September 29, 2007 - Josh Turner was invited to become the newest member of the Grand Ole Opry Saturday. Turner will be formally inducted into the Opry family by Vince Gill on Oct. 27.
During "Opry Live," Turner presented Roy Clark with a plaque commemorating his years in music, marriage and also 20 years as a Grand Ole Opry member.... »»»September 28, 2007 - After a nasty fight, Sara Evans was granted a divorce Friday due to irreconcilable differences.
Evans and Craig Schelske split in October 2006 with rumors of infidelity flying from both sides.
The two sides agreed in court on a joint custody plan for their three children and a split of marital assets.... »»»September 28, 2007 - Rascal Flatts and Craig Morgan will perform on a first-of-its-kind television event "Frosted Pink" to raise awareness of women's cancers.
The artists will fly to Los Angeles next Saturday to tape the special. Rascal Flatts will perform songs from newly released album "Still Feels Good" and "Skin,"... »»»September 26, 2007 - The National Council For Adoption, a leading adoption advocacy organization, named Rodney Atkins as its 2007-2008 National Celebrity Spokesperson of the Year. The 2007 winner of the Academy of Country Music's "Best New Male Vocalist" Award will serve as keynote speaker and special musical guest at the... »»»September 26, 2007 - Lori McKenna may be "unglamorous," but that won't keep her from debuting on country's most important stage - the Grand Ole Opry - this weekend. McKenna, who released "Unglamorous" in August, plays the Opry Friday, Sept. 28 and Saturday, Sept. 29. McKenna's Saturday performance will air live on GAC's... »»»September 26, 2007 - Faith Hill will get confidential in New York with her fans next week on release date of "The Hits," her greatest hits plus package.
Hill will take the stage at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Allen Room in New York City, where she will talk about life and her 15-year career in front of 250 fans.... »»»September 26, 2007 - XM will be the new satellite radio home of the Grand Ole Opry beginning in October, it was announced today. Beginning with the Opry's 82nd Birthday Bash broadcast featuring Carrie Underwood, Travis Tritt and Ronnie Milsap Oct. 20, XM will feature the live Friday and Saturday night performances plus the... »»»September 26, 2007 - Reba McEntire's "Reba Duets" is the best selling album in the U.S., racking up sales of about 300,000 in its first week out. This means that McEntire will be numero uno on the Billboard Top 200 chart when it is released Thursday for all genres. McEntire will take over the top spot from Kanye West.... »»»September 26, 2007 - Old Crow Medicine Show, Uncle Earl, Sunny Sweeney and Todd Snider join the list of artists scheduled to perform at the 2007 Americana Honors and Awards Show Nov. 1 at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.
They are joining The Avett Brothers, Emmylou Harris, The Hacienda Brothers, Elizabeth Cook, Amy... »»»September 25, 2007 - Rascal Flatts new CD, "Still Feels Good," hits stores on Tuesday. Co-produced by Rascal Flatts and Huff, "Still Feels Good" features 13 songs including the multi-week number 1 hit "Take Me There." Rascal Flatts co-wrote five of the songs on the project including "Winner At A Losing Game" and "She Goes... »»»September 25, 2007 - The Eagles will make their first-ever awards show performance at the 41st Annual CMA Awards on Nov. 7 in Nashville.
The band's decision to appear on the CMA Awards follows the success of their recently released country single, "How Long," the first single from the group's soon-to-be released, double... »»»September 25, 2007 - Vince Gill, Patty Griffin, Jewel and Trisha Yearwood will trade songs and songs during a guitar pull with a twist in New York in October.
All For the Hall New York will be held at the Nokia Theatre Times Square on Oct. 10, benefitting the Country Music Hall of FameŽ and Museum.
... »»»September 25, 2007 - Following ten years of performing holiday shows, Pam Tillis is finally releasing a holiday album. "Just in Time for Christmas" hits the streets Nov. 13 and will be out through Tillis' own Stellar Cat label.
The disc is a mix of down home country and uptown torch. "I just wanted to make a Christmas... »»»September 24, 2007 - The musical collaboration of Gene Clark of The Byrds fame and Carla Olson will result in a 2-CD set of previously released and new material, due Oct. 30 on Collector's Choice.
