September 30, 2009 - Dierks Bentley will take a quick break from Brad Paisley's American Saturday Night tour next week to perform his new single I Wanna Make You Close Your Eyes on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien on Oct. 5 and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson the following day (airing Oct. 12).... »»»September 30, 2009 - Amy Farris, 40, an Austin fiddle player, who most recently toured with Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women, died this past weekend. No cause of death was cited in news reports. Farris was found at her residence in Los Angeles.
Farris played with such artists as Kelly Willis, Bruce Robison, Alejandro... »»»September 30, 2009 - Bucky Covington returns with his newest single, Gotta Be Somebody," from an album due out next year.
The song, a hit for Nickelback, written by band members Chad Kroeger and Ryan Peake, along with co-producer Joey Moi, is the new single from Covinvgton's upcoming sophomore album, "I'm Alright," releasing spring 2010.... »»»September 30, 2009 - Music veteran John Grady is the new chairman of the board of the Academy of Country Music. Grady and a late of four other officers were elected last week for the 2009-2010 term, following elections held last week.
Newly elected were:
Chairman of the Board John Grady
President... »»»September 30, 2009 - David Nail was picked to be on major league baseball's first ever celebrity blogger at MLB.com.
Nail will post weekly updates through the World Series. His first post is at http://entertainment.mlblogs.com/.
Nail will be GAC's Fan Focus, a program highlighting new artists in the spotlight, for October.... »»»September 29, 2009 - Miranda Lambert, Kris Kristofferson, Patty Loveless and the Avett Brothers are among the artists with new music out today.
Lambert, who has enjoyed the most success of any Nashville Star contestant, is out with her third release, "Revolution." (Columbia Nashville). Lambert helped write several songs... »»»September 29, 2009 - Chris Isaak will host the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum's All for the Hall Los Angeles benefit in Los Angeles on Thursday.
Isaak will emcee the evening, the centerpiece of which will be a guitar pull featuring Vince Gill, Emmylou Harris, Dwight Yoakam and Melissa Etheridge. Isaak will also perform.... »»»September 29, 2009 - Levon Helm, who released his second solo album, "Electric Dirt" in June, was ordered to remain on vocal rest following removal of a lesion on his vocal chords.
A biopsy was done and revealed the lesion was not cancerous, according to his label's publicist. "Levon has been placed on strict vocal rest in... »»»September 29, 2009 - With the release date of her first-ever covers album, "The List," approaching on Oct. 6, Rosanne Cash will do two live shows during which she will perform several of its songs.
Following on the heels of a presentation at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in mid-September, Cash and her band... »»»September 28, 2009 - The Grand Ole Opry is joining the fight against breast cancer this Friday, Oct. 2 with "Opry Goes Pink," and it is getting help from ABC's "Good Morning America" co-anchor Robin Roberts, herself a breast cancer survivor. Roberts will be on hand as a special guest announcer for a portion of the night's first show.... »»»September 28, 2009 - Luke Bryan is set to release his second album, "Doin' My Thing," on Oct. 6 and will embark on a special promotional tour visiting nine cities in nine days to promote the new album. The album launch will kick-off Oct. 5 in Statesboro, Ga., where Bryan will host his previously announced first-ever Farm... »»»September 28, 2009 - Mobil Delvac, which manufactures heavy-duty diesel engine oil, will sponsor bluegrass band The Grascals That will include a new tour bus the band will call home for the next 12 months.
The bus will transport the band, which combines bluegrass and country, to more than 100 shows around the country over... »»»September 27, 2009 - The upcoming Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum's All for the Hall Los Angeles fundraiser on Oct. 1 with Vince Gill, Emmylou Harris, Dwight Yoakam, Melissa Etheridge and friends performing together will be preceded the night before by a special duet from Harris and Gill on NBC's new primetime Jay Leno Show.... »»»September 25, 2009 - Jewel and her non-profit charity, Project Clean Water, partnered with other groups to launch the Give A Drop campaign to support water projects in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Their first venture is to help provide water to the village of Pel in Dogon, Mali. The Dogon civilization is one of the most ancient in Africa.... »»»September 25, 2009 - The past hits of Creedence Clearwater Revival will live again. "The Singles Collection, a two-CD, one-DVD box with a slip case, containing all of the band's U.S. singles -- 30 songs in all will be out Nov. 3 on Fantasy.
