Nominations Open For The 2024 Arkansas Country Music Awards

As we ring in a new year, it means the time has come for the nominations of the Seventh Annual Arkansas Country Music Awards and they are now OPEN! 

Everyone can nominate their favorite Arkansan’s from now until January 21st! It’s been previously announced, the 2024 Arkansas Country Music Awards will return for the fourth year in a row to the Reynolds Performance Hall on the University of Central Arkansas Campus in Conway, Arkansas on June 3rd, 2024! Continue reading

Nominations Open For The 2022 Arkansas Country Music Awards

A new year has just started which means the time has come for the nominations of the fifth annual Arkansas Country Music Awards and they are now OPEN!

Everyone can nominate their favorite Arkansan’s from now until January 21st. This year’s show will once again be held at the Reynolds Performance Hall on the UCA campus on June 6th, in Conway, Arkansas for the second year in a row. Continue reading

Silverado Records Celebrates 5 Years, Announces New Music

One of the record labels, Silverado Records, which is based out of Nashville, Tennessee is celebrating a big milestone and announcing some exciting news to celebrate!

In honor of the special occasion, The CMBeat got to chat exclusively with the CEO of Silverado Records, Scott Thomas. He talked about some of his favorite times throughout the years and what’s next for the future of the label. Continue reading

The Bellamy Brothers Visit Arkansas

A notable duo that has been in the country music genre for many years, The Bellamy Brothers, which the members consist of Howard and David Bellamy, recently made a stop for a show on January 19th in Forrest City, Arkansas, where they performed at the Eastern Arkansas Community College.

While the brothers played many of their popular songs, they also had just previously announced a new album coming soon, Over The Moon, due out on February 15th. If you would like to pre-order the album, you can do so by clicking the link HERE. Continue reading

New Label Launches Its Signature Songwriter Series with Country Newcomer Zack Dyer

Nashville’s reputation as “Music CIty” was built on the backs of its songwriters. To quote the motto of the popular songwriter’s association based in Nashville, NSAI (Nashville Songwriters Association International), “It All Begins With A Song“. And fortunately, many of Music City’s “Movers and Shakers” haven’t forgotten the importance of its songwriter community. One such company is a brand new, independent label in town called Silverado Records, which just launched the first volume of its Silverado Signature Songwriter Series yesterday, January 6, 2017.

Silverado Records created the series to showcase the great songwriting talent of the artists on their roster. Starting with the release of this first volume, the record label plans on releasing more volumes in the future, featuring a different artist on each edition. Each volume will be released as an EP, and will contain several songs written by the featured artist. Volume 1 showcases a talented singer/songwriter by the name of Zack Dyer. Continue reading