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Nashville's BMI reps, record label celebrate The Band Perry's latest No. 1

The siblings-turned-bandmates who compose the wildly popular The Band Perryare the cat's meow these days, and as evidence, the trio's...

CMA Board moves Troy Tomlinson to presidential duty, Ed Hardy to president-elect

Music is a business, and Nashville is a music-business town, to be sure. And on Thursday, some of the players on the ladder shifted up a rung, with...

Darryl Worley gears for new single, says his new label 'feels like home'

Per a Jan. 30 media missive, hit-country artist Darryl Worley has signed a recording contract with Tenacity Records/Crazytown, which launched in...

CMA reps announce new 'Lifetime Membership' option for industry veterans

Representatives for the Nashville-based Country Music Association announced late today, Aug. 22, that the organization will now offer a new...

Industry veteran Roger Murrah officially exits Bug Music this month

It's official. Roger Murrah, one of Nashville’s most prolific songwriters and successful music publishers, will part company with Bug...

Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame announces 15 nominees for 2011 induction

Five highly successful artists and 10 songwriters whose creations have been cut by some of the biggest names in popular and country music have been...