Search your drawers and closets. You may have some classified documents on Jimmy Bowen or Conway Twitty’s divorce. Top secret, classified or none of your business … everyone is going to jail!

All that stuff is a mess. Politics in general are a mess. Music Row has always been awash in politics of labels, writing deals, catalog sales, award show nominations and Hall of Fame declarations. More politics than actual music making.

The Country Music Hall of Fame honors may be the most political. What a shame that Mickey Gilley died before he went in. The fact that Charlie Rich isn’t in is all politics. Those two guys had more impact hits than most.

Who can play politics is an important skill. How many artists and executives have you known that just couldn’t play the game? Waylon Jennings always comes to mind. Not going to name names, but we have all worked with those who are so good at it. Slick, but able to navigate the river without sinking.

Are you keeping up with the controversy of TikTok? The mega popular Gen Z social media site has been banned from computer systems in multiple places due to its alleged Chinese spying potential. University of Texas and Auburn University students are not happy. (You just ...

Are you keeping up with the ever-changing lineup changes in the music business? Just this week an executive change at UMG Nashville. Mike Dungan has been one of the greatest label leaders in Music Row history. Successor Cindy Mabe is more than ready for the big ...

You didn’t have to look far during the recent holiday period to find those artists with a good publicist, or no publicist at all. Here’s a look at the season’s winners and losers. Winner: The G.O.A.T. Dolly Parton. The all season/all purpose Dolly with ...

What can be said in New Year rhymes, That’s not been said a thousand times? The new years come, the old years go, We know we dream, we dream we know. -Ella Wheeler Cox When you looked forward on January 1st of 2022, did you see the future? We accepted so ...

Every day seems to bring another tour announcement. 2023 may be a year of recession, but that is not stopping the concert business. The mega-priced concerts are selling historic numbers, with Taylor Swift leading the way. The gross from her 2023 concerts will be jaw ...

The Tennessee Attorney General has opened an investigation into the sale of Taylor Swift tickets. Did Ticketmaster violate any consumer rights laws? Questions have surfaced again from members of Congress and others about the possible monopoly of shows with Live ...

The Red Wave for Republicans didn’t happen, but Country music’s big, yearly election saw some shakeup. The big headline: It was the most Country show in 40 years! From a Rocky Top clogger in the opening monologue to the longer than maybe they expected Alan ...

Three Music Row greats took up most of the space the last few weeks: a wild man at the keyboards and two ladies that sang/sing exactly what they are thinking about. Three people that are characters big enough to make movies about (well, two of them, but does anyone doubt ...

How do you get a nation of folks on the day after a huge election excited about watching the outcome of an industry election? If the Republicans sweep you will have one mood, if it’s a standoff then another. It’s going to take an Olympian effort to get people ...