Trace Adkins On Capitol Nashville: ‘They’re Broke’

July 22nd, 2010

Trace Adkins has ended months of speculation of why he left one of Nashville’s most notorious major labels, that being Capitol Record’s Nashville subsidiary.

“They’re broke.” Adkins explained bluntly in an interview with Yahoo News. “Everybody knows that. I mean, it’s in the Wall Street Journal every other week. They don’t have any money. And that [...]

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Trace Adkins Leaves Capitol b/c of Bleve Brushup?

April 29th, 2010

It was announced yesterday that Trace Adkins’ new album Cowboys Back in Town will be released on August 24th. Adkins, who spent his whole 14 year career with Capitol Records Nashville, suddenly decided to switch labels in February, and is now signed to the Ford Truck Man Toby Keith’s “Show Dog-Universal” label.

When Trace made the [...]

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Taylor Swift’s 0-fer at ACM’s Due To Overexposure

April 19th, 2010

The internet is exercised today over the fact that Taylor Swift did not win any hardware at last night’s ACM Awards. Fans are looking for the fix, and haters are wondering if this is the end of the Taylor fad. Well, you’re both wrong.

Back when she blew her performance at the Grammy’s her manager said [...]

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Milsap / Bleve Strike Back - Part 2

October 5th, 2009

To read about the conflict between Ronnie Milsap and Capitol Records Nashville, click here, and to read about Milsap’s first protest click here.

I know some of you might be tired of this story, and others might think that the Milsap/Adkins song is not worth defending. But this might be the most important story I have [...]

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Milsap / Bleve Records Strike Back

September 27th, 2009

I’m happy to report that there is good news on the fight between Bleve Records, Ronnie Milsap, and Capitol Records Nashville. Capitol has been filing legal briefs to keep Bleve Records from releasing a Milsap single that also features Capitol artist Trace Adkins. Bleve, a label that was set up by a retired police officer [...]

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Capitol Records Shuts Down Charity Contribution

September 20th, 2009

Unfortunately in the current music climate, if you want to put out a legit album, the first thing you have to do is call a lawyer. And then cross your fingers that you still don’t get sued. Or in the case of someone like Hank III, you have to sue your own record label just [...]

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