Friday, September 3, 2010

A Laborious Weekend Ahead

The latest series of greeting cards written and inspired by Taylor Swift are available at exclusively at Target from now through early November. The 18 new designs to celebrate birthdays and friendship have her identifiable butterfly icon on the back to continue the sequencing. Previous cards in the series have been sold at retail stores in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and the U.K. By fall 2010, the products will be available in Australia, New Zealand and U.S. military bases worldwide.

Loretta Lynn has revealed the artists who she personally chose to participate in an upcoming tribute album. The project will include Sheryl Crow, Steve Earle, Faith Hill, Alan Jackson, Kid Rock, Miranda Lambert, Martina McBride, Allison Moorer, Reba McEntire, Carrie Underwood, Lucinda Williams, Gretchen Wilson, Lee Ann Womack, Paramore, and the White Stripes performing Loretta’s hits with the producer and musicians of their own choosing. The album will be released November 9th.

Jaron and the Long Road to Love identified his co-star in the upcoming music video for his single, “That’s Beautiful to Me.” MTV The Hills star, Kristin Cavallari, will play Jaron’s love interest in the video, which was filmed in Los Angeles this past week. Jaron says, “She couldn't be more perfect for it. Sweet, kind, beautiful but doesn't flaunt it kind of way, adorable and all other goodness. It's gonna be awesome!”

And finally, for Labor Day Weekend, here’s the story behind Gretchen Wilson’s hit, “Work Hard, Play Harder.” Gretchen Wilson co-wrote the song with one of her closest friends in the industry - John Rich. The two wrote the song at her house and also at one of John’s bars in Nashville. The lyrics were inspired by a random foot tapping and John’s acoustic guitar. They started bouncing around song ideas back and forth, but were stuck on writing a song describing the feeling of being proud to work hard and earned something. Gretchen had her Grandfather in mind who was a veteran of World War II. The song can be found on Gretchen’s album, I Got Your Country Right Here.

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