THE WINNERS
What the Grammys tell us about a changing landscape.
COMMITTED TO ROCK
The biz players who are determined to get the volume back up.
MANAGEMENT DO-SI-DO
Big changes among big acts.
THE NEW SUPERSTARS
The old pop rules just don't apply.
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THE BRITS: A VIEW FROM THE INSIDE
Last night in Music City, Warner Music Nashville Chairman and CEO John Esposito hosted what we understand to be the first of many quarterly installments of #LiveFromEspo's.
The gathering brought WMN executives and industry leaders to Espo's home for a live preview of singer Michael Ray's forthcoming album, which has yet to be named but is expected this spring.
We assume our invitation to this intimate shindig was lost in the mail.
Pictured just before the moshing began are WMN SVP Artist Development Shane Tarleton, EVP A&R Scott Hendricks, Country Aircheck Publisher/CEO Lon Helton, All Access Country editor RJ Curtis, Morris Higham Management President Clint Higham, Grand Ole Opry GM & SVP Programming Sally Williams, talent exec Shanna Strassberg, Michael Ray, WMN Chairman & CEO John Esposito, Deaton Flanigen Productions' Robert Deaton, Pandora's Head of Country Programming Rachel Whitney, Opry Entertainment President Steve Buchanon, NPR's Ann Powers, Pandora's Beville Dunkerley, Morris Higham Management's Buffy Cooper, Country Music Hall of Fame's Peter Cooper, WMN's SVP A&R Cris Lacy and MusicRow Enterprises' Sherod Robertson.
