May 16, 2012 - Lady Antebellum and thousands of fans joined together at Louisville, Ky.'s KFC Yum! Center tonight to raise more than $285,000 for the Henryville, Ind. community hit by tornados.
All proceeds will be distributed through the New Hope/Indiana Bankers Association for the Disaster Relief Fund.... »»»May 16, 2012 - Little Big Town will host the 2012 Ride For a Cure Sunday, June 10 with proceeds benefitting the T.J. Martell Foundation during the CMA Music Fest. This will be the group's sixth consecutive year hosting the ride.
A post-ride jam session will feature Lauren Alaina, Dean Alexander, Love and Theft... »»»May 16, 2012 - Female duo Miss Willie Brown released a new single, You're All That Matters To Me, to radio this week.
The track was written by Robert John "Mutt" Lange and produced by Nathan Chapman (Taylor Swift, The Band Perry) and is the duo's lead single from their debut album due out this fall.... »»»May 16, 2012 - New West Records announced it was forming a new label, Normaltown Records, to launch new artists.
Normaltown Records, based in Athens, Ga., was named for the artist centric neighborhood of Athens. The label announced the signing of five artists - Kalen Nash, White Violet, Daniel Romano and Lily Hiatt... »»»May 15, 2012 - Carrie Underwood's fourth album, "Blown Away," will be number 1 for the second consecutive week on Billboard's Top Country & all-genre 200 albums sales chart when it is released Thursday. This marks the first time since 2010 that a country artist has debuted at number 1 on Billboard's all-genre 200... »»»May 15, 2012 - Willie Nelson shows no signs of slowing down. "Heroes" is out today for the 79-year-old singer. The disc includes 15 songs with a lot of help from his son Lukas, who plays guitar. Snoop Dog, Kris Kristofferson, Jamey Johnson and Merle Haggard all help... »»»May 14, 2012 - Jason Aldean will claim his fifth straight number one single from his latest CD when Fly Over States. The song will become his ninth overall number one when the charts are officially released Thursday on Billboard.
Aldean takes over the top from Miranda Lambert's Over You.
"I've always loved... »»»May 12, 2012 - Loretta Lynn announced Thursday evening from the stage of the Ryman Auditorium during Opry Country Classics that she chose Zooey Deschanel to portray her in an upcoming Broadway-bound stage adaptation of "Coal Miner's Daughter."
Following the announcement, Deschanel, who has sung with M.... »»»May 11, 2012 - Show Dog -Universal Music recording artist Jessie James will release her new single to country radio May 14.
Military Man was written in honor of her stepfather who is a colonel and fighter pilot in the U.S. Air Force. "I wrote this song about my step dad who raised me," said James.... »»»May 11, 2012 - The 'Brothers of the Sun ' Tour, with Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw, met for their first on-stage, joint rehearsal on Thursday.
"Yesterday's rehearsal with Tim and I and our bands was as electric and exciting as we anticipated," said Chesney. "It's been a long time since we've played on stage... »»»May 10, 2012 - Kip Moore is making his national television debut on Live With Kelly Friday morning at 10 a.m. eastern. The Georgia native will perform his already gold-certified Top 5 single, Somethin' 'Bout a Truck
The Tifton, Ga. native released his debut album, "Up All Night," on April 24.... »»»May 10, 2012 - Carrie Underwood enjoying the best selling disc in the U.S. with "Blown Away" on the Billboard chart for the week ending May 19. Miranda Lambert grabbed the top of the Country Songs chart with Over You, switching places with Banjo by Rascal Flatts, which fell to third.
On the songs chart, Jason... »»»
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May 10, 2012 - Bucky Covington's tour bus was involved in an accident today on I-65 in Birmingham, Ala. while out for a run of tour dates.
Covington had already been dropped off for an earlier appearance that day and was not onboard at the time of the accident. "At this time, there appear to be no serious injuries... »»»May 10, 2012 - Blaster Entertainment signed Aaron Lewis to its roster. Lewis' full-length album is set for release later this summer.
A new release will be the follow-up "Town Line," a solo EP that debuted at number one on the Billboard Country Albums chart last year with the now defunct Stroudavarious label.... »»»May 10, 2012 - Elizabeth Cook first appeared on "The Late Show with David Letterman" back in August for a sit down interview, this time Cook returns to perform on Wednesday, June 13.
Letterman is a fan of Cook's "Apron Strings" radio show that airs Monday - Friday 10 a.m.-2 p.m. eastern on SiriusXM's Outlaw Country, channel 60.... »»»May 10, 2012 - Kenny Rogers formally announced today he is signing with Warner Records will join forces once again to create sweet music together.
Rogers said Wednesday night during his first of two sold-out performances at Ford Theater in Nashville as the Country Music Hall of Fame's 2012 Artist-in-Residence... »»»May 9, 2012 - Wade Bowen raised a record-breaking $150,000 this weekend in hometown Waco, Texas for the Advocacy Center for Crime Victims and Children at his 14th Annual "Wade Bowen Classic" celebrity concert and golf tournament.
Sunday's all-star concert hosted more than 3,000 fans at Indian Springs Park... »»»May 9, 2012 - Carrie Underwood enjoyed the best selling release in the country this past week on the Billboard charts as "Blown Away" sold more than 267,000 units.
Underwood takes over the top spot from Jack White's "Blunderbuss," which fell to seventh. Lionel Richie's "Tuskegee" was sixth with 64,000 units sold, down 18 percent.... »»»May 8, 2012 - Sara Watkins released her second solo album, "Sun Midnight Sun," after being with Nickel Creek. Produced by guitarist, singer and songwriter Blake Mills, co-founder of the band Simon Dawes, the album features Fiona Apple, Jackson Browne, Taylor Goldsmith (Dawes), Benmont Tench and Sean Watkins.... »»»May 8, 2012 - "This album continues to amaze me and I am so grateful for all that it has accomplished," Richie says. "Just when I think it couldn't get any bigger, 'Tuskegee' reaches a new level of success. When I came up with the idea for 'Tuskegee,' I didn't want to be confined by boundaries of age, genre or demographics.... »»»May 8, 2012 - Jake Owen had a busy weekend. He was handcuffed at least for a little while for wearing a mask into a business in his hometown of Vero Beach, Fla. on Saturday. A day later, he tied the knot with his longtime girlfriend.
Owen owned up to his bad behavior on Twitter. "I embarrassed myself and my... »»»
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