Partial List of CMA Awards Nominees Announced Today; Coming Soon: Rounder Records & Trace Adkins Retrospectives
- A portion of the final nominees for the CMA Awards were announced today, with plans to announce the rest tomorrow. Miranda Lambert and her songs got nominated two times in three different categories, Lady Antebellum received four nods, while Easton Corbin and the Zac Brown Band each pulled in three.
- Capitol Nashville plans to release a two-CD, 28-track retrospective of Trace Adkins‘ hits titled The Definitive Greatest Hits: Til the Last Shot’s Fired on Oct. 12.
- And that’s a wrap: The staff at Country Universe unveiled the top 25 songs in its massive countdown of the 400 greatest singles of the nineties yesterday.
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Quick, who was the youngest fiddler to ever play the Grand Ole Opry? If you answered Ruby Jane, you’d be correct. Texas Music Matters featured an audio interview and story on the 15-year old fiddler — who has been embraced by the likes of Dale Watson and Asleep at the Wheel — as part of its ACL Artist Discovery Series. Here she is performing in KUT’s Studio 1a:
- Music Mix posted the exclusive video premiere of Ryan Bingham‘s “Hallelujah” from his acoustic “Bingham Bootleg” series. The full version can be found on his just released album, Junky Star.
- Austin Music Source’s Joe Gross compares Ryan Bingham to another famous Ryan:
Now that Ryan Adams isn’t quite Ryan Adams anymore – was he ever really the Ryan Adams we thought he was? – we could all use a new one. Bingham is doing a top-flight job, even better than the original in many ways.
- If you’ve ever wanted to learn how to line dance to a Rodney Hayden song, this is probably a good place to start.
- New releases after the jump!
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New releases for the week of August 31, 2010 include (sidenote: a lot of these are only $7.99 on Amazon):
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Amanda Shaw – Good Southern Girl
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Buck Owens – All-Time Greatest Hits
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Cory Morrow – Brand New Me
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Kristin Kelly & the Modern Day Drifters – Placekeeper
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Sammy Kershaw – Better Than I Used To Be
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Turnpike Troubadours – Diamonds And Gasoline
Amazon | iTunes | MySpace
- Only one song has ever been on the country charts longer than Lee Brice‘s “Love Like Crazy,” which is currently in its 53rd week on Billboard‘s Hot Country Songs chart. The song? Eddy Arnold‘s “Bouquet of Roses” lasted 54 weeks starting way back in 1948.
- In addition to the two included in the news yesterday, Craig Shelburne published a comprehensive recap of Sunday night’s invitation-only event where Fred Foster, Kris Kristofferson, and Willie Nelson were presented the Dale Franklin Award.
- Rounder Records scheduled the release of The Rounder Records Story, a 4-CD box set with songs ranging all across its 40-year history, for Oct. 12.
- Hilary Williams, the daughter of Hank Williams Jr., has a new book due out Nov. 1 titled Sign of Life: A Story of Family, Tragedy, Music, and Healing.
- The Nashville Songwriter’s Hall of Fame announced this year’s inductees, which includes Pat Alger — the writer behind hits such as Garth Brooks‘ “The Thunder Rolls” and Kathy Mattea‘s “Goin’ Gone.”
- Chuck Dauphin’s list of the all-time greatest pairings between solo performers includes: Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton, George Jones and Tammy Wynnette, Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn, Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius, and Kenny Rogers and Dottie West.
- Music Fog: Tommy Womack – “On & Off the Wagon”
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In addition to today’s new releases, Universal Music Enterprises launched a series of albums featuring the greatest hits, signature tunes, and fan favorites from artists of various genres. Thirty albums containing 12 songs each make up the initial release of the series, simply titled Icon, five of which are from country artists.
- Could Justin Townes Earle‘s new album be better than his first two? American Songwriter‘s Hal Bienstock thinks so.
- Five years. That’s how long Still Is Still Moving has been covering Willie Nelson. Job well done, Linda.
- The Southern Weddings daily blog shared pictures from Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton‘s engagement party: Part I and Part II.
Of all the wedding gifts you and Blake and received, what’s been your favorite?
Our favorite presents were matching flasks and matching shotguns. We were outside the city limits, so we went right out of the tent and tried them out. It’s a real shotgun wedding! -
The sister duo Larkin Poe, formerly known as The Lovell Sisters, released their first official music video late last month. (via The Bluegrass Blog)
Their website also contains full streams of all nine songs from Spring an EP (Amazon) and two songs from Summer an EP (Amazon).
