Business
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.
Country Music
Live
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.
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.
Live
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.
Live
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...
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...
Business
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.
Live
Russell Dickerson Hits the Road with Morris
Rising country artist Russell Dickerson recently updated his tour’s live console.
Post and Broadcast
Miking Ricky Skaggs at the CMAs
Skaggs’ CMA set brought old- and new-school performers together for a show highlight.
Blogs
Retro PSN: Taylor Swift Talks Recording ‘Fearless’
Back in November, 2008, we chatted with an emerging teen country artist about recording her second album.
Live
Sennheiser powers country music performances at CMA awards
The 51st CMA Awards drew an audience of 14.3 million viewers, who saw Lady Antebellum and Pink perform with Sennheiser's Digital 6000/Digital 9000 combos
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