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Jul 14

Dierks Bentley, Little Big Town Added to CMA Music Festival Special

Dierks Bentley & Little Big Town photos courtesy of Capitol Nashville.

Dierks Bentley and Little Big Town have been added to the list of performers appearing during the three-hour, primetime special “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock. The special, filmed during this year’s CMA Music Festival, airs Sunday, August 7 at 8/7 CT on ABC.

“The strength of this television special, and the format, is the diversity of our stars and the depth of their talent,” Steve Moore, CMA Chief Executive Officer, said. “No matter what your taste, or which end of the country music spectrum you chose, you will find artists and performances in the special that will keep you entertained.” Continue Reading

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Jul 7

All-Star Collaborations Added to CMA Music Festival Special

Clockwise from top left: Josh Turner & Scotty McCreery; Alabama & Brad Paisley; Zac Brown Band & Alan Jackson. Photos courtesy of CMA.

CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” just got bigger. More artists have been added to the broadcast, filmed during this year’s CMA Music Festival and scheduled to air on Sunday, August 7 at 8/7 CT on ABC. For the first time during the special, fans will be treated to scenes from backstage and interviews during the three hour show. There will also be a late night jam session featured and a camera crew following American Idol’s Scotty McCreery and Lauren Alaina as they navigate their first CMA Music Festival.

Artists added to the lineup for the special include  LP Field performances from Alabama with Brad Paisley, The Band Perry, Josh Turner featuring Scotty McCreery and Alan Jackson performing with Zac Brown Band. Previously announced performers include Martina McBride with Lauren Alaina, Jason Aldean with Kelly Clarkson, Sara Evans, Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Rascal Flatts, Reba, Darius Rucker, Blake Shelton, Sugarland, Taylor Swift and Keith Urban. Continue Reading

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Jun 23

GAC’s Top 20 Summer Party Videos

You might say the hottest summer videos are “B”-rated: Beer, Bikinis and Boats. Sure, Kenny Chesney and Alan Jackson have nearly cornered the market, but we wanted to share the summer love so we dug a little deeper into the sand and came up with this list. In no particular order, here are the Top 20 Summer Party Videos! If you don’t see your favorite on the list, let us know by leaving a comment below!

“Redneck Yacht Club” – Craig Morgan

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You might be a redneck if you wear jeans to go boating… but who cares! You’ll want to be one if you get in on this party. Morgan and all his buddies are fishing, boating and drinking in this “floatin’ trailer park” at Percy Priest Lake near Nashville. Keep your eye out for Aaron Tippin on a wave runner and Blake Shelton (circa long hair) fishing off the dock. Don’t miss the final scene when Morgan channels a redneck Evel Knievel and drives a four-wheeler into the lake.

“Summer Nights” – Rascal Flatts

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The band takes a break from bedazzled jeans and serious stares and turns this video over to the fans. Yeah! Shot in Pismo Beach, CA, the clip features some good time karaoke by the bonfire and a dune buggy on steroids. “Holler if you’re ready for some summer nights!”

“Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off” – Joe Nichols

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Um, did someone forget to mention Joe Nichols’ grandma lives at the Playboy Mansion? Enough said.

Out Last Night” – Kenny Chesney

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With suntanned girls in cocktail dresses dancing poolside, this “buddies-drinking-too-much-beer” song takes a sophisticated spin. Shot on location in Miami, it’s not hard to believe that Kenny Chesney would throw the hottest pool party of all time.

“All Summer Long” – Kid Rock

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This is summer Kid Rock style… an ungodly large gold chain and a whole lot of pole dancing. But when “Sweet Home Alabama” meets “Werewolves of London,” it can’t be all bad. This was his first country hit and it’s summertime after all, so just sing along and let that redneck freak flag fly.

“Chattahoochee” – Alan Jackson

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A true classic, you’ll never see Alan Jackson having more fun than water skiing in his ripped-up jeans. How does he keep that cowboy hat on? I’m not sure if the best part is when he goes for a flip and doesn’t land it – ouch! – or when he’s tubing in his red boots. Either way, you can’t help but sing along.

“Boys In The Summer” – Jessie James

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Remember that cute little kid down the street who set up a lemonade stand one hot summer day? Um well, this is sort of like that… except in this video, 25 cents will get you a cold drink and some dirty dancing by the bonfire. You go, Jessie. “Boys look hotter in the summer!”

“Barefoot And Crazy” – Jack Ingram

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I double dog dare you not to have your toes tapping by the end of this video. Filmed in Jack’s home state of Texas, there’s a party at Barton Springs and anyone with a bikini is invited.