The band, led by John Fogerty, racked up 17 hits in a 44-month stretch, 9 of them... »»»September 24, 2009 - Four weeks before heading out on the fall leg of her successful Music Room Series Tour, Jo Dee Messina spent the week in the studio with hit producer Paul Worley putting the finishing touches on her newest Curb Records release "Unmistakable."
Look for a new single from Messina in October.... »»»September 24, 2009 - Justin Moore scored his first number one hit with Small Town USA, switching places with Jason Aldean's Big Green Tractor which slipped to third for the week ending Oct. 3 on Billboard's country song chart.
On the album chart, Taylor Swift returned to first with "Fearless." She replaced Brooks & Dunn's "#1's...... »»»September 24, 2009 - Crystal Gayle will be honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Friday, Oct. 2. Tanya Tucker will be the guest... »»»September 24, 2009 - Trace Adkins' video for his recent hit All I Ask For Anymore makes its debut on CMT and CMT.com on Monday, Sept. 28 and on GAC and CMT Pure both beginning on Tuesday, Sept. 29.
The song is a coming of age song about getting a better understanding of putting life's priorities in order.... »»»September 24, 2009 - The Sam Bush Band and Sarah Jarosz will both appear live this Saturday on the National Public Radio program "A Prairie Home Companion" hosted by Garrison Keillor from St. Paul, Minn. The season opener for PHC will air nationally between 5-7 p.m. central.
Jarosz's debut CD, "Song in Her Head, earlier... »»»September 23, 2009 - At most country music award shows, you know what to expect: a heavily-televised room with celebrities and their entourages filling the first several rows, and fans cheering from the back of the room. The year's top singers performing either a recent hit single or debuting a new song.... »»»September 23, 2009 - Jason Aldean is releasing The Truth as the third single from his third album "Wide Open" this week with an official add date of Monday, Sept. 28.
"This is one of those songs that I heard the first time and knew I wanted to cut," said Aldean. "It's about a relationship going bad and the guy just losing... »»»September 23, 2009 - The Country Music Hall of Fame is looking to double in size, according to a report in The Tennessean.
Nashville Mayor Karl Dean announced the news during a speech on Monday.
Hall of Fame Director Kyle Young told the newspaper, "We really need to expand. We know what happens when you don't do that...... »»»September 23, 2009 - Texas star Pat Green and BNA Records split after two albums. Green, who developed a huge following in his home state, before going the major label route, released "Cannonball" in 2006 and "What I'm For" in January. Both reached number two on the album charts.
Green had six singles chart from the two... »»»September 23, 2009 - Steve Wariner will be inducted into the National Thumbpickers Hall of Fame during the organization's 12th annual induction ceremony on Sept. 25 in Powderly, Ky. Wariner's current homage to Chet Atkins, Steve Wariner," c.g.p., My Tribute to Chet Atkins," was named Thumbpicking Recording of the Year even... »»»September 22, 2009 - Texas singer songtwriting vetean returns with "Some Days the Song Writes You" (Dualtone) This is the first disc for Clark since 2006's "Workbench Songs."
Veteran group the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band return with "Speed of Life" (Sugar Hill). This is the group's first for the label and includes 13 songs.... »»»September 22, 2009 - Cowboy Casanova is out today as a digital single. The song is the fastest rising song of Carrie Underwood's career and the fastest rising hit of the year at country radio, at 11 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart 1 week after its official airplay impact date of Sept. 14. The song is the first single... »»»September 22, 2009 - Brad Paisley takes his "American Saturday Night" tour to the west coast for the next two weeks and will be hitting TV shows while in the Los Angeles area.