The set, "Gene Clark With Carla Olson: In Concert," includes an unreleased Clark performance for Mountain Stage, bonus tracks... »»»September 24, 2007 - Reba McEntire's new disc, "Duets," could be the top selling album when the charts are released Thursday, according to Billboard. The singer led the Friday edition of Nielsen SoundScan's Building Chart, a recent addition to reporting sales.
Billboard's web site said that through Thursday, "Duets" sold 155,000 units.... »»»September 24, 2007 - Dierks Bentley will go down the road himself and host his "Miles & Music for Kids" celebrity motorcycle ride and concert to benefit Vanderbilt Children's Hospital Sept. 30 in Franklin, Tenn.
This year's event includes a new ride route down the scenic Natchez Trace... »»»September 24, 2007 - Tanya Tucker dropped in on the Los Angeles show Friday by her friend, Texas country outlaw legend Billy Joe Shaver and sang with him. The show, held at Molly Malone's, celebrated the imminent release of Shaver's new album, Everybody's Brother (Compadre Records/Music World).
Tucker performed with Shaver... »»»September 24, 2007 - Rascal Flatts donated more than $800,000 from its Friday night benefit concert in Nashville for a children's hospital at Vanderbilt University.
The $829,581 from this concert means that in 3 years, the trio has donated $2.2 million to the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt.... »»»September 24, 2007 - Brooks & Dunn, Brad Paisley, Sugarland, Josh Turner and Carrie Underwood will perform at the 41st Annual CMA Awards Nov. 7 in Nashville.
"The slate of nominees for the 2007 CMA Awards speaks to the strength, diversity and vitality of the format," said CMA Chief Operating Officer Tammy Genovese.... »»»September 21, 2007 - A Louisiana woman will be a roadie for country duo Bomshel thanks to winning the "Be a Bomshel Roadie Contest."
Cassondra Danos of Raceland, La. Was named by Tequila Rose, an original strawberry cream liqueur and tequila produced by McCormick Distilling Company, as the winner.
Tequila Rose has... »»»September 21, 2007 - Taylor Swift's "A Place in This World" will be featured on the FOX TV reality show Nashville tonight at 9 p.m. eastern. The song appears on Swift's self-titled, platinum-plus debut album which recently spent number one on the Billboard Country Albums Chart for eight consecutive weeks.... »»»September 21, 2007 - Rascal Flatts new CD, "Still Feels Good," hits stores on Tuesday, Sept. 25, resulting in the trio taking off from their tour to promote the disc on TV and special appereances.
Rascal Flatts will appear on Good Morning America (ABC) and The Late Show with David Letterman (CBS) appearances on release dau.... »»»September 20, 2007 - Shooter Jennings will finally make his Grand Ole Opry debut on Tuesday, Sept. 25.
"One of the songs off my new album talks about the criticism I've always faced that my music is 'not country enough, too rock 'n roll,' so the invitation to play the Opry is a really significant milestone in my career," said Jennings.... »»»September 20, 2007 - Kenny Chesney topped the Billboard country album chart, while Rascal Flatts was number one on the song chart for the week ending Sept 29 for the second straight week.
Chesney's "Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates" was the third best selling disc in the U.S. behind Kanye West's "Graduation" and 50 Cents' "Curtis.... »»»September 20, 2007 - Bluegrass great Bobby Osborne is going the academic route. He was named a faculty member for the Kentucky School of Bluegrass and Traditional Music (KSBTM). The music school is part of Hazard Community & Technical College and is based in Osborne's hometown of Hyden, Ky.
For the next two semesters,... »»»September 19, 2007 - Sara Evans has the number 1 country video at iTunes for her Top 20 single "As If" this week. "As If" is the first single from her upcoming "Greatest Hits" album and was co-written by Evans, Hillary Lindsey and John Shanks. The disc celebrates Evans' 10-year career and will be released on Oct. 9.... »»»September 19, 2007 - The thought was that maybe, just maybe, Kenny Chesney would sneak through and score the top selling album in the U.S. this past week for the bragging rights over Kanye West and 50 Cent.
