Jun
2
Rodney Atkins photo courtesy of Curb Nashville.
Chevy: The Official Ride of Country Music will help kick off the 2010 CMA Music Festival on June 9 with “The Sixth Annual CMA Music Festival Kick-Off Parade” at 11:30 a.m. Central through the streets of downtown Nashville.
Brenda Lee will serve as Grand Marshal and other artists participating in the parade include Lynn Anderson, Katie Armiger, Rodney Atkins, The Band Perry, Bo Bice, Ash Bowers, Carter Twins, Jeff Cook, Diana DeGarmo, Fast Ryde, Colt Ford, Brantley Gilbert, Gloriana, Josh Gracin, The Grascals, The Harters, Buddy Jewell, KingBilly, Jesse Lee, LoCash Cowboys, Lonestar, Jerrod Niemann, James Otto, Danielle Peck, Point of Grace, Marty Raybon, Pam Tillis, Trent Tomlinson, and Chuck Wicks. Members of the National Guard will drive artists along the parade route in Chevy vehicles, including the all new 2011 Silverado HD and the Military Specialty Camaro. Continue Reading
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May
17
Lady Antebellum on stage at the Ryman Auditorium during the Music City Keep On Playin' benefit concert. Photo credit: Photo by Ed Rode/edrode.biz.
The stars came out in a big way, as did a number of companies and the American people when GAC presented Music City Keep On Playin’ — A Benefit For Flood Relief.
Brad Paisley, Keith Urban, Lady Antebellum and Dierks Bentley were among the artists who delivered nearly 20 songs during Sunday’s three-hour live special from Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. The event raised more than $1.7 million as of midnight CT and counting.
Music City Keep On Playin’ was the first national fundraiser organized to aid victims of a devastating flood that engulfed much of Nashville two weeks ago. In a scant 48 hours, the city took in over 13 inches of rain, more than the Middle Tennessee ground could absorb. The Cumberland River swelled over its banks, damaging some of the city’s landmarks, including the Grand Ole Opry House, LP Field, Bridgestone Arena and the Country Music Hall of Fame.
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May
3
Dierks Bentley photo courtesy of artist.
Dierks Bentley announced on Sunday that he was cancelling shows from his Up On The Ridge Tour in Knoxville and Charlottesville, Va., as Nashville grapples with devastating floods.
Travelling around — or out of — Music City became a hazardous Rubik’s cube over the weekend as many major roads became impassable and sections of at least two water-covered interstates were shut down. Dierks’ band members and some of their relatives faced potentially severe property damage, leading Dierks to skip his concerts Sunday and Monday.
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Apr
16
Pictured (l-r): Blake Shelton, The Price is Right host Drew Carey, Bomshel.
You may recall that Blake Shelton and Bomshel taped an episode of “The Price Is Right” to help kick off a week of ACM Awards events. The episode aired earlier today — and here’s a backstage clip (courtesy of the ACM) of the stars having fun on the set! Continue Reading
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Apr
9
Pictured (l-r): Blake Shelton, The Price is Right host Drew Carey, Bomshel.
The Price Is Right, with host Drew Carey, celebrates the 45th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards in a country music-themed episode to be broadcast Friday, April 16 at 11 a.m. Eastern on CBS, two days before the Awards air live, Sunday, April 18 at 8 p.m. Eastern (delayed PT) on CBS.
The episode will feature special appearances by 2010 ACM Award nominees Blake Shelton and Bomshel. Each of the artists will present a prize in a unique fashion, with Shelton taking the role of a Price is Right model during “Half Off,” with a contestant. Continue Reading
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Apr
9
Bomshel photo courtesy of Curb Records.
They’re feisty and energized, and with one of the five hottest videos in the nation, the duo known as Bomshel drops in to chat with host Nan Kelley on this weekend’s edition of GAC’s Top 20 Country Countdown.
“Being free, being wild, being bulletproof” is the theme of “19 And Crazy,” which has Bomshel at No. 4 on this week’s countdown. The duo, Kelley Shephard and Kristy Osmunson, has followed that kind of intense path, charging hard in a business that’s tough to crack.
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Feb
27
Randy Houser photo courtesy of Universal Records South.
If you want an update on where country music’s been and where it’s going, you only need to put two events from the past week into perspective: Tuesday’s announcement of the 2010 Country Music Hall of Fame inductees and Friday’s New Faces Show at Nashville’s Country Radio Seminar.
Don Williams, the most recent hitmaker among the four Hall of Fame additions, was often noted for a quiet stage show. He simply stood at the microphone and sang, and his success relied exclusively on the warmth of his gentle demeanor and the thoughtful messages that dominated his understated songs.
The New Faces Show demonstrated the bigger-is-better philosophy that’s dominated concerts ever since Garth Brooks turned up in arenas two decades ago. From the outset, Love And Theft and Randy Houser — the first two acts in a five-artist lineup — cranked the volume and the tempo in a slickly produced show meant to confirm for radio programmers that they are indeed playing the right new performers as they compete for listeners’ ears.
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Feb
26
Once again Great American Country and the Academy of Country Music have teamed up to give fans the opportunity to pick their favorite stars for the 45th Academy of Country Music Awards’ three newcomer categories including Top New Solo Vocalist, Top New Vocal Duo and Top New Vocal Group. Fans can start voting online today and are allowed to submit one ballot, selecting their favorite artist from each of the categories. Voting ends on March 12, 2010 at 5 p.m. ET.
Click here to place your vote now »
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Jan
27
The Academy of Country Music and Great American Country (GAC) announced today that for the second year, the three newcomer categories for the Academy of Country Music Awards— Top New Solo Vocalist, Top New Vocal Duo and Top New Vocal Group —will be opened up to interactive fan voting through VoteACM.com. As previously announced, the Top New Solo Vocalist category will take the place of the Top New Male Vocalist and Top New Female Vocalist categories.
Following is the list of final nominees in the Top New categories that the Academy announced today: Continue Reading
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