Album cover art by Peter Max.

The Let Us In Nashville – A Tribute To Linda McCartney album, which features several country artists such as Phil Vassar, Chuck Wicks, Steel Magnolia and Sarah Darling performing their versions of Sir Paul McCartney songs, is now available. Proceeds from the album will go to The Woman and Cancer Fund. The album is streaming all week on MSN’s Listening Booth and AOL’s Listening Party.

The Woman and Cancer Fund was established in the memory of Linda McCartney and promotes prevention, lifestyle awareness, enhances available health services and advocates advanced breast cancer and children’s cancer research. Sir Paul McCartney has given his approval and support of the project.

On November 7, several of the artists featured on the album gathered at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville for a special concert to benefit The Woman and Cancer Fund. Hosted by Jeff Daniels, Phil Vassar, Steel Magnolia, Chuck Wicks, SHeDAISY, Sarah Darling, Cheyenne Kimball (formerly of Gloriana), Juliana Cole, Jeff Daniels, Nikki Shannon Fernandez, Jordyn Shellhart, Nancy Sirianni, Samantha Landrum, and Blue Sky Riders all performed the tracks they contributed to the album as well as some of their own material. Continue Reading

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Jimmy Wayne

The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum will celebrate the holiday season with an assortment of programs and events for the entire family. They will also have limited edition holiday posters from the Hatch Show Print and special offers from the Museum Store, just in time for holiday shopping.

Jimmy Wayne will help kick off festivities on Friday, November 25 at 4 p.m. Central with the lighting of the Museum’s Christmas tree. He will also perform and sign copies of his new book, Paper Angels. The next day, November 26, Ricky Skaggs and The Whites will be in the Museum Store at 2 p.m. to sign copies of A Skaggs Family Christmas Volume 2.

For those who like to start their morning off with country music, the Museum will host a special breakfast with Bill Cody on Friday, December 2 as he broadcasts live from the Museum’s Curb Conservatory. Admission is $6.50 and includes breakfast, performances by Ronnie Milsap, Julie Roberts, Victoria Shaw and more and the chance to win a museum prize pack.

Saturday, December 3 is a busy day at the Museum. The day starts off with a cookie decorating class at 10:30 followed by a songwriter session with Deborah Allen at 11:30 p.m. She will sign copies of her new children’s book, The Loneliest Christmas Tree, following her performance. From 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. the Museum will hold the family program Make Letterpress Art with Hatch Show Print, where attendees will learn about letterpress printing straight from the staff of Hatch Print Show. The day will wrap with Phil Vassar signing copies of his Noel and Live on Broadway album at 3:00 p.m.   Continue Reading

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Easton Corbin, Ace Hardware employee.

Joe Nichols, Easton Corbinand Phil Vassar are stepping out of the spotlight – at least for a day. The three country stars will appear on the next episode of GAC’s Day Jobs, airing Sunday, November 6 at 8/7 CT. The show follows country stars as they return to the roles they held before getting their big break. As they see if they still have what it takes to put in a day’s work, they also realize just how much those first jobs shaped their lives today.

Before he was singing about tequila and “Brokenheartsville,” Joe Nichols was running a forklift at the 500,000 square-foot headquarters of OHL. While Joe dreamed of a life far from the warehouse he reported to every day, the job was a means of survival. On Day Jobs, he will get behind the wheel of a forklift and try to keep up with his co-worker, John. Joe returns to the warehouse expecting to be bored, but finds he has more in common with John than just working the same shift.

For Easton Corbin, Ace Hardware was both the neighborhood hardware store and the source of his paycheck. Only a year and a half ago, Easton was helping customers with their home improvement projects and mixing paint, dreaming of making it as a country artist. While the Ace Hardware employees were like family to Easton after he first moved to town, they don’t cut him any slack upon his return, leaving him to clean the store’s bathrooms. Continue Reading

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Album cover art by Peter Max.

Phil Vassar, Chuck Wicks, Steel Magnolia and Sarah Darling are just a few of the artists who will perform during the ‘Let Us In’ concert benefiting The Women and Cancer Fund on November 7 at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. The Women and Cancer Fund was established in the memory of Linda McCartney and promotes prevention, lifestyle awareness, enhances available health services and advocates advanced breast cancer and children’s cancer research. Sir Paul McCartney has given his approval of the event in his wife’s memory.