Paisley will be the musical guest on The Jay Leno Show with Sheryl Crow on Monday, Sept. 28 at 10 p.m. Eastern on NBC; The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Wednesday, Sept.... »»»September 22, 2009 - The Academy of Country Music announced a $750,000 endowment Tuesday given to ACM Lifting Lives, made from monies raised from ticket sales from the George Strait: ACM Artist of the Decade All Star Concert taped in Las Vegas in April. The gift is the second disbursement of a three-year funding commitment... »»»September 21, 2009 - The spirit may have been really good at this year's Americana Music Association conference this past week, but the numbers were down.
Executive Director Jed Hilly said Monday that last year's fest drew about 890 registrants paid and gratis, while this year was about 760.
The downturn was no surprise to Hilly.... »»»September 21, 2009 - Justin Moore will be number one with his single Small Town USA when the charts come out this week. He will take over for Jason Aldean's Big Green Tractor. This is Moore's first hit single off his debut album for the Valory Music Co. Moore had been third in the current Billboard chart.... »»»September 21, 2009 - Kenny Chesney's 2009 Carnival tour ended in Indianapolis with acoustic guitar in hand playing Better As A Memory, with its line "Every good-byes like a roulette wheel, never know where it's gonna land."
That was after Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles coming out for When The Sun Goes Down...... »»»September 21, 2009 - Citing "calls and emails from angry firefighters, police officers and their families," BLEVE Records is moving forward with the release and promotion of My First Ride in the face of legal action from Capitol Nashville. This song, by Ronnie Milsap, features Capitol Nashville artist Trace Adkins and is... »»»September 21, 2009 - Rockie Lynne was named an honorary admiral in the Minnesota Naval Militia for "demonstrating notable patriotism, valor and fidelity."
The declaration was issued and signed by Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty and presented to a surprised Lynne after his performance at the 6th Annual Tribute To The Troops... »»»September 21, 2009 - Carrie Underwood was inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame during an induction ceremony and concert hosted at the Muskogee Civic Center in Muskogee, Okla. on Sept. 17.
Underwood joins previous fellow country singers Vince Gill, Toby Keith, Merle Haggard and Ronnie Dunn as members since the... »»»September 20, 2009 - The Little Nashville Opry, a country music venue for more than three decades in Indiana, burned to the ground Saturday night. No one was injured in the blaze, which is under investigation.
Although a show had been held earlier Saturday night, no one was in the building at the time of the fire.
The fox59.... »»»September 18, 2009 - Scott Barr Moritz, who led the band the Slow Drags under the nom de roots rock Scotland Barr, passed away on Sept. 1 after battling pancreatic cancer.
The band's second full-length, "All the Great Aviators Agree," was one of last year's more pleasant surprises, and a September 2008 write-up made... »»»September 18, 2009 - Capitol Records Nashville received a cease and desist order against BLEVE Records over the apparent use of Trace Adkins singing on a song with Ronnie Milsap.
BLEVE stopped promoting its debut single My First Ride, as a result. The song by Milsap features Capitol Records Nashville artist Adkins and was... »»»September 18, 2009 - Bucky Covington is showing you can go back home again because the singer will give his first concert in Rockingham, N.C.
"When I was on American Idol the whole town pulled together - all of the business, churches - everyone. They all went above and beyond to help out and show me their support," Covingrton said.... »»»September 17, 2009 - It was a big night for Buddy and Julie Miller at the Americana Music Association annual awards show Thursday in Nashville, winning four awards. Miller won the final award of the evening - Artist of the Year. The couple took home album of the year for "Written in Chalk," song of the year for Chalk and... »»»September 17, 2009 - Brooks & Dunn debuted in first on the Billboard country album chart for the week ending Sept. 26 with "#1s And Then Some," a greatest hits package with a few new songs. B&D took over for Taylor Swift's "Fearless," which slipped to second. Jason Aldean tops the Billboard country songs chart again with Big Green Tractor.... »»»September 17, 2009 - The Americana Music Association annual conference started Wednesday with the annual awards show happening tonight.
