Inside Music Row

Nashville and Country Music News that includes: Jimmy Wayne  and the Bryan Foods Ultimate Neighborhood Cookout; Joe Nichols and Colt Ford Collaboration on a song; Jo Dee Messina New Trilogy; Mary Chapin Carpenter and Freedom Sings; Nashville Symphony, Nashville Music Garden. Crescendo Rose; We go Inside The Song with Randy Houser as he talks about his song Lie.

plugging away as a songwriter and artist. 

She has a very distinctive sound that’s definitely not mainstream

country.  From a background of

country, rock, blues, jazz, R&B, and folk, Jill has a style that’s all her

own.  With her sophomore album

available this month, Jill is taking a major step forward as an artist.  We caught up with her at Nashville’s

Blue Bar to hear all about that new disc.

ago, and moved to Broken Bow when Atlantic shut its Nashville doors.  Now after a recent move to BNA Records,

Craig is still cranking out great music. ‘This Ain’t Nothin’ follows up the

successful hit ‘Bonfire’ from Craig’s latest album ‘That’s Why.’  It looks like that label move is paying

off for him. Kelly Lynn headed way out to the country to catch up with him on

the set of his latest music video for ’This Ain’t Nothin’.

Trace Adkins has had an

eventful last year.  After spending

his entire career with Capitol Records, he’s now teamed up with Toby Keith on a

new label with more control of his own destiny.   It sounds like Trace is making all the right decisions

to keep him at the forefront of country music for a long time to come. 

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Marty Raybon had thirteen

number one hits as the leader of Shenandoah.  Now as a solo artist, Marty is still cranking out hits with

Grand Vista Music.  In fact, his

latest album ‘At His Best’ just hit store shelves this week, but we had a

chance to catch up with him at an industry-only listening party to preview the

new tracks.  

Jason Aldean has had quite

the wild ride the last several years. 

From number ones to major concert tours, he’s been riding high.  This is Jason’s third number one hit off his ‘Wide Open’ album.  Kelly Lynn had a chance to celebrate ‘The Truth’ with Jason and the songwriters at his most recent number one party.

an artist, an actress, and a businesswoman.  Now it just makes good business sense for her to open a new

retail shop in Nashville. 

‘Trinkets and Treasures’ includes all things Dolly, from her music to

movies to clothes based on her ‘Coat of Many Colors’ theme.  We were on hand at the grand opening

with Dolly to check out the new store.

Nashville and Country Music News that includes: Kenny Chesney in 3D, 45th Annual ACm Awards, Brooks and Dunn The Last Rodeo All Star Concert, Laura Bell Bundy new Cd, The Provinces at Night premiere with Kris Kristoferson and Dwight Yoakam, Kraft Single Best Town with Love & Theft, Nashville's News Tourist destination The Fontanel Mansion former home of Barbara Mandrell and we go Inside the Song with Luke Bryan as he talks about his latest single "Just Doing My Thing."

knows how to connect with his audience. 

When putting together his sophomore album, he enlisted the fans to help

select his first single.  After

weeks of voting, Travis and his team counted the votes and ‘You’ll Find Your

Way’ was the fan favorite.  As an

added bonus…each fan that voted will have their name included in the CD

booklet.  We caught up with Travis

at a local studio to check in on his new music.