The Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) has decided to reschedule the Tin Pan South Songwriters Festival, which was slated for March 23–28 in Nashville. In light of the tornado damage Nashville suffered on March 3, as well as the coronavirus outbreak, the NSAI plans to postpone the festival until the summer. “After heavy consideration, in…… MORE
The Gospel Music Association (GMA) announced its Hall of Fame inductees for 2020: 4Him (Contemporary Christian), Commissioned (Gospel), The Isaacs (Southern Gospel) and Bill Hearn (non-performing). The Class of 2020 will be recognized at the 7th annual GMA Honors and Hall of Fame Induction ceremony on May 6 in Nashville. In addition, the GMA will…… MORE
The guys from Old Dominion—Matthew Ramsey, Trevor Rosen, Geoff Sprung, Brad Tursi and Whit Sellers—have cancelled five tour dates in Europe due to concerns about the coronavirus outbreak. The five dates—Berlin (March 7), Amsterdam (March 8), Dublin (March 13), London (March 14) and Glasgow (March 15)—were part of the C2C: Country To Country Festival. The…… MORE
A number of artists are joining forces for the To Nashville, With Love benefit concert on March 9 at Marathon Music Works. Ashley McBryde, Brandi Carlile, Brothers Osborne, Dan Auerbach, Jason Isbell, Margo Price, Sheryl Crow, Soccer Mommy and Yola are slated to take the stage to help raise money for the To Nashville, With…… MORE
Keith Urban stopped by The Late Show With Stephen Colbert on March 5 to perform his new song, “God Whispered Your Name.” Penned by James Slater, Shy Carter, Micah Carter and Chris August, “God Whispered Your Name” is Keith’s first new music in 2020. “‘God Whispered Your Name’ really spoke to me the very first…… MORE
Florida Georgia Line’s Tyler Hubbard and wife Hayley announced they are expecting their third child. Tyler announced the news via Instagram with a photo of the couple’s two children, Luca Reed, 6 months, and Olivia Rose, 2, saying: “Little brother, mommy and daddy are having another!” We were as surprised as Liv was and as…… MORE
Cumulus Nashville will be hosting a Cumulus Cares Tornado Relief Radiothon on March 6 at Edley’s Bar-B-Que in East Nashville. Cumulus stations WKDF (Nash FM 103.3), WSM-F (95.5 Nash Icon), WGFX (104-5 The Zone), WTN (Super Talk 99.7) and WQQK (92Q) will broadcast live from Edley’s at 908 Main Street from 5 a.m. to 6…… MORE
The Red Cross, CMT and local NBC affiliate WSMV News 4 have joined forces to host a telethon on March 5 to support Middle Tennessee tornado relief efforts. The telethon will be filmed live at CMT Studio in downtown Nashville with country music artists, local television personalities and volunteers answering phones to take donations. News…… MORE
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The Library of Congress honored Garth Brooks with the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song during a tribute concert on March 4 in Washington, D.C. Bestowed in recognition of the legendary songwriting team of George and Ira Gershwin, the Gershwin Prize recognizes a living musical artist’s lifetime achievement in promoting the genre of song as a…… MORE
An all-star cast of performers hit the stage to pay tribute to country icon Willie Nelson at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Jan. 12, 2019. The tribute concert—Willie: Life & Songs of an American Outlaw—featured performances by Willie, Chris Stapleton, Emmylou Harris, Eric Church, Jimmy Buffett, Bobby Bare, Jamey Johnson, Lukas Nelson, Margo Price, Micah Nelson,…… MORE
