By Dave Parsons 40 some years ago, well 43 of them to be exact, I got to play disc jockey every day Monday through Friday. My high school had the only actual broadcasting radio station for those wanting to go into the field. It was 91.9 FM and we despite only having 100 watts…
By Dave Parsons Following the incredible opening night of the inaugural 2024 Country Calling Festival in Ocean City, Maryland the fans lined up as early as 9 AM to anticipate the gates opening at noon. In talking to some of them, having been there the day before, they had their plans made for which…
By Dave Parsons Rising country star Trey Lewis came from out of nowhere in 2020, with an ornery song about his cheating girlfriend, called Dicked Down in Dallas. Overnight, the song went viral, was Number One on iTunes, and had more than 100 million streams. Suddenly, Lewis was a nationwide force in country music. …
By Dave Parsons Pittsburgh PA native, Melinda Colaizzi, spent 15 years, as a singer-songwriter in a rock band, a music business executive working with companies like Live Nation and ShowClix, and as caretaker and advocate during her mother’s cancer battle. Noticing the gender disparity in the music industry, and how underrepresented women are in…
