Lincoln Wayne “Chips” Moman, who produced Elvis Presley and wrote hits for Waylon Jennings, Aretha Franklin and B.J. Thomas, died Monday at 79 in LaGrange, Ga.  Moman penned “In The Ghetto,” “Suspicious Minds” and “Kentucky Rain” for Presley. He co-wrote Jennings’ “Luckenbach, Texas,” B.J. Thomas’ “(Hey Won’t You Play) Another …

Maren Morris has enjoyed big hit with big-voiced “My Church” and now the Texas native releases “Hero,” her major label debut on Sony Nashville. Morris, who previously released three CDs and an EP, put 11 songs on the regular version. A Target deluxe CD includes three extra songs. Four of …

Eli Young Band is releasing a new single for a new label for the band next week, it announced today.  “Saltwater Gospel’ ships to radio next week and will be available for purchase on June 10. This marks the band’s first single for The Valory Music Co., part of the …

Billy Ray Cyrus announced Monday he would release a new album, “Thin Line,” in September. Cyrus also co-stars in a new TV series starting this month.  Blue Cadillac Music will release the disc on Sept. 9. Cyrus describes Thin Line as, “How I live my life; it’s a balance between …

Craig Wayne Boyd secretly married his fiancee Taylor Borland on April 28 in a courthouse in Franklin, TN. Boyd and Borland met at a party after Boyd was named the winner of season 7 of the Voice. Very few people attended the ceremony. Only a couple members of Borland’s family …

Keith Urban pulls out “Ripcord” today leading the list of releases, including Cole Swindell, Mary Chapin Carpenter and a veteran, never known for her country songs. Urban’s disc already has produced a few hits – “John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16” and “Wasted Time” – even before its release. He …

Dan + Shay (Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney) treated fans to five instant downloads from their new Warner album “Obsessed,” out June 3.  The duo announced this morning that fans can stream digitally or receive the songs when they pre-order the album on iTunes, including the single “From the Ground …

Chris Stapleton will have the only country CD in the Billboard top 10 when the charts are out on Tuesday.  “Traveller” went from ninth to eighth, selling 31,000 units, down 3 percent. Drake had the top selling CD in the U.S. with “Views.” He scored 1.04 million equivalent album units …

“When I was a kid growing up, I was the weird one in school,” he said. “The rest of my friends and everybody back in elementary school, they were all singing Backstreet Boys and ‘N Sync. That wasn’t me.”  “One of the biggest guys I listened to growing up, and …

“Founded in 1989 by eleven music industry alumni of Leadership Nashville, Leadership Music has graduated more than 1000 leaders. The annual program is designed to create a forum for established music community leaders to identify and explore issues currently affecting the music industry, as well as providing once-in-a-lifetime experiences and …