Among those getting an award will be John Fogerty. He made a surprise appearance at a Nashville nightclub Wednesday night, playing 20 songs from his Creedence Clearwater Revival days and his solo career.... »»»September 17, 2009 - Rascal Flatts will release a limited edition version of the band's Greatest Hits: Volume 1 record on Oct. 6. The set contains 13 of Rascal Flatts's two cds of hits plus new bonus content, including four new bonus tracks - live concert recordings of Take Me There, Winner At A Losing Game, Me And My Gang... »»»September 16, 2009 - Robert Earl Keen is going his own route with a new disc coming out the end of September on his own label.
"The Rose Hotel" comes out Sept. 29.
The Texan is pressing 750 copies in vinyl edition, available exclusively from RobertEarlKeen.com, with the first LP pressed on "Rose Colored" wax and the... »»»September 16, 2009 - Thad Cockrell is releasing his first solo album in six years. "To Be Loved" will be out Oct. 13.
"I just felt the conversation wasn't finished," said Cockrell. After spending years writing, road testing and recording the new material, he is ready to share the record he calls "more me than any previous release.... »»»September 16, 2009 - Rosanne Cash has a new CD coming in October, but she will release an EP two weeks prior to that.
On Sept. 22, Cash offers a partially new digital collection, "The Good Intent EP." The EP, to be released by Capitol/EMI for download purchase from all major digital service providers, contains five songs... »»»September 15, 2009 - Kanye West contacted Taylor Swift to apologize for interrupting her speech Sunday at the Video Music Association awards, when he said an award she received should have gone to Beyonce.
"Kanye did call me, and he was very sincere in his apology, and I accepted that apology," Swift told ABC News Tuesday.... »»»September 15, 2009 - Jay Farrar and Benjamin Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie will perform songs from their collaborative album "One Fast Move Or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur," at four concerts in October.
The shows are:
Oct. 23 - El Rey Theatre - Los Angeles, CA (on sale 9/16)
Oct. Bimbo's 365 Club - San Francisco, CA... »»»September 15, 2009 - Martina McBride and Maily Cyrus will join Jordin Sparks on the VH1 Divas special in mid-September.
VH1 Divas also will have Adele, Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Hudson and Leona Lewis. The show airs Sept. 17 from Brooklyn's Academy of... »»»September 15, 2009 - The music video for Lady Antebellum's brand new single Need You Now world premieres on YouTube today, becoming the first country music video to debut in the popular site's Featured Video section. The video was directed by David McClister and shot in Toronto in late August.
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September 15, 2009 - Don't look for Kenny Chesney's annual summer pilgrimage in 2010. At least that's what Chesney told Entertainment Weekly.
Chesney said his final stadium show of the 2009 season, on Sept. 19 in Indianapolis, will be his last big gig before taking a breather. "I'm not quitting," he said. "It's just a short pause.... »»»September 15, 2009 - Joe Nichols will perform his single Believers at a ceremony honoring the Dalai Lama. The Freedom Award, which is the highest honor given by the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, will be presented to the Dali Lama on Sept. 23 at the historic Lorraine Hotel.
That evening, Nichols will join... »»»September 15, 2009 - John Fogerty will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriting at the Americana Music Association's 8th Annual Honors and Awards ceremony on Sept. 17 at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.
The former mainstay of Credence Clearwater Revival just released "The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again," a... »»»September 15, 2009 -
Take two parts Nickel Creek, one key player of Toad the Wet Sprocket, a Heartbreaker, two Imposters and a few others, and voila, WPA. The group released "Works Progress Administration" today on their own label. Members include brother/sister Sean and Sara Watkins of Nickel Creek, Toad's lead singer... »»»September 15, 2009 - Wynonna Judd will be the special guest on the 2009 Santa Train going through Tennessee, Kentucky and Virginia to deliver toys to children.
"Sharing the joy of the season with children who grew up just like I did is something that I am so privileged to have the opportunity to do," Wynonna said.... »»»September 14, 2009 - Kanye West apologized yet again on the debut of the Jay Leno Show Monday night for taking the mike from Taylor Swift at the Video Music Association awards and saying Beyonce should have won the best female video award.
West told Leno he would take time off to reflect on his actions towards Swift.... »»»September 14, 2009 - Luke Bryan will launch his first headline tour, "Doin' My Thing Tour," in late October with shows continuing through early December. Prior to the tour launch Bryan will release his sophomore album, "Doin' My Thing," on Oct. 6.
