March 11, 2010 - Billy Currington and Lady Antebellum claimed the top spots on the Billboard country songs and album chart for the week ending March 20 with That's How Country Boys Roll and "Need You Now" respectively.
On the song chart, Currington took over the number one spot from Josh Turner's Why Don't We Just... »»»March 11, 2010 - Traditional country singer Elizabeth Cook will release "Welder" on May 11 on 31 Tigers. Produced by Don Was (Rolling Stones, Kris Kristofferson), the disc features guest appearances by Dwight Yoakam, Rodney Crowell and Buddy Miller.
"Welder" is the follow up to Cook's 2007's Rodney Crowell produced... »»»March 11, 2010 - Miranda Lambert embarks on her "Roadside Bars & Pink Guitars" headlining tour next week in West Virginia. The tour is slated to end in Texas in June. James Otto, David Nail, Randy Houser, Cross Canadian Ragweed, Eric Church, Jake Owen, Wade Bowen, Luke Bryan and Chris Young will open shows during the tour.... »»»March 11, 2010 - Rascal Flatts wrapped the final leg of their "Rascal Flatts American Living Unstoppable Tour" last night in Houston. The tour played 57 shows during its run of June 2009 to March with a fan attendance near 800,000.
This includes the two sold-out stadium concerts at Chicago's Wrigley Field and... »»»March 10, 2010 - Nashville was picked to host the National Folk Festival for 3 years starting in 2011. The fest will incorporate many types of music, including country.
The festival is the oldest and longest-running multi-ethnic traditional arts festival in the nation. This moveable exposition of traditional music and... »»»March 10, 2010 - Lady Antebellum will return to number 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart as the top selling disc in the country when the charts are out Thursday. "Need You Now" takes over for Sade's "Soldier of Love," which will be second.
Lady A had been in second for three weeks. The disc sold 126,000 units, up 6 percent.... »»»March 10, 2010 - Jamey Johnson, Mac Davis and Mac McAnally won awards Wednesday from the Alabama Music Hall.
They will be inducted with four others during the 13th Induction Banquet and Awards Show in Montgomery, Ala., Thursday, March 25.
Johnson will receive the Alabama's Rising Star Award category.... »»»March 10, 2010 - Rosanne Cash and NPR will team for a night of music and conversation in a special one-off concert in Seattle in May.
NPR On Location with Rosanne Cash will be held at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle on Saturday, May 1. NPR's Michele Norris of All Things Considered will host the event.... »»»March 10, 2010 - The Drive-By Truckers will appear on "Late Show with David Letterman" on Friday, March 12 and "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" on Wednesday, March 31 in support of their new CD "The Big To-Do," out next Tuesday on ATO. They've also added additional dates to their tour including nine with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers.... »»»March 10, 2010 - Blake Shelton may celebrate with a six pack today as his new album, "Hillbilly Bone," debuts at number 3 on Billboard's Top 200 chart, making it this week's highest charting debut album and his highest debut of his career on the all-genre chart. The new six-song disc also came in second on the Top... »»»March 9, 2010 - Darius Rucker will host the "Darius and Friends" concert in Nashville at The Wildhorse Saloon in Nashville on June 7 to benefit the research and care of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis. The concert, being held during CMA Music Week, will include performances by Rucker with additional... »»»March 9, 2010 - Gary Allan has release day today to himself. The singer put out the 10-song "Get Off on the Pain." The first single was Today a song penned by Brice Long and Tommy Lee James. the disc features Allan's vocals way upfront on a collection country songs with edge. Allan produced the disc with Greg Droman and Mark Bright.... »»»
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March 9, 2010 - Rascal Flatts guitarist and vocalist Joe Don Rooney and his wife Tiffany Fallon announced today they are anticipating the birth of their second child in September.
"We are so excited to bring another child into our lives," said Rooney. "Our son Jagger has been the biggest blessing.... »»»March 9, 2010 - Carrie Underwood's "Play On Tour," will kick off this Thursday, March 11 in Reading, Pa. with special guests Craig Morgan and Sons of Sylvia. The "Play On Tour," is currently slated to run through June 20 in Saskatoon, Canada.
The tour apparently plans to bring Underwood to the back of the crowd at one point.... »»»March 9, 2010 - Alan Jackson's 18th album, "Freight Train," releases on March 30, and a new track from the album will be available for purchase exclusively on the iTunes Store every week for 3 weeks heading into the album release.
The exclusive iTunes Countdown pre-release tracks begin today with Hard Hat and a Hammer.... »»»March 9, 2010 - Laura Bell Bundy's major label debut album, "Achin' And Shakin'," is slated for release April 13 on Mercury Nashville. The lead single Giddy On Up has received almost 1 million streams in a month and has sold more than 30,000 digital singles.
The album is a concept broken into two styles.... »»»March 8, 2010 - Billy Currington garners his fifth number one single with That's How Country Boys Roll this week, according to his record label. Currington will take over the top spot from Josh Turner's Why Don't We Just Dance.
The new number one song, written by Currington, Brett Jones and Dallas Davidson, is from... »»»March 8, 2010 - Little Big Town continues to get bigger. This time, Karen Fairchild and Jimi Westbrook had their first child on Friday. Elijah Dylan Westbrook is the boy's name.
"We've been waiting for this for a long time and can't tell you how thrilled and blessed we both feel," People.com quoted Fairchild.... »»»March 8, 2010 - Dwight Yoakam allegedly owes the IRS $458,000, it was reported on several web sites Monday.
The IRS filed a lien against Yoakam at the Los Angeles County Records of Deeds on Jan. 10.
No further information was available about the country singer and his tax... »»»March 8, 2010 - Dierks Bentley is following through on his threat to go bluegrass. The country singer will release "Up On The Ridge " this summer.
Bentley will work with the Del McCoury Band and Chris Thile and the Punch Brothers on the release. The disc also features vocal and instrumental contributions ranging... »»»March 7, 2010 - The lead singer of alt.-country band Sparklehorse, Mark Linkous, committed suicide on Saturday in Knoxville at 47.
The New York Times reported that his manager Shelby Meade said Linkous shot himself in the heart in an alley outside a friend's home.
Sparklehorse released four adults between 1995 and 2006.... »»»
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