Megan McNair
Matt Kennon knows a good song and he knows he has a good one in his single, “The Call.”


LUKE BRYAN’S GROUNDBREAKING ACM CAMPAIGN “I’M VOTING FOR LUKE BRYAN (DON’T VOTE FOR LUKE BRYAN)” SPREADS LIKE WILDFIRE
Luke Bryan and some of his celebrity friends to put a unique twist on his ACM campaign for “Top New Solo Vocalist.” Bryan has done a fun spoof on the “Don’t Vote” video used during the 2008 presidential [...]
Sir James Paul McCartney comes from Liverpool, England. Winning many different Grammy and Academy awards McCartney becomes the most successful songwriter in the history of popular music. This harmoniously developed person wins awards for: The Best English singer-songwriter, poet, composer, multi-instrumentalist, entrepreneur, record producer, film producer, painter, and animal rights and peace activist. He becomes [...]
As I am sure many of you know, Taylor Swift has been getting lots of flack for her Grammy performance in some major publications.
Do you think it’s deserved?
Her label head, Scott Borchetta is speaking in her favor. The article as printed in The Tennessean is below.
Taylor Swift’s label chief responds to Grammy criticism
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By: Jessica Baird
Since his debut album Anything Goes was released in late 2008, Randy Houser has performed for one raucous, enraptured crowd after another. Currently putting the finishing touches on his follow-up effort They Call Me Cadillac, due this summer, and on the heels of an Academy of Country Music Award nomination for Video of the Year for his hit song “Boots On,” Houser credits authenticity as the key to his success.
By: Alanna Conaway
Seven years ago when Justin Moore left Poyen, Arkansas for Nashville, he had the hopes and dreams that all aspiring, young artists have. The years of hard work and determination eventually paid off for the 24 year-old when Scott Borchetta signed him to his independent label, Valory Music Group.
With his collection of songs, written during his time in Nashville, Justin headed into the studio, but he was surprised by the amount of work that was still ahead of him.
“I didn’t realize what all went into making an album. I’d done demos in town for years and years, but it’s a process,” he says. “It was really hard to pick songs because they are kind of like your babies…you can’t just pick one or two of them. I was going to the record label going ‘we’ve gotta put this on the record…ok, this is another one we’ve gotta put on the record.’ Finally, Scott goes ‘Justin, we’re not putting a box set out on your first album!’”
By: Chuck Dauphin
It’s something that every new artist knows about. Ask any veteran act, and they will tell you that it’s not necessarily the first album in their career that helped them to gain prominence—it’s the follow-up. Albums like Always & Forever, The Woman In Me, and Ropin’ The Wind really seem to illustrate this [...]


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As many of you already know, CMT’s “Crossroads: The Steve Miller Band & Kenny Chesney” taped this week. But the show didn’t end there — the bands went from the Ryman to Tootsies to continue the playing and partying!

The “Do I” Number 1 Party!
Capitol’s Luke Bryan celebrates “Do I”’s No. 1 spot with co-writers Lady Antebellum’s Charles Kelley and Dave Haywood. (Pictured (l-r) are Capitol/Nashville’s Mike Dungan, Haywood, Kelley, Bryan, Capitol/Nashville’s Shane Allen and Steve Hodges, business mgr. Mike Vaden, Williams Morris Endeavor’s Jay Williams and Redlight’s Kerri Edwards.)

Michael W. Smith along with some of his favorite friends took to Nashville’s Ocean Way Studios to record “Come Together Now.” The song will be made available for sale soon, with all proceeds going to benefit relief efforts to Haiti.
Photo courtesy of Sally Parks.

The event celebrated Kenny Rogers’ 50 years in music. Rogers, here, is photographed with the Oak Ridge Boys. Photo courtesy of Bev Moser.

Hot duo Burns & Poe along with Cowboy Troy pose with the Dallas Cowboys while at the brand new Cowboys Stadium to film their “Cowboy Stomp” music video!