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Australia’s CORE Talent Agency Launches With Teen Jesus, Budjerah & More

MELBOURNE, Australia — A new artist booking specialist opens for business in the land down under, CORE Talent Agency. The agency is founded by Jaddan Comerford, CEO of UNIFIED Music Group, and Regan Lethbridge, co-founder of Lemon Tree Music, and emerges from Lonely Lands Agency (LLA), which Tash Sultana established with the pair back in […]

Harry Moore Launches Independent Australian Booking Agency Lowtide

MELBOURNE, Australia — Harry Moore is back in business with Lowtide, his new independent booking agency. The Australian agent previously served as general manager at Lonely Lands Agency (LLA), where he led the team to deliver over A$50 million dollars in ticket sales for local artists across 2024-25, reps say. Lowtide’s ethos is to focus on […]

Dolly Parton Dead at 80: Music Executives Remember the Country Icon

Following the death of Dolly Parton on Tuesday (Aug. 25) at the age of 80, those who worked with the country icon and others across the music industry are remembering the singer and songwriter’s impact across her 60-year career.   Parton was named Billboard’s Top Country Artist of All Time, with the singer having scored […]

Dolly Parton Cause of Death Revealed

Dolly Parton, who died today at age 80, went through “a brief battle with cancer,” according to a statement released Tuesday evening (Aug. 25) by her team. Parton died at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville. “Our beloved Dolly Parton spent her life and career bringing joy, laughter, hope and integrity into everything she touched,” read […]

Veteran Nashville Music Journalist and Author Vernell Hackett Dies at 77

Veteran music journalist Vernell Hackett, a longtime chronicler of Nashville’s top music artists, died on Aug. 14 in Chicago, after suffering from cardiac arrest. Hackett was 77. Related Dale Morris, Nashville Manager Who Guided Careers of Alabama & Kenny Chesney, Dies at 89 Yung Miami Is Ready for Her Solo Debut Thanks to ‘Spend Dat’: ‘People […]

Watch Taylor Swift Say She Feels ‘More Loyal’ to Her Country Roots Than Ever & Whip Up an Eras Tour-Coded Surprise Piano Mash-Up

Taylor Swift has made a name for herself as a singer/songwriter for the past two decades exploring different genres of music, including pop, indie, country and other styles. But she says her country roots have only become more meaningful to her over time. During a conversation at the Grammy Museum presented by the Recording Academy’s […]