Jerry Holthouse

Music editor for Nashville.com. Jerry Holthouse is a content writer, songwriter and a graphic designer. He owns and runs Holthouse Creative, a full service creative agency. He is an avid outdoorsman and a lover of everything music. You can contact him at JerryHolthouse@Nashville.com

Reba McEntire To Receive CMT’s “Artist Of A Lifetime” Honor

CMT has announced that country music icon Reba McEntire will be honored with the “Artist of a Lifetime” award at this year’s “CMT Artists of the Year” event. The 10th annual celebration will air live from Nashville’s Schermerhorn Symphony Center on Wednesday, October 16 at 8pm ET/PT. Reba will join the …

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Bid Loud Records Signs Singer/Songwriter Earnest

Bid Loud Records signed native singer/songwriter and native Nashvillian, Earnest to their ever growing roster. Already revered as a young-but-talented lyricist with an unpredictable vocal flow, the Tropical Cowboy is cut from a new kind of Country cloth. Growing up in Nashville, he was inspired by everything from Eminem to George …

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Randy Rogers Band Raises $750,000 For MusiCares

Randy Rogers Band Raises $750,000 For MusiCares

Randy Rogers Band hosted its eleventh annual Golf Jam this weekend at River Crossing Golf Club in Spring Branch, TX. Presented by Shiner Beers, the two-day event kicked off Sunday evening with a powerful songwriters round featuring Rogers, Wade Bowen, Jon Randall, and Jim Beavers, and continued on Monday with …

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Calling All Music Teachers!

The CMA Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Country Music Association (CMA) that works to ensure every child has access to a high-quality music education, is now accepting applications for its fifth annual Music Teachers of Excellence awards. The CMA Foundation will celebrate music educators from across the United States …

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Eric Church Celebrates Two Number One Songs

“You’re the closest thing to Merle Haggard we will ever know,” proclaimed “Some Of It” co-writer Clint Daniels, embodying the overwhelming sense of reverence in the room for current CMA Entertainer of the Year nominee Eric Church as he joined his team of BMI co-writers in celebration of his two most recent …

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Brantley Gilbert To Headline Tootsies Birthday Bash Oct. 9

When Brantley Gilbert started looking for ways to celebrate the release of his sixth studio album, Fire & Brimstone, the working-class kid from Jefferson, Georgia wanted to pull together a celebration for his hard-working fans. With that in mind, Gilbert has partnered with world-famous honky-tonk Tootsies ahead of their 59th birthday celebration for what is sure …

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Gibson Guitar Creates Sheryl Crow Signature Model

Gibson guitars, based here in Nashville has teamed up with nine-time Grammy Award-winner Sheryl Crow to announce the new Sheryl Crow Country Western Supreme acoustic guitar. Created for Sheryl Crow and based off her own Gibson ‘Country Western,’ the features of the Gibson Sheryl C row Country Western Supreme signature …

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Americanafest Brings 50,000 People To Nashville

The Americana Music Association’s annual c brought in an estimated aggregate attendance of more than 50,000 from around the world during its 20th annual run on September 10-15. The association has also announced the dates for its 21st event, taking place Sept. 15-20, 2020. For the 20th consecutive year, AMERICANAFEST …

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Watch: Chris Young Directs His Latest Video “Drowning”

Chris Young makes his directorial debut with the music video for his newest song, “Drowning.” Co-directed with Native 31 Films Producer and Director Jeff Johnson, the video opens with Young holding a photo of Adam Carnes, his longtime friend whose loss is memorialized in the song’s lyrics. Watch the video …

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