Roots Music Report

Up until now, Clear Channel stations have been simulcasting commercials from the traditional radio signal being broadcast across the iHeartRadio app. That signal includes the local market commercials. Clear Channel has just announced it will be working with AdsWizz to insert targeted ads on its 840 plus stations as a way to create another revenue stream for the company. It certainly has the scale to score some very big advertisers. iHeartradio reaches over 245 million monthly users.    President of... Read More

BRISTOL, TN (July 22, 2014) -- DOYLE LAWSON and Martina McBride are set to headline a special concert at the Paramount Center for the Arts in Bristol as part of the Birthplace of Country Music Museum Opening Weekend Celebration! The concert is on Sunday, August 3, 2014, at 7:00 pm. Tickets are on sale now, and will sell fast! We're told this show WILL SELL OUT ...  so get your seats reserved TODAY!! :) Sunday, August 3 - Paramount Center for the Arts - 518 State Street, Bristol, TN  37620 - 7:00 pm.  BIRTHPLACE OF... Read More

Jul 8, 2014 11:13 AM, Shane Toven, CBRE CBNT July 9, 2014 - American Public Media (APM) and National Public Radio (NPR) issued a note to stations today urging them to have listeners contact cellular carriers regarding activation of FM chips. Sprint is currently the only major carrier in the US that sells phones with the FM chip enabled. Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile thus far do not provide FM radio service on their phones, although T-Mobile did recently begin offering free audio streaming. The note issued this morning from APM... Read More

July 4 2014 HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROOTS MUSIC REPORT. Celebrating 16 Years... Read More

Cowboy Jack Clement’s last musical work—titled For Once and For All and produced by longtime cohort Dave “Fergie” Ferguson and Matt Sweeney with T Bone Burnett as executive producer—will be the debut release on John Grady's new I.R.S. Records Nashville label. The street date is July 15.  Special guests John Prine, Emmylou Harris, Dan Auerbach, Bobby Bare, Duane Eddy, Vince Gill, Marty Stuart, Rodney Crowell, Buddy Miller, Leon Russell, Gillian Welch, Dave Rawlings, Dierks Bentley and... Read More

The Avengers star Tom Hiddleston has been tapped to play country music singer Hank Williams in I Saw The Light. The British actor will star as the country music icon in the film, with Marc Abraham at the helm, Deadline first reported. In addition to directing, Abraham adapted the script from Colin Escott's biography. The film will follow Williams as he rose to fame and the struggles that came along with it before he tragically died at the age of 29 from heart failure. RatPac Entertainment, Bron Studios and Creative Wealth... Read More

The Grammy's add a new category - Best American Roots Music Performance, an artist’s award - to the American Roots Music Field for the 2015 GRAMMY® Awards.  The new category will give roots music artists, a home for the recognition of their work.  The new category compliments previously created categories including Best American Roots Music Song, Best Americana Album, Best Bluegrass Album, Best Blues Album, Best Folk Album and Best Regional Roots Album.  According to a press release from the Recording Academy... Read More

Stoney Larue, Oklahoma born singer/songwriter and reigning Male Vocalist of the Year for the Texas Regional Radio Awards, has signed with Entertainment One Music.  eOne is a TV development, film distribution and worldwide music company with offices in New York, LA, Toronto, Nashville and London.  Larue has teamed with well known award-winning producers Frank Liddell (Miranda Lambert, Lee Ann Womack, David Nail, Chris Knight) and Austin’s Michael McCarthy (Spoon, Patty Griffin, Heartless Bastards, The Features) for his eOne... Read More

DOLLY PARTON SCORES HER HIGHEST CHARTING SOLO ALBUM EVER WITH BLUE SMOKE Nashville, Tenn. (May 21, 2014) – The most celebrated female in country music history, Dolly Parton, adds another career milestone to her long list of accomplishments!!!  With the release of her 42nd studio album, BLUE SMOKE, Parton scores her highest charting solo album ever.  Parton, amazingly, has only visited the top 10 of the Billboard 200 once: with the collaborative set "Trio," with Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt.... Read More

Yale University today (May 19) awarded bluegrass pioneer Ralph Stanley the Doctor of Music degree at ceremonies in New Haven, Conn. that also saw honorary degrees going to World Wide Web founder Tim Berners-Lee, poet Rita Dove and actor Anna Deavere Smith, among others. Stanley’s award was presented by Yale president Peter Salovey, a bluegrass enthusiast himself who plays bass in a band called Professors of Bluegrass. Stanley’s citation read “You are the patriarch of traditional mountain and bluegrass music.  From... Read More

