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Vince Gill Coming to the UIS Performing Arts Center This October
by Tori Hartshorn - July 08, 2019 Outback Concerts and University of Illinois Springfield proudly announce: A Very Special Evening with VINCE GILL on Sunday, October 20 at 7:30 PM at Sangamon Auditorium....
Sixthman Announces Jeff Tweedy, Mavis Staples To Headline Music Festival At Sea
by Tori Hartshorn - June 11, 2019 Coming off an incredible sold out 12th year of Cayamo: A Journey Through Song, this floating music festival at sea continues to innovate with a diverse lineup. Music legends Tweedy of Wilco and Mavis Staples will be joined by Rodney Crowell, Soggy Bottom Boys, Anderson East, Lake Street Dive, Buddy ...
Chris Shiflett Announces Headline West Coast Dates
by Kaitlin Milligan - May 22, 2019 Chris Shiflett confirms headline dates in California with stops at Costa Mesa's Wayfarer, Pioneertown's Pappy & Harriets, Bakerfield's Temblor Brewing and Los Angeles' Moroccan Lounge. Tickets go on sale this Thursday, May 23, at 10am local time....
The Grand Ole Opry Returns to Bonnaroo
by Kaitlin Milligan - May 14, 2019 Superfly and A.C. Entertainment are proud to announce the return of the world renowned Grand Ole Opry to the 2019 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. An unqualified highlight of last year's event, the Grand Ole Opry will be back with another star-studded lineup, once again celebrating Bonnaroo's very ...
Chris Shiflett's New Album HARD LESSONS Out 6/14, Lead Single Premieres Today
by Tori Hartshorn - March 22, 2019 Chris Shiflett's new solo album, Hard Lessons, will be released June 14 on East Beach Records & Tapes/Thirty Tigers and is now available for pre-order. Produced by Grammy Award-winning Dave Cobb, the album features ten new songs including the lead single “Welcome To Your First Heartache,” which is p...
Recording Academy Announces Industry-Wide Initiative To Expand Opportunities For Female Producers and Engineers
by Kaitlin Milligan - February 01, 2019 Today, the Recording Academy's Task Force on Diversity and Inclusion announced an unprecedented new initiative that aims to expand opportunities for female music producers and engineers. The Producer & Engineer Inclusion Initiative is the inaugural action of a larger strategy to address gender inequ...
Ashley Monroe's SPARROW Named One of The Best Country Albums of 2018 by Stereogum, The Washington Post & More
by Tori Hartshorn - December 18, 2018 Earlier this year, GRAMMY-winning country artist Ashley Monroe released her critically-acclaimed, Dave Cobb-produced album Sparrow via Warner Music Nashville. As 2018 comes to a close, the album is being named one of the best country albums released this year by the outlets like Stereogum, Taste of ...
Jason Aldean, Jake Owen, Miranda Lambert To Headline 2019 Country Thunder Alberta
by Kaitlin Milligan - November 23, 2018 While America is celebrating Thanksgiving Day, Canadians are celebrating the announcement of Alberta's Country Thunder 2019 headliners. Canadian Music Hall of Fame member Terri Clark, once again, did the honors with our friends at Entertainment Tonight Canada in revealing the star-studded roster of ...
Pistol Annies New Album Debuts at Number One On Billboard Top Country Chart
by Kaitlin Milligan - November 12, 2018 Country supertrio PISTOL ANNIES' newly released third album INTERSTATE GOSPEL on RCA Records Nashville debuted this week at #1 on the Country Charts. Listen now on all streaming platforms and purchase the album HERE....
USA Network's REAL COUNTRY Announces Contestants
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 30, 2018 Today, USA Network revealed the 21 artists competing in its new music showcase series REAL COUNTRY and the prizing they will be vying for. Set to premiere November 13 at 10/9, each contestant was hand-selected by the show's permanent panel of artists – five-time GRAMMY Award®-winning trailblazer Sha...
CMA Songwriters Series Announces Seattle Performance with Bailey Bryan, Barry Dean, Sam Palladio and Cassadee Pope
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 30, 2018 The Country Music Association's critically acclaimed CMA Songwriters Series Presented by U.S. Bank has announced a performance at Showbox SoDo in Seattle Tuesday, Dec. 4 at 7:00 PM featuring performances by Bailey Bryan, Barry Dean, Sam Palladio and Cassadee Pope. The series hosts intimate performan...
Florida Georgia Line, Bebe Rexha, Kacey Musgraves, and More to Perform at the CMA AWARDS
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 24, 2018 Dierks Bentley with Brothers Osborne, Florida Georgia Line with Bebe Rexha, Kacey Musgraves, Pistol Annies, and Thomas Rhett have been added to the lineup of performers for “The 52nd Annual CMA Awards,” hosted for the 11th consecutive year by Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood. Country Music's Bigges...
