May
14
GAC presents Music City Keep On Playin' - A Benefit for Flood Relief
Keith Urban, Martina McBride and Keb’ Mo’ have been added to the list of performers for Music City Keep on Playin’ - A Benefit for Flood Relief, the first national live concert and telethon to aid middle Tennesseans affected by the recent flood disaster. The concert and telethon will be aired live and commercial-free from Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium this Sunday, May 16, 8:00 – 11:00 p.m. Eastern (live in all time zones) on Great American Country Television (GAC) and will re-air at 11:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m. You’ll also be able to watch the concert streaming live online at GACTV.com. The event will also be carried live on Sirius/XM satellite radio.
Due to overwhelming support from the Nashville music community, a third hour has been added to the live telecast.
Artists previously announced to perform include Brad Paisley, Lady Antebellum, Dierks Bentley, Kellie Pickler, Rodney Atkins, CeCe Winans, Jaci Velasquez, Randy Montana and Will Hoge. Continue Reading
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May
14
Kellie Pickler on the set of her video, "Makin' Me Fall In Love Again." Photo courtesy of Fitzgerald Hartley Mgt.
This Sunday, the stars are coming together to help Nashville as GAC airs Music City Keep On Playin’ — A Benefit For Flood Relief. Airing from Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium at 8 p.m. ET, the fundraiser features Brad Paisley, Lady Antebellum, Keith Urban, Dierks Bentley, Rodney Atkins, and Kellie Pickler, among others.
Kellie recently called in to our studio with the exciting news that she wanted GAC to have the world premiere of her new video, “Makin’ Me Fall In Love Again.” The video has a 1940s USO theme and you can see it TONIGHT — Friday, May 14 at 8 p.m. Eastern – on the Top 20 Country Countdown.
When Kellie shot the video in Los Angeles a couple of months ago, she was in the middle of touring with good buddy Taylor Swift and took advantage of a day off to film the clip. She not only worked on her day off, she worked in an injured state.
“That week, I’d sprained my ankle really bad and torn some ligaments in my ankle,” she tells GAC. “So the whole day of the shoot, when I’d wear heels, every time they’d say, ‘Cut!’ I’d just have to take my shoe off. By the end of the day, my whole foot was so swollen, I couldn’t even fit a shoe on it. There’s a scene of me sitting on a couch in the video. I’m wearing one shoe and I had to hide my other foot because it was so swollen!” Continue Reading
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May
13
Kellie Pickler on the set of her new video, "Makin' Me Fall In Love Again," which makes its world premiere on GAC's Top 20 Country Countdown Friday, May 14 at 8 p.m. ET. Photo courtesy of Fitzgerald Hartley Mgt.
This Sunday, the stars are coming together to help Nashville as GAC airs Music City Keep On Playin’ — A Benefit For Flood Relief. Airing from Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium at 8 p.m. ET, the fundraiser features Brad Paisley, Lady Antebellum, Dierks Bentley, Rodney Atkins, Kellie Pickler, Americana artist Will Hoge, gospel singer CeCe Winans and contemporary Christian performer Jaci Velasquez.
Kellie recently called in to the GAC studio with the exciting news that she wanted GAC to have the world premiere of her new video, “Makin’ Me Fall In Love Again.” The video has a 1940s USO theme and you can see it this Friday, May 14 at 8 p.m. Eastern on the Top 20 Country Countdown. She also talked about how the Nashville flood had impacted her life. Continue Reading
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May
12
Brad Paisley photo courtesy of Sony Music Nashville.
The flood that submerged significant parts of Nashville last week was extraordinarily tough on lots of people. Many — including Brad Paisley, who headlines a GAC benefit concert this weekend — are taking stock and already in rebuilding mode.
More than 20 people lost their lives in the deluge; many more lost their houses. So Brad recognizes that even if his losses were significant, they pale in comparison to others’ misfortune.
His biggest setback came when SoundCheck, a storage facility near the Cumberland River, was flooded. He lost most of his guitars and some of the staging he intended to use on his upcoming H2O Tour. Many of the guitars were custom-built models that he’d grown accustomed to using in specific settings. Now he’ll be hitting the stage in front of thousands of people playing guitars that feel unfamiliar — or, at least, unfamiliar on a specific song.
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May
11
Lady Antebellum photo courtesy of Capitol Nashville.
Between the three members of Lady Antebellum and the five members of Maroon 5, it’s quite the gang that will show up in the fall.
Lady A joined the pop band on a song called “Out Of Goodbyes” that appears on the Maroon 5 album Hands All Over, due Sept. 21. It’s just the latest development outside of country for Lady A, which spent five weeks at No. 1 on the all-genre Billboard 200 albums chart this year with Need You Now. The title track is currently at the top of the adult contemporary singles chart.
One other pop collaboration is sitting in the can at the moment. Lady A worked with R&B singer John Legend at the end of last year. What happens with that particular song is a bit unclear.
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May
9
GAC presents Music City Keep On Playin' - A Benefit for Flood Relief
The talent line-up for Music City Keep on Playin’ – A Benefit for Flood Relief, the first nationally televised telethon for Nashville flood aid, keeps on growing. Gospel great CeCe Winans, country star Kellie Pickler, platinum-selling Christian artist Jaci Velasquez, and Americana rocker Will Hoge have been added to the line-up that includes Brad Paisley, Lady Antebellum, Dierks Bentley, and Rodney Atkins. The Sunday, May 16, 8:00 -10:00 p.m./Eastern event takes place at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium and will be broadcast live and commercial-free on Great American Country Television (GAC).
Tickets for Music City Keep on Playin’ – A Benefit for Flood Relief go on sale this Monday, May 10, 10:00 a.m./Central. Reserved tickets are $25 and a limited number of gold circle tickets are $150 and include preferred seating and a commemorative Hatch Show event poster. There is a limit of four $25 tickets per person and two $150 tickets per person. Tickets may be purchased online at www.ryman.com and www.opry.com, by phone at 1-800-SEE-OPRY (733-6779) or in person at the Ryman box office. Continue Reading
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May
7
The front of the Grand Ole Opry House is under several feet of water as a result of the flooding Cumberland River caused by storms in Nashville, TN on May 1-2, 2010.
The first national telethon and concert event to raise money to aid victims of last weekend’s flooding disaster in middle Tennessee has been announced by Great American Country Television, the Nashville Convention & Visitors Bureau and Gaylord Entertainment. Music City Keep on Playin’ – A Benefit for Flood Relief will air commercial-free on GAC, Sunday, May 16, 8– 10 p.m. Eastern.
Brad Paisley, Lady Antebellum, Dierks Bentley, Rodney Atkins and additional artists will perform live at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium while celebrities will host and join other volunteers to man phone banks to collect call-in donations. Continue Reading
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