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CJaye LeRose Finding Her Way to Nashville via YouTube and Twitter
For years, Music Row artists have used the tried-and-true and brutally expensive model of reaching country fans… […]
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“The Good Times” Ahead For Brandon Jackson
If you are familiar with the Red Dirt/Texas scene then the name Brandon Jackson should not be new to you. What you might not know is that Brandon has been performing since the age of 5. […]
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“Kaylor Girls” Take Street Teaming to Another Level
Many musical acts, such as country group Rascal Flatts, owe a lot of their success to their “street teams,” groups of fans that publicize a band’s music, and… […]
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Josh Thompson helps return blue-collar music to radio
Josh Thompson was making a comfortable living pouring concrete in Wisconsin, but something was missing.
“The normal life just won’t do,” Thompson said in October, as he prepared to head to a solo show outside Boston, and then rejoin […]
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Fowler’s ‘Pound Sign’ Weighs In As a Texas-Sized Hit
The Amarillo native and veteran Texas singer and songwriter Kevin Fowler has long been a favorite in the Lone Star State, but he also appreciates how much Nashville, mainstream country radio, and Music Row can do for him. […]
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Craig Moritz: Canadian Charisma for Music Row and Radio
From Hank Snow, “The Singing Ranger,”in the 1950s, to Anne Murray in the 1970s and 1980s and Shania Twain in the 1990s – to name a few – the Great White North has had a massive impact on Music Row and country radio. Now Craig Moritz, an exciting new artist who hails from remote towns in Western Canada with names like Medicine Hat and Fort McMurray, is working with top Row producers and songwriters to stake his own musical claim in Music City. […]
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Now and Then: A Conversation with Smokey Robinson
Some people would ask, after 50 years in the music business, why not just take it easy? Well, ask that of legendary R&B artist Smokey Robinson and he’ll tell you why he’s still recording and performing – it’s because he’s been given the chance to live his wildest, most impossible dream. […]
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Morgan Frazier: Curb’s Texas Teen Sings Her Life
Morgan Frazier is an immensely gifted 17-year-old singer and songwriter from Texas whose journey to Music Row has already had more twists and turns than […]
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Neal McCoy: Hard Work Has Always Paid Off
The native of Jacksonville, Texas, said during a phone conversation in June: “It was kind of crazy. Growing up in Texas, you’d think country music was what I listened to the most as a kid, but it wasn’t. I was the youngest sibling, so I was subject to what the older kids were listening to. They were all terrific singers, and they listened to lots of easy […]
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Wade Bowen: No. 1 single latest triumph for Lone Star star
Late September found Waco native Wade Bowen atop the Texas Regional Radio Report with the single “Bottle Into Gold,” and also found him at the […]