Grammy, IBMA and CMA award-winning multi-platinum star, Dan Tyminski, has signed a worldwide recording contract with Muscle Shoals/Nashville-based 8 Track Entertainment, it was announced today by 8 Track Entertainment President, Noah Gordon. Tyminski’s first single for the label, “Hey Brother,” a global smash originally recorded with Swedish DJ Avicii, will be released this fall.

Mempho Music Festival closed the curtains on its 2022 event this weekend, delivering a larger-than-life celebration to an enthusiastic audience of Memphians and out of town visitors alike. The three-day immersive experience marked Mempho’s second year at its new home, Radians Amphitheater at Memphis Botanic Gardens, and the festival’s fifth consecutive year in operation.

Modern roots-rock band Rose’s Pawn Shop releases their newest single “Better Now” from their forthcoming album Punch-Drunk Life, out November 4 via KZZ Music. The album’s honest ballad channels the biographical life of a musician on an extended run, dreaming of a loved one back home. Frontman/songwriter Paul Givant says, “I wrote ‘Better Now’ after a return home from an epic tour through Alaska and Canada during which I'd been missing the woman who would later become my wife.

Country Music Hall of Fame and Grand Ole Opry member Loretta Lynn has passed away at age 90. She died peacefully in her sleep early in the morning Tuesday, October 4, at her home in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee.

Calling All Crows, the Massachusetts-based nonprofit co-founded by musician/advocate Chadwick Stokes (State Radio and Dispatch) and his partner Sybil Gallagher to bring their commitment to hands-on service and activism on the road, will celebrate its 15th Annual Benefit Weekend December 10, 2022, in Boston. The marquee event of the weekend is its benefit concert headlined by Chadwick Stokes & Friends at the House of Blues Boston on December 10th. Additional acts will be added to the concert lineup soon.

The annual homecoming of musicians and industry leaders within the international bluegrass community (IBMA) gathered again in Raleigh, NC last week to celebrate and award the year’s best songs, albums, and players. Recognized yet again for his dynamic and immediately recognizable voice that has lent high, lonesome heart to over 30 records in his six-decade career, Del McCoury was crowned Male Vocalist of the Year for the fifth time.