All posts tagged "Jason Michael Carroll"

Alan Jackson's beach-themed birdhouse. Photo courtesy of The Birdhouse Thing.

Now’s your chance to own a home designed by your favorite country star! Disclaimer: you can’t actually live in this home unless you are a bird. GAC and The Grand Ole Opry have partnered with The Birdhouse Thing organization to offer you the opportunity to bid on one-of-a-kind, autographed birdhouses designed by country superstars including Rascal Flatts, Tim McGraw, Sara Evans, Alan Jackson, LeAnn Rimes and many more. Proceeds benefit The W.O. Smith Music School. Hurry and get your bids in now — the auction closes on March 23. Continue Reading

Brad Paisley photo courtesy of Sony Music Nashville.

Since he’s already featured such musicians as Dolly Parton, Keith Urban, George Jones and Little Jimmy Dickens on his albums, it’s pretty evident that Brad Paisley’s gotten a good reputation among other country artists.

It’s not just because he’s a great songwriter and guitarist — which he is. It’s also because he’s a big supporter of his fellow acts.

Jason Michael Carroll, for example, opened for Brad at a club in Raleigh, N.C., more than 10 years ago. Brad reached out to the young singer and has continued to do so ever since.

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Keith Urban photo courtesy of Capitol Nashville.

So the holidays are over and you’re thrilled to be back at work… right? Sorry if the answer’s no, but we all gotta do what we all gotta do. And just like the rest of us, country artists are going back to work en masse this week. Rascal Flatts tapes an acting role; Keith Urban, Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood hit an awards show; and Brad Paisley is kicking off the next leg of his current tour.

Really. That really is work, as it’s defined in their job descriptions.

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Hank Williams, Jr. photo courtesy of Curb Records.

The worlds of NASCAR and country music once again collide for the fifth annual Sprint Sound & Speed Presented by SunTrust on Jan. 8-9, 2010 in Nashville.  Since its inception, the event has attracted an estimated 40,000 fans and has raised more than $800,000 for Victory Junction (a year-round camping experience founded by Kyle and Pattie Petty for children, ages 6-16, with chronic medical conditions or serious illnesses) and the  Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum.

Hank Williams Jr. kicks off the two-day event at the Grand Ole Opry on the Ryman stage, Friday, Jan. 8. Also performing will be Chris Young, plus there will be a special performance from NASCAR legend Kyle Petty and his band, with more artists to be added soon. There will also be appearances by NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers Greg Biffle and Kasey Kahne and others, during the Friday night event. Continue Reading

Jason Michael Carroll photo by David Bean, courtesy of Sony Music Nashville.

To be a female celebrity is to undergo a constant evaluation of the latest hair style. Kellie Pickler’s shift from blonde to red and back to blonde? All over the ‘Net. Carrie Underwood’s new ‘do on the CMAs? Lots of folks registered opinions. Taylor Swift’s newly straightened locks? In some quarters, it gets more hits than stories about health care.

Hair is sort of a thing with male singer Jason Michael Carroll these days. When he came to prominence with a mop that wasn’t all that different from, say, a 1988 version of Motley Crue’s Vince Neil, Jason’s rock-star image — enhanced by the Steven Tyler-bred scarves hanging from his mic stand — cut a unique figure in country circles.

With the release of his Growing Up Is Getting Old album earlier this year, he’d mowed it all to a more manageable level. But when he hit the stage at Nashville’s Exit/In on Thursday, Jason evinced an even leaner cut. The back of his hair barely brushes the bottom of his collar, and the worldly soul patch is completely buzzed. The new JMC is cleaner, less brooding and… well, if you didn’t know he was born in 1978, you’d swear he was only 22.

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Jason Michael Carroll photo courtesy of Sony Music Nashville.

November is National Runaway Prevention Month, and it’s particularly meaningful to Jason Michael Carroll, whose current single, “Hurry Home,” is a prodigal-daughter tale of unconditional love.

The video currently ranks No. 16 on GAC’s Top 20 Country Countdown, and he tagged it with the logo of the National Runaway Switchboard and the toll free 1-800-RUNAWAY number.

If it sounds like Jason Michael means it when he sings it, he does. He had an aunt who left mysteriously when he was just 2 years old to escape an abusive marriage. Afraid she might be tracked down by her husband, she never contacted Jason Michael’s parents, but that didn’t stop the family from thinking of her.

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Jason Michael Carroll with his family, Halloween 2008. (l-r): JMC and wife Wendy (second from right) with JW, Gavin, Stori Paige and Savannah. Photo courtesy of the Carroll family.

Jason Michael Carroll says Halloween is one of his family’s favorite holidays.  In fact, if you were to drive by the Carroll house in late September, you might find it already decorated with ghosts and other assorted scary items.

“We always decorate our house early for the season,” says Jason. “Every year, we pick out a few new decorations to add to our already large collection. The older the kids get, the scarier the decorations get. We pick out our costumes months in advance, and try to go with some sort of theme.  Last year, we were Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Gang.  This year, we are working on a Batman theme.  Buying our costumes in advance gives us a chance to make them AWESOME!  One of our good friends helps us with alterations.  Even the grandparents, aunts, and uncles are dressing up to fit with our theme this year!”

Jason even puts a little mood music on to make Oct. 31 even more special.  Continue Reading

Taylor Swift surprised country radio programmers during a recent dinner in New York City before her sold-out Madison Square Garden show. Pictured above with Taylor are her tour openers, Gloriana and WKLB/Boston MD Ginny Rogers. (l-r): Gloriana’s Mike Gossin, Cheyenne Kimball, WKLB’s Ginny Rogers, Taylor, Gloriana's Tom Gossin and Rachel Reinert. Photo courtesy of Big Machine Records.

Sept. 29, 2009 — Gloriana has made quite the splash in 2009. The band earned its first hit with “Wild At Heart,” reached No. 2 on the Billboard country album chart with its initial CD and hit the road as an opening act on Taylor Swift’s Fearless Tour.

Taylor was, perhaps, a bit of a visionary, offering the band the concert slot when it was still just trying to get a little traction by visiting radio stations across the U.S.

“We had been doing this tour for about 20 weeks in a 15-passenger van, just driving around the country and flying to different states day in and day out,” group member Tom Gossin told The Youngstown Vindicator of Ohio. “We were in a van leaving a radio station when we got a phone call. We put it on speaker, and a girl got on and said, ‘It’s Taylor Swift.’” Continue Reading