The concert will be hosted by Jeff Daniels, who will also perform at the event. Other artists scheduled to appear include SHeDAISY, Cheyenne Kimball (formerly of Gloriana), Juliana Cole, Nikki Shannon Fernandez, Jordyn Shellhart, Nancy Sirianni, Samantha Landrum, and Blue Sky Riders. Each artist will perform an original version of a Sir Paul McCartney song as well as their own material. Continue Reading

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Trace Adkins on the set of Day Jobs.

Before the hit songs, awards and thousands of screaming fans, country stars held day jobs just like those who love their music. In Day Jobs, an original series premiering on Sunday, October 2 at 8 PM/ET, several of today’s top stars step away from the stage lights and put in a full day’s work the way they did before they made it big.

Each one-hour episode of Day Jobs follows three stars as they work a shift in a variety of jobs ranging from offshore oil rig roughneck to cattle rancher, women’s shoe salesman, pilot and waitress. As they work, they realize just how far they’ve come and how those early jobs helped shaped their life today.

Every participant agreed to put in a full eight-hour day and some had to undergo additional training. Before Trace Adkins returned to his former job as a roughneck on an offshore oil rig, he had to spend a day in safety training. Joe Nichols had to become certified to drive a forklift before spending a day loading pallets and filling orders in a warehouse. Continue Reading

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Colt Ford photo by Sean Cokes.

Colt Ford and Joe Nichols have joined the lineup for the 10th Anniversary of the Charlie Daniels Band & Friends Concert to benefit Christmas 4 Kids, a division of Christmas For Kids, Inc. They join previously announced artists Phil Vassar and Sawyer Brown as well as the Charlie Daniels Band. Charlie will also serve as host for the evening.

Christmas 4 Kids is a non-profit organization that provides children with their very own shopping spree each holiday season. The funds are generated by the annual concert and the Tour Bus Show/Artist Meet and Greet event. More than 400 children from 29 different Nashville-area schools go on a day-long shopping trip that consists of being chauffeured from their school on a luxury tour bus, lunch, and a party hosted by Santa and Mrs. Claus. At the end of the day, the buses take children to a Hendersonville, Tennessee Walmart where they receive a new winter coat and $150 to spend however they wish. Continue Reading

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The Henry Cho Show will premiere on GAC Thursday, September 8 at 8/7c.

Comedian Henry Cho has an over-active imagination and a phone full of country stars’ numbers. Watch what happens when he combines the two tomorrow night on The Henry Cho Show, premiering Thursday, September 8 at 8/7c.

Tune in to see Henry getting migraine-inducing singing lessons from a few famous friends, and receiving questionable advice from his fellow comedians. Henry’s special guests include Vince Gill, Continue Reading

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Charlie Daniels photo courtesy of Webster PR.

Charlie Daniels has announced that Phil Vassar and Sawyer Brown will join him for the 10^th Anniversary of the Charlie Daniels Band & Friends Concert to benefit Christmas 4 Kids, a division of Christmas For Kids, Inc. The concert will be held Monday, November 21 at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.

Christmas 4 Kids is a non-profit organization that sends children on their own holiday shopping spree each year. Funds raised by the concert and the Tour Bus Show/Artist Meet and Greet event give over 400 children from 29 different schools a day-long shopping adventure that begins with a chauffeured trip from their school on an entertainer’s tour bus. They have lunch and attend a party hosted by Santa and Mrs. Claus at College Heights Baptist Church. At the end of the day, the bus takes the children to Walmart, where the kids receive a brand new winter coat, and $150.00 to spend as they wish. Continue Reading

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Charlie Daniels trades in his cowboy boots. Photo courtesy of Webster & Associates.

Country stars are trading in their cowboy boots for army boots to show their support for our nation’s troops. George Jones, the Oak Ridge Boys, Charlie Daniels, Randy Houser, Chuck Wicks and more are taking part in the Boot Campaign, which encourages Americans to buy and wear a pair of army combat boots in support of our troops.  Inspired by retired US Navy SEAL and author of the book Lone Survivor, Marcus Luttrell, proceeds from the boot sales are donated to partner charities. Continue Reading

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