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August 31, 2010 at 11:31 am
Erm, I think that would be “formerly,” not “formally,” and to be precise, Larkin Poe were formerly known as 2/3 of the Lovell Sisters. Just sayin’…
August 31, 2010 at 11:38 am
Formerly. Can’t believe I messed that one up.
August 31, 2010 at 11:44 am
Hallelujah is an awesome song.
And Ryan Adams is looking to release a new album soon. Or 5.
http://cdinsight.com/news.php?readmore=6244
August 31, 2010 at 11:44 am
I’m impressed to learn that Ruby Jane played the fiddle on the Grand Ole Opry at 15, but not as impressed as I was when I read that Ricky Scaggs made his Opry debut on the mandolin at age seven!
August 31, 2010 at 11:49 am
She’s 15 now, but I believe she was actually 10 when she made her Opry debut. It’s no seven, but still mighty impressive.
August 31, 2010 at 11:57 am
Me, I’m going for being the oldest player to make a debut on the Opry. Far more impressive, I think.
August 31, 2010 at 12:26 pm
FYI. You can hear a stream of Justin Townes Earle’s album, Harlem River Blues, in its entirety until its release on September 14th at this link: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129162231
August 31, 2010 at 1:39 pm
I find it interesting that MCA/Universal couldn’t be arsed to promote Trisha Yearwood whilst she was at their label, but now are mining her catalog for all its worth as this is the second compilation they’ve done since she left.
August 31, 2010 at 2:06 pm
I wonder how vote splitting is gonna affect Lambert’s chances of winning in those categories where she’s been nominated more than once.
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It’s nice to see our two favorite Austin stations around here, KVET and KASE, both get CMA nominations.
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Texas Music Matters posted a neat podcast about Cindy Walker. And keeping with the age discussion, she was only 12 when she wrote “Dusty Skies.”
August 31, 2010 at 2:54 pm
Brady,
I actually think by her having two songs in those categories will increase her chances of winning them. most people thought ‘House’ would be nominated for these awards so it’s still likely the favorite to win.
August 31, 2010 at 3:00 pm
Don’t forget that Marty Stuart was 12 years old when he joined Lester Flatt’s band and he played on the Opry with Lester during that time.
August 31, 2010 at 3:14 pm
And FWIW, Sierra Hull was 11 when she made her Opry debut appearing with Alison Krauss.
August 31, 2010 at 3:28 pm
And Bobby Hebb (later of “Sunny” fame) appeared on the Opry with Roy Acuff, regularly, beginning at age 12.
August 31, 2010 at 3:29 pm
I was two when I played a yellow, plastic souvenir Opry Land guitar from the cheap seats, back in 1978. I think Porter Waggoner was on stage, but I was crazy blitzed on otter pops, so who can be so it’s hard to be sure.
August 31, 2010 at 3:30 pm
sorry for the typo…guess i cant shake my otter pop addiction, even all these years later.
August 31, 2010 at 6:31 pm
Opry Alert! (Last Minute Version…) Tonight’s Opry will include The Carolina Chocolate Drops, Chris Young, Little Big Town, and (sadly) Montgomery Gentry! Well, 3 out of 4 ain’t bad. (lol) Now if they could just lose the “Opry Legends” on Tuesday nights they’d have something really goin on! Gee, I hope the Drops do their version of “Hit ‘Em Up Style” so I can hear Rhiannon’s amazing vocal work.
Opry Schedule: http://www.opry.com/shows/ThisWeek.html
I’m glad to see two of the three Lovell Sisters are back in action as a team BUT that name might be a bit of a problem. Michelle Poe hasn’t scored at radio yet either as a solo artist or as half of Burns & Poe. The Larkins never scored at radio either. So when you combine two names of artists that haven’t done well at radio you may be bringing some unanticipated baggage along! (jk – lol)
Gosh, I haven’t heard of most of those artists on the release list. By the way, will there be a Kristin Kelly give away contest by any chance?
Ruby Jane has what it takes to be an integral part of the thriving Texas / Oklahoma concert circuit but I just don’t know if she’ll be able to expand outside that market, like say to Los Angeles! Her music is interesting enough to actually catch my attention, and that’s a tough sell these days…
August 31, 2010 at 9:03 pm
Jon: Me, I’m going for being the oldest player to make a debut on the Opry. Far more impressive, I think.
Will they let you out of the home long enough to do a segment?
August 31, 2010 at 10:37 pm
Thank you for your kind words!