Nashville Side Notes
The Resolution Tour hits Nashville: Next Big Thing in Pop/Rock Music
One of my favorite venues in Nashville is the Mercy Lounge. Although its located just minutes away from the Honky Tonks and boot scoot'n bars […]
Radio
Big Joe’s BIG Radio Show is a Hit With Country Music Fans & Independent Artists
“I’m trying to become the king of all country music media,” Big Joe Matthews, managing editor of Nashville Music Guide, says jokingly to me one […]
Exclusives
Taylor Made: WV Trio Taylor Made Rockets Up Radio Charts With New Single
In the summer of 1999, a West Virginia native named Brad Paisley made a late addition to his debut “Who Needs Pictures” album, after a group of country radio programmers went crazy over a new song he had just demoed called… […]
Music Row
Social Media, Computer Wiz Bob Coan Teams with NMG, TCM Records
Bob Coan is a longtime race-car driver used to finishing first, and now the California-bred Social Media and computer software… […]
Video
Jamie Saylor: “What I’m Made Of”
Jamie Saylor plays “What I’m Made Of” at Picks on Music Row, Nashvile, TN. […]
Musician
Musician’s Spotlight: Texaco Country Showdown
Quite possibly the longest running talent competition in country music, this year marks the 29th anniversary of the Country Showdown. Welcoming Texaco as it’s brand new corporate sponsor, the 2011 Texaco Country Showdown shows promise to be their biggest and best ever and that’s saying something. Long before American Idol, Star Search, Nashville Star, etc., this talent… […]
Radio
KIX 101.1’s Doris Day an Iowa Midday Gem
Country fans in central Iowa are blessed to spend their middays with Doris Day of KIX 101.1 in Marshalltown, and blessed at the station’s commitment to […]
Exclusives
Niemann Comes Back From Tough Times To Reach No. 1
A turning point in the Music Row career of the breakout Sea Gayle/Arista Nashville artist Jerrod Niemann came a couple years ago, when longtime pal Jamey Johnson gave Jerrod some tough-love advice… […]
Exclusives
Homeless Nashville tunesmith Bradley Harmer’s Songs Finally Being Heard
Longtime Nashville resident Bradley Harmer may have had one of the most impressive writing mentors in… […]
Exclusives
William Michael Morgan: 100% “Pure Country” Teen
Very few people really know what they want to do with their lives, much less from the time they’re only children. William Michael Morgan is one of those rare… […]