Republic Records duo Fast Ryde will open.
The kick-off city, venue and date - Oct.... »»»September 14, 2009 - Taylor Swift is taking the high road in the wake of Kanye West's disruption of her speech Sunday at the Video Music Awards.
"I don't know him, and I don't want to start anything because I had a great night tonight," Swift said West. "I've had a really really fun night. It's been interesting. Definitely.... »»»September 14, 2009 - Rascal Flatts will perform on the season finale of NBC's "America's Got Talent" this Wednesday, Sept. 16 at 8-10 p.m. eastern. Shakira, Leona Lewis, Cirque du Soleil and others also will... »»»September 14, 2009 - Eric Church fractured his foot during a show on his Young & Wild(er) Tour at the Syracuse State Fair on Sept. 4, but us continuing his tour despite the injury. Church is on tour supporting his sophomore release, "Carolina," which features the hit single Love Your Love The Most.
"As my fans know, I get... »»»September 14, 2009 - Gretchen Wilson will be honored by The National Coalition for Literacy and the Center for the Book with a 2009 NCL Literacy Leadership Award at a reception at the Library of Congress on Wednesday, Sept. 16.
The awards, which will also honor two political figures, two advocacy groups and a literacy... »»»September 14, 2009 - Kenny Chesney will beam his Times Square show Tuesday across the Internet. Chesney is putting his show on his own Takes No Shoes Radio live as part of the Hard Rock Ambassadors of Rock starting at 6 p.m. Uncle Kracker also will play.
"Part of the idea of the station is to bring people deeper into this... »»»September 13, 2009 - Johnny Reid took home five Canadian Country Music Association awards Sunday, including the coveted Fans' Choice Award.
Winners were:
Single of the Year: Brothers~ Dean Brody
Album of the Year: Dance With Me ~ Johnny Reid
Songwriter(s) of the Year: Johnny Reid/Brent Maher for... »»»September 13, 2009 - Kanye West ruined with Taylor Swift's speech during her talk after winning the Video Music Association top female vocalist award Sunday for You Belong With Me. West later apologized for his actions on his blog.
Swift seemed surprised to have won the award. West came on stage as Swift was talking,... »»»September 13, 2009 - John Fogerty is launching a November tour in support of his just released country covers disc, "The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again." The dates posted on Fogerty's web site start Nov.12 in Los Angeles and end Nov. 29 in Boston.
Tour dates are:
Nov. 12 Kodak Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
Nov.... »»»September 11, 2009 - James Otto and the Atlantic Coast Conference announced today that they will utilize Otto's Ain't Gonna Stop for promotions during the 2009 ACC Football Season. The ACC and James Otto will work together to deliver a promotion entitled "Ain't Gonna Stop on the Road to Tampa Bay" that will run through Nov.... »»»September 11, 2009 - Taylor Swift will make her first appearance on The View on Tuesday, Sept. 15. Swift will be interviewed by Barbara Walters and her co-hosts, and then perform two songs from her "Fearless" album. The View airs live on ABC at 11 a.m. eastern in New York.
Swift will perform live from Radio City Music... »»»September 10, 2009 - Jason Aldean's Big Green Tractor was first for the third straight week on the Billboard country song chart for the week ending Sept. 19, while "Fearless' by Taylor Swift once again topped the album chart. Reba McEntire's former number one, "Keep on Loving You," dropped to fifth.... »»»September 10, 2009 - Subsequent to the CMA Awards nomination announcements on "Good Morning America," CMT's "Insider Special Edition: 2009 CMA Awards Nominations" and Premiere Radio Networks, it was discovered that Brad Paisley and Keith Urban were inadvertently omitted from the list of final nominees for CMA Musical Event... »»»September 10, 2009 - Tim McGraw will give his new single, Southern Voice, its national television debut when he performs on NFL Opening Kickoff 2009 on NBC and NFL Network from 8-8:30 p.m. eastern. The live pregame broadcast, which leads into the season opener between the Steelers and the Tennessee Titans at Heinz Field,... »»»September 9, 2009 - Keith Urban was predictably excited at receiving five CMA nominations Wednesday.
