Mercury Records has appointed Jackson Weingart its Vice President, Marketing & Digital Strategy. In this role, Weingart will leverage his dynamic experience to devise, enact and execute 360-degree campaigns tailored to each respective artist. Jackson hit the ground running by spearheading the release of 2025 CMA New Male Artist Of The Year nominee Tucker Wetmore’s gold-certified acclaimed full-length album, What...
Warner Chappell Music (WCM) Nashville has renewed its global administration deal with the multi-platinum hitmaker Tyler Hubbard (MCA). A prolific songwriter, Hubbard has written 19 No. 1 singles and is the only country artist to achieve four consecutive chart-topping hits both as part of a duo and as a solo act, reaching an impressive career total of 23 No. 1...
Eclipse Music Group has signed rising singer-songwriter Hayden Blount to a publishing deal, adding to the company’s expanding roster. Blount is represented by Wild Child Music, a Nashville-based management company that entered into a strategic partnership with Eclipse Music Group last year. A native of Savannah, Tennessee, Blount has a catalog of songs that are steeped in the real-life grit...
Back Blocks Music has signed singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Ethan Burdick to its hit-making roster of talent for management and publishing. Back Blocks is an artist development and publishing company based in Nashville that champions creatives and builds careers from the ground up. The Vancouver, WA native moved to Nashville this year after being discovered via TikTok Live by Back Blocks...
Colter Wall has announced an additional run of dates on his upcoming Memories and Empties Tour. Promoted by Live Nation and FPC Live, the run of newly added dates start on Thursday, February 12 at Wagner Noël Performing Arts Center in Midland, TX, with additional stops in El Paso, San Diego, Indianapolis, and more before wrapping Saturday, March 14 at the Fox Theatre in Detroit,...
Rising Country/Americana group The Jack Wharff Band have announced their headlining From The Hills To The Holler Tour. The 13-date trek marks the band’s debut headline run and will kick off in Madison, WI, on January 21 before continuing to cities including Minneapolis, MN; Athens, GA; Knoxville, TN; and more, concluding in Columbus, OH, on February 21. Presale tickets are...
In the latest move in the expansion of the Warner Records Group, Cris Lacy has been named Chair & President of the newly rebranded Warner Records Nashville, formerly known as Warner Music Nashville. Former Warner Music Nashville Co-Chair & Co-President Gregg Nadel will be taking on a new leadership role within Warner Music Group, with details to be announced shortly....
The Country Music Association has announced Country Music legend Vince Gill as the 2025 CMA Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award recipient. Gill will accept the honor during “The 59th Annual CMA Awards,” following a special tribute performance. “The 59th Annual CMA Awards” airs live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena Wednesday, Nov. 19 on ABC and next day on Hulu. “Vince embodies...
Sony Music Publishing has announced the appointment of Michael Young as Chief Information Officer. Based in Nashville, Young will report to Sony Music Publishing’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Kelly. In his new role, Young will lead the company’s technology strategy and its ongoing transformation initiatives to advance growth, scalability and efficiency on behalf of SMP songwriters and catalogs worldwide. He...
Touted as “one of Nashville’s favorite music venues” (The Tennessean), The Listening Room is set to celebrate its 20th anniversary with a landmark show at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on March 3, 2026. The event will include performances by HARDY, Blessing Offor, Jo Dee Messina, Mitchell Tenpenny, Phil Barton, Brian Davis, J.T. Harding, Matt Jenkins, Wendell Mobley, James...
