Friday, April 24, 2009

Busy Days Ahead

Happy Feel Good Friday! It’s a big weekend here in the Mesilla Valley. Tonight starts the 2-day NMSU Aggie Rodeo at the fairgrounds, tomorrow is the March for Babies at Young Park and then the NMSU Spring Game in the afternoon, and both days this weekend is the La Vina Blues and Jazz Festival in La Union. Aside from all that, our sister station, Viva Vista, is having a birthday party, and there will be more opportunity to enter to win the Harley. Are we keeping you busy enough? If you must stay on the couch, check out what’s happening in country music:

Miranda Lambert has learned a big lesson: never go hog hunting before a big tour starts. She slipped in a creek and whacked up her leg pretty good. She got a tetanus shot and has been treating herself with “Neosporin and Bacardi,” but she’s still been seen limping around stage fighting off a potential infection. She says that she is almost at 100%.

Garth Brooks will be working behind the camera once again. In 2001, Garth co-produced a made-for-TV movie Call Me Claus starring Whoppi Goldberg. This time he is executive producing a Lifetime TV movie based on his hit “Unanswered Prayers.” The movie is said to be in pre-production; no actors have been announced yet but it’s likely to be on TV sometime in 2010.

News From Around The Country
Gloriana
is going to on tour with Taylor Swift and along the way will be making acoustic appearances at select high schools to perform for the students on lunch period. The Tractors are soon going boogie woogie their way back into the active music business with their first album in six years. Steve Ripley and his multiplatnum band will release Trade Union on May 19, a collection of gospel, country, rock, and boogie woogie music. Look for guest appearances from contributing writers Leon Russell and JJ Cale.

Set The DVR
This weekend, Country Weekly’s Hottest Bachelors will be revealed on GAC. Kenny Chesney will visit Late Night with David Letterman and sing “Out Last Night” on May 19, Greatest Hits Two release date. And finally, Collin Raye will be all over the TV next week promoting his new disc, Never Going Back. Tuesday, Collin will be on NBC’s Today Show, and then he’ll do the syndicated Morning Show with Mike & Juliet. While in New York City, Collin will tape Fox News Channel's Hannity for next Friday (5/1) and sing on the CBS Early Show next Saturday (5/2). Also next weekend, Collin should be on Fox News' Huckabee multiple times.

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