Music Row
Louisiana Captain’s Songs Making Waves on Music Row
Captain Joe Kent has one of the most unique jobs you can imagine for a country songwriter: He pilots giant 90-foot ships that often push two or three barges at a time… […]
Music Row
Exclusives
Social Media Expertise Helps Northey Expand Radio and Row’s Reach
One of the least understood aspects for modern record companies and radio executives is social media, a business which unlike radio and records is seeing explosive growth in the second decade of the 21st… […]
Exclusives
“Kaylor Girls” Take Street Teaming to Another Level
Many musical acts, such as country group Rascal Flatts, owe a lot of their success to their “street teams,” groups of fans that publicize a band’s music, and… […]
Music Row
Ben Peters Receives Country Music Trail Marker
On November 4, 2010, the State of Mississippi recognized native son and renowned songwriter, Ben Peters with a marker along the Mississippi Country Music Trail. Although born in… […]
Music Row
Writer’s Night Legend Steve Bivins Battles Cancer
Steve “Bulldog” Bivins is known for many things in Nashville, including for leading possibly the first songwriter’s night with a full band, for leading the band at the legendary Cowboy Church, and, with his wife Lori, for being the pastor of his own church, River of Faith in White House. But perhaps more… […]
Music Row
Tony Boatwright, Jr. Presents Lyrics for Lyric at Pick's Nashville
Music Row’s historical club, Picks Nashville located at 1407 Division St., Nashville TN, 37203,formally known as the Country Music Hall of Fame Lounge, has been a long time fixture in town as a gathering place for hit song writers, music… […]
Artist Spotlight
David Ray Sings and Teaches His Way to Music Row and Radio
Long before he finally moved to Nashville this summer, David Ray was very well known to three very different groups – country superstars who he opened shows for, middle school students in Florida who he taught science, and thousands of listeners of KISS Country 99-9 in Miami. […]
Inside Track
Inside Track on Music Row- November 2010
Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, called on his musical friends to aid the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Foundation’s Wanna
Play Fund with a CD project titled I WANNA PLAY!: An Album To Put Musical Instruments Into The Hands Of Every Child In America. Joining Huckabee are Aaron Tippin, and
producer James Stroud. The […]
Biz Buzz
Multi-Tasking Example – Governor and Author Phil Bredesen
Nearly all working musicians and songwriters have a day job. Whether it’s waiting tables or framing houses, the vast majority of Music City’s pickers or tunesmiths make most of their living doing something other than music. […]
Music Row
Katie Armiger's Confessions Of A Nice Girl Debuts On Billboard's Top Country Albums Chart and Heatseekers Chart
Katie Armiger is celebrating her first time on the Billboard Top Country Albums Chart this week with her third studio album Confessions of a Nice Girl which a…. […]