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Kenny Chesney In 3D; Chris Hillman Records Live Album; Catch Radney Foster’s “Angel Flight”
Sony Pictures plans to bring Kenny Chesney to the big screen next April in a limited-release concert film, Kenny Chesney: Summer in 3-D.
Sugar Hill released a video from the release party for Sam Bush’s album Circles Around Me.
Brad Paisley on why he wears a hat:
It’s about the image, and it’s about the lifestyle and what [...] -
Brooks & Dunn Split; New Releases; Oklahoma Hall Inducts Carrie Underwood;
So, did you hear Brooks & Dunn are splitting up? The duo will release #1’s…and then some next month and take a farewell tour, The Last Rodeo Tour, in 2010.
Your take: As a duo, is Brooks & Dunn’s Hall of Fame inclusion a forgone conclusion?Country Universe listed 10 essential tracks and two hidden treasures [...]
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Miranda Lambert Takes Revolution to the Ryman; Lee Ann Womack To Host ACM Honors
Revolution at the Ryman: Miranda Lambert plans to play all the new tracks from her upcoming album, Revolution, in sequence at the Ryman Auditorium just five days before its Sept. 29 release.
The second annual ACM Honors, a ceremony honoring the off-camera category winners of the Academy of Country Music Awards, will be hosted by Lee [...]Continue reading "Miranda Lambert Takes Revolution to the Ryman; Lee Ann Womack To Host ACM Honors"
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Steve Martin Books Date With Ryman; John Dawson Died; Odes to Cowboys and Cars
Steve Martin is headed to the Ryman Auditorium on Oct. 11. He’ll be performing with The Steep Canyon Rangers in An Evening of Bluegrass & Banjo. Tickets go on sale next Friday (July 31).
Two Tons of Steel (MySpace) will release their new album, Not That Lucky, on August 18. (via press release)
John Dawson, a singer, [...]Continue reading "Steve Martin Books Date With Ryman; John Dawson Died; Odes to Cowboys and Cars"
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Carrie Underwood Will Release New Album In November; Ferlin Husky’s Health Progresses
Carrie Underwood doesn’t yet have a title for her next album, but it will be released on November 3 with the first single expected late summer.
New releases for the week of July 7, 2009 include:
The Lovell Sisters – Time To Grow
Amazon | iTunes | MySpaceKris Kristofferson (Reissues)
Who’s to Bless and Who’s to Blame/To the Bone
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Miranda Lambert Cozies Up With Cotton
Miranda Lambert, along with two other singers, is the new face of Cotton Inc.’s revived “The Touch, The Feel of Cotton” campaign, which was originally launched in 1989 and the melody of which was popularized by Richie Havens and Aaron Neville. The cotton website currently has a download of Lambert’s “The Fabric of Our Lives” [...]
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Country-Pop Singer Dan Seals Passed Away At 61
Country-pop singer Dan Seals passed away at the age of 61 after a battle with cancer. He turned to country music in the 1980s and had 11 number one singles that decade. Watch the video for one of his hits, “Everything That Glitters (Is Not Gold),” on YouTube.
The Grande Ole Opry released Opry Country Classics, [...]Continue reading "Country-Pop Singer Dan Seals Passed Away At 61"
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2008 Americana Music Awards Doled Out
The 7th annual Americana Music Awards were handed out last night (Sept. 18) at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN and the Alison Krauss/Robert Plant duo took top honors, winning Album of the Year and Duo/Group of the Year, while Levon Helm took Artist of the Year home. Nanci Griffith received the Americana Trailblazer Award, [...]
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I Wish I Had A Man-Voice Like Randy Travis
TMZ posted video of fans and paparazzi mobbing Randy Travis. My favorite quote from someone in the crowd: “I love your voice. I wish I had a man-voice like this. [I] hate my voice.”
After a recent shopping spree, Texas billionaire Robert Rowling–through his company TRT Holdings–became the largest shareholder of Gaylord Entertainment, which counts the [...]Continue reading "I Wish I Had A Man-Voice Like Randy Travis"
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Merle Haggard Takes it Easy at the Ryman
Many artists, even some legends, step onto the Ryman Auditorium stage and try to give something extra, perhaps out of respect for the legendary venue’s importance to creating their craft, appreciation for some of the most enthusiastic and knowledgeable audiences in country music, or even a nagging feeling of inadequacy at walking the same planks [...]
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