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We catch up with rockers Bobby Bare Jr. and Mike Grimes to talk about a reunion show and the Record Store Day reissue of their rambunctious debut.

Spotify links with Bandsintown, Motley Crue gets action figures and more music deals, including a Duetti financing round, a WCM label launch and more.

WME's AI play, Lil Boosie's label finds a distributor and more music deals involving Sphere, SoundCloud, Joeboy, Skybound, Yoto and more.

Also this week: Skybound launches a new label with FUGA and Downtown, Nigerian singer-songwriter Joeboy teams with Warner Music on a new imprint and more.

Lori McKenna has bucked music industry norms to become a prolific songwriter. She retells how Faith Hill was an early believer.

When Big Machine Music General Manager Mike Molinar met Laura Veltz, he saw what he looks for in promising songwriters: humanity.

Luke Dick has written Miranda Lambert's "Bluebird," Dierks Bentley's "Burning Man" and Jackson Dean's "Don't Come Lookin."

On the latest episode of the Songwriter Soup podcast, Laura Veltz shares the reasons why co-writers break up with each other.

Slow and steady wins the race in the world of songwriting, according to hit songwriter Laura Veltz on 'Songwriter Soup.'

Luke Laird has a specific approach to songwriting. "I'm not a big over-thinker or over-analyzer," he describes. "I'm just chasing a feeling."