“When The Sun Goes Down” – Kenny Chesney & Uncle Kracker

Sure this easy breezy video has gorgeous sunsets and beautiful girls in grass skirts, but the part that will really make you smile is watching Kenny and Kracker dance. Shot in south Florida, it’s a No. 1 hit that gets into your head and makes you feel good all day long. Looks like the video was pulled from YouTube, but we still love the song!

“Summer’s Comin’” – Clint Black

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Clint Black singing on the beach in his … um, is that a one-piece Speedo? Well, remember it’s the ‘90s. That’s a younger and much hairier Howie Mandel who’s scouring the beach for a beautiful blonde. And those famous faces under the wigs are a who’s who from Jay Leno to Dick Clark. You can also spot David Hasselhoff (can you say “Baywatch” glory days), as well as Black’s wife Lisa Hartman Black and ‘90s heartthrob Joey Lawrence.

“Water” – Brad Paisley

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Mix a summer episode of “America’s Funniest Home Videos” with an in-pool performance by Brad and his band and you get four minutes of fun. Well, except maybe for that poor guy who gets flung around like a rag doll from a giant excavator. Yikes! Brad’s back flip into the water is impressive. The shot of the hefty guy losing his drawers as he gets out of the water, not so much. Oh yeah, and don’t miss the guy knee boarding behind a horse.

“All I Want To Do” – Sugarland

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Back in ’08 all Country fans wanted to do was sing along to this feel good ditty. And it’s still fun. Jennifer Nettles, an east coast native, almost looks like a California girl surfing the waves and dancing in her bikini. Another fun performance by Sugarland.

“No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems” – Kenny Chesney

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“It’s a way of life,” Kenny says of “No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems.” So let your worries melt away as you listen to this mellow melody and kick back with Kenny in a chair on the beach. Looks like he and his friends are having a great time, and you will too.

“Stays In Mexico” – Toby Keith

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What happens in Mexico stays in Mexico – and it’s a good thing since a man and woman – both married to other people – have a tequila fueled affair in this video. Seriously, how do you expect her to resist a guy in a rainbow-striped Speedo? Toby’s having too much fun singing about “things the devil himself wouldn’t do.”

“Summertime Blues” – Alan Jackson

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Jacked up trucks four-wheeling in a muddy field and a bunch of shirtless guys in overalls – this is Alan Jackson’s heyday. He even manages to get in on a little mud wrestling…well, sort of. This early ‘90s hit will be a go-to summer song for years to come.

“Six-Pack Summer” – Phil Vassar

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“Winter sure was miserable… it’s over and we owe it to ourselves to have a little fun,” Phil croons. And he does. Packed with shots of him playing in Nashville’s celebrity softball game, performing in concert and hanging with friends at the lake, Phil lives what he sings in his Barney Fife T-shirt. “Just relax and let the six-pack summer roll.”

“It’s A Summer Thing” – Troy Olsen

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The debut video from this Arizona-bred cowboy proves there’s always room for a groovy new song celebrating the season. Shot in Apache Lake, AZ, the breathtaking backdrop is a departure from the beach settings of so many summer-theme videos. “So grab a cerveza and everyone raise ‘em, and let’s all give thanks for today.”

“It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere” – Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett

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Alan’s suntanned smile is hard to resist in this tropical treat. Not to mention a sing-along with the king of summer songs himself, Mr. Jimmy Buffet. Go ahead, pour yourself something tall and strong and start your Jamaican vacation right here!

“California Girls” – Gretchen Wilson

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When this redneck woman brings her twang to the beach, she shows those California girls who’s boss. Riding horses on the coast and playing carnival games on the boardwalk, Gretchen may not be blonde but she is a bombshell with six-pack abs to prove it.

“Toes” – Zac Brown Band

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Beer, Ice, Beer. The essential summer shopping list. Good ol’ boy “Flody Boatwood” is a legend in his own mind when he picks a winning lottery ticket and dreams of living the high life in a tropical paradise. In the end, Kid Rock comes to his rescue, he buys a case of beer, and everyone has a good time.

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May 19

Jennifer Nettles Helps Raise Over $50,000 for the Attic Community Playground

Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles. Photo by Kate Powers, courtesy of UMG Nashville.

Jennifer Nettles helped raise more than $50,000 for the Attic Community Playground through an online auction she recently hosted on CharityBuzz. The auction ran from April 18 to May 11 and items up for grabs were from some of the biggest artists in music such as Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Kid Rock, Kenny Chesney, Reba, Martina McBride and of course, Sugarland.

“Thank you to all of the wonderful artists who donated tickets and passes for the ACP online auction,” Jennifer said. “Also, thank you to all of the fans who bid! Your donations are allowing students an opportunity to explore their excitement and passion for music.” Continue Reading

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May 9

Sheryl Crow Working On Country Album With Brad Paisley

Photo courtesy of Interscope Records.

