"Truly I
tell you, no prophet is recognized in his own country."- Luke 4:24
"They
won't tell you. I just did."- Walter Mondale
Here's What Members
Of The Worldwide Media (ranging from The Wall Street
Journal and Entertainment
Weekly,
to a host of print and international broadcast outlets, including the BBC)
Are Saying About Stacy's Music Row
Report:
Nashville's Only
Independent Source
of Country Music News and Informed Opinion...
THE
WALL STREET JOURNAL:
"STACY'S MUSIC ROW REPORT (is) a chatty, first-person take on what's
news in country music."
-THOMAS
E. WEBER, *The Wall Street Journal,* April 30, 1998
THE
WASHINGTON POST:
"I am a
reader of your excellent page, and also a writer who recently
did a review of the new book on the Carter family (for the Washington
Post)."
-DAVID
SHIFLETT, Virginia writer and guitarist with the Americana band,
Floor Creak
NEW YORK
POST:
"Thanks
for the nice words about my Bobby Darin biography. Much
appreciated."
-MICHAEL
STARR, New York Post
USA
TODAY:
"Stacy
Harris is the best in the business!"
-BRIAN
MANSFIELD, freelancer, USA Today, November 9, 2003
ENTERTAINMENT
WEEKLY:
"Stacy,
way to go! You have definitely found your niche!...If country
has a watchdog, it's journalist Stacy Harris, whose country version of
*The Drudge Report* challenges industry brokers 'to uphold standards of
accountability, credibility, integrity, and conscience.' The site
eschews gossip for insider's reports... and informed opinion."
-ALANNA
NASH, author, reviewer for *Entertainment Weekly* and *Stereo
Review,* Louisville, Kentucky
JONES
RADIO NETWORKS/SEATTLE:
"I found
your Web site quite by accident. I was forwarded a link...
This Web site is a great read... Enjoyed it!... I'll check in often to
your site."
-LIA
KNIGHT-Host, 'THE LIA SHOW,' Jones Radio Networks/Seattle
IN
REVIEW:
"Stacy .
. .Nice chattin' with you this morning! Thanks again for the
honesty and keep up the good work. Don't let 'em push ya around. Take
care..."
-PHIL
SWEETLAND, *In Review,* Nashville, Tennessee
EILEEN
SISK:
"Just
checked out your report. So much more news than in others I've
seen. You keep kickin' butt with old Mike, too. I had to let my MCN
subscription go ages ago. It is so riddled with errors it is pitiful.
Hard for real journalists to stomach. All that chocolatey stuff ain't
too good for the stomach. Keep up the good work!"
-EILEEN
SISK, Author, "HONKY-TONKS" (HarperCollinsWest, 1995), Bena,
Virginia
WPSD-TV:
"I
checked out your Geocities site and enjoyed it! It is now a
bookmark."
-BILL
EVANS, News Director, WPSD-TV, Paducah, Kentucky
NEW
JERSEY NETWORK:
"Hello,
Stacy. I was wondering if you may know where Jimmy Velvet is
these days...I played a few shows with him in the 60s... NJN or the New
Jersey Network, or, New Jersey Public Television is the four-station
PBS network that serves New Jersey. We have a nightly newscast, and I
run the department....I played bass with a band called the Velaires in
the 60s. The band went country and became The Younger Brothers...Thanks
for the CMF tip."
-BILL
JOBES, New Jersey Network
THE
NASHVILLE SCENE:
"Check
out country music's version of The Drudge Report... for similar
investigative bombshells..."
-JIM
RIDLEY, The Nashville Scene, May 7, 1998
THE
NASHVILLE SCENE:
"Assembled
by a truly dedicated music industry [professional, "Stacy's
Music Row Report"] offers...an insider's look at the country music biz.
It's nice to see a member of the community spending so much time and
energy providing a service."
-JOEL
MOSES, The Nashville Scene, May 29, 1997
JONATHON
JACKSON:
"Just
found your Music Row Report and I think it's great! I'm a
Canadian journalist who visited Nashville in October and had my own
"wonderful" experience with the powers-that-be. I had a job interview
at *Country Weekly* that was interrupted by an extremely rude
publicist... who launched a profanity-laced tirade at the editor
because the magazine hadn't yet done a feature on her artist... She
took up 45 minutes of my time and the editor let it happen! I left his
office so disillusioned. I know publicists are supposed to be somewhat
pushy but that was ridiculous, and I was appalled that the editor would
have kissed her ass like he did... Keep up the good work, Stacy!"
-JONATHON JACKSON, Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada
MY KIND
OF COUNTRY:
"Wanna
know who's where, doin' what and when? This is the place to find
out. Stacy's news is loaded with information covering about anything
you can think of... If it's out there, srite and ask...Stacy can most
likely find out."
