Music News (06/26/24)

NSAI’s Nashville Songwriter Awards To Honor Alan Jackson, Buddy Cannon

Alan Jackson, Buddy Cannon

The Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) will present its seventh annual Nashville Songwriter Awards, alongside presenting partner City National Bank, at the Ryman Auditorium on Sept. 24.

The evening will bestow honors to the peer-voted “10 Songs I Wish I’d Written” winners and NSAI’s Song, Songwriter and Songwriter-Artist of the year honorees, as well as pivotal individuals who have had great influence in the world of songwriting.

Legendary songwriter and artist Alan Jackson will receive NSAI’s highest honor of the evening, the Kris Kristofferson Lifetime Achievement Award.

Additionally, NSAI will present the President’s Keystone Award during the Nashville Songwriter Awards. Presented by NSAI Board President Lee Thomas Miller, this year’s award will go to iconic producer and songwriter Buddy Cannon.

Clint Black Inks With Sony Music Publishing Nashville

Pictured (L-R): Collective Artist Management’s Brinson Strickland, Sony Music Publishing’s Cam Caldwell, Tom Luteran, Aubrey Landon, Clint Black, Sony Music Publishing’s Rusty Gaston, Dale Bobo and UTA’s Cass Scripps

Renowned country artist Clint Black has signed a global agreement with Sony Music Publishing Nashville. The deal will see the company administering songs across his catalog of compositions, including hits “A Good Run Of Bad Luck,” “Like The Rain,” “Summer’s Comin’,” “Nothin’ But The Taillights” and more.

“Clint Black is without a doubt a country music icon, whose songs carved a unique path and propelled country into what it is today,” says Rusty Gaston, Sony Music Publishing Nashville CEO. “We look forward to working with Clint and his team to extend his creative influence even further.”

Black states, “I have great respect for Rusty and the entire team at Sony Music Publishing Nashville, and I am excited to move forward on all things past, present and future!”

Roman Alexander Inks With Warner Chappell Music & Twelve6 Entertainment

Pictured (L-R): Sara Latimer (WCM), Benji Amaefule (WCM), Ben Vaughn (WCM), Melanie Wetherbee (Red Light), Roman Alexander, Travis Myatt (Twelve6), Alaina Maggart (Twelve6), Dan Goodfellow (Twelve6), and Willow Belenski (Twelve6). Photo: Courtesy of WCM

Singer-songwriter Roman Alexander has signed a global publishing deal with Warner Chappell Music and Twelve6 Entertainment. 

A Missouri native, Alexander moved to Nashville to pursue music shortly after high school graduation. In 2020, he released his first EP, Between You And Me, which featured the single “Cocktail Conversations” that amassed over seven million streams. A year later, he was named one of Spotify’s Hot Country Artists to Watch and went on to release multiple singles, including “Missouri On My Mind” and “She Was Mine” from his latest EP, Songs From A Breakup, which helped him rack up over 76 million global streams.

Alexander is currently one of the longest-running independent artists on Spotify’s Hot Country playlist, and the rising country star’s single “Between You & Me” with Ashley Cooke has garnered over 31 million streams on Spotify alone and reached the top 10 on Rolling Stone’s Trending 25 chart. Alexander has collaborated with Jared Keim, Jerry Flowers and more, and co-wrote “Party Mode” with Dustin Lynch. Additionally, he’s opened for Sam Hunt, Old Dominion and Billy Currington, among others.

“I have had the pleasure of working with Roman over the past five years and watched him develop into an artist and a man worthy of the career he so tirelessly pursues,” says Travis Myatt, President & General Manager, Twelve 6 Entertainment. “Roman’s talent and work ethic exceed each other, and with our new partners at WCM adding a lens of focus to his writing, Roman is poised for great successes in the coming months.”