But there wasn't much of a battle at all because West had the top selling disc at 957,000, followed by 50 at 691,000... »»»September 19, 2007 - The co-founders of Dualtone, the home of BR549, The Greencards and Guy Clark, sold their majority interest to a former partner.
Dan Herrington and Scott Robinson sold their stake in the six-year-old indie label based in Nashville to former minority partner Cal Turner III.
Turner owns Cal IV... »»»September 19, 2007 - Marty Stuart will host a new show on XM satellite radio starting next month. Debuting on Friday, Oct. 5, "Marty Stuart's American Odyssey" will expose fans to broad range of American music - including traditional country, blues, rockabilly, bluegrass, gospel and rock songs - with Stuart serving as host.... »»»September 19, 2007 - Carrie Underwood's first video from her highly anticipated second album will debut Thursday again and again and again on CMT as part of "Carrie Music Television" with the video for "So Small" repeated from 6 a.m.-noon.
The event coincides with the music video's world premiere for purchase at the iTunes... »»»September 18, 2007 - It's not that Big & Rich's career has taken a huge nosedive and are forced to play weddings, but the duo did play a wedding this past weekend - three of them matter of fact.
Big & Rich performed their number 1 single, "Lost In This Moment," during a wedding on Saturday, Sept. 15 for 3 couples who were... »»»September 18, 2007 -
Reba McEntire gets together with a bunch of musical heavyweights on her latest, "Duets" (MCA Nashville). The first single is the hit "Because of You," a hit for Kelly Clarkson, who sings with McEntire here. Others on the release are Kenny Chesney, Ronnie Dunn, Vince Gill, Don Henley, Faith Hill,... »»»September 18, 2007 - Just when you thought Ryan Adams was slowing down his productivity, Adams will release a seven-song EP in October on the heels of more tour dates.
"Follow The Lights" is coming out Oct. 23 on Lost Highway Records, including both new and old compositions, several of which were recorded live in the studio this summer.... »»»September 17, 2007 - Chuck Wicks is celebrating the best new artist launch at country radio for 2007. Wicks' debut single, "Stealing Cinderella," charted at 42 on the Billboard/R&R country chart and 43 on the Country Aircheck chart with 52 first week stations when it went for adds Sept. 10.
The single, which he co-wrote... »»»September 17, 2007 - Taylor Swift and Tennessee Gov. Governor Phil Bredesen joined the Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police (TACP) today to launch "Delete Online Predators," a new statewide public education campaign designed to combat internet crimes against children.
The yearlong campaign, drawing on research-based... »»»September 17, 2007 - Kenny Chesney, Martina McBride, Rascal Flatts, George Strait and Keith Urban will perform at the 41st Annual CMA Awards Nov. 7.
"The CMA Awards is the industry's biggest single opportunity to expand the format and reach a broader audience with our music," said CMA Chief Operating Officer Tammy Genovese.... »»»
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September 17, 2007 - Montgomery Gentry will appear on NBC's television series "Las Vegas." The two-hour season premiere airs at 9 p.m., Sept. 28, starring Josh Duhamel, Molly Sims, James Lesure, Vanessa Marcil and Tom Selleck.
Now entering its fifth season, the drama follows the elite Las Vegas surveillance team charged... »»»September 16, 2007 - Hank Williams will be the subject of a nearly two-year exhibition at the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2008.
"Family Tradition: The Hank Williams Legacy." presented by SunTrust, opens on Friday, March 28, 2008, will explore the connections between Williams and his creative heirs - both biological and... »»»September 16, 2007 - Reba McEntire will receive the first ever Billboard Woman of the Year Award, the magazine announced.
McEntire will receive her honor Oct. 5 in New York as part of the music magazine's honoring the top 20
female executives in the music industry in the 2nd annual Women In Music
issue.... »»»September 16, 2007 - Rascal Flatts will continue their "Still Feels Good" concert tour through November. The final leg of dates for the year begins Oct. 12 in Chicago at Allstate Arena and runs through Nov. 4 in Tampa.
Jason Aldean will continue as opening act with the exception of Birmingham, Atlanta and Greenville, S.C.... »»»September 13, 2007 - Rascal Flatts notched another number 1 song with "Take Me There" taking over the Billboard country song chart for the week ending Sept. 22. Rascal Flatts took over from Garth Brooks' "More Than a Memory," which slumped to eighth after only one week at the top.
