Traditional Country Fans Respond to Blake Shelton's Insults with Benefit Concert
by Claire Hannum - February 05, 2013 The furor raised by Nashville country music superstar, Blake Shelton, when he complained that fans of older and more traditional sounding country music were not attending his concerts or buying his CD's, has a response. He publicly called them 'old farts and jackasses.' There has been a response all...
Country Music Industry Reacts to Blake Shelton Comments
by Caryn Robbins - March 12, 2013 When Blake Shelton, a country music artist, on national television, said...'Nobody wants to listen to their grandpa's music, and I don't care how many of these old farts around Nashville are going 'My God that ain't country.' Well, that's because you don't buy records anymore you jackasses, the kid...
Live Instagram Feed to Stream on CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL: COUNTRY'S NIGHT TO ROCK, 8/12
by Tyler Peterson - August 09, 2013 The Country Music Association has partnered with the ABC Television Network and Mass Relevance to create a unique broadcast television Instagram integration, which will debut during 'CMA Music Festival: Country's Night to Rock' airing MONDAY, AUGUST 12 (8:00-11:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Net...
Clark, Lewis et al. Lead Lincoln Center's American Songbook in Jan.
by Jessica Lewis - December 15, 2010 Lincoln Center's acclaimed series American Songbook, which explores the best of the golden age of musical standards through to today's most dynamic songwriting, will bring to the stage some of today's most gifted interpreters of song. Week Two starts on January 26th with a tribute to arguably the gr...
Palais Royale Welcomes Bob & Tom Comedy Tour, 2/14
by Kelsey Denette - January 15, 2013 Bob & Tom Comedy Tour is coming to South Bend for a Valentine show on Thursday, February 14, at 7:30 p.m. at the Palais Royale, 105 West Colfax Avenue, South Bend, Indiana....
Clark, Lewis et al. Lead Lincoln Center's American Songbook, 1/26
by BWW News Desk - January 26, 2011 Lincoln Center's acclaimed series American Songbook, which explores the best of the golden age of musical standards through to today's most dynamic songwriting, will bring to the stage some of today's most gifted interpreters of song. Week Two starts on January 26th with a tribute to arguably the gr...
THE X FACTOR: The Judges' Homes PART 2!
by Jennie Mamary - October 16, 2011 Here we go again folks- it's the Judges' Homes round take 2! The contestants continue to fight for their lives as they perform in front of the judges and special guests. After tonight, only half will move on to the finals and have a shot at winning The X Factor!...
THE X FACTOR: The Judges' Homes PART 2!
by Jennie Mamary - October 16, 2011 Here we go again folks- it's the Judges' Homes round take 2! The contestants continue to fight for their lives as they perform in front of the judges and special guests. After tonight, only half will move on to the finals and have a shot at winning The X Factor!...
Outlaw Country Artist DALLAS MOORE Announces New Release
by Caryn Robbins - February 05, 2013 In eerie fashion, almost as a sign from the long gone masters of the genre, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, and Hank Williams Sr. himself, Moore's label Sol Records has released this epic 12 song cd seemingly in response to pop country artist Blake Shelton's recent statement that folks who perform and...
Joe's Pub Hosts CMA Songwriter Series feat Easton Corbin & Clay Walker
by Gabrielle Sierra - May 25, 2011 Joe's Pub at The Public Theater debuted in October 1998 and has quickly became one of New York City's most celebrated and in-demand showcase venues for live music and performance. With its genre-blind booking and vast diversity of interests, the stage at Joe's Pub gives voice to a world of varied an...
DAZE OF SAVE Old-Time Country Music Festival Begins in Iowa, 8/27
by BWW News Desk - May 05, 2012 'Daze of Save' entices local residents to save their gas money traveling to events, festivals, and programs in the urban cities, and bring it back home to the real 'country' in Iowa. The annual old-time acoustic music event is now in it's 37th year and is devoted to bringing alive not only the music...
Joe's Pub Hosts CMA Songwriter Series feat Easton Corbin & Clay Walker
by Gabrielle Sierra - May 25, 2011 Joe's Pub at The Public Theater debuted in October 1998 and has quickly became one of New York City's most celebrated and in-demand showcase venues for live music and performance. With its genre-blind booking and vast diversity of interests, the stage at Joe's Pub gives voice to a world of varied an...
Clark, Lewis et al. Lead Lincoln Center's American Songbook in Jan.
by Jessica Lewis - December 15, 2010 Lincoln Center's acclaimed series American Songbook, which explores the best of the golden age of musical standards through to today's most dynamic songwriting, will bring to the stage some of today's most gifted interpreters of song. Week Two starts on January 26th with a tribute to arguably the gr...
