Inside Music Row

When you enter a special contest or giveaway, you always wonder what it would be like to win.  Through a promotion with Music City Roots and Mountain Heart, they made sure to give the winner an evening never to be forgotten.  We caught up with Mountain Heart at a home in East Nashville for an intimate backyard party for the winner and 25 of his closest friends.

Now it’s time for our weekly Songwriter Tip, brought to you by Nashville Songwriters Association International.  This week we sit down with James Dean Hicks as he talks about ways to make a song more believable.

Over 35 years ago, the TJ Martell Foundation was born as a dying wish from a son who fought leukemia.  He asked his dad to raise a million dollars for research so that no one else would have to suffer like he did.  Since those early days, the TJ Martell Foundation has raised over $240 million dollars nationwide to battle leukemia, cancer and AIDS through research.  The Honors Gala in Nashville was a black-tie affair that brought together many community leaders to help raise awareness and funds for research.  Kelly Lynn caught up with a few of the honorary guests before the big evening.

In this part of our special two hundredth show we bring you a look back on Jerrod Niemann talking about how he initially was a songwriter before his debut single Lover Lover, Then we talk to Luke Bryan  on the cd relase for his Doing My Thing Slbum beofre finally attending Miranda Lambert's first Number one party for White Liar.

In Continuation of our special two hundredth show where we are taking a look back at some highlights of bringing you the stars of yesterday, today and tomorrow. for this segment we bring you our first interviews with Jamey Johnson, Zac Brown Band and Darius Rucker.

This marks our two-hundredth show on the air, bringing you the best and brightest stars of yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Scott Borchetta has been very instrumental in the careers of Artists such as Reba McEntire, and Toby Keith. In 2005 Scott Founded Big Machine Record and sign Taylor Swift. In 2007 he realized there was to much talent to handle sufficiently on just one label so he created The Valory Music Company with Artists like Justin Moore, Jimmy Wayne, Jewel. Scott has since started a third label with Universal Republic, Republic Nashville, and is now home to some of country’s biggest stars, like Reba, Rascal Flatts, and Martina McBride.  The success of those artists and Taylor Swift helped propel the label to the top spot as Billboard’s Top Country Album Imprint in 2009, recognition for being the highest-selling label group on Music Row.  With all the serious work of running a label, though, it’s always fun to check out the lighter side of the business…like shooting a music video out on the farm

This is our two-hundredth show, where we bring you the latest in country entertainment news fresh each week.  We’re going to take a look back at some of today’s hottest artists much earlier in their careers, First we will talk to Jim Brickman and Lady Antebellum. 

Lexi Luca has been singing and performing since she was eleven years old.  Now a young teenager, this Florida native has been in the studio working on some new material.  We caught up with Lexi in the studio to talk to her about the hard work that goes into being both an artist and a teenager. 

For our weekly Songwriter Tip, brought to you by Nashville Songwriters Association International.  We sit down this week with Bob Regan as he talks about keeping material fresh.

2011 marks the 40th anniversary of The Doobie Brothers...one of America's greatest bands of all time.  Over the last four decades, they've sold over 30 million albums and had countless hits, and they're still as cool as ever.  The group's latest single 'World Gone Crazy' is the first single they are promoting through country radio.  Kelly Lynn caught up with them on a recent swing through Nashville.

The Colon Cancer Alliance recently held the third annual 'The Stars Go Blue' for Colon Cancer Benefit featuring 'Couples in Country Music.'  Many familiar faces were on hand for the intimate performances. This year's event raised 36-thousand dollars for the Blue Note Fund, which provides financial support for colon cancer patients in need of assistance.  This brings the three-year total to over 65-thousand dollars donated to date. Kelly Lynn was at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum to check it out.

Bailey brings you the latest country music news including Big & Rich, Gretchen Wilson, Two Foot Fred, Toby Keith, Eric Church, Charley Pride, Patty Loveless, Steve Wariner, Dwight Yoakham, John Michael Montgomery, ReTune Nashville, and the anniversary of the Nashville Floods.  We go Inside The Song with Craig Campbell as he talks about his song "Family Man".