Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss & Union Station will participate in the White House Music Series on Tuesday in Washington, D.C. Alison and Brad will take part in an afternoon educational workshop with 120 middle and high school students from across the nation. Among them will be 40 students from the W.O. Smith/Nashville Community School of Music, an institution that provides music lessons to deserving children from low income families. Tuesday night, Alison and Brad will perform for President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, as well as White House staff and members of Congress. The series celebrates the arts and the importance of arts education. It launched last month with a focus on jazz and will continue in the fall with classical music.
Mark Wills is offering fans a free download of his new single, "Entertaining Angels." Just check out Mark's website and share your own 'angel' story about someone who has affected your life in a postitive way.
News From Around The Country
Dolly Parton has released a new children’s book called I Am A Rainbow. She calls the book a “self-help guide” for children when it comes to controlling feelings and behavior by teaching that each color of the rainbow is a different emotion. Rascal Flatts “Summer Nights” will soon be used during ESPN’s Major League Baseball coverage. Plus, a new video for the song will start airing later this month. For the first time, the guys aren’t seen throughout the whole video. They are only in the intro and at the end. Miley Cyrus is currently in Georgia filming her next movie, an adaptation of Nicholas Sparks’ The Last Song. After that, she will play the role of a teenage fairy in a new fantasy film, Wings, based on a novel of the same name by Aprilynne Pike. Disney acquired the film rights shortly after the book was published in May. Miley’s mother, Tish Cyrus, will serve as executive producer. And finally, if you grab the new Daughtry album, Leave This Town, listen for guest vocalist Vince Gill. He sings harmony on a track titled “Tennessee Line.”
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Thursday, July 16, 2009
Monday, December 22, 2008
Pre-holiday Monday
Merry Christmas Week! There are so few shopping days left until the holiday that The Country Station hopes you are done! It’s time to go where you need to go, do what you need to do, and enjoy the holiday!
Voting is closed for Group 1 on the year-end Listener Poll. The Top 5 results are listed under the New Poll which lists your choices in Group 2. Four of the Top 5 were pretty well established last week, although Bucky Covington made a last minute sprint to move ahead of Blake Shelton for 2nd place. That coveted 5th spot was nearly a tie between George Strait and Heidi Newfield, but George eeked out an extra vote. So Carrie, Bucky, Blake, Darius, and George are in the finals next week against the Top 5 from this week’s poll. Keep Voting!
News From Around The Country
News is slow as the music industry closes up shop for the holidays, but it is getting around that Trace Adkins and Clint Eastwood have teamed up to support The Honor Flight Network. Each entertainer filmed a 60-second television spot to help raise money for the charity that arranges and finances trips for veterans to visit their war memorial in Washington, D.C. The spots will air at over 16-hundred movie theatres nationwide.
Christmas With The Stars
Craig Morgan, Keni Thomas, and Mark Wills are spending part of the holiday season entertaining the troops during a nine-day USO tour of the Middle East. The 2008 Hope and Freedom tour will visit three nations. Keni, who was a staff sergeant in the Army, said he understands the importance of such tours. “As a veteran, I understand what it means to have someone come visit you in a combat zone,” he said. “For a moment, the soldiers are reminded that the folks back home haven’t forgotten them. For a moment, they can take a break from the seriousness of what we are asking them to do on our behalf.” Just prior to leaving for his fourth USO tour, Keni was in the studio working on a new Christmas song. Literally, he finished the song, uploaded it to his website, and boarded the place bound for the Middle East. Click here to download your free copy of “The Bugler.”
Voting is closed for Group 1 on the year-end Listener Poll. The Top 5 results are listed under the New Poll which lists your choices in Group 2. Four of the Top 5 were pretty well established last week, although Bucky Covington made a last minute sprint to move ahead of Blake Shelton for 2nd place. That coveted 5th spot was nearly a tie between George Strait and Heidi Newfield, but George eeked out an extra vote. So Carrie, Bucky, Blake, Darius, and George are in the finals next week against the Top 5 from this week’s poll. Keep Voting!
News From Around The Country
News is slow as the music industry closes up shop for the holidays, but it is getting around that Trace Adkins and Clint Eastwood have teamed up to support The Honor Flight Network. Each entertainer filmed a 60-second television spot to help raise money for the charity that arranges and finances trips for veterans to visit their war memorial in Washington, D.C. The spots will air at over 16-hundred movie theatres nationwide.
