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Pat Green and BNA Records Split; New Releases; Country Hall Looking to Double In Size
Pat Green and BNA Records have parted ways.
New releases for the week of September 22, 2009 include:
Adam Steffey – One More for the Road
Amazon | iTunes | MySpaceArty Hill and the Long Gone Daddys – Montgomery on My Mind: The Hank EP
Amazon | iTunes | MySpace | MP3 SamplesDiamond Rio – The Reason
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New Texas Tornados Album Will Include Freddy Fender
Shawn Sahm led the surviving members of the Texas Tornados, Augie Meyers and Flaco Jiminez, in a six-song romp at Antone’s last night that was part of a two-hour tribute show to his father, the late Doug Sahm.
In addition to a documentary that’s being made about his father, Shaw Sahm also told the crowd that [...]Continue reading "New Texas Tornados Album Will Include Freddy Fender"
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LeAnn Rimes Stars In New Lifetime Movie
The new Lifetime movie Northern Lights, which debuts on Saturday, is receiving a lot of publicity from the alleged affair between the film’s two co-stars, LeAnn Rimes and actor Eddie Cibrian. Us Weekly broke the story in the latest issue, while Rimes’ asks for your support during this difficult time and Cibrian casts the allegations [...]
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Sara Evans Inks Book Deal
Sara Evans signed a four-book deal with Thomas Nelson Publishing Company. Her first novel will be released later this year in conjunction with a new album.
With the firing of Keith Bilbrey, who worked at Nashville’s WSM radio stations as an on-air personality and Grand Ole Opry announcer for 34 years, The Tennessean’s Gail Kerr said [...] -
Next Week’s ‘American Idol’ Will Feature Grand Ole Opry Theme
For two days, March 17 and 18, American Idol will feature a Grand Ole Opry theme in which contestants will choose and perform songs popularized by Opry members. Carrie Underwood will also appear on the show to sing “I Told You So” with Randy Travis and Brad Paisley will debut his new single, “Then.”
Kelleigh Bannen [...]Continue reading "Next Week’s ‘American Idol’ Will Feature Grand Ole Opry Theme"
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Willie Nelson Goes Naked For New Album
In the latest Rolling Stone, Vanessa Grigoriadis notes that aside from Willie Nelson’s project with Asleep at the Wheel, he has another album slated for early ‘09 titled Naked Willie. It’ll be produced by his harmonica player, Mickey Raphael, and consist of his RCA recordings from 1966 to 1970, without the strings and schmaltz. “For [...]
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