Billboard Mourns Nashville Chart Manager Wade Jessen

Billboard Mourns Nashville Chart Manager Wade Jessen In this week’s issue: Billboard Nashville chart manager Wade Jessen passes, just months after his 20th anniversary; new duo Striking Matches burns rock influences into its I.R.S. Nashville debut, “Hanging On a Lie,” in Makin’ Tracks; KRTY PD Nate Deaton takes issue with country radio’s approach to music discovery in the Stark Report; Sony Nashville creative vp Scott McDaniel examines music’s visuals in Questions Answered; and Shania Twain rocks a country road, maybe for the last time …    Due to conflicts between Adobe plug-ins and some browsers, if you are having trouble viewing the update, please right-click (or ctrl-command) to download the file to your computer, and then view it locally.