Christmas With The Stars
Craig Morgan, Keni Thomas, and Mark Wills are spending part of the holiday season entertaining the troops during a nine-day USO tour of the Middle East. The 2008 Hope and Freedom tour will visit three nations. Keni, who was a staff sergeant in the Army, said he understands the importance of such tours. “As a veteran, I understand what it means to have someone come visit you in a combat zone,” he said. “For a moment, the soldiers are reminded that the folks back home haven’t forgotten them. For a moment, they can take a break from the seriousness of what we are asking them to do on our behalf.” Just prior to leaving for his fourth USO tour, Keni was in the studio working on a new Christmas song. Literally, he finished the song, uploaded it to his website, and boarded the place bound for the Middle East. Click here to download your free copy of “The Bugler.”
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Tuesday Newsday
Grammy nominations come out tomorrow, but while we wait some other news of note has been announced. Darius Rucker and Julianne Hough represent country music at TNT’s annual Christmas in Washington special. The event will be taped at the National Building Museum and will premiere on TNT December 17th.
Mark Wills joins Food Network's queen of southern cuisine, Paula Deen, on her holiday special Paula's Party: Butter Than Ever Christmas Party airing December 13th and repeating on December 24th. Mark will sings the Christmas classic, "Silent Night."
Wynonna will release an album of cover songs in February. Sing Chapter 1 will include songs made famous by Tammy Wynette, Stevie Ray Vaughn and Bill Withers, among others.
Keith Urban has announced next summer’s tour. His 5th new studio album should be out at the end of March. Then the tour will kick off in May with supporting acts Sugarland, Taylor Swift, Dierks Bentley, Glen Campbell, Lady Antebellum, and The Zac Brown Band. Tour dates will be announced soon, and tickets should be on sale early 2009. Keith says, “We intend to give people their money’s worth, for sure. We’re looking forward to seeing fans’ reactions to the new material, and we’re seeing how we can put a few new twists on some older material. We’ll play for as long as the venues will let us.”
Mark Wills joins Food Network's queen of southern cuisine, Paula Deen, on her holiday special Paula's Party: Butter Than Ever Christmas Party airing December 13th and repeating on December 24th. Mark will sings the Christmas classic, "Silent Night."
Wynonna will release an album of cover songs in February. Sing Chapter 1 will include songs made famous by Tammy Wynette, Stevie Ray Vaughn and Bill Withers, among others.
Keith Urban has announced next summer’s tour. His 5th new studio album should be out at the end of March. Then the tour will kick off in May with supporting acts Sugarland, Taylor Swift, Dierks Bentley, Glen Campbell, Lady Antebellum, and The Zac Brown Band. Tour dates will be announced soon, and tickets should be on sale early 2009. Keith says, “We intend to give people their money’s worth, for sure. We’re looking forward to seeing fans’ reactions to the new material, and we’re seeing how we can put a few new twists on some older material. We’ll play for as long as the venues will let us.”
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Tuesday Newsday
Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush from Sugarland are joining Elton John, John Cusack, Donny Osmond, Marie Osmond, Demi Lovato, Bette Midler and Ellen DeGeneres in a national campaign to Stomp Out Bullying. Bullying is at an all time high in communities like our around the country. One out of four kids experiences bullying in person, 42 percent of youth say they’ve been bullied online. Look for Sugarland to add their voices and images to the campaign on TV, in print, on wristbands and more.
Mark Wills is also working on a charitable project. His new CD, Familiar Stranger, will be sold in a pre-sale promotional pack to generate donations for Children’s Miracle Network hospitals throughout North America. "Being a father of two healthy children, I'm always reminded of how blessed I am," says Mark. "I'm pleased to be working with an organization that goes the extra mile for children and I'm excited to help raise awareness and money for this much needed cause."Dolly Parton has been named the 2009 Ambassador for the 75th anniversary of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. There will be many events held next year to celebrate Congress' approval to form the park on June 15, 1934. Dolly grew up in the foothills of the Smokies in Tennessee's Sevier County, said she's always been an advocate for the park, but she is honored to become "official."
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