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MusicCityGhost: Is Google Spying On You? Let us all hope and pray that GOOGLE is not secretly owned by the government, Hollywood or ???? It was announced today that the GOOGLE tracking system can still monitor your every move even when you have it turned off.  Much like the novel written by George Orwell entitled 1984 … Continue reading →

Maren Morris Spills On Having A Kid Nearly Getting Arrested Maren Morris decided to open up to her fans via social media, and boy, did we learn some things! Among the information she spilled via Twitter on Thursday (Aug. 9) were shockers about a near-miss with authorities overseas and her plans to have a child soon. Morris … Continue reading →

Thousands of intelligent good-looking readers. LITTLE THINGS A couple of days ago I was in a dark mood, sitting on a bench at Publix,  waiting for Misty and watching people check out.   A little girl 5 or 6 years old said, “I’m going to sit by you.”  She sat and talked with me for about … Continue reading →

Jenny Tolman Meets Her Musical Match in New Video Check out the premiere of the video for “Rock & Roll to My Country Soul” below Opposites attract, and in “Rock & Roll to My Country Soul,” singer/songwriter Jenny Tolman sings about the benefits of meeting her man in the middle. The song pays tribute to a relationship … Continue reading →

Do You Remember When Hank Williams Was Fired From The Grand Ole Opry? Hank Williams is universally regarded as one of the progenitors of country music, but in a bitter irony, the legendary singer-songwriter was actually fired from one of the genre’s greatest institutions just months before his death, after missing too many shows at the Grand … Continue reading →

Dierks Bentley CMA Fest Performance With Dwight Yoakam This is the best CMA Fest of my life. I can’t believe that just happened this is crazy Fans tuned in to the CMA Fest TV special on ABC were in for a special treat when Dierks Bentley teamed up with Dwight Yoakam for a very special performance. During his set, Bentley invited … Continue reading →

AirplayExpress Awards Multi Platinum, Platinum and Gold Disc Awards To Artists in the Gospel/Country Genre July 2018 More of the prestigious Multi Platinum, Platinum and Gold Disc Awards have been awarded to artists who have recently broken into the Number One and Top 5 positions of the AirplayExpress Country/Gospel Top 20/40 International download charts. Larry … Continue reading →

73 Years Later! THE  5  Statements at The End ……Say It All What happened to the radiation that’s supposed to lasts thousands of years? Some will tell you that radiation after a nuclear explosion will kill you and the radiation will stick around for hundreds of years thereafter. Then some will say they lied to us again … Continue reading →

How to get your motivation back at work? A feeling of dread washes over you when you wake up every morning to go to work Where’s your motivation gone? The days when you jumped out of bed, energised to climb the corporate ladder are long gone.  Now, you just look forward to Fridays. When you lack … Continue reading →

AirplayExpress Awards Four Gold Disc Awards To Artists in the Gospel/Country Genre July 2018 The prestigious Gold Disc Awards have been awarded to the following artists who have recently broken into the Top 5  of the AirplayExpress Country/Gospel Top 20/40 International download charts. Larry M CLark,  Rita Faye,  Pat Garrett  and  McMains have all accomplished the … Continue reading →

Five Coolest Things We Saw on Sugarland’s ‘Still the Same Tour’ It’s been nearly six years since Sugarland’s Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush have toured together, and they’ve already proven it was more than worth the wait. Sounds Like Nashville has been itching to catch a show since the 2018 “Still the Same Tour” hit the road earlier this spring. We were … Continue reading →

Vince Gill to Embark on Solo 2018 Tour Booed from the stage performing with his bluegrass band Mountain Smoke during opening slot for ‘Kiss” Though he’s spent much of the year on the road with the Eagles, Vince Gill will step into the spotlight solo with a slew of his own dates scheduled for the fall. Kicking … Continue reading →

Toby Keith To Become a Grandfather Again The Keith family is about to become a little bit bigger!  Toby Keith’s daughter announced that she’s expecting her second child. Krystal Keith, a fellow singer/songwriter, shared the news with a post to Instagram of her daughter Hensley donning a big sister T-shirt. The proud sister-to-be let viewers … Continue reading →