Australian blues artist Ash Grunwald today released his self-titled album on US iTunes, a collection of live and studio tracks that fans from around the world would consider a “best of.” The album, as well as Ash’s 24-date summer tour as direct support for lifelong friend Xavier Rudd that kicks off next week in Salt Lake City, marks his official US debut. After releasing a total of ten albums and touring throughout Australia, Japan, Europe and Canada for over a decade, Ash Grunwald is excited to bring his crowd frenzied shows... Read More

Dolly Parton Discussing 4 of the tracks on her new album Blue Smoke. The songs she talks about are: "Blue Smoke", "Banks of the Ohio", "Don't Think Twice", and "Unlikely Angel" You can get the album on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/blue-smoke/id833659923?uo=4&at=1l3v7ze&ct=youtube or on... Read More

Wall Street Journal Speakeasy premiered Amanda Shires' new video for "Look Like A Bird" from her lastest album, Down Fell The Doves. Director Matt Mahurin is known for his striking work with artists such as Metallica, Tom Waits and Peter Gabriel. Shires' new album has already been praised by NPR's All Things Considered, the Wall Street Journal, and more. She'll play a few concerts in the Southeast before heading across the pond for a UK tour (dates below). She'll do more headlining US dates this... Read More

For almost a decade, emcees Rapper Big Pooh and Roc C have put in serious work, consistently releasing dope music and collaborating with the most respected emcees and producers in the rap game. Naturally, it felt right for the two veterans to join forces for a bicoastal collaborative album. And thus, the pair have released Trouble In The Neighborhood. Blending their styles to create a cohesive 11-track project wasn't simple, but it's something Pooh and Roc agreed would sound the most authentic. "We call it controlled... Read More

“No Deal’s atmosphere lurks in the same place as This Mortal Coil’s Lynchian glow, Portishead’s sinister authority, and Mark Hollis of Talk Talk’s smoky self-titled solo album.” - The Guardian “No Deal is an album to get completely immersed in.” - BBC Music Magazine “On a line between a beats-free Portishead and a subtle union of the voices of June Christy and Mahalia Jackson.” - MOJO Magazine Acclaimed Belgian dark-jazz singer/flautist Melanie De Biasio will release her new... Read More

Roots Music Report has teamed with ITUNES, CD BABY and AMAZON to bring more features and data for millions of songs to the Roots Music Report website. Now artists can sell their music when fans view the charts .... A special thanks goes out to Shane Cody for all the hard work programming the new database and the new charting system plus all the new features available to the music industry, radio professionals and music fans globally.  ONLY THE MUSIC... Read More

  Bluegrass Music Video from the song on their self titled album. You can purchase their music from the following links, iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/album/living-shades-pulled-down/id695858202?i=695858400&uo=4&at=1l3v7ze&ct=website CD Baby: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/lorrainejordancarolinaro/from/rootsmusicreport Website for Lorraine Jordan and Carolina... Read More

NIELSEN'S PLAN TO MEASURE ONLINE AUDIO 4-7-14 Online measurement has become one of the biggest issues facing radio in a long time. Broadcasters believe if they can provide advertisers  with accurate online listening numbers, combined with their over-the-air numbers, more revenue will flow to radio. Last week, when Radio Ink interviewed Premiere's syndicated talker Sean Hannity for an upcoming cover story, Hannity said he believed he had millions of listeners he was not getting credit for that were listening... Read More

Politicians Admit Broadcast Royalty Unlikely to Move Anytime Soon. With continued momentum in the U.S.. House to prevent undoing broadcast radio’s exemption from paying royalties to copyright holders, most didn't’t expect proponents of new fees to have the votes necessary to affect change.  But earlier this week, even more doubt was cast on the proposal.  During the House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology’s hearing on the extension of the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act (STELA),... Read More

Blues man Walter Trout is currently hospitalized and in urgent need of a liver transplant. To donate, click here http://www.youcaring.com/medical-fundraiser/walter-trout-needs-a-new-liver-you-can-help-/151911 Walter is currently hospitalized & in urgent need of a liver transplant! Walter has been battling severe liver disease bravely for the past many months. He has continued touring and recording until a few weeks ago - he loves playing for people, and it has been the best medicine for him. We were given hope that... Read More