"This is absolutely awe inspiring," said Urban. "I've never loved playing music as much as I have this year. The response to the new album has been divine and, given the crazy times we're in, the celebratory atmosphere... »»»September 9, 2009 - Barbara Mandrell became the first woman to be inducted into the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame at the International Steel Guitar Convention in St. Louis, on Sept. 5. Known as the "Sweetheart of the Steel," Mandrell was a multi-instrumentalist by the time she was 10. She was on tour with The Johnny Cash Show... »»»September 9, 2009 - Lady Antebellum grabbed two CMA nominations this morning for Group of the Year and Single of the Year for their gold-certified and recent number one hit I Run To You.
"Being halfway around the world and hearing that we got two CMA nominations is totally surreal...we're so far from home, but we're also... »»»September 9, 2009 - The reigning four-time Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year, Kenny Chesney hopes to make it five this year, but he takes nothing for granted.
"It's funny," he said "but the more you do this, the more those nominations mean. You realize what it takes to receive an honor like this -... »»»September 9, 2009 - Taylor Swift has surpassed the 10 million milestone for record sales of actual full albums sold. She also sold more than 20 million paid song downloads, more than any artist in country music history.
Swift, 19, released the now quadruple-platinum self-titled debut CD in October 2006 on Big Machine... »»»September 9, 2009 - Rocker Melissa Etheridge was added to the line-up of performers at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum's All for the Hall Los Angeles fundraiser on Thursday, Oct. 1. Etheridge joins previously announced performers Vince Gill, Emmylou Harris and Dwight Yoakam.
All for the Hall Los Angeles will... »»»September 9, 2009 - With his debut released earlier this year, Randy Houser was quite pleased with getting a CMA nomination for best new artist Wednesday.
"It's such an honor to be grouped with these other great New Artist nominees. Many of them are buddies of mine so it's going to be a fun party afterwards no matter who... »»»September 9, 2009 - Final nominees, including Kix Brooks, for the nation's top country radio stations and broadcast personalities were announced today for the 2009 CMA Broadcast Personality and Radio Station of the Year finalists.
The winners will be notified in mid-October and will be acknowledged at the
43rd Annual CMA Awards on Nov.... »»»September 9, 2009 - Brad Paisley led the list of finalists for the 43rd annual Country Music Association awards with seven nominations.
Paisley was nominated for Entertainer; Male Vocalist; Album for "American Saturday Night," which was produced by Frank Rogers and Chris DuBois; Single and Song for Then (DuBois and... »»»September 8, 2009 - Brooks & Dunn are releasing a greatest hits package, while Zac Brown Band releases a new version of their hit debut and a Texas honky tonker resurfaces in new CDs out this week.
Brooks & Dunn announced a few weeks ago that they were going to split after a 2010 farewell tour. "#1s ...... »»»September 8, 2009 - Luke Bryan will stage his inaugural Farm Tour show on Oct. 5 in Statesboro, Ga. The idea came from Bryan as a way to give back to a charity or organization in local farming communities. These special one-off shows will continue throughout Bryan's career with additional dates already planned for 2010.... »»»September 8, 2009 - Pieta Brown, a country/folk singer, signed with Red House Records. Brown has toured with John Prine, Ani Difranco, Calexico, J.J. Cale, Iris Dement and Mason Jennings. As the daughter of legendary Red House artist Greg Brown, Brown even lived in the red house that gave the label its name.... »»»September 8, 2009 - Ken Levitan, manager of Lyle Lovett, Emmylou Harris, the Kings of Leon and Dierks Bentley, will receive the Jack Emerson Lifetime Achievement Award for an Executive at the Americana Music Association's 8th Annual Honors and Awards ceremony, slated for Thursday, Sept. 17 at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.... »»»September 8, 2009 - The first Country Music Hall of Fame benefit has yet to be even be held, but Keith Urban is raring to go for a follow-up.
