In Memoriam: Movie, TV and Music Stars We Lost in 2020

Veteran music agent Aaron Tannenbaum has joined WME as a partner, based in its Nashville office. The former CAA agent represented country music artists within the touring industry while with the rival Hollywood talent agency since 2010.

WME said Monday that music agent Aaron Tannenbaum has joined the agency as a partner based in its Nashville office. Tannenbaum, who had been at CAA since 2010, specializes in country artists and has repped singers including Luke Combs, Brantley Gilbert, Michael Ray and Walker Hays among others. No word yet on which clients will make the move with him.

Brad Paisley is the reason one Nashville man is beginning 2021 on a positive note. The singer was one of several country stars who sent condolences and messages of hope to Music City residents whose homes were ravaged by the Christmas Day bombing.

Brad Paisley is helping out one of his fellow Tennesseans.

Nashville’s annual New Year’s celebration will be even quieter than its already-subdued plan, according to recent reports. Typically, the city’s event, which includes live music, attracts more than 200,000 people, The Associated Press reported.

Jon Burlingame The pandemic may have cancelled live performances and moviegoing for most of 2020, but for film-music buffs, that just meant more time at home listening to their favorite music, including many releases of music never before heard outside their original cinematic contexts.“There is still an unquenchable thirst for classic scores, both previously unreleased and reissues of scores that are expanded, re-mastered, or both,” says Matt Verboys, co-owner of L.A.

I feel the need to express my shock and disbelief at the Christmas Day explosion in our beloved Music City. I love…Posted by Petula Clark on Tuesday, December 29, 2020Clark added that “millions of people all over the world have been uplifted by this joyful song.”The singer cited the opening line of the 1964 hit tunebefore adding: “Perhaps you can read something else into these words – depending on your state of mind.

Chris Willman Music WriterSinger Petula Clark has issued a statement conveying her dismay at her 1960s classic “Downtown” being blared from an explosives-laden recreational vehicle before it blew up in downtown Nashville Friday morning.“I feel the need to express my shock and disbelief at the Christmas Day explosion in our beloved Music City. I love Nashville and its people,” wrote Clark on Facebook.

Petula Clark is thinking of Nashville following the Christmas Day bombing.

The Tennessee man who officials say detonated a bomb in downtown Nashville in the early morning hours of Christmas Day allegedly used to spout anti-police rhetoric to a person he worked with, according to a recent report.

Taylor Swift fans are in an uproar after the singer was removed from a famous Nashville mural celebrating country music legends and replaced with Brad Paisley. The famous exhibition, which exists in Music City's Legend's Corner at Fifth and Broadway, is getting an overhaul by artist Tim Davis, according to Fox 17.The removal of Swift is one of the first changes, and it has Swifties up in arms.

Country music stars and Nashville's pro sports teams shared their reactions Christmas Day after a shocking explosion in the Tennessee capital interrupted what many expected to be a mostly quiet holiday with loved ones. Those sharing their thoughts on social media included singers Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood, as well as Carly Pearce, Chris Janson and the band Old Dominion.

The police officers who called the bomb squad to investigate the RV that blew up in downtown Nashville on Christmas morning and cleared the area before it exploded are being lauded as heroes on Friday.

The highest-paid YouTube stars of 2020 have been revealed, and a nine-year-old is at the top of the list.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIn a year filled with things we didn’t want to think about, there were few more indulgent escapes than music books.

Carrie Underwood‘s husband got her a very odd Christmas present – but it’s exactly what she wanted!

Carrie Underwood’s Christmas wish has come true.

 season 19 finale is here, and Jim Ranger is ready to bring home another championship for coach Blake Shelton -- and maybe offer some marriage advice along the way!During Monday's live show, the soulful pastor from Bakersfield, California, worked with Shelton and Nashville hitmaker Ross Copperman on a new original song, «Last,» that had him reminiscing about his wife of nearly two decades.