Vince Hatfield Landed 2 Award Nominations
Vince Hatfield Nominated for 2 awards for the New Music Awards. Song of the year in country "Stuck On You" and break out artist. - 2008-10-10
For Summer Music Heat During the Chicago Winter: Combine Old and New Schools, Rub Together Vigorously
Independent Producers Defy Genres and Strike a Chord for Charity with the Inaugural Chicago Bluegrass & Blues Festival. - 2008-09-26
The Dirt Brothers Sign With Premier Nashville Icon Century2 Entertainment Following GAC Video Debut
Memphis based country/rock band The Dirt Brothers have signed with Nashville entertainment promotion company Century2 Entertainment for exclusive artist representation. Century2 will be arranging a national concert tour in support of the Dirt Brothers new album, single and video. In a pre-release debut on GAC network, the video of "Hotty Toddy" was selected as "Number 1 Fan Pick" and has so far been seen by an estimated twenty million viewers. - 2008-09-17
World's First Free, Legal Music Tablature Network Launches at MXTabs.net : Taylor Guitars Given Away Throughout Launch Period
The musicians’ fight for free, legal tablature (a form of text-based music notation) has finally paid off. Today MXTabs.net officially launched as the world’s first free, legal tablature network, providing guitarists, bassists and drummers with an online community in which to freely create tablature and share their knowledge of how to play tens of thousands of songs. - 2008-07-01
Creedence Legend John Fogerty Returns To Royal Albert Hall
John Fogerty, of Creedence Clearwater Revival fame, to play for the first time in 38 years at London's Royal Albert Hall on June 24, 2008. The concert will be filmed and recorded for a live DVD and CD, set for release Christmas 2008. - 2008-06-24
Mission House Music-iWitness Records Set to Ship Amy Douglas' "Hero at Home" to Radio
CCM newcomer Amy Douglas gets set to come into the hearts and minds of Americans with her soon to be Hit debut single "Hero at Home." - 2008-06-03
Moneyland, a Multi-artist Collection That Offers a Hard-hitting Look at Today's Economic Injustices, Hits Stores July 8
Featuring The Del McCoury Band, Merle Haggard, Chris Knight, Marty Stuart, Bruce Hornsby, Patty Loveless, Emmylou Harris, and more - 2008-05-29
Singer-Songwriter Lauren Monroe Releases CD The Freedom Sessions
Independent Recording Artist Lauren Monroe releases debut CD produced by Rick Allen, legendary drummer with Def Leppard. The Freedom Sessions is a collection of Americana acoustic rock performances that crosses over into the genres of blues, country and pop with sounds and imagery that speak to our current changing times. - 2008-05-29
SpiralFrog Tips Its Hat to Academy of Country Music Winners – Serves up Winning Songs for Free : ACM Award Winners Available For Free & Legal Download at SpiralFrog.com
NEWS FACTS: - 2008-05-20
Mississippi Celebrates Its Grammy(R) Legacy with Star-Studded Gala Hosted by Governor Barbour
Mississippi's contribution to music of all genres will be celebrated at a gala event in Jackson on May 29th. Stars set to perform include The Williams Brothers, James Burton, Mavis Staples, Paul Overstreet, Eddie Cotton and Sweden's Hannah Holgersson, Anorah and Beatrice. - 2008-05-17
Rumblefish Named Official Music Provider for World Renowned 48 Hour Film Project
Producers Enabled by Innovative Music Licensing Partnership - 2008-05-13
Acclaimed singer-songwriter Jude Johnstone's song "Hold On" is on Emmylou Harris' new album "All I Intended To Be"
Jude Johnstone's song "Hold On," from her CD "On a Good Day," released in 2005 on BoJak Records, is on Emmylou Harris' new album "All I Intended To Be," a Nonesuch Records release. Having this cover by Emmylou Harris was a special one for Johnstone: "Emmylou Harris has always been a great inspiration to me both professionally and personally, and for her to include one of my songs on such a heartfelt collection is a thrill I won't get over any time soon."...Jude Johnstone - 2008-05-12
Your Country Music Song Gets A Chance To Make Money and Gain Exposure
"Your Country Music Song Contest" gives artists, songwriters, and musicians, a chance to make money on their original material, with one lucky song winning $10,000 US. - 2008-04-21
SpiralFrog(TM) Partners with BFM Digital to Increase Music Collection: Free and Legal Music Destination to Make Available Nearly 80,000
Tracks
SpiralFrog (www.spiralfrog.com), the free and legal ad-supported music experience, and BFM Digital, a leading digital music aggregator and distributor of independent music, today announced a licensing agreement to make nearly 80,000 tracks available on the SpiralFrog Web site. BFM Digital's featured labels include Sounds True, Spirit Voyage, APM Music, Point Classics, Laughing Hyena, SoulFood, Sound Ideas and Chacra Music Licensing. - 2008-04-03
WOOZYFLY Launches Contest for Bands to Win a $150,000 Recording, Promotion, and Distribution Deal
The music media and social-networking website WOOZYFLY.com will be hosting an unsigned band contest entitled WOOZY IDOL, offering all unsigned bands a chance to win a RECORDING, DISTRIBUTION, and PROMOTION contract valued at up to $150,000. - 2008-04-02
Tickets Now On Sale for John Anderson and Confederate Railroad
JD Legends will be presenting John Anderson and the Confederate Railroad in concert. The performance will begin at approximately 8 p.m. on Saturday, May 31st. "Folks are so excited and are already stopping by to purchase tickets. This event will be sold out way ahead of time." You are encouraged to purchase your tickets as soon as possible. Tickets can be purchased by going online to http://www.jdlegends.com, by phone, at their location, or at the Dayton Mall Kiosk across from Macy's - 2008-04-02
SpiralFrog(TM) Now Third Largest Legal Music Download Site: SpiralFrog Continues Growth with 850,000 Registered Users and More
Than Two Million Uniques in North America
SpiralFrog, Inc., (www.spiralfrog.com) the free, ad-supported Web-based music experience, today announced it crossed a major threshold with almost 850,000 registered users. Based on reported user numbers, SpiralFrog is now positioned as the third largest legal music download site in U.S. and Canada behind only iTunes and Rhapsody. The company also demonstrated further growth with traffic already surpassing two million unique monthly visitors for March. - 2008-03-27
Bobby G. Cargill Signs With CMG Nashville
CMG Records of Nashville announced that they had signed Texas country singer & songwriter Bobby G. Cargill. - 2008-03-24
Christian Artist Griffith and Company New Single Tell It All Hits the Charts
Century 2 Entertainment made the decision to conduct an Internet test market of the new single by Griffith and Company, "Tell It All", before releasing it to radio. In a matter of days Internet music tracking company SoundClick reported that of the 2,762,291 songs it was tracking, Griffith and Company, "Tell It All" was at Number 1 Country, Number 1 Christian Country, and Number 7 in all genres of music. (SoundClick 02/22/08). With the current radio release the recording has now made its way into the mainstream Christian music charts with a solid debut at number 64 in the Singing News (Singing News, March 08). - 2008-03-21
Jett Williams' Macon County Disaster Relief Benefit Saturday, MAY 10TH, 2008
Jett Williams helping tornado victims through music with friends. - 2008-02-21
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