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Brad Paisley and Heidi Newfield Dominate ACM Nominations
Ladies and gentleman, your 44th annual Academy of Country Music Awards nominees. (Visit the link for full list.)
Entertainer of the Year
Kenny Chesney | Brad Paisley | George Strait | Carrie Underwood | Keith UrbanTop Male Vocalist
Kenny Chesney | Toby Keith | Brad Paisley | George Strait | Keith UrbanTop Female Vocalist
Miranda Lambert | Heidi Newfield [...]Continue reading "Brad Paisley and Heidi Newfield Dominate ACM Nominations"
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Toby Keith Preparing Clothing Line, TK Steelman
Toby Keith is launching his own clothing line, TK Steelman, on Febuary 18.
According to his publicist, “the look mixes the influences Keith brings to his own wardrobe – part rocker and part biker with a “country sexy” aesthetic punctuated by oilfield imagery in the brand’s logos and font selections.”Watch a video of Ray Benson [...]
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Miss Leslie Resolves to Have More People Hear Her Music
One of Miss Leslie’s resolutions this year is to get more people to hear her music. If you send her your email address via her MySpace page or official website, she’ll ship you an autographed copy of Between the Whiskey and the Wine–an album The Houston Chronicle named as one of the best local releases [...]
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Grammys to Honor Gene Autry and Brenda Lee with Lifetime Achievement Award
Gene Autry and Brenda Lee will be honored alongside the Blind Boys of Alabama, the Four Tops, Hank Jones, Dean Martin and Tom Paxton with the Recording Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Award at a ceremony on Feb. 7, and will be acknowledged during the Grammy telecast the next evening. (Wikipedia has a list of past winners)
Hip-hop [...]Continue reading "Grammys to Honor Gene Autry and Brenda Lee with Lifetime Achievement Award"
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New Bear Family Series Exemplifies Country Music From 1945 to 1950
Barry Mazor introduced the new Bear Family series Country & Western Hit Parade: Dim Lights, Thick Smoke And Hillbilly Music in his most recent column for NoDepression.com. The first six volumes are structured around a given year from 1945 through 1950 and attempt to gather songs that represent that year without necessarily relying on by-the-charts [...]
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Ho, Ho, Ho: Joey+Rory Add Holiday Spirit to “Cheater Cheater” Remix
Just in time for the holidays, Joey+Rory created a “Sleighbell Mix” of their song “Cheater Cheater” and posted it on MySpace. Unfortunately, they removed the hip hop inspired “King Mix” before I had a chance to listen to it, but based on forum response, I didn’t miss much.
The Austin Chronicle’s Doug Freeman says honky-tonk can’t [...]Continue reading "Ho, Ho, Ho: Joey+Rory Add Holiday Spirit to “Cheater Cheater” Remix"
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Mindy McCready Uses Her ‘Get Out of Jail Early’ Card
Mindy McCready is getting out of jail today after serving just half of her 60-day sentence. Speaking of sentences, TMZ says she read enough of them to finish two books while in the slammer–no word on which books, though.
Trace Adkins, George Jones and daughter Georgette, and Brad Paisley are among the artists performing at the [...]Continue reading "Mindy McCready Uses Her ‘Get Out of Jail Early’ Card"
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Chesney Helps End Willie’s Five Year Drought On Hot Country Songs Chart
Willie Nelson made his first Billboard Hot Country Songs chart appearance in five years with this week’s No. 56 debut of “That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)” — credited to Kenny Chesney. His last appearance was another Chesney collaboration on “Pretty Paper.”
The debut of “That Lucky Old Sun” expands Nelson’s country [...]Continue reading "Chesney Helps End Willie’s Five Year Drought On Hot Country Songs Chart"
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Actor Kevin Costner Records Country Album; Drops Nov. 11
Actor Kevin Costner plans to drop a country-rock album on Nov. 11 and become musician Kevin Costner. Actually, he’s been playing with some of his band mates for nearly 20 years and this is just one of his dreams. The album, recorded with his band Modern West, is set to consist of 12 original tunes, [...]
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Marty Stuart Bringing Traditional Country Music Back to TV
The RFD-TV cable network channel plans to start broadcasting The Marty Stuart Show on Sunday nights starting in November and Grand Ole Opry announcer Eddie Stubbs will be his sidekick.
“This show is about authenticity, from the artists who visit us in the studio every week to the people watching at home,” said Stuart, a sideman [...]Continue reading "Marty Stuart Bringing Traditional Country Music Back to TV"
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