-MARLENE
SLATER, "My Kind Of Country," Amherst, Ohio
RECORD
EXCHANGE/CAT'S MUSIC MONITOR:
"[STACY'S
MUSIC ROW REPORT] looks to be pretty useful and I shall be
reading it as regularly as I can. Good job!"
CARRIE
COLLITON, Editor, Record Exchange/Cat's Music Monitor
MUSIC
VOICE MAGAZINE:
"I've
been hitting your web page all day. I now know more about country
music than the CMA!"
-LORENZO
SIERRA, Sr. Writer, Music Voice Magazine, Mesa, Arizona
MR.
MEDIA'S "SITE OF THE WEEK:
"Country
music fans will find Stacy Harris' gossip, rumor and inuendo
too snippy and insiderish to resist."
-MR.
MEDIA, May 12, 1997
NASHVILLE
MUSIC LINK:
"We're
glad to have you as an addition to our site."
-LYNN
ROBIDEAUX, Nashville Music Link
GONE
COUNTRY'S "HOT LINK OF THE WEEK":
"Great
site!" -NANCY WINTON, "Gone Country"
THE
MUSE'S MUSE:
"I took a
look at your site today... and was most impressed. Nicely
done!"
-JODI
KRANGLE, Proprietess, The Muse's Muse: A Songwriter's Resource
WSMV,
CHANNEL FOUR NEWS:
"Cool
site! I love to hear from you. I just bookmarked your site. Very
nice, [Tell me] how often... you update, so I will know when to come
stealing..I mean..er..uh..looking...yeah, that's it..looking. Keep it
coming!"
-AL
TOMPKINS, News Director, WSMV Channel 4, Nashville
JOYCE
LINEHAN ARTIST MANAGEMENT:
"I like
your page."
-JOYCE
LINEHAN, Joyce Linehan Artist Management
YOUR
MINING GUIDE TO COUNTRY MUSIC:
"[STACY'S
MUSIC ROW REPORT] is honest news from Music Row. Stacy
provides the latest [news] from the country-music industry."
-KRIS
WILSON-POTTER, Your Mining Guide To Country Music
CHILI'S
HOT WEB CATCHES:
"Country
fans will want to surf on in to Geocities Nashville .... One
of my favorites on this site is Stacy's Music Row Report. If you want
to know the latest country music updates, then click onto this page."
-CHILI'S
HOT WEB CATCHES
SUITE
101.COM:
"STACY'S
MUSIC ROW REPORT [has] a lot of content."
-STEVEN
LIND, Suite101.com
ENTERTAINMENT
NEWS/ COUNTRY WESTERN CORNER
"Howdy
there, Stacy. I just found your column and loved the readin'
very much... I am the kind that don't mince words... If they can't tell
the truth and keep it precise, then it should not be written... I enjoy
your column and will surely return to keep up with the news,,,"
-BARBARA
KING, Assistant Secretary, Entertainment News/Country Western
Corner, Santa Fe, Texas
COUNTRY
MUSIC FOR THE FANS:
["STACY'S
MUSIC ROW REPORT is] informative country news...without all
the sugar!"
-STACY,
Editor, Country Music For The Fans
CYBER
COUNTRY MAGAZINE:
"I
thought I would let you know that I am still reading religiously!
Keep it coming. =0"
-ANGIE
MCISAAC, Cyber Country Magazine
2STEPPIN.COM:
"I have
been a long-time follower of your column... As a journalist
with more than thirty years of experience, I admire your fortitude....
To throw out 'chum' when you are swimming in the middle of the sharks,
takes great courage... and I have always found your report to be
credible and well-researched. Great job!"
-CHERYL
HARVEY HILL, Producer/Publicist, Tsab, Ink - Creators of
http://www.2Steppin.com
NASHVILLE
NEW ZEALAND:
"Stacy
Harris is a columnist from Nashville. If you want up to the
minute information ahead of the rest on Music Row... go here!"
-NASHVILLE
NEW ZEALAND'S GREAT COUNTRY SITES
THE BLUE
CHIP RADIO REPORT:
"I enjoy
Stacy's Music Row Report. Best Wishes."
-BILL
MILLER, Editor & Publisher, The Blue Chip Radio Report
ABOUT.COM:
"It's
nothing fancy, but it is honest news from Music Row. Stacy
provides the latest CDs out."
-ABOUT.COM
ABOUT-INC.COM:
"Stacy
covers the Nashville entertainment scene like no one else can.
Find out what’s really happening in Music City and on the Row."
-JAN DUKE
pr@about-inc.com
RADIO
WAVES INTERNATIONAL:
"Check
out STACY"S MUSIC ROW REPORT and pay close attention to the
unsolicited comments posted on the page."