Kenny Chesney Performs ‘Better Boat’on Good Morning America “There’s an acceptance it takes to face those challenges and that uncertainty. The lyric has that line, ‘I ride the waves I can’t control …’ When Kenny Chesney sat down on the set of Good Morning America to perform his contemplative, inspirational new single “Better Boat” on … Continue reading →

MusicCityGhost: Music Business ABC’s How many singers watch the various awards shows and feel in their mind that they are every bit as good as those award winners? Did you ever stop to wonder on a world wide scale how many singers watch the various awards shows and feel in their mind that they are … Continue reading →

Thousands of intelligent good-looking readers. FINDING THE HOOK. For readers unfamiliar with music business phrases:  A “hook” is a part of a recording that grabs public attention. All hits have a hook It was ten minutes to one AM in Nashville, by the studio clock. The pickers were tired and ready to pack up and head … Continue reading →

Lauren Daigle’s ‘You Say’ Soars to No1 on Hot Christian Chart It’s incredible to see how ‘You Say’ has connected, not only with fans, but with People Singer-songwriter Lauren Daigle’s “You Say,” the first single from her album Look Up Child, due Sept. 7, flies 33-1 on Billboard‘s Hot Christian Songs chart (dated July 28), … Continue reading →

Shania Twain Invites Female Artists to Nashville Concert Shania let out a hearty “let’s go girls” invitation to country’s finest rising female voices Ahead of her Saturday night (7/21) show in Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, Shania Twain let out a hearty “let’s go girls” invitation to many of country music’s finest rising female voices. During a pre-show reception, … Continue reading →

Live Like a King: See George Strait Through the Years Strait finished the Cowboy Rides Away tour in 2014 with huge attendance numbers George Strait isn’t known as the “King of Country” for no reason. The influential, iconic and legendary hitmaker has had such an impressive career, and even at 66 years old, he’s still … Continue reading →

Is YouTube Skipping A Beat To Avoid Paying Royalties Please Note Comment from The Music City Ghost added after first publication Have you also noticed that the view counter on YouTube does not always move on once the Video is viewed With all the monetization and royalties now allegedly available by adding your song to … Continue reading →

Alan Jackson The Man Who stepped Into Country Shoes For Us He has won Grammy, CMA and ACM awards, and is a member of the Grand Ole Opry and the Georgia Music Hall of Fame Alan Jackson is one of the most successful country artists of his generation, and he’s built his huge career entirely … Continue reading →

Country Duo Returns with Their first Album Together in 8 Years When Kristian Bush and Jennifer Nettles walked on stage together at the 2017 CMA Awards To present the trophy for Vocal Duo of the Year, the country world was abuzz . Their first joint appearance since 2012, the moment had many wondering if Sugarland was finally reuniting after their five-year … Continue reading →

Watch: Lindsey Ell’s ‘Criminal’ Video It’s Unreal Taste of Country ‘Riser’ Lindsay Ell performs New single at the TOC Studios Nashville Ell just released her new full-length record titled The Project, which debuted at No. 1 on the Nielsen Soundscan Current Country Albums Chart. Its most recent single “Waiting on You” is a soulful ballad co-written by the artist and reveals … Continue reading →

MusicCityGhost: Beware Of False Promises It seems like some promoters are using social media and dot com websites to make promises that they cannot possibly fulfill.  Promises like guaranteed #1 spots in the charts, guaranteed high paying bookings, help in finding corporate sponsorship, are just a few promises circulating all over the Internet from these promotion … Continue reading →

Thousands of intelligent good-looking readers. POTSO Potso lived in the gray shingle house two doors up the street from me.  His real name was Robert Stanley.  I don’t know how he got the nickname “Potso”.  He was Potso when I got there.  He was a couple of years younger than the rest of us kids,  … Continue reading →

