Gloriana plays GMA, Today Friday
Monday, August 24, 2009 – Gloriana returns to New York City this week opening for Taylor Swift on her "Fearless 2009 Tour" at Madison Square Garden on Aug. 27. While in town, the group will have their first national television performances live on Good Morning America and the Today Show, both on Friday, Aug. 28.
Gloriana is promoting their self-titled album (Emblem Music Group/Warner Bros. Records), which debuted at number 2 on the Billboard Country Album Chart and three on Billboard's Top 200. The album had the best first week sales of any new country artist with a debut album in 2009. Their single Wild At Heart is the best selling song by a new country act in 2009 having sold 300,000 copies to date.
More news for Gloriana
- 01/07/16: Gloriana member leaves band
- 12/17/13: Gloriana hopes for "Best Night Ever"
- 10/23/13: Gloriana member gets hitched
- 01/18/13: Gloriana gets ready for Sunday night
- 09/05/12: Gloriana announces new single
- 08/02/12: Gloriana visits Fox & Friends Friday AM
- 07/31/12: Gloriana, Joey + Rory put out new CDs
- 07/12/12: Gloriana postpones shows due to vocal problems
CD reviews for Gloriana
Why did Cheyenne Kimball leave? It's the question Gloriana fans want answered: country music's "Who Shot JR?" And even the remaining band members may not know. What's for certain is that Kimball, the multi-threat 22-year-old vocalist, reportedly just stopped showing up for Gloriana tour dates. A few tweets later, the bridges were burned, right on the verge of this record's release. The bandmates went into revisionist mode, expunging all traces of their former ...
It is interesting that Gloriana shares its name with a 1953 English opera, as they sound much the same --powerful, scripted and slightly overdramatic. The group's tight-knit harmonies are the crux of this 13-track album; they gorgeously weave and contrast strong 2-, 3- and 4-parts into almost every verse. Occasionally the group over sings, but then, they are fighting to be heard over layers of unneeded production.
Given the ages of the foursome (teens to mid-20s), it's only natural ...
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