On the album chart, Taylor Swift's... »»»September 13, 2007 - Rascal Flatts will begin promoting their fifth album, "Still Feels Good," with an appearance on The Ellen Degeneres Show Sept. 18. The group will perform their hit "Take Me There" for the first time for television viewers. Additional appearances include Good Morning America's "Fall Concert Series" and... »»»September 12, 2007 - After spending his solo recording career with Rebel Records, Ralph Stanley II, son of Ralph, moved to Lonesome Day Records, a Kentucky-based bluegrass label. He is slated to release a new album in early 2008.
"It's going to be a departure from anything he's done before," said Randall Deaton, owner of the label.... »»»September 11, 2007 - After no releases last week, September is off with a bang with the release of Kenny Chesney's new disc. Trisha Yearwood released a greatest hits package, while Flynnville Train released their debut.
Chesney already had a number one hit on "Just Who I Am: Poets and Pirates" (BNA) prior to its release... »»»September 11, 2007 - The Drew Davis Band is minus one member due to the military.
Drew Davis Band fiddle player Marcus Mullins, a specialist in the Army National Guard, was on his way to the airport on Sept. 9 to embark on a radio tour with The Drew Davis Band when he was called to active duty and learned he was scheduled... »»»September 11, 2007 - Miranda Lambert, Toby Keith, Faith Hill and Willie Nelson will be among a group of musicians honoring Elvis Presley on the upcoming ABC news special, "Elvis, Viva Las Vegas," Tuesday, Sept. 18 at 9 p.m. eastern.
Lambert will perform "Jailhouse Rock," and Keith will perform "Mystery Train" with Aerosmith's Joe Perry.... »»»September 11, 2007 - Emerson Drive opened up the Canadian Country Music Awards show Monday in Regina, Saskatoon with "Moments" and ended up with three big ones themselves by taking home three awards.
The band won Single of the Year and CMT Video of the Year for "Moments" and Group or Duo of the Year.... »»»September 11, 2007 - Tim McGraw's Swampstock will no longer be an annual event with McGraw citing time as the main reason for the decision regarding the charity event held in his native Louisiana. The next Swampstock will be in 2008.
"It's a lot of work to put this event on each year, and I know it's asking a lot of the... »»»September 10, 2007 - Collin Raye will join Utah residents Saturday to remember the miners dead in the Crandal Canyon Mine disaster.
Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman will join Raye, Mayor Hilary Gordon, family and friends of the lost miners in the Crandall Canyon Mine Disaster and citizens from around Utah at two special events to be... »»»September 10, 2007 - Emmylou Harris, The Hacienda Brothers and Elizabeth Cook are the latest artists to confirm their performance at the 2007 Americana Honors and Awards Show Nov. 1 in Nashville.
Townes Van Zandt will be posthumously awarded the President's Award that night, the Americana Music Association announced Friday.... »»»September 10, 2007 - Kenny Chesney did things a little differently on the closing night of his Flip Flop Summer Tour, but he may not be to blame.
The show at Atlanta's Hi-Fi Buys Amphitheatre featured Dave Matthews, Dierks Bentley, Uncle Kracker and Joe Walsh. But that was not all.
"We were in the middle of 'Living in... »»»September 10, 2007 - Joe Nichols got married Sunday to Heather Singleton in a candlelight ceremony attended by family and close friends in Savannah, Ga. The couple opted for a traditional wedding in a city they agree is one of the most romantic in the world.
"Heather and I have known each other since we were 18 years old,... »»»September 10, 2007 - Keith Urban is putting together a greatest hits album due out Nov 20. The release is currently untitled, and Urban "was unable to issue a confirmed track listing," his publicist said Monday.
"The recording is expected to contain all of Urban's number one hits and many of his top fives including "Where... »»»September 10, 2007 - Bob DiPiero, Mac McAnally, Hank Williams, Jr., Flatt & Scruggs and gospel singer Dottie Rambo will be inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.