Obama Uses Mandela To Bash President Trump How to avoid electing a Donald Trump by Barack Obama On A Mandela Stage In a swipe to his successor Donald Trump, who often refers to criticism as “fake news”, Obama warned of the dire consequences of an era where social media has contributed to the dissemination of … Continue reading →

Remember When Alan Jackson Was Just ‘Al’? In 1986, an almost clean-cut Alan Jackson gripped a gold microphone and sang a cover of George Jones’ “He Stopped Lovin’ Her Today” for the live audience and viewers of TNN’s You Can Be a Star. Keith Stegall the man who would go on to produce and write … Continue reading →

Exercising For Your Back Is Easier Than You Think Sitting at a desk, not exercising enough and poor posture all contribute to back pain Does your back hurt? Most people complain of back pain at some point because our lower back bears the weight of the upper body. Aerobic exercise, strength training, flexibility and good posture … Continue reading →

Obama Proud to visit Country where over 100,000 Whites have been Murdered As former US president Barack Obama prepares to return to South Africa, (where over 100,000 whites have been murdered because of who they are) for the first time since he left office, ahead of next week’s annual Nelson Mandela lecture, he has paid … Continue reading →

Charlie Daniels Presents $100,000 Check To Daniels Center At MTSU To Help Veterans Charlie Daniels is always on board to help the military and our veterans, and this year he raised $100,000 for a veterans support program he helped found at Middle Tennessee State University . Daniels held his inaugural Veteran Impact Celebration at the Grove at Williamson … Continue reading →

MusicCityGhost: What Is Wrong With Our Lakes? When I was a Child You never heard of anyone getting sick from the water in the lake More and more people are going to the emergency room at their local hospital to find out their stomach or intestinal infection came from swallowing some water from the lake … Continue reading →

Judy Welden Shares Six Little Stories With Us Good Friends Are The Rare Jewels Of Life Difficult To Find & Impossible To Replace! Faith: Once all villagers decided to pray for rain. On the day of prayer all the people gathered, but only one boy came with an umbrella. Trust: When you throw babies in the air, they … Continue reading →

MusicCityGhost: What is the attraction all about?   I do not wish to stand in a crowd of 300,000 sweaty people in 90 degree weather This year the Nashville Chamber of commerce predicts 300,000 people will converge on downtown’s River Front area to watch the 4th of July Independence day fireworks display.  The Nashville symphony … Continue reading →

AirplayExpress Rewards Artists Biggest Hits with Gold & Silver Over 100 Gold, Silver and Video Awards sent out To Artists . AirplayExpress has been around for less than 5 years and has managed to shake up the industry with all its innovative and new ideas. Many others have started doing the same but AirplayExpress looks at that as part of … Continue reading →

Billy Bob’s Celebrate’s July In Real Texas Country Style Texas Music Hit-Makers Ready To Grace the Stage Of Billy Bob’s Texas, the Worlds Largest Honky Tonk .  Fort Worth, Texas – Billy Bob’s Texas continues to bring America’s Music to the World’s Largest Honky-Tonk throughout the month of July. As Texas and the nation celebrate America’s Independence, Billy … Continue reading →

Remember When Vince Gill Covered The Eagles? Vince Gill is one of the most influential country singer-songwriters of his generation, but he paid tribute to his own roots with a cover of an Eagles classic. Gill was just one of the country stars who participated in a tribute album titled Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles, which Giant … Continue reading →

MusicCityGhost: Music Row Facelift Long Overdue I Look Forward To The New Music Row And Goodbye To All Those Old Houses. The buzz on Music Row these days seems to center around the fact that several of the buildings on Music Row could soon be demolished to make room for high rise office, condominium, and restaurant … Continue reading →

Outrage As New Book Claims Top ANC Officials ‘Killed The Boer’ “The leadership of the ANC was fully aware of the farm attacks and were also involved” Kill The Boer, a book that politicians have labelled as racial populism, is being launched tomorrow by minority interest group AfriForum. The book, according to its author and … Continue reading →

