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First Round of Nominees Announced for 2009 CMT Music Awards
Nominees for the first round of the 2009 CMT Music Awards have been announced. Voting is underway and will last until May 11.
George Strait’s 58-year-old brother, John “Buddy” Strait, Jr., was found dead in a hotel room on Friday.
Billy Bob Thorton’s band The Boxmasters canceled the last two dates of its Canadian tour with Willie [...]Continue reading "First Round of Nominees Announced for 2009 CMT Music Awards"
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Billboard’s Top Pop Artist Chris Brown and Tim McGraw Collaborate On “Human”
Chris Brown, who was recently named Billboard’s top pop artist of the year, mentions that he collaborated on a song with Tim McGraw titled “Human.” “It’s incredible,” he says. “I wanted to do something more along the country line. That’s a bigger and different audience for me.”
Watch Hayes Carll perform “I’m Grateful For Christmas This [...]Continue reading "Billboard’s Top Pop Artist Chris Brown and Tim McGraw Collaborate On “Human”"
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Man Returns Stolen George Jones Guitar 46-Years Later
Larry Berry bought a guitar from two boys in 1962 that they said had been stolen. The guitar strap had George Jones‘ name on it with streaks of white lightning. Berry says he’s been trying to reach Jones since the ’60s to return the guitar, but couldn’t get through to him until this year.
Michael Roberts [...]Continue reading "Man Returns Stolen George Jones Guitar 46-Years Later"
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Free Christmas Song Downloads
I don’t know how long they’ll be available, so start downloading.
Sugar Hill Records has three free mp3 downloads on their MySpace from Sugar Plum: Holiday Treats From Sugar Hill. You have to be logged in with pop-ups enabled to download these: “That White Christmas Song” – Red Knuckles & The Trailblazers; “Silent Night” – The [...]
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Garth Brooks Expands Schedule to Include Nine Shows
In an effort to milk as much as possible from Taylor Swift’s debut an expanded “limited deluxe” edition is being offered that will include three new tracks, including Swift’s first phone call with Tim McGraw, and a DVD. The new edition will be made available on Nov. 6.
It seems Merle Haggard talks more politics then [...]Continue reading "Garth Brooks Expands Schedule to Include Nine Shows"
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