Alabama Music Hall of Fame Inducts Seven
March 11th, 2010
The Alabama Music Hall of Fame
Board has announced the selection of seven people to be inducted during the 13th Induction Banquet and Awards Show to be held in the Convention Center in Montgomery, Ala., Thursday, March 25, 2010.
David Johnson, executive director of the Alabama Music Hall of Fame, said, “We are proud to be returning to Montgomery for this celebrated event honoring our state’s great music achievers and unmatched musical heritage. “During this event, the audience will be entertained by some of the most successful and talented Alabamians in the music industry as well as witness seven achievers being awarded with our most prestigious honor – induction into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame.”
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Music Row Celebrates Jason Aldean’s Latest No. 1, “The Truth”
March 10th, 2010
Today’s Songwriting: Still Writing Them Like They Used To?
March 5th, 2010
Regardless of which artists and writers do what songs, somebody’s gonna say, “They ain’t writin’em like they used to.”
But it’s amazing how much today’s different-style songs are really like they used to be. Maybe not in structure, but surely in having something meaningful to say. We wrote about it, when Taylor Swift won her Grammys and talked of writing about life.
Of course, that’s exactly what they used to do. They wrote about life. Hank Williams did. Hank Cochran did, Willie Nelson did and does. And now new writers are doing it. Read the rest of this entry »
The Wreckers’ Jessica Harp Quits Singing Career to Focus on Songwriting
March 3rd, 2010
Jessica Harp, who returned to a solo career after partnering with Michelle Branch for the Wreckers, has decided to quit pursuing a singing career, according to a letter she posted on her Web site. Harp will concentrate on songwriting instead. However, she mentioned in the letter that her album will be released digitally on March 16. Harp had released two solo singles, “A Woman Needs” and “Boy Like Me,” after the Wreckers parted ways. The Wreckers’ hits included “Leave the Pieces,” “My, Oh My” and “Tennessee.”
CMT : News : The Wreckers’ Jessica Harp Quits Singing Career to Focus on Songwriting.
Country Radio Seminar: A Ball For Music Business & Radio Disc Jockeys
February 24th, 2010
Not many outsiders know much about it, but Nashville’s annual Country Radio Seminar (CRS) – going on now – is super important to radio and music business insiders.
It’s the gathering where the two music business linch pins, so important to each other, share info and get to know each other personally. Read the rest of this entry »