CMT sponsors Rogers tribute benefit concert
The tribute will feature virtual performances due to the coronavirus and interviews from Rogers' friends including Dolly Parton, Gavin DeGraw, Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires, Jennifer Nettles, Lady Antebellum, Lionel Richie, Michael McDonald, Randy Houser, Rascal Flatts and Vince Gill.
The benefit will encore on both MTV Live at 8 p.m. eastern/Pacific on April 10 and on CMT at noon eastern/Pacfic on April 11.
Fans can donate directly to MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund, established to provide critical funds directly to the thousands of music creators and industry professionals who have the greatest need due to the coronavirus pandemic. Half of all funds raised will go directly to the Nashville country community. Viewers can support CMT's efforts by visiting Music Cares to contribute. If you are a member of the music industry and in need of assistance, visit MusicCares website. "Kenny Rogers transcended genres and generations with his musical versatility, legendary collaborations and timeless appeal, and we're honored to pay tribute to his legacy," shared Margaret Comeaux, executive producer, CMT. "Particularly in these turbulent times, we'll stop and take a moment to allow the memory of our dear friend Kenny to bring us together and inspire us to lend support to those in the music community who are most in need."
More news for Kenny Rogers
- 03/21/20: Kenny Rogers dies at 81
- 07/19/17: Rogers announces last show; Parton to perform
- 07/18/16: Rogers announces final Xmas tour
- 04/13/16: Rogers starts final tour in May
- 07/13/15: It's Christmas time again for Rogers
- 09/30/14: Rogers announces holiday tour
- 12/20/13: Rogers charts for seven decades
- 11/15/13: Rogers preps holiday tour
CD reviews for Kenny Rogers
Kenny Rogers has aged well, perhaps because he was already prematurely grey back when he first entered the country music realm more years ago than he'd probably care to mention. He sings, with the help of old friend Dolly Parton, on this album's title track about how you can't make old friends. And disarmingly honest lines like, "Who's going to tell me the truth?" raise this song above being just another music buddy number. The only trouble with having Parton sing a ...
There seems to be a theme among country superstars. They work their way onto the scene, burn bright, hopefully keeping the flame alive for some time. Then as their career ebbs and flows and the hits stop coming as steadily as they used to, they find themselves sitting in a studio recording a gospel record. Granted, country and gospel have always been fine bedfellows, but it just seems to be a trend that signifies that one is nearing the end of their career.
"The Gambler" himself, Kenny ...
Kenny Rogers' first studio album in three years finds his gifts undiminished, with his voice resounding distinctively atop Dann Huff's country-tinged adult contemporary productions. The material sticks to the sort of contemplative mid-tempo numbers on which Rogers excels, and though the opening single (the power ballad "I Can't Unlove You") is lyrically pedestrian, there are songwriting riches to be found throughout.
Walt Wilkins and Davis Raines' "Someone Somewhere Tonight" hits a high point ...
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