Country Music

Crew Sues Over Deadly Tour Bus Crash

Lawsuits fly over last fall's deadly tour bus crash that killed a monitor engineer and injured seven others.

By Clive Young ⋅ Published: June 5, 2020

Overseeing the Aldean audio arsenal nightly are (l-r): fly tech Paul Shultz, crew chief/RF coordinator Bob Campbell, FOH engineer Chris Stephens, SE Casey Stewart, fly tech/playback Rob Gulseth, and monitor engineer Evan Richner.

On the Road with Jason Aldean

Until the coronavirus pandemic derailed the spring touring season, country star Jason Aldean was packing arenas nightly with help from Nashville’s Spectrum Sound.

By ProSoundNetwork Editorial Staff ⋅ Published: April 2, 2020

CeCe Winans performs at the Country Music Association’s CMA Country Christmas broadcast event, employing Audio-Technica’s Third-Generation 5000 Series frequency-agile true-diversity UHF wireless system with ATW-C5400 microphone capsule. Photo: CMA.

Post and Broadcast

CMA Country Christmas Turns to A-T

The Country Music Association’s 2019 CMA Country Christmas Show had a variety of Audio-Technica mics on-hand for the telecast.

By ProSoundNetwork Editorial Staff ⋅ Published: December 12, 2019

George Olson running the FOH mix for George Strait at Fort Worth’s Dickies Arena in late-November on his new DiGiCo SD12 96 console. Photo: Eric Rogers.

Tour Sound

George Strait Rides Again with DiGiCo

Though he retired from touring in 2014, country superstar George Strait has been playing one-offs around the country with a DiGiCo SD12 in tow.

By ProSoundNetwork Editorial Staff ⋅ Published: December 11, 2019

Kacey Musgraves used a wireless Shure Axient Digital wireless mic system outfitted with a Telefunken M81capsule nightly on her recent year-long world tour. Photo: Catherine Powell

Tour Sound

Live Sound Showcase: Kacey Musgraves

Album of the Year Grammy winner Kacey Musgraves began her world tour in October, 2018 as an opening act, and wrapped it up 13 months later as an arena headliner. Engineers Travis Bing (FOH) and Dalton VanVolkenburgh (monitors) recount...

By Jim Beaugez ⋅ Published: November 22, 2019 ⋅ Updated: February 24, 2020

Live

Veteran Engineer David Turner Killed in Tour Bus Crash

By Clive Young. David Turner, monitor engineer for country artist Josh Turner, was killed Wednesday night when a crew tour bus left Highway 46 East 20 minutes outside of Paso Robles and drove off a 50-foot embankment into a...

By Clive Young ⋅ Published: September 20, 2019 ⋅ Updated: June 5, 2020

Recording

Preservationists Fight to Stop Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville from Demolishing South’s First Recording Studio

By Clive Young. The site where the first country-music hit was recorded is likely to be demolished, making way for the garbage-loading area of a Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville hotel.

By Clive Young ⋅ Published: July 29, 2019