Ten-time ASCAP Songwriter of the Year Ashley Gorley looks at No. 1’s a little differently these days as he notches his record-extending 80th No. 1 with this week’s “I Am Not Okay,” recorded and co-written by Jelly Roll along with Tape Room writers Taylor Phillips and Casey Brown. To commemorate the milestone, Gorley wanted to look beyond the celebrations that traditionally accompany a No. 1 chart hit and use...
Josh Gicker, a Nashville-based creative director, has launched Living Life Films. Focused on creating visually and emotionally resonant music videos, short-form documentaries and commercials, Gicker has worked with Alan Jackson, Morgan Wallen, Jordan Davis, Warner Music Nashville, Big Loud Records and many more. “I’ve been pursuing a calling on my heart to tell stories since I was just a kid,...
Drew Baldridge is celebrating another significant milestone following his first No. 1 single at country radio. His new track, “Tough People,” has been named the No. 1 most-added song at country radio this week. This marks Baldridge’s debut single with BBR Music Group/Stoney Creek Records in partnership with his own Lyric Ridge Records, showcasing a remarkable impact in his first...
Emerging singer-songwriter Andy Buckner, a seasoned award winning multi-instrumentalist who blends honkytonk and gritty cowboy seclusion, has signed an exclusive publishing agreement with Dream 3 Publishing and Kobalt. Buckner’s music embodies a balance of party anthems and instantly relatable heartache healers. Growing up on a burley tobacco farm & cattle ranch deep in the Appalachian mountains of North Carolina, Buckner...
Today, CCMA winner and singer-songwriter, Owen Riegling, hailing from Mildmay in Southwestern Ontario, release Bruce County (From The Beginning, an expanded version of debut EP out today via Universal Music Canada, the country’s leading music company, with physical formats available including CD and limited signed vinyl. The deluxe EP features eleven tracks recorded in Nashville and produced by Brad Hill...
Today, Sony Music Nashville/Columbia Records singer/songwriter Megan Moroney kicks off the holiday season with Blue Christmas …duh — a surprise EP featuring two all-new original songs and a heart-melting rendition of the timeless holiday classic “Blue Christmas.” Go here to check out Blue Christmas …duh now. With its title nodding to the signature color for Moroney’s blockbuster sophomore album Am...
On October 28, the Country Music Association hosted its inaugural Artist Academy in partnership with Whiskey Jam. The Artist Academy was designed to aid emerging artists with participants selected through an application process. More than 60 artists took part in a full day of programming.
Kameron Marlowe made his Ryman debut on October 26 in Nashville, TN, where he played to a sold-out crowd. Marlowe brought out comedian and online sensation, Justin Danger-Nunley for a shotgun challenge along with giving newcomer, Belle Frantz a moment she will never forget. Marlowe and Frantz surprised fans with a duet of the George Jone’s classic, “The Grand Tour”...
Last night (Oct. 23) Big Loud Texas / Mercury Records singer-songwriter Dylan Gossett headlined his first-ever Ryman Auditorium show to a sold-out crowd on his The Back 40 Tour. The Austin, Texas native was presented with a plaque for his RIAA certified Platinum breakout hit "Coal" before the show. The artist wrote and produced the song himself.
Today, AEG Presents and 15-time Billboard Music Awards-winner, Morgan Wallen, announce that Sand In My Boots 2025 is officially sold out. This took place in a span of two hours following the public on-sale. The three-day festival and beach vacation curated by Wallen debuts May 16-18, 2025, on the idyllic beaches of Gulf Shores, Alabama, and will host headliners Post...