Luke Bryan, Sam Hunt, Jason Aldean will Headline Stagecoach 2019
by Sarah Jae Leiber - October 16, 2018 Stagecoach music festival started selling tickets on Friday for this April, announcing a lineup led Luke Bryan, Sam Hunt and Jason Aldean, according to Variety....
Pistol Annies Drop STOP DROP AND ROLL ONE With Latest Release From Interstate Gospel
by Tori Hartshorn - October 12, 2018 Country supertrio PISTOL ANNIES have released “Stop Drop and Roll One” off their anxiously-awaited third album INTERSTATE GOSPEL, releasing Nov. 2 on RCA Records Nashville....
Miranda Lambert Celebrates Multi-Platinum Certifications
by Tori Hartshorn - October 01, 2018 Seven-time CMA Female Vocalist of the Year MIRANDA LAMBERT has added six multi-Platinum certifications to her repertoire, as albums REVOLUTION and CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND have been certified double-Platinum by the RIAA, along with singles “The House That Built Me” (3X Platinum), “Mama's Broken Heart” (3...
Ashley Monroe Set To Perform on LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS on 5/14
by Tori Hartshorn - May 01, 2018 Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Ashley Monroe is set to make the national TV debut of “Hands On You,” from her brand new album Sparrow, on NBC's Late Night with Seth Meyers May 14. Sparrow, called 'her most ambitious, startling and first-to-last engrossing album yet' by the Wall Street Journal, w...
Cosmic Cowboys and Honky-Tonk Heroes Celebrate Outlaws & Armadillos Exhibit Opening Memorial Day Weekend
by Macon Prickett - April 24, 2018 The Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum will mark the opening of its new major exhibition, Outlaws & Armadillos: Country's Roaring '70s, with a lively concentration of programs highlighting the cultural and artistic explosion forged in the 1970s by two distinctly creative cities: Austin and Nashv...
CMA Songwriters Series Set for 6/6 at the CMA Theater in Nashville with Mary Chapin Carpenter, Vince Gill, Mac McAnally and Don Schlitz
by Robert Diamond - April 09, 2018 #CMASongwritersSeries presented by @USBank kicks off #CMAfest Wed, June 6 at @CMATheater featuring Mary Chapin Carpenter (@M_CCarpenter), Vince Gill (@VGcom), @MacMcAnally & Don Schlitz (@don4adollar)! Tix, starting at $20, go on sale Wed, Apr 11 at 11 AM|CT on CMAtheater.com....
Sara Evans Wraps Up CMT's 4th Annual Next Women of Country Tour
by Macon Prickett - April 09, 2018 ACM and CMA Award winning country music star Sara Evans spent the weekend performing in the southeast, wrapping up CMT's 4th annual Next Women of Country Tour. “CMT Next Women of Country presents Sara Evans All The Love Tour featuring RaeLynn and Kalie Shorr” launched in February in New York City wi...
Grammy Nominated Singer/Songwriter Ashley Monroe Shares New Single WILD LOVE from Forthcoming Album
by Macon Prickett - April 06, 2018 This 4/20, Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Ashley Monroe will make her highly anticipated return with Sparrow, her fourth studio album and first with producer Dave Cobb. The album was recorded in Nashville's historic RCA Studio A while Ashley was pregnant with her first child. Today, Monroe relea...
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Will Celebrate New Exhibit Outlaws and Armadillos with Special Concert May 25
by Macon Prickett - April 02, 2018 The Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum will present a very special concert, under the musical direction of Dave Cobb and Shooter Jennings, to mark the opening of the museum's new major exhibition, Outlaws & Armadillos: Country's Roaring '70s. The concert, exhibit and additional programs will exp...
Ashley Monroe Announces New Album SPARROW Available Everywhere 4/20
by Macon Prickett - February 23, 2018 On April 20, Grammy-nominated singer songwriter Ashley Monroe will release Sparrow via Warner Music Nashville. The album, her fourth, was recorded with producer Dave Cobb in Nashville's legendary RCA Studio A. Monroe spoke about the forthcoming album with NPR Music who today also shared the music vi...
Sara Evans Delivers Powerful Heartbreak Anthem 'All The Love You Left Me'
by Caryn Robbins - January 24, 2018 ACM and CMA Award winning country music star Sara Evans reveals a more vulnerable side with her latest single, the powerful heartbreak anthem All The Love You Left Me. The epic track, written by Hillary Lindsey, Gordon Sampson, and Ben West, features searing lyrics of a love lost....
The Oak Ridge Boys Set To Release 17TH AVENUE REVIVAL 3/16
by Tori Hartshorn - January 18, 2018 The Oak Ridge Boys Set To Release 17TH AVENUE REVIVAL 3/16...
Sara Evans Teams with CMT for 4th Annual Next Women of Country Tour
by Caryn Robbins - December 18, 2017 ACM and CMA Award winning country music star Sara Evans has partnered with CMT for its 4th annual Next Women of Country Tour in 2018.... |