Sunday wilde, Valerie June, Melissa Ferrick, Yuck, The Soul Of John Black, Omar Sosa, Willie Sugarcapps, Born Of Osiris, Vienna Teng, and Suzzy Roche & Lucy Wainwright Roche Are Among The Nominees of The 13th Independent Music Awards Nearly 400 Self-Released & Independent Label Artists Nominated For Immediate Release March 11, 2014 – Edgy roots and blues vocalist Sunday wilde of Atikokan, Ontario joins nearly 400 exceptional self-released and independent label artists, as well as former major label acts named... Read More

Celebrating the 27th year of Blues Deluxe, the weekly, one-hour presentation of rock ​and traditional blues music. Blues Deluxe launched their new website yesterday at www.bluesdeluxe.com. Hosted by Dave Johnson, blues fans can listen to Blues Deluxe on more than 100 FM Radio Stations throughout the USA as well as online at Roots Music Report. Everybody plays the blues on the syndicated blues program - Blues Deluxe - the best in blues radio, available worldwide. You can check out their PlayLists for both this week's show... Read More

Radio Submit helps to keep freedom through music alive for artists from around the globe. Proud to present an artist to radio stations worldwide that resides in KIEV, UKRAINE. KinZana is a pop, pop/rock artist based in Kiev, Ukraine. Born in Belarus, she started writing music at the age of 15. She writes and arranges the songs herself, performing live with band consisting of drums, guitar, and bass. In 2011 KinZana released her first electro pop single “Kisses In My Head”, which was welcomed exceptionally well by... Read More

If parking lots could talk, the one at 728 Texas Street would surely choose to sing. The building that once stood here represents one of Shreveport’s most significant locations related to music history. At this spot in 1948, Stanley J. Lewis (born 1927) purchased the J & M Record Shop No. 1 and founded Stan’s Record Shop. Over the next 37 years, the modest store grew into a record empire comprising six retail stores, a nationwide mail order and distributor service, and three record labels (Jewel, Paula, and Ronn). Leonard... Read More

We’re happy to announce that English Oceans, the 12th full length release from Drive-By Truckers, is now available everywhere! The album was recorded over 13 days at Chase Park Transduction Studios in Athens, GA with their longtime producer, David Barbe. Cooley fans will be happy that he brought six new songs to the sessions and this record marks the first time that Cooley sings a song penned by Patterson Hood on “Til He’s Dead or Rises.” The album was recorded with a compact, retooled lineup.... Read More

According to the Edison/Triton study there has been tremendous growth in online listening. Nearly one out of every two Americans now listens to audio online. That's up from 16% ten years ago. The 12-24 demo is the biggest user, with 75% listening online. 50% of 25-54's listen online, followed by 21% of the 55 and over demo. Time spent listening online has grown as well, jumping from 6:13 per week in 2008 to over 13:00 in 2014. And, in car listening through a connected device is also up dramatically. In 2010 only 6% of the respondents... Read More

BAND CURRENTLY IN THE STUDIO WRAPPING UP WORK ON AN ALBUM OF ALL NEW MATERIAL DUE OUT THIS YEAR Soul Asylum will be joining forces with Everclear, Eve6 and Spacehog this summer on the Summerland Tour kicking off on June 13 in Pompano Beach, FL and commencing on August 9 in Toledo, OH (full list of date below) tickets go on-sale this Friday, March 7 at 10am local time.  For more information on the tour and VIP packages go to http://summerlandtour.net. Soul Asylum is Dave Pirner (guitar/vocals), Michael Bland (drums), Winston Roye... Read More

Concord Music Group Acquires Treasured Children’s Label Music For Little People, Imprint Will Operate Under Rounder   March 6, 2014 - Rounder Records, a division of leading independent music company Concord Music Group, today announced the completion of the company’s relocation from its longtime base of Boston, Massachusetts to its new home in Nashville, Tennessee.  The region’s vibrant creative community and dynamic business environment offer Rounder an enormous opportunity to build on its legacy as... Read More

Radio Submit's & Roots Music Report's Brandon Bartosh and Mike Rowe on their way to Hawaii this morning. The crew of Radio Submit & Roots Music Report will be visiting radio stations and scuba diving.  What a combo.  Sharks may be involved with... Read More

True Country - Western Swing - Zydeco - Cajun charts will be returning to RMR; so please keep entering your playlist as we populate the new database with as much info as possible. The first couple of weeks RMR has been entering as much missing data as possible; charts missing data will be delayed in processing for public view. Sevaral new features will be added to RMR in the coming weeks so check back often. Your response has been terrific, and we thank all of you for your support over the... Read More