Sheryl Crow has been around Nashville for a while, recording two hit songs with Kid Rock, performing on the CMA Awards, and singing on Brad Paisley’s upcoming album. She’s even made Nashville her home. It seems only natural that her next move will be to record a country album. “Funny you should ask,” Sheryl told The Star Tribune. “I’m working on it right now. I’m doing some work with Brad Paisley. I’ve been doing a lot of writing. Hopefully it’ll be out early next year.” Continue Reading

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Apr 21

Jennifer Nettles Announces Charity Auction, Goes Glam for New Sugarland Video

Jennifer Nettles goes glam in Sugarland's new video.

Jennifer Nettles has announced the Attic Community Playground online auction, which began yesterday and will run through May 11 on CharityBuzz. The auction gives fans the opportunity to bid on concert tickets and/or meet and greets for some of music’s biggest names during the 2011 tour season, including Carrie Underwood, Sheryl Crow, Jon Bon Jovi, Keith Urban, Kid Rock, Kenny Chesney, Reba McEntire, Martina McBride, Sugarland and Katy Perry. All proceeds benefit the Attic Community Playground, which helps provide music education opportunities for kids.

“Art programs within schools…band, chorus, drama, art…continue to be cut”, Jennifer said. “This is an extremely sad fact not only because I enjoy a career in the arts, but I enjoyed and benefitted from studying the performing arts as a kid. ACP hopes to help provide students with opportunities for experiencing and studying the arts so they can develop their self-expression, emotional exploration and self-confidence.”

In other Sugarland news, the duo just released their new video, “Tonight.” They debuted the video on iTunes Tuesday and AOL will begin streaming the video today. Directed by Marcus Raboy, the video was shot in the old Woolworth mansion in New York City and plays like a fashion editorial spread with a variety of lighting and wardrobe looks that add to the emotions of the song and Sugarland’s performance. Continue Reading

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Feb 1

Miranda Lambert Rules ACM Nominations

Miranda Lambert and Ronnie Dunn at the nominations announcement for the 46th Annual ACM Awards, Feb. 1, 2011 at the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Last year Miranda Lambert said 2010 was “her best year yet.” She might have to amend that statement, if Feb. 1, 2011 is any indication.

This morning at the 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards nominations announcement, Miranda heard her name called 35 times…oops, make that 7 times. Miranda and Ronnie Dunn read the list this morning at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, live during CBS’ The Early Show. Ronnie made the joke about Miranda having triple-digit nominations, but clearly, she is at the forefront of possible trophy winners.

For the third year, fans will select the winner of the Academy’s most prestigious honor, Entertainer of the Year and for the third year, the two newcomer categories for the annual Academy of Country Music Awards —Top New Solo Vocalist, Top New Vocal Duo or Group— will also be opened up to fan voting. The winner in each of the two newcomer categories will then move on to compete for Top New Artist, which is also a fan voted category. Online voting for all fan voted categories will be available at www.voteACM.com.  The winners of Entertainer of the Year and Top New Artist will be announced live during the 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards, broadcast LIVE from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 3, 2011 at 8 p.m. live ET/delayed PT on CBS.

Miranda led with seven nominations, including Top Female Vocalist and her first-ever nomination for Entertainer of the Year. In addition, she was nominated for Single Record of the Year and Song of the Year for “The House That Built Me” and received two nominations for Video of the Year for “Only Prettier” and “The House That Built Me.” She is nominated for Vocal Event of the Year with Sheryl Crow and Loretta Lynn for “Coal Miner’s Daughter.” Miranda is the reigning ACM Top Female Vocalist.

Kenny Chesney is nominated for five awards, including Album of the Year for Hemingway’s Whiskey and Single Record of the Year for “The Boys Of Fall,” both of which he is nominated for as an artist and producer.   He is also nominated for Video of the Year for “The Boys Of Fall.” 

Zac Brown Band is nominated for five awards including Top Vocal Group and Album of the Year.  Zac Brown Band is also nominated for Song of the Year, Single Record of the Year and Vocal Event of the Year for “As She’s Walking Away” featuring Alan Jackson.

Zac Brown of Zac Brown Band also received four additional individual nominations as the producer for Album of the Year contender You Get What You Give, Single Record of the Year and Vocal Event of the Year for “As She’s Walking Away” and additionally as a composer for Song of the Year for “As She’s Walking Away.”

The Band Perry is nominated for four awards, including Top Vocal Group and Top New Vocal Duo or Group.  They are also nominated for Single Record of the Year and Song of the Year for “If I Die Young.” Kimberly Perry of The Band Perry also received an additional individual nomination as a composer for Song of the Year contender “If I Die Young.”

