Tuesday Newsday

It’s a crafter’s dream. Pieces sell out as fast as you can make them. If you’re Miranda Lambert doing the crafting, that’s the problem you face. Miranda started a line of handcrafted jewelry, designing and crafting everything herself. According the endydesigns.com, she’s already sold out. You can look at the website for fun, but it will be awhile before Miranda has time to make more. She’s currently working on her next album and will then be headed on tour with Kenny Chesney.

Randy Travis will release a new anthology, I Told You So: The Ultimate Hits of Randy Travis, on March 17th. The 32-track, two-CD set will feature two new songs, including a new single, “Turn It Around.” However, it does not include any material from his time at DreamWorks Records in the late 1990s. Randy will perform on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno on March 13th.

The Big half of Big & Rich, Big Kenny Alphin, is preparing for his next movie roll in the big-screen film Free Like Me. (This isn't Kenny's first big-screen appearance. In 2008, his documentary, Bearing Light: A Journey to Sudan, debuted at the Nashville Film Festival.) The new movie is about a man who is devastated by a loss in his life. He moves to the Caribbean to drink away his cares. He meets a woman. The End. Production is supposed to begin in mid-April in Nashville and the Dominican Republic. It will be a while until it’s released. In the meantime, check out Kenny’s wife, Christiev, unveiling the the first pieces of her Love Everybody jewelry line on QVC March 5th.

News From Around The Country
Taylor Swift is on CSI Thursday night. Fellow teen sensation Katie Armiger will be making her national television debut on the CBS Early Show March 21st. Martina McBride’s record label is releasing a CD set with three of Martina’s previous albums; The Time Has Come, The Way That I Am, and Wild Angels. The albums contain four Top 10 hits and Martina’s first number one song “Wild Angels.” And Jason Aldean will be taping a live concert DVD on Friday in Knoxville, Tennessee. The event is already sold out and the DVD is set to be released later this year. Jason says that a live concert DVD is something that he’s always wanted to do.