We're Hall For The Hall benefit concert for the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum will be held Oct. 13 at the Sommet Center in Nashville featuring Vince Gill, Faith Hill, Brad... »»»September 8, 2009 - Rascal Flatts will make their second appearance on Oprah this Thursday, Sept. 10. The band will head to Chicago today to perform as part of the show's 24th season kick-off by performing live for crowds on Michigan Avenue when the show shuts down the street for the taping to air late this week.... »»»September 4, 2009 - Del McCoury may have released a retrospective, the "Celebrating 50 Years Of Del McCoury" boxed set, but he's not done for the year. "Family Circle" is dropping Oct. 27.
Recorded this summer at sessions sandwiched between appearances at Merlefest, Bonnaroo, Grey Fox and McCoury's own Delfest, "Family... »»»September 4, 2009 - George Jones teamed up with Cracker Barrel to release a new CD this week. "A Collection Of My Best Recollection" contains 10 Jones hits plus 2 previously unreleased songs, I Don't Want To Know and I'm A Long Gone Daddy.
Jones is set to Sept. 11 will perform on NBC's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.... »»»September 3, 2009 - Reba McEntire is hitting the TV circuit to support her new best selling CD,"Keep On Loving You," her first solo CD in six years.
She has a new single, Consider Me Gone, now in the Top 35 this week on the Billboard chart.
McEntire goes to Los Angeles next week for a series of media appearances... »»»September 3, 2009 - Reba McEntire stayed number 1 on the Billboard country album chart with "Keep On Loving You," while Jason Aldean's Big Green Tractor was first again on the song chart for the week ending Sept. 12.
On the album chart, George Strait was second with "Twang," Taylor Swift third with "Fearless," the "NOW... »»»September 2, 2009 - Cowboy Casanova is the first single from Carrie Underwood's upcoming third album, "Play On." Underwood wrote the track with Mike Elizondo and Brett James, one of the writers behind her huge hit Jesus, Take the Wheel.
Originally slated to arrive at country radio on Sept. 8, the leak of a rough,... »»»September 2, 2009 - Guy Clark is hitting the road in support of his CD "Sometimes the Song Writes You" (Dualtone). The Texas songwriter has dates from Sept. 17 until Nov. 11.
Dates are:
Sept. 17 Minneapolis, MN Cedar Cultural Center
Sept. 19 Cascade, IA Ellen Kennedy Fine Arts Center
Sept.... »»»September 2, 2009 - Love And Theft's debut album, "World Wide Open," bowed at number 10 on Nielsen Soundscan's Country Top 75 chart. With more than 12,500 units sold first week, Love And Theft was the top-selling newly released artist album this week and had the third highest charting first week sales numbers for a new... »»»September 2, 2009 - Tim McGraw will join tennis great Andre Agassi for his 14th annual benefit concert set for Sept. 26 in Las Vegas. Rockers Daughtry, singer Brian McKnight, comedian Dane Cook and music producer David Foster will also participate.
Agassi has been heavily involved in the Las Vegas community.... »»»September 2, 2009 - Zac Brown Band's "The Foundation" launches again. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store will offer an exclusive new version with new artwork plus three previously unreleased recordings, live versions of The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, Martin and I Shall Be Released.
"Working with Cracker Barrel on... »»»September 1, 2009 - After months of allegations and separation, LeAnn Rimes said Tuesday on her web site that she is getting divorced. Rimes, who is getting divorced from Dean Sheremet, has allegedly been having a relationship with actor Eddie Cibrian.
"After much thoughtful mutual consideration, Deane and I have agreed... »»»September 1, 2009 - Alecia Nugent released a music video for the song Don't Tell Me off of her recently released album "Hillbilly Goddess "on Rounder Records. The music video, shot just north of Nashville and directed by Glenn Sweitzer, can be viewed at www.AleciaNugent.com.
Nugent recently was nominated for 2009 IBMA... »»»September 1, 2009 - John Fogerty goes back three decades to put out something new today. On his new album, "The Blue Rangers Rides Again" (Verve Forecast), Fogerty brings back the concept behind his solo debut, 1973's "The Blue Ridge Rangers." Fogerty takes his favorite classic songs, such as John Prine's Paradise, Buck... »»»
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