Country Singer Granger Smith ​Is Leaving Music Industry to Pursue Ministry: ‘I Want to Be Used to Help People Find Their Purpose’

A mom in the United Kingdom who claims she is able to communicate with dead relatives and angels reportedly is being inundated with celebrity clients from across Britain as well as the world — including a host of singers and TV stars who are seeking her abilities.  Chloe Smith, 25, first began advertising her special "powers" some 14 months ago after discovering at her grandmother's funeral that she could see spirits, as SWNS, the British news service, reported. Since then, a string of celebrity clients have been lining up to try to make use of her abilities.

Thania Garcia UMe, the catalog division of Universal Music Group, has promoted Tim Plumley to vice president of media and artist relations. He is based in the company’s Santa Monica headquarters and reports to the executive VP of media and artist relations, Sujata Murthy. “Tim is a key member of my communications team, where he continues to develop innovative new ways to promote our artists and their projects across a wide range of media outlets,” Murthy said. “Tim not only has the trust and respect of our executives and members of the press, but crucially he is viewed as a true partner by our artists and their management teams.” His roster at Ume includes the Band/Robbie Robertson, the Beach Boys, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Zappa, George Harrison, Glen Campbell, Johnny Cash, John Coltrane, John Lennon, Louis Armstrong, Tom Petty, the Rolling Stones and others.

Can one person do something extraordinary? The film “Ordinary Angels” focuses on a hairdresser who finds new purpose and inspiration after meeting a single father. This story, based on true events, sees the woman take on the family’s troubles — namely a young girl in need of a liver transplant.

Police are appealing for the public's help to find a missing woman. Kafeela, 29, was last seen at noon today (Thursday) on Alston Street in Bolton.

The recording label of country music sensation Morgan Wallen is dispelling rumors that led to the postponement of his Sunday night performance at Oxford, Mississippi’s Ole Miss stadium.

West Lothian Council is working with emergency and health services to look at the best ways to help hoarders, as they admitted the scale of the problem was not fully known

They gave it their Best Shot…?

Rachel Narozniak Following the financial fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic and its pause on in-person programming, the dance music industry is back and better than ever. Data from the 2023 IMS Business Report demonstrates the resiliency of the global dance music industry, which grew by 34% in 2022 to reach a valuation of $11.3 billion — a 16% increase from the pre-pandemic period. In 2019, the global dance industry was valued at $8.7 billion. “This is not just about bouncing back; this is bouncing back and almost bouncing off the trampoline,” said Mark Mulligan, managing director and analyst at MIDiA Research. In addition to authoring the report, Mulligan presented its key findings at IMS Ibiza on April 26.

Kevin Smith is getting vulnerable about the “dark place” he was in prior to seeking mental health help. In January of last year, the Clerks di

Granger Smith didn’t take his big life change lightly.

Granger Smith was thinking about retiring from music for months before his recent announcement.

Jimmie Allen’s wife Alexis Gale has unfollowed the country singer on Instagram and shared a cryptic message after their split was revealed.

Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor + Reach Music Publishing has acquired both the master and publishing rights of heavy metal legends and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame members Judas Priest’s first two albums, “Rocka Rolla” and “Sad Wings of Destiny,” from Gull Entertainments. According to the announcement, Reach will be working in partnership with Judas Priest on these two albums and is planning a variety of projects to be announced later this year, including special releases for the 50th anniversary of “Rocka Rolla” in 2024. The majority of the group’s catalog was initially released on Sony Music’s Columbia or Epic labels but the first two albums, released in 1974 and 1976 respectively, had been owned by Gull for nearly 50 years.  

It’s over. Jimmie Allen and his wife, Alexis Gale, announced they are calling it quits after three years of marriage — while revealing they are expecting their third child.

Julian Lennon is using his critically acclaimed platform to speak out against alleged “abuse” within the music industry.

Thania Garcia Universal Music Group Nashville (UMGN) has tapped Lori Christian and Rob Femia to join its executive board. Christian has been upped to executive VP of marketing, while Femia has been named executive VP of business and legal affairs for the label group consisting of Capitol Records Nashville, EMI Records Nashville, Mercury Nashville, and MCA Nashville. Christian was formerly senior VP of marketing, a role she occupied in 2020 after leading the publicity department at UMG Nashville following the 2012 merger of EMI and UMG. In her elevated post, she will oversee UMG Nashville’s artist development, brands and sponsorship, creative services, international marketing, and media marketing departments for the label’s artist roster. She has previously worked to launch projects for Alan Jackson, Carrie Underwood, Chris Stapleton, Darius Rucker, Keith Urban, and Luke Bryan, among others.

Granger Smith revealed he's leaving country music for ministry after the end of his upcoming tour. Smith, 43, shared a video announcing the news to his fans on Tuesday.

Granger Smith is going down a new road.On Tuesday, the country music superstar — whose 3-year-old son, River, died in a drowning accident in 2019 — announced that he is leaving the music business to pursue ministry. «This message is so difficult to post. The words for this caption are so hard to find. Not because I don’t believe in the truth of them, but because this marks the end of the longest era in my life! Touring…24 years of it,» he wrote on Instagram. «This summer will be my last tour.

Granger Smith has found a new calling.

Spotify have the weakest representation of women and non-binary people in technical roles, with only 3.6 per cent and 3.7 per cent in key positions respectively.Looking at credits in the top ten songs across DSPs, the report found that women and non-binary individuals are more highly concentrated within assistant roles than in key technical roles.Metal was found to have the lowest percentage of women and non-binary people in key technical roles, while electronic music and folk and Americana had the highest representations. You can read the full report here.Musician Brandi Carlile, who is also a soundBoard member of We Are Moving The Needle, said of the findings: “We’ve got such a long way to go to reach parity in the studio, but I know we can get there.“This is a systemic problem in the recording industry that we cannot ignore any longer.