• Nashville Has Lost More Than 80 Percent of Its Professional Songwriters since 2000, According to NSAI

    Nashville has long nurtured its status as the "Music City," thanks to a wide range of venues and a steady stream of performers exported from the city. When acts such as Jack White, the Black Keys and Carrie Underwood move to the city to be part of the scene, it builds up up the "Music City" vibes even more. But a great feature from The Tennessean demonstrates that things aren't so rosy outside of the ht records. The city has lost more than 80 percent of its professional songwriters during the last 14 years.

  • Cast of 'Nashville' Putting Out Christmas Album, Produced by Rascal Flatts's Jay DeMarcus [TRACKLIST]

    The country Christmas albums just keep coming. The cast of ABC's "Nashville" will be featured on a holiday disc titled "Christmas with Nashville." Rascal Flatts bassist Jay DeMarcus, who had a cameo last season on the show, is producing the album, "Rolling Stone Country" reports. The album of standards and originals, out Nov. 4, will feature show favorites like Connie Britton and Hayden Panettiere on "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" and "White Christmas."

  • Mayor of Nashville Talks Jack White, The Black Keys and Tax Breaks for 'Nashville' TV Show

    Ready for a shocker? The mayor of Nashville is pro-music. Karl Dean, 59, has helped contribute a $623 million convention center, a 6,500-seat riverfront amphitheater and the 60-unit Ryman Lofts, which provide affordable housing for low-income songwriters, said "Billboard." He also talked about Jack White, The Black Keys and tax breaks for the TV show Nashville.

  • Sara Evans Announces Christmas Album 'At Christmas'

    Country singer Sara Evans has announced the release of her first Christmas album "At Christmas." According to "The Boot," the album will consist of 10 of Evans's favorite Christmas carols, including standards such as "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" and "Winter Wonderland." Also included will be a version of "The 12 Days of Christmas" sung with Evans's daughters Sylvia, 12, and Audrey, 10.

  • Taylor Swift Doesn't Want People 'Threatened by Women Who Are Pretty and Charismatic'

    Taylor Swift has been doing a ton of press to promote her upcoming release, 1989 and in doing so she is giving fans a glimpse into her private thoughts on a variety of subjects. Instead of the blind-item lyrical assassination that we have all become accustomed to Swift is far more focused on the women in her life. In a recent interview with the Canadian magazine, Fashion, the 24-year old songstress claims that her girlfriends have had the strongest influence on her in the last year. She also is hell-bent on finding comfort in her own skin and not caring about how others' present themselves.

  • Taylor Swift Throws Shade At Nashville By Claiming That Country Music Wasn't 'Challenging' Enough For Her In New Interview

    Taylor Swift has kind of been everywhere recently promoting her upcoming album 1989 and doing all of the mandatory press that goes along with it. She is gracing the cover of British Vogue and in the issue's cover story Swift tackles the obligatory discussion about dating. She claims to be looking at her life realistically right now and seeing that a guy just doesn't fit into the picture at this point. Being likable has nothing to do with it. The fact that Swift brings a lot of baggage (and paparazzi) with her right now is less than fair to any decent guy so she claims to not even be looking for love.

  • Billy Bob Thornton’s The Boxmasters Sign Country Label Deal

    Looks like Billy Bob Thornton is ready to show off his talents in another industry: music. The actor’s country-rock group, The Boxmasters, just signed a new deal with Nashville’s 101 Ranch Records and are reportedly gearing up to release a double album next year, according to Rolling Stone.

  • Frozen Tops 2 Million in Sales for 2014

    It's been a long winter for everyone, but things have been especially cold on the Billboard 200, where Frozen has spent 11 weeks on top of the charts. Even Billboard has gotten sick of it, placing a photo of the second-place finisher to mix things up a bit.

  • St. Jude Country Music Marathon

    2014 marks a very special anniversary for the St. Jude Country Music Marathon & 1/2 Marathon ... this year marks the event's 15th anniversary!
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