Is Dierks Bentley’s ‘Burning Man’ A Country Hit Dierks Bentley’s high altitude country album casts a wide net with “Burning Man,” the most gratifying song on The Mountain. His Brothers Osborne collaboration recalls the multi-faceted stylist’s early draw to rock and roots, Bakersfield and bluegrass. Sonically, “Burning Man” is reminiscent of many of his Brett Beavers-produced hits from a … Continue reading →

Nashville’s Music Row is Disappearing, Brick by Brick Another icon ‘Bobby’s Idle Hour’ doomed to die, unless… . Looks like another piece of Music Row will get bulldozed – along with all the history embedded in those bricks – unless people who care get involved. A developer is looking to tear down several more buildings … Continue reading →

Chris Pratt Stood On Stage And Stunned Hollywood Into Silence With This Comment About God Hollywood is about as godless as it gets in America The industry pretends to preach tolerance and equality, meanwhile the emergence of the #MeToo movement proves they’re a bunch of hypocrites. But one A-list actor just defied the atheist norm … Continue reading →

James Corden’s Carpool Karaoke With Paul McCartney Is an Emotional Drive Down Memory—and Penny!—Lane Nostalgia was certainly in the air as they came to St. Barnabas’ Church, where McCartney reminisced about his choir boy days. They also stopped by the barber shop mentioned in “Penny Lane” and mingled with excited fans along the sidewalks. Back … Continue reading →

Story Behind The Song: Sugarland, ‘Bird In A Cage’ Sugarland returned to the forefront of the country music world in 2018 with the release of their 6th album, Bigger. The project was the first that musical partners Kristian Bush and Jennifer Nettles released together since 2012, when the duo went on hiatus. While many of the songs on the new album are upbeat and … Continue reading →

Scotty McCreery Weds Gabi Dugal in North Carolina “This Is It” – Scotty McCreery is a married man! The singer tied the knot with longtime girlfriend, Gabi Dugal, during a beautiful ceremony in North Carolina in front of 200 people, PEOPLE reports. The ceremony was officiated by McCreery’s childhood pastor and was preceded by a slew of special wedding … Continue reading →

MusicCityGhost: Weird Mother’s Day and Father’s Day gifts A Gift Doesn’t Always Come Gift Wrapped Or Does It ? According the National Retail Federation statistics in 2018, both Mother’s Day spending and Father’s Day spending was in the billions. Gifts for the two occasions included but were not limited to cards, candy, flowers, dinners, neck ties, … Continue reading →

AirplayExpress Awakens Independent Music Giants Most Every Promotional Company In Nashville’s Independent Music Promotion Business Has Improved their Services or Copied AirplayExpress Since its Inception less Than 5 Years Ago . It is said that, “The greatest Form Of Flattery Is Imitation.”  Proof of imitation can now be found all over the Internet by companies now … Continue reading →

Rose Angelica hits milestone with ‘Saturday Night Is Girls’ Night Out’ At AirplayExpress You Are Now a Platinum Artist and a Cut Above the Rest Word came earlier this month that the Mingo Junction songwriter and recording artist on Century II Records in Nashville went platinum with her hit song “Saturday Night Is Girls’ Night Out,” recorded … Continue reading →

Thousands of intelligent good-looking readers. PICTURE AT A RAILROAD STATION. (For my dad on Fathers Day.) The cavernous old railroad station was dimly lit,  or seems that way in my memory. My parents, my sisters, and I headed toward the big doors  that led to the platform where the trains chugged and waited. It was the end … Continue reading →

Waylon Jennings Officially An Honorary Express Artist at AirplayExpress Honorary Status has been awarded to Country Superstar Waylon Jennings by the official members of AirplayExpress this the 15th day of June 2018  The Waylon Jennings Story On AirplayExpress Musical rebel Waylon Jennings is best remembered for helping to popularize the grittier and more rock-influenced genre … Continue reading →

MusicCityGhost: Is It a Rehearsal or a Practice?  Then It is Said that Doctors Practice Medicine, does that mean they practice on us? I asked a Country band recently what they call it when they all get together and go over their songs before a show.  They unanimously said, “Practice.”  I then asked some Classically trained … Continue reading →