Josh Slone Wins Rural Roots' Best Classic Blue Grass Album of the Year
by Nicole Rosky - June 06, 2011 92nd Street Y has announced that Jordan Roth, President of Jujamcyn Theaters, will continue his popular multi-evening 92nd Street Y conversation series, 'Broadway Talks with Jordan Roth' with Grammy Award-winning musicians Bono and The Edge, on the eve of the Opening Night of SPIDER-MAN Turn Off The...
Toni Catlin Plays THT Cabaret, 10/20
by BWW News Desk - October 20, 2011 She was raised in Vermont, but for the last ten years she's been in Nashville, honing her craft, writing, performing, and singing backup for major artists. Now Toni Catlin has come back to Vermont, and she'll be performing at Middlebury's Town Hall Theater on Thursday, October 20. ...
Nathan Stanley to Receive Best Classic Country CD of the Year at National Old-Time Country & Bluegrass Festival, 8/29
by Lauren Wolman - August 10, 2011 Anyone connected to, or familiar with, 'country' music has probably heard the name Stanley. Probably lots of folks have been exposed to the Stanley name, especially the Stanley Brothers, preservationists of mountain music, or as they liked to call it, 'old timey country.' The brothers are being indu...
DAZE OF SAVE Old-Time Country Music Festival Begins in Iowa Today, 8/27
by BWW News Desk - August 27, 2012 The annual old-time acoustic music event is now in it's 37th year and is devoted to bringing alive not only the music of Iowa's settling pioneers, but also the pioneer's survival crafts. This week, today, Aug. 27 through Sept. 2 features ten sound stages and more than 650 performers....
Traditional Country Fans Respond to Blake Shelton's Insults with Benefit Concert Today
by BWW News Desk - February 23, 2013 The furor raised by Nashville country music superstar, Blake Shelton, when he complained that fans of older and more traditional sounding country music were not attending his concerts or buying his CD's, has a response. He publicly called them 'old farts and jackasses.' There has been a response all...
Toni Catlin Plays THT Cabaret, 10/20
by Kelsey Denette - October 03, 2011 She was raised in Vermont, but for the last ten years she's been in Nashville, honing her craft, writing, performing, and singing backup for major artists. Now Toni Catlin has come back to Vermont, and she'll be performing at Middlebury's Town Hall Theater on Thursday, October 20. ...
2015 Ameripolitan Music Award Winners Announced at Paramount Theatre
by Anna Bencivengo - February 18, 2015 The 2nd Annual Ameripolitan Music Awards took place last night at the historic Paramount Theatre, 713 Congress Avenue in downtown Austin, presented by Lone Star and Fender Guitars, with winners in classic country music categories as Honky Tonk, Western Swing, Rockabilly and Outlaw....
Nathan Stanley to Receive Best Classic Country CD of the Year at National Old-Time Country & Bluegrass Festival, 8/29
by BWW News Desk - August 29, 2011 Anyone connected to, or familiar with, 'country' music has probably heard the name Stanley. Probably lots of folks have been exposed to the Stanley name, especially the Stanley Brothers, preservationists of mountain music, or as they liked to call it, 'old timey country.' The brothers are being indu...
Unpublished Lincoln Documents Including The Prairie File and Abe's African Dream Up for Auction, 1/6
by Christina Mancuso - December 30, 2014 YONKERS, N.Y., Dec. 30, 2014 /PRNewswire/ A group of eight Illinois manuscripts, signed by Lincoln in 1842, begins just two years after receiving his law license. Other signers include James Matheny, best man at Lincoln's wedding that year, best friend Joshua Speed, and Stephen A. Douglass, future o...
Cleis Press & Viva Editions Recommends Audiobook, JIA: A NOVEL OF NORTH KOREA
by BWW News Desk - April 11, 2013 Newly released in audiobook, Jia: A Novel of North Korea is the first novel about present-day North Korea to be published in the West. A moving and true-to-life tale of courage in the face of oppression and exile, it follows the adventures of an orphaned young woman, Jia, who has the grace of a danc...
BROADWAY DOES COUNTRY Set for Feinstein's/54 Below, 5/8
by Tyler Peterson - March 14, 2016 FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents Broadway Does Country on May 8th, 2016. Sponsored by Erik Hayden, Financial Advisor, & the Peloso-Barnes Group at Morgan Stanley. Broadway Does Country takes the best of classic and contemporary Country Music and pairs them up with the best voic...
Rural Roots Music Festival to Come to Fremont, Nebraska, 10/4-6
by Tyler Peterson - September 08, 2013 'It's an amazing world we live in today,' says Bob Everhart, President of the National Traditional Country Music Assn. 'It's thrilling to see some prehistoric creatures return to planet earth,' Everhart said in a recent radio interview, 'but more importantly to me is the struggle to keep our old-ti... |
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