DiPiero and McAnally were named for the songwriter category. Flatt & Scruggs and Hank Jr. made it in the songwriter/artist category. Rambo is a special inductee.... »»»September 7, 2007 - Montgomery Gentry will headline the 2008 Country in the Rockies event in Steamboat Springs, Col. from Jan. 23-27, 2008. Country in the Rockies is one of the T.J. Martell Foundation's signature events that brings together chart-topping artists, musicians, songwriters and other celebrities with patrons to... »»»September 7, 2007 - After years of trying without success, Catherine Britt is no longer with the SonyBMG label group. Britt released several singles through the label, but the Australian native was never to get any hits.
According to Britt's web site, Britt recorded a full album with Brett Beavers, who worked with Dierks Bentley.... »»»September 7, 2007 - Kenny Chesney will end his Flip Flop Summer Tour this weekend with a two-night stand in Atlanta tonight and tomorrow. The tour, which hit stadiums and outdoor summer sheds, was a prelude to his new CD, "Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates," which drops Tuesday.
The tour started April 12 in Omaha, Neb.... »»»September 7, 2007 - Toby Keith's two-disc Christmas album is slated to drop Oct. 16. "A Classic Christmas" will be released on Keith's ShowDog Nashville label, his second release this year, following "Big Dog Daddy."
The music was produced by Keith and Randy Scruggs, with such favorites including "White Christmas,"... »»»September 6, 2007 - Carrie Underwood entered Billboard's Hot Digital Songs chart at number 6 with 70,808 downloads, earning the highest debut position and greatest first-week sales of any country airplay single in the history of the digital chart.
Co-written by Underwood with Luke Laird and Hillary Lindsey, "So Small"... »»»September 6, 2007 - Garth Brooks returned to the top of the Billboard country song chart with "More Than a Memory," debuting at number one in its first week, while Taylor Swift once again was at the head of the pack on the album chart for the week ending Sept. 15 with her self-titled debut.
Brooks replaced Rodney Atkins'... »»»September 6, 2007 - Blake Shelton presented Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry and Project Rebuild with a $100,000 check Wednesday to assist Oklahomans impacted by recent severe weather and flooding.
Shelton recently hosted the second annual RAINDANCE concert in his hometown of Ada to raise money for Project Rebuild, a... »»»September 6, 2007 - Tim McGraw and Faith Hill's Soul2Soul Tour, which ended last month, set a 2-year-run with a total box office gross of $142 million.
According to Billboard Magazine, this establishes a new record for a multi-year tour in North America in country music history, surpassing Garth Brooks' 3-year run in... »»»September 5, 2007 - The top-selling solo artist of the 20th century (RIAA) has re-written the record books once again. With his new single, "More Than a Memory" (Pearl Records/Big Machine), Garth Brooks became the first artist in history to debut at number one on the Billboard Country Singles Chart, making him the highest... »»»September 5, 2007 - Country music's two, best-selling new male artists this year - Bucky Covington and Jason Michael Carroll - will join forces for the Raisin' the Bar tour, starring, with special guest, Cole Deggs & The Lonesome. The tour starts Oct. 25 in Corpus Christi, with 19 shows. The tour ends Dec. 8 in Baltimore.... »»»September 5, 2007 - Faith Hill's first greatest hits package, coming Oct. 2, will contain 15 songs including new vesions of hits and several new songs.
This is Hill's first greatest hits package. She just got off the Soul2Soul 2007 tour with husband Tim McGraw. The package includes new songs "Red Umbrella," the first... »»»September 4, 2007 - Nothing personal Eric Church fans going to the concert this Friday in Flint, Mich., but don't be surprised if the singer wears the T-shirt of his alma mater.
And that may be bring a frown to the face of those attending the show because Church will be sporting a shirt from his alma mater, Appalachian... »»»September 4, 2007 - After releasing his debut last year on Universal South, Rockie Lynne found a new home on a brand new label, Robbins Entertainment. Lynn became the first artist of the label's Nashville division.
"Rockie is a talented triple threat singer, songwriter and guitar player with an amazing work ethic," says... »»»September 3, 2007 - Keith Urban added a second leg for his "Love, Pain & the whole crazy World Tour," extending it by 20 dates this fall.
The final performances of the first leg end in Edmonton, Alberta , Canada Sept. 21-22. The exact dates of the second part have yet to be released.
Opening for Keith will be Gary... »»»
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