Music biz veterans launch new venture
Posted on November 6, 2009 at 7:31 amLongtime artist manager Howard Fields has teamed with music publisher Everett Zinn, who was part of some of George Strait’s early career, and Montana businesswoman Dorris McMurry to launch McMurry Entertainment Group. The trio says they’re close to announcing an artist and distribution partner.
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Lyric Street spikes sister label
Posted on November 3, 2009 at 1:10 pm
After barely a year in business, Carolwood Records has shut its doors. The label, launched as a way to build a “consistent product flow,” will move its artists and several key execs to sister company Lyric Street. Well, ‘move’ might be too strong a word; the Disney-owned labels share office space at 12th and Demonbreun.
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Naxos to distribute Chicago Symphony works
Posted on October 26, 2009 at 12:31 pm
Franklin-based record label and distributor Naxos will next month begin to market works from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s in-house label.
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The birth of Redneck Records
Posted on October 2, 2009 at 4:26 pm
Two months after splitting with Sony, singer Gretchen Wilson has launched Redneck Records, which she will run from Lebanon’s Tater Peeler Road with the help of Morris Artist Management.
“My management and I looked at a lot of different options over the last couple of months, and starting Redneck Records made the most sense to continue the relationships I’ve built with radio, retail and the fans,” said Gretchen. “This is a really exciting time in my life, and I’m looking forward to everyone hearing my new music.”
The breakup with her former home doesn’t appear to have been too acrimonious: Wilson’s distribution is being handled by RED, a unit of… Sony Music Nashville.
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Ellen’s ethical dilemma
Posted on September 11, 2009 at 1:49 pm
So now that everyone on the planet has caught up to our story from yesterday on record labels suing the Ellen DeGeneres Show for violating copyrights, TheImproper.com in New York eloquently raises the point that the TV show host might have a hard time showing up for the American Idol judging she agreed to this week.
In this day of decline record sales and diminishing revenues, there is perhaps no bigger sin in the record industry, and the cavalier way in which the show dismissed the claims almost demands that she be fired from “American Idol.”
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Report: Local Warner Bros. big wig out
Posted on August 21, 2009 at 1:11 pm
David Ross reports on word that Bill Bennett has left his post as executive VP and GM at Warner Bros. Nashville.
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A possum at Cracker Barrel
Posted on August 17, 2009 at 10:58 am
The next release from Cracker Barrel’s successful record label will come from George Jones at the end of this month.
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Redneck Woman splits with Sony
Posted on July 28, 2009 at 4:33 pm
Singer Gretchen Wilson and her label, Sony Music Nashville, have agreed to go their separate ways five years after she hit the big time. Wilson and the label had been planning a new album, but her recent singles failed to catch fire and the two now say they will work together only on catalog releases.
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Kings of Leon help launch label
Posted on June 17, 2009 at 2:45 pm
The Nashville-based rock stars have teamed with publisher Bug Music out of Los Angeles to start a record label that aims to bring new artists to the masses. Their first product will be an album by The Features, the band pictured here, who were among the winners of this year’s ‘Road to Bonnaroo’ contest.
Bug, which has partnerships with several other music ventures, earlier this year brought on board well-known Music Row songsmith and publisher Roger Murrah to lead its local effort.
Local music entrepreneur acquitted in New England
Posted on April 27, 2009 at 8:17 am
James Lestorti, who stands accused of defrauding employees of his failed record label, has been acquitted of writing a bad check in connection with the 2004 purchase of a Connecticut home.
Cracker Barrel has a top 10 hit
Posted on April 12, 2009 at 10:30 pm
Courtesy of the Backwoods Barbie, whose new album released on Cracker Barrel’s label entered the Billboard Country charts at No. 9 last week. The merchandise tie-ins also appear to be working.
In addition to the CD, Cracker Barrel is selling a limited-edition pink rocking chair and collector’s edition photo album. “We’re proud of that chair,” Parton says with a laugh. “We figured they needed a pink one out there. And the picture book is doing great. People like to follow their favorite artists and see what they’ve done through the years.”
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Music group shuts down local label
Posted on March 16, 2009 at 10:57 pmThe economic downturn continues to claim victims in the music business. Our brethren at MusicRow report tha Country Thunder has shut down its Nashville label business to focus on publishing and management.
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Country label closing doors
Posted on February 19, 2009 at 12:59 pmOur brethren at Music Row say three-year-old Montage Music Group is closing its doors. About 10 people in the label and publishing divisions are losing their jobs.
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Sony latest label to cut local jobs
Posted on January 22, 2009 at 9:59 pmOur brethren at MusicRow have the scoop on the layoffs, which come as the Japanese corporate titan reports its first loss in 14 years.
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Stop the music
Posted on December 16, 2008 at 11:07 pmEquity Records, a label co-founded five years ago by Clint Black, has suspended operations. The label was involved in a suit filed by Black last month against his management firm.
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