Mar
9
Lady Antebellum photo by David Johnson, courtesy of The Greenroom PR.
Thanks to the latest episode of their long running “Wednesday Webisodes” video series, you can tag along with Lady Antebellum and go behind the scenes on their recent photo shoot. Charles, Hillary and Dave find themselves atop the famous Asbury building in Downtown Los Angeles, and with time to kill. So why not give fans a look at the incredible view they have and have Dave point out some local landmarks. They were definitely having some fun in the sun in California. Check it out:
On the heels of this photo shoot, Lady A is wrapping up a couple more tour stops here in the states and then it’s time to get ready for a trip to the land down under in April. The band has a week of concerts scheduled in Australia and New Zealand. For more on the upcoming tour schedule visit www.ladyantebellum.com.
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Feb
14
Lady Antebellum poses in the press room with the award for Best Country Album for 'Need You Now' at the 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards at the Staples Center, February 13, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kristian Dowling/PictureGroup)
– Written by Shannon Heim
Country’s own Lady Antebellum was the big winner at the 53rd Annual GRAMMY® Awards in Los Angeles Sunday night, taking home the trophy in five of the six categories in which they were nominated. The group’s crossover hit “Need You Now” won Song and Record of the Year as well as best Country Album, Best Country Song and Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. Lady A members Dave Hayward, Charles Kelley and Hillary Scott were clearly stunned by the Recording Academy’s accolades. “We just cried our eyes out backstage and I can’t believe we’re up here once again,” Charles said while accepting for Record of the Year.
During their performance, the group slowed down a shortened version of “Need You Now” and sung bits of “American Honey,” and the classic “If You Don’t Know Me By Now,” a nod to Teddy Pendergrass, who died last year.
Lady Antebellum was the only country nominee in the Album of the Year category, which ultimately went to Arcade Fire’s The Suburbs.
The group’s dominance marked the second straight year a country crossover act was the night’s top story. Continue Reading
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Dec
28
Lady Antebellum photo courtesy of Capitol Nashville.
When Lady Antebellum wrote “Need You Now” in 2009, the band had no idea that the song was going to vault them into the same pop world inhabited by the other lady — Lady Gaga — in 2010.
In fact, a lot of songwriters in Nashville thought “Need You Now” was a bold song — it was built around a drunken booty call, and since country radio stations are very attuned to offering family-friendly material, many Music Row writers were a bit shocked when the song caught on. And it caught on very quickly. Not only was it a multi-week No. 1 single at the end of ‘09, it also got picked up by pop stations who played it frequently throughout 2010, aiding a jump for the oddly-named trio into music’s big leagues.
Lady Antebellum’s ascent ranks at No. 4 as GAC counts down the dozen biggest stories of country music from 2010.
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Nov
17
Lady Antebellum photo courtesy of Capitol Nashville.
It’s a sign of the times — a street sign for Lady Antebellum in the town where two of its three members grew up.
Lady A performed Monday at the James Brown Arena in Augusta, Ga. — the hometown of Charles Kelley and Dave Haywood — and their former community was thrilled to have them back. They played an acoustic afternoon show at the Bell Auditorium and raised almost $15,000 for a local medical center. And of course, they sold out the arena, named for one of the classic music figures associated with the city.
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Nov
9
Lady Antebellum photo courtesy of Capitol Nashville.
“Need You Now” lofted Lady Antebellum from a well-regarded band within country music to one that’s recognized across multiple genres, and it already won Single Record and Song of the Year during the Academy of Country Music Awards in April.
With the Country Music Association set to hand out its trophies on Wednesday, “Need You Now” claimed yet another victory Monday when it won Song of the Year from SESAC and — combined with “I Run To You” and “Our Kind Of Love” — earned group member Hillary Scott recognition as the performing-rights organization’s Songwriter of the Year in a black-tie event on Music Row.
SESAC is one of three American PROs, responsible for collecting and distributing money for songwriters, so its recognition is symbolic of just how financially rewarding the song has been.
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Oct
18
Taylor Swift photo courtesy of Big Machine Records.
Taylor Swift couldn’t ask for much better timing. As she heads into the last week of promotion for her new album, Speak Now, she was named Songwriter/Artist of the Year Sunday night during the Nashville Songwriters Association International’s annual songwriter awards at the Renaissance Nashville Hotel.
Tom Douglas and Allen Shamblin took Song of the Year for penning the emotional Miranda Lambert hit “The House That Built Me,” and Chris DuBois earned Songwriter of the Year for his work as an author of Craig Morgan’s “This Ain’t Nothin’” and the Brad Paisley singles “Then” and “Welcome To The Future.”
The awards were part of a formal evening that saw four new members added to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and had 11 titles recognized by the songwriting community as the cream of the crop: Songs I Wish I’d Written. That list included “Need You Now,” “White Liar,” “Big Green Tractor” and Taylor’s “You Belong With Me.”
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Oct
7
Lady Antebellum's Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott, producer Paul Worley and Lady A's Dave Haywood at the No. 1 party for their song, "Our Kind of Love" on Wednesday, October 6, 2010 at the Hard Rock Cafe in Nashville.
Good music makes the listener feel something. Good parties can make visitors feel something, too, and Lady Antebellum’s Hillary Scott went through a whole range of emotions when the trio was honored at Nashville’s Hard Rock Café Wednesday during a No. 1 party for “Our Kind Of Love.”
“Wow! Look at that!” she exclaimed when the band got an unexpected dividend. Hillary, Charles Kelley and Dave Haywood received a triple-platinum album for selling three million copies of Need You Now.
She went from that exclamation of happiness to tears of joy just a few minutes later when her publishing company, EMI Music, announced it was making a donation to Brent Gambrell Ministries, an agency dedicated to rebuilding Haiti.
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Oct
5
Lady Antebellum photo courtesy of Capitol Nashville.
OK, so Halloween isn’t quite here yet, but country stars are already working to make sure you have a merry little Christmas.
In fact, A Merry Little Christmas is the name of a new holiday project Lady Antebellum has on the docket. The six-song mini-album is due Oct. 12 at Target stores featuring mostly seasonal classics. But it also boasts one new title, “On This Winter’s Night,” written by Tom Douglas, the same guy who authored “I Run To You” and the trio’s new single, “Hello World.”
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Sep
3
Lady Antebellum photo courtesy of Capitol Nashville.
When Miranda Lambert set a record for female acts by picking up nine awards nominations this week from the Country Music Association, no one was more surprised than her.
But that wasn’t the only shock-a-roonie of the two-day nominations announcement. Lady Antebellum achieved something that’s never been done before, Steel Magnolia and The Band Perry each accomplished something that’s probably been done only once. And Miranda did something that’s only happened twice.
Here’s a bevy of CMA trivia that you may not have seen anywhere else:
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Sep
2
Keith Urban photo by Danny Clinch, courtesy of Capitol Nashville.
A bunch of country artists got really good news over the last couple of days — Blake Shelton, Keith Urban, Lady Antebellum and The Band Perry were just a few of the acts that found out they’re finalists for the 44th annual Country Music Association awards show.
And, guess what: They’re happy! Different forms of happy — in shock, completely elated, humbled — but they’re happy nonetheless.
Here’s what some of the CMA nominees are saying about being on the ballot for Nov. 10:
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