-RADIO
WAVES INTERNATIONAL
HOT NEW
COUNTRY:
"Get the
gossip going on in Nashville."
-HOT NEW
COUNTRY
TIMES
RECORD NEWS:
"My name
is Don Chance and I'm a new Roughstock.com reviewer too. I
just read your column for the first time and I'm impressed. Though I've
been the Country Music Writer for the Wichita Falls, TX, TIMES RECORD
NEWS for only about 2 years, I quit a journalism program in college to
become a full-time professional country musician. Twenty years later,
I'm back in journalism - interviewing the stars and reviewing the shows
and records and having a great time. It's good to see other
commentators out there who know that there's more to Country Music than
just the current Top-40 charts and those embarassing beauty-pageant
"music" awards shows. I'll be checking in on your column from time to
tiume, so keep up the good work."
-DON
CHANCE, Country Music Writer, Times Record News, Wichita Falls,
Texas
ROUGHSTOCK.COM:
"Let me
first say how much I enjoy your column. You sure know how to
get the inside stuff."
-DAN
MACINTOSH, Roughstock.com
TIPWORLD.COM:
"I enjoy
reading your column every day. It's a nice break from the
press releases and publicist dreck I have to wade through. Keep up the
good work."
-MICHAEL
SIMMONS, Mountainview, California
TWANGZINE
MAGAZINE:
"...For
even juicer news, Check out STACY'S MUSIC ROW REPORT."
-TWANGZINE
MAGAZINE, www.twangzine.com
MUSIC
BUSINESS SOLUTIONS: MUSIC BUSINESS INSIGHTS:
"...does
get behind-the-scenes."
-MUSIC
BUSINESS SOLUTIONS: MUSIC BUSINESS INSIGHTS
www.mbsolutions.com/biz/Info20.html
NEON
CACTUS:
"...The
only country music news that matters."
-NEON
CACTUS, www.neoncactus.com
JOHN
O'DOWD:
"I'm a
new visitor to your website and wish to commend you--not only on
a terrific and informative site--but on your list of accomplishments in
the industry (which has basically left me awestruck)! It's quite clear
you've had one fabulous career yourself, and I wish you much continued
success."
-JOHN
O'DOWD, Pinebrook, New Jersey
KEN
BURKE:
"As
always, I dig the Web site. Do your best and the mighty forces will
come to your aid -- or something like that..."
-KEN
BURKE, freelance writer, Black Canyon City, Arizona
TOM
WEAVER:
"Stacy-
I've been reading your interesting insights for a year or so
now... after starting locally/regionally in 1992 as a full-time
journalist. I formerly
wrote for ‘Country Weekly,’ ‘Country Song Roundup' and the short-lived
'Twang'... My best, Tom."
-TOM
WEAVER, entertainment journalist, Wilmington, Delaware
PERFECT
SOUND FOREVER:
"A very
worthwhile, informative site that will hopefully become a role
model for music journalists."
-JASON
GROSS, Perfect Sound Forever magazine
(www.perfectsoundforever.com), New York City, New York
AMERICANA
REVIEW:
"Stacy's
Music Row Report [features] Real music news, from one of the
industry's most reliable sources."
-Americana
Review, www.americanareview.com
JIM
HARRINGTON:
"As a
music critic based out of the San Francisco Bay Area, I'm pretty
disconnected (by geography) with what happens on Music Row. Tuning into
Stacy's Music Row Report helps change that. I'd be a fool - or a rookie
reporter - not to utilize it."
-JIM
HARRINGTON, Staff Writer, www.insidebayarea.com
BRENT
HECHT:
"Your
knowledge of the genre is encyclopedic!"
-BRENT
HECHT, Editor, liberalcountryfan.com
BBC WORLD
SERVICE:
"We are
running a story on Black Country Music and I have been looking
at your website with interest! Very informative!... We can't do this
piece without speaking to Frankie Staton… Do you have any contacts
details for her?... I had also thought about speaking to Charley Pride,
but if you know of any other musicians who would be good talkers and
wouldn’t mind coming on the programme then please let me know. I hope
you don’t mind me contacting you- but you seem to know it all!...
Thanks for your time."
-RUTH
BARNES, Producer, The Beat, BBC World Service
RAY
DOBBS:
“Hi
Stacy. Love the Country Music Report! I wish I had seen your
website before my 3rd edition of How to See and Meet the Country Music
Stars is released on March 15th, I would have put your site in my book.
"I'll get it in on the next printing! I'll send you a copy of my book
when its available.
”I'm still constantly updating my website which is to include links to
other websites and I'll definitely include your site. Anyway, take care
and keep on doing what you do best! Keeping Music Row in line!...
"Sincerely, Ray Dobbs, author.
-RAY
DOBBS, Author, How To See and Meet the Country Music Stars,
Murfreesboro, Tennessee
