Kenny Chesney has earned his 20th career number one song with “Boys of Fall.” He also releases his album Hemingway’s Whiskey today. The project is something he was able to record during his down time while taking a year off from touring. He says for the past four or five albums, he was constantly rushing in and out of the studio and this time he was able to really focus on this project along with his producer Buddy Cannon. To promote the new project, look for Kenny on NBC’s Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Friday, and a Monday he’ll be a guest and performer on the Ellen DeGeneres Show.
The Grand Ole Opry will reopen tonight after suffering an enormous amount of damage during the floods that hit Nashville in May. Brad Paisley was on hand recently to return the historical circle of wood back to the center of the stage, and he said that although he lost a lot personal items in the flood, the news of the damage done to the Grand Ole Opry was the most painful. “My moments and my milestones happened here. So when this was destroyed, of all places, that was the most heartbreaking thing about the flood was this. No personal loss of property came anywhere near this,” said Brad. Trace Adkins, Jason Aldean, Dierks Bentley, Charlie Daniels Band, Del McCoury Band, Martina McBride, Montgomery Gentry, Blake Shelton, Brad Paisley, Keith Urban, Josh Turner and many more will take the stage tonight in honor of the reopening of the Grand Ole Opry.
Taylor Swift’s highly-anticipated third album, Speak Now, will be released worldwide on October 25th, and each week leading up to its release, a new track from the album will be available for purchase on iTunes. Each song will also be available in advance as an exclusive 30-second preview, along with a brief interview with Taylor, each week on Comcast On Demand, online at XfinityTV.com, and on E! News Daily. The iTunes / Comcast countdown pre-release tracks and