No foolin’! The April edition is posted and ready to read now!
It’s full of the latest news from Music Row and beyond… info about emerging artists and songwriters as well as the stars and icons of country music, plus photos and links to songs, music videos and more. My column, Inside Track on Music Row, is the longest continuously-running monthly country music column in the USA and you can find it here at Nashville Music Guide.
Here are the headlines of just a few of the featured news items…
- Multi-Platinum hitmakers Eli Young Band have revealed plans for a full-length album of the same name as the current single: Love Talking (The Valory Music Co.) is set for release Friday, June 3…
- Garth Brooks is adding a brand new opening night in Nashville. The new opening night concert will be Friday, April 15th, 7:00 PM at Nissan Stadium. The second night show will be Saturday, April 16th, 7:00 PM…
- The Les Paul Foundation, whose mission includes honoring and sharing the life, spirit and legacy of Les Paul has launched “Les Paul Thru the Lens,” an exclusive traveling gallery of photos highlighting the life and career of Les Paul, the inventor, musician and icon…
- As more dates are added to Riley Green’s We Out Here Tour, including a stop at Nashville’s Ascend Amphitheater on July 3 to kick off one of the largest Independence Day weekends in the country, the Alabama-raised singer/songwriter is set to deliver those same concert vibes to playlists…
- Singer songwriter Jenny Tolman has released a new video for the title track of her sophomore album “Married in a Honky Tonk.” The Tennessean exclusively premiered the video, which was shot at the Million Dollar Cowboy Bar in Jackson, Wyo…
- COJO Music / Warner Music Nashville Platinum recording artist Cody Johnson landed the first No. 1 of his career in March as “’Til You Can’t” topped the Billboard Country Airplay and Mediabase charts…
- The Grand Ole Opry is celebrating one of country music’s most influential artists, Merle Haggard, on the anniversary of both his birth and his death, Wednesday, April 6…
- Dierks Bentley has announced details behind the Live Nation produced summer leg of his Beers On Me Tour. Bentley will host over 31-cities to an “all-night sing-along party”…
- The best-selling duo of all time, Brooks & Dunn are returning to arenas, with their Reboot 2022 Tour, kicking off in Evansville, IN on 5/5…
And that’s just scratching the surface of this month’s column. Read the full stories teased above as well as many more news items along with the accompanying photos, videos, links and more in Inside Track at Music Row posted now here at Nashville Music Guide.
Preshias Harris is a music journalist and music career development consultant with the emphasis on new and aspiring artists and songwriters. Her book, ‘The College of Songology 101: The Singer/Songwriter’s Need to Know Reference Handbook’ is available at www.collegeofsongology.com Follow her blog at www.nashvillemusicline.com