Taylor Swift is nominated for four awards, including her second nod for Entertainer of the Year.  If Swift wins Entertainer of the Year, this will be her first Entertainer of the Year win. Swift is nominated as an artist and producer for Album of the Year for Speak Now and she also received a nomination for Top Female Vocalist. 

Lady Antebellum is nominated for three awards including Top Vocal Group.  They are also nominated for Album of the Year as artists and producers for Need You Now. They are the reigning Top Vocal Group.

Lee Brice is nominated for three awards for Song of the Year and as both an artist and producer for Single Record of the year for “Love Like Crazy.”  This is Brice’s first year to be nominated.

Easton Corbin is nominated for three awards for Top New Solo Vocalist and for Song of the Year and Single Record of the Year for “A Little More Country Than That.” This is Corbin’s first year to be nominated.

Alan Jackson is nominated for three awards for Song of the Year, Single Record of the Year and Vocal Event of the Year for “As She’s Walking Away,” with the Zac Brown Band.

Keith Urban is nominated for three awards including Entertainer of the Year and Top Male Vocalist.  Keith is also nominated for Vocal Event of the Year for “Blue Sky” with Emily West.

Members of the Academy of Country Music select the nominees and winners of the ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS, and select the final top six nominees of the Entertainer of the Year category and the top three nominees in newcomer categories, Top New Solo Vocalist and Top New Vocal Duo or Group. Presenters and performers who will appear at the ceremony will be announced at a later date.

Following is the list of final nominees. Winners in each of the following categories, except where noted, will be presented with an ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARD during the live television broadcast:

Entertainer of the Year

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Dec 27

Merle Haggard Stands Up For Willie Nelson

Merle Haggard joins several other entertainment giants in the spotlight on Tuesday’s CBS special “The Kennedy Center Honors,” an event that’s carried enormous weight ever since it was established in 1978.

Mixing celebrities and politicians, this year’s edition was shot earlier this month in Washington, D.C., with Oprah Winfrey, Paul McCartney, Broadway lyricist Jerry Herman and choreographer Bill T. Jones joining Merle among the honorees.

Merle, meanwhile, is frustrated with the treatment of another former Kennedy Center Honors recipient, Willie Nelson. Willie was arrested in El Paso over Thanksgiving weekend for possession of pot. It led to a lot of headlines, but Merle believes the laws surrounding weed are unfair, particularly in light of the way Americans abuse prescriptions.

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Dec 22

2010 Rewind: No. 10 — Loretta Lynn’s 50th Leads Legends

Loretta Lynn photo courtesy of Sony Music Nashville.

It was quite a year for the Coal Miner’s Daughter — 2010 marked the 50th anniversary of Loretta Lynn’s emergence as a national star, and she was honored in a slew of ways, including parties, awards and a tribute album by some of today’s top artists.

Loretta was joined by several other legends as 2010 honorees, including Merle Haggard, Jimmy Dean and now Dolly Parton. The recognition paid to the genre’s pioneering acts represents the No. 10 entry in our countdown of country music’s dozen top stories of the year.

Loretta’s first single, “I’m A Honky Tonk Girl,” came out in 1960, and it seemed like every few months during 2010, the music business found some way to pay homage to her impact. Early in the year, she was accorded a Lifetime Achievement Grammy, though she was unable to attend the Los Angeles ceremony. “Coal Miner’s Daughter” was added to the National Recording Registry, she was saluted with an anniversary party at her Tennessee home, she was celebrated with a Reba McEntire-hosted Recording Academy Salute at the Ryman Auditorium, and a bunch of her classics were remade in the album Coal Miner’s Daughter: A Tribute To Loretta Lynn.

That latter project brought Loretta the opportunity to sing the title track with Miranda Lambert and Sheryl Crow on the Country Music Association Awards. The album also features Lee Ann Womack, Kid Rock, the White Stripes, Alan Jackson and Carrie Underwood, among others. Loretta hand-picked all of the contributors — appropriate, because she’s not one of those veteran stars who dislikes newer versions of country music.

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Dec 16

Jamey Johnson: 25 Songs, 500,000 Copies

Jamey Johnson photo courtesy of UMG Nashville.

The record industry has been in a well-documented tailspin for several years, with album sales down and consumers buying more singles instead of the entire CD.

That doesn’t seem to be a problem for Jamey Johnson, who recently picked up the second gold album of his career with The Guitar Song. The project, which includes a whopping 25 tracks, led to two Grammy nominations: including Best Country Album and Best Country Male Vocal, for “Macon.” Additionally, Jamey is a finalist in the Country Collaboration category for “Bad Angel,” a song on Dierks Bentley’s Up On The Ridge album that features both Jamey and Miranda Lambert.

Not that Jamey’s making music just to pile up accolades.

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