Nashville Music Scene w/ Jerry Holthouse

Songwriting legend John Prine is dead at 73 from complications of coronavirus. Prine had been in the hospital for several weeks, and it was announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19 on March 17. His wife Fiona had been diagnosed with the virus also but she had recovered. The …

Maren Morris tops Hot A.C. radio this week, with the Platinum-certified “The Bones” going #1 on the Billboard Adult Pop Songs and Mediabase Hot A.C. charts, marking the longest ever climb to #1 on both charts at 45 weeks. In addition, “The Bones” remains in the Top 10 this week …

The Grand Ole Opry plans to host a special Easter celebration on this Saturday’s 4,919th consecutive Saturday night broadcast of the long-running show. Trace Adkins, an Opry member since 2003, is scheduled to host and perform on the show on Circle Television. Adkins will be joined by two-time Grammy winner Jason Crabb and Grammy-nominated T. Graham Brown. …

Pickathon is an experiential music festival focused on discovery. Located on Pendarvis Farm in the tall trees outside of Portland, Oregon you may be thinking, what does this have to do with Nashville? Well, COVID-19 has made the world a lot smaller place and one thing near and dear to …

All-vocal Country entertainers Home Free salute to those we’ve lost on the front lines in their new video for Vince Gill’s iconic tune, “Go Rest High on That Mountain.” A visual collaboration between Home Free and production teams at Bolo Brothers Creative and Green Shoe Collective, the emotional clip begins …

Rising star Campbell Harrison is exclusively premeiring his new song “The River”  today on Nashville.com. Click here to listen. “The River” is an archetypical song of rebirth. In the verses we acknowledge the soul-crushing drudgery of every day life and recognize that the world has a way of saddling us with …

Old Crow Medicine Show has released a new track entitled “Nashville Rising” along with an accompanying video (above). The song drops exactly one month after eight deadly tornados ravaged through the state of Tennessee. Proceeds from the song will directly benefit The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee’s Emergency Response Fund. …

Today Grammy nominated, multi-instrumentalist Andrew Bird releases his timely new single, “Capital Crimes.” (watch above) directed by Matthew Daniel Siskin. “I wrote Capital Crimes more than a year ago about capital punishment,” says Bird. “For a while they were giving IQ tests to death row inmates. If you scored below …

CMT today announced “CMT GIANTS Kenny Rogers: A Benefit For MusiCares,” an uplifting celebration to honor the extraordinary life and legendary music of the late Kenny Rogers. The special will premiere Wednesday, April 8 at 8 PM ET/PT on CMT. The special will encore on MTV Live at 8:00 PM …

Toby Keith will release his new song “What’s Up Cuz” tomorrow, April 3, on his own Show Dog Nashville label. Written and produced by Keith and longtime collaborator Bobby Pinson, the song might be just what’s needed in a troubled world: a ripping good time. Clocking in at just under …