With CMA Fest Quieted By COVID-19, Music Row Looks to Virtual Events — and to 2021

It’s over for country star Carly Pearce and husband Michael Ray.

On May 15, Jason Isbell celebrated the release of his latest album, Reunions, with his band the 400 Unit by christening the stage at the newly-built Brooklyn Bowl in Nashville alongside his wife musician Amanda Shires. The music venue and bowling alley was scheduled to make its grand opening in March, but remained shuttered after a tornado hit Music City and the spread of COVID-19 halted live shows around the globe.

American actor D.L. Hughley has confirmed that he has tested positive for Coronavirus.

Twitter in which he said he was treated for exhaustion and dehydration afterward. “I also tested positive for COVID-19, which blew me away," he says in the video.

Twitter in which he said he was treated for exhaustion and dehydration afterward. “I also tested positive for COVID-19, which blew me away," he says in the video.

#PrayersUp: #DLHughley passed out while he was on stage tonight in Nashville. #DJVlad took to Twitter to say that he spoke with him and that he’s okay. #Roommates, send DL Hughley well wishes and keep him lifted in prayer

Comedian D.L. Hughley gave fans a scare on Friday night when he collapsed on stage in the middle of a joke at a Nashville comedy club.

A number of players from both the Toronto Blue Jays and Toronto Maple Leafs, including Auston Matthews, have tested positive for COVID-19.

Kid Rock has run into another dilemma regarding the establishments he owns around the country. Page Six reported today that the singer-songwriter had his beer permit at his Nashville bar temporarily taken away for defying the city’s coronavirus health order.

Kid Rock’s Big A** Honky Tonk & Steakhouse in Nashville will go without beer for five days after violating COVID-19 guidelines.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer“Graduate Together,” a virtual commencement ceremony featuring over 30 speeches from celebrities and world leaders, will qualify for the Primetime Emmy Awards in 11 categories, it was revealed this week.Should a nomination or eventual win come for the special, shot virtually from coronavirus quarantine, it will surely mark the strange and unprecedented time Hollywood is currently living and working through.

Tenille Townes is taking her annual "Big Hearts for Big Kids" benefit concert virtual this year, though she will be hosting the all-star event from Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium.

Americanafest, the annual Nashville conclave put on by the Americana Music Association, will morph into Thriving Roots: A Virtual Community Music Conference this year.Thriving Roots will take place Sept.

Americanafest, the annual Nashville conclave put on by the Americana Music Association, will morph into Thriving Roots: A Virtual Community Music Conference this year.Thriving Roots will take place Sept.

Two of Nashville’s top songwriter/producers have spent their pandemic downtime creating music for a different audience than their usual country constituents —children. Grammy-winner Daniel Tashian, best known for his work with Kacey Musgraves and Brett Eldredge, rele

America's Got Talent on Tuesday (June 9) with her powerful voice and equally moving backstory.Taking the stage, the Nashville-based singer, dancer and actor explained what brought her to the feel-good reality TV competition this season. "I need this to change my life," she said while holding her young son Jeremiah.

Jody Williams had formed a new publishing company, Jody Williams Songs, as a joint venture with Warner Chappell Music Nashville.Last September, the highly regarded executive announced he was leaving the performing rights organization at year’s end after a 14-year run to return to music publishing; he previously ran MCA Music Publishing Nashville and his own publishing company, Jody Williams Music, as well as two previous stints at BMI in Nashville.Among the songwriters signed to JWS are CMA new