Alan Jackson earns ASCAP’s Founders Award
August 10th, 2010
ASCAP will honor country star Alan Jackson with its Founders Award at the 48th annual ASCAP Country Music Awards on September 14.
A statement from the performing rights organization described the award as “among the most important honors that ASCAP gives to songwriters and composers who have made pioneering contributions to music by inspiring and influencing their fellow music creators.”
Past winners include Paul McCartney, Garth Brooks, Stevie Wonder, Billy Joel, Smokey Robinson, Emmylou Harris, James Taylor and Jackson Browne.
via Alan Jackson earns ASCAP’s Founders Award at tennessean.com | Tune In Music City.
Sugarland enjoys success of new single Stuck Like Glue
August 6th, 2010
Nettles and Bush maintained their songwriting even after signing their Nashville recording contract.“They have a wonderful songwriting system in Nashville, but our roots are in the Atlanta singer-songwriter scene,” Nettles said. “We came into the Nashville scene doing our own thing. I think that’s been something refreshing for them.
”Despite the many great tunesmiths in Music City, Sugarland’s songwriting met no resistance there, Nettles added.
Rascal Flatts to Join Big Machine : MusicRow
July 29th, 2010
Big Machine President/CEO Scott Borchetta announced today 7/29 that Rascal Flatts would be the latest addition to the Big Machine family. A new album called Nothing Like This, produced by Dann Huff, is due out November 16. The first single “Why Wait,” written by Neil Thrasher, Tom Shapiro and Jimmy Yeary, is being released to radio today.
Feud over songwriter’s estate ends in Ohio court
July 28th, 2010
A long-running legal battle between the four children of a late country music songwriter and their evangelist aunt ended Monday when a judge approved placing the family’s share of his catalog into a trust fund for them.
The closing of the estate by a probate judge in Hamilton, north of Cincinnati, ended five years of wrangling between the heirs of late country songwriter Darrell “Wayne” Perry and his sister, Darlene Bishop, who became executor of his estate after he died of throat cancer in 2005 at the age of 55.
Ne-Yo Feels Closer to Country Music on “She Is” | CMT Blog
July 16th, 2010
Of all the things I ever imagined might be on Ne-Yo’s play list, I never in a million years would’ve guessed country music. But the rapper admits that is indeed what he’s into. “I listen to country music — I like country music. I feel that’s one of the last genres of music where storytelling is a staple.
via Ne-Yo Feels Closer to Country Music on “She Is” | CMT Blog.