Sugarland photo by Kate Powers, courtesy of UMG Nashville.
The dates and lineups for the first eight of this summer’s Lilith Fair dates suggest organizer Sarah McLachlan is committed to providing a little country music in most of the outings. The rosters in six of those cities, released Tuesday, boast at least one country act — such as Miranda Lambert, Sugarland or Loretta Lynn — and the gigs in Atlanta and West Palm Beach have two apiece.
The lineup of all-female talent was a regular feature on the summer concert circuit during the late 1990s, and Sarah’s carting a reinstituted version of Lilith to a total of 36 cities this year. Each of the shows promises 11 acts from a pool of 80 performers. As it currently stands, a July 2 show in Portland is the earliest date on the schedule.
If you haven’t been out to see Martina McBride on her Shine All Night Tour yet, then I promise you that after watching this clip you’ll want to. Sometimes a concert is just a concert and sometimes it really becomes an experience that you take with you for years to come. From the road crew all the way up to Martina, this show is about making that experience worth every penny. With Martina, every night on stage is a rockin’ family affair. And by family we mean each and every fan in the crowd and every member of her crew… Check it out:
Martina, along with tour mates Trace Adkins and Sarah Buxton, makes her way to Champaign, IL and Evansville, IN this weekend. Then it’s off on a swing through the Northeast with stops in Virginia, Connecticut and New Hampshire next weekend.
George Strait photo by Danny Clinch, courtesy of UMG Nashville.
Easter falls this year on April 4, and if that holiday motivates a little spiritual consideration, a couple of new music compilations have been put together to aid your connection to the Almighty.
One’s a country-specific collection that rolls George Strait, Keith Urban and Josh Turner in among a dozen hitmakers. The other drops Carrie Underwood into an ongoing pop series that places her alongside the likes of Daughtry, Natasha Bedingfield and The Fray.
If you thought last week’s episode of Martina McBride’s “Martina Moments” was cute, wait until you see this one! It’s the blooper reel from last week. Click on the clip below and have a laugh:
Sarah Buxton's 2010 self-titled debut CD. Photo courtesy of Lyric Street Music.
For someone who had never had an album before, Sarah Buxton got quite a bit of press. It helped that she wrote “Stupid Boy,” Keith Urban’s Grammy-winning hit. It also helped that she was a finalist two straight years for the Academy of Country Music’s Top New Female Vocalist trophy.
Still, she spent many years frustrated as an artist. She played a lot of shows but always had to tell fans that there was no album they could buy. That all changes Tuesday with the release of her self-titled debut.
“I finally feel,” she told The Frederick News-Post of Maryland, “like I’m getting this ball rolling.”
“You know, Detroit has been the home of some great people,” said Martina McBride during her recent concert in the Motor City. “And Detroit has been the home of some bad asses too,” she said with a smile before introducing special guest Kid Rock. The two sang Kid Rock’s song, “Picture,” which he’s previously performed with Sheryl Crow and Allison Moorer — and also did the Kid Rock hit, “All Summer Long.” Click below to watch the performances! Continue Reading
Sarah Buxton photo courtesy of Lyric Street Music.
“I had a whole plan mapped out for myself when I signed with Lyric Street Records in 2005,” says Sarah Buxton in her biography. “But, what’s the old adage? ‘If you want to hear God laugh, tell Him your plans?’ Yeah, well, I told Him. My plans were to IMMEDIATELY release my first record and have it go platinum with one hit after another.”
Five years later, Sarah’s debut CD will finally be in stores — on Tuesday, Feb. 23. But at least she’s been doing some very cool things while she’s been waiting. That was Sarah singing on the Dierks Bentley hit, “Sweet & Wild.” She also harmonized with Martina McBride on the song “Sunny Side Up” and with Kenny Rogers on “Someone Somewhere Tonight.”
The Shine All Night Tour takes its name from Martina’s latest album, Shine, which has thus far launched three singles and a Grammy nomination. Sarah’s self-titled debut album comes out Tuesday, and she’ll be celebrating with a CD release party at a Nashville venue called The Rutledge. That celebration will no doubt include performances of two of the album’s key tracks: the bouncy “Outside My Window” and “Stupid Boy,” the Keith Urban hit Sarah wrote.
Trace Adkins — who will not be joining Nan, Martina and Sarah on Top 20 — is the lone male voice on the Shine All Night Tour, and he’s close to finished with his next album, which will be released on Toby Keith’s label, Show Dog-Universal Music. In the meantime, Trace has nothing but good things to say about being on the road with Martina.
Keith Urban, the Zac Brown Band, Brad Paisley and Martina McBride are among the first round of acts who’ve been revealed for the annual CMA Music Festival June 10-13, a weekend that promises to bring plenty of tourism to Tennessee.
The CMA Festival is particularly beneficial to country artists. Some of the money raised by the event is donated to Nashville music education programs — last year’s festival generated more than $1 million for schools. In addition, highlights from the festival’s stadium concerts have for several years formed the backbone for an ABC special in the late summer or early fall.
Earlier today in Caddo Parrish, Louisiana , a pickup truck crossed the center line and crashed head-on into the tour bus carrying the band of country music singer Trace Adkins. Both men in the truck were killed upon impact. None of Adkins’ band received serious injuries, however, five were taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital for treatment of minor injuries and observation.
Adkins, who was not on the bus, had already arrived at the venue when he heard the news. He went to the scene in a van where he picked up the uninjured band members, then went to the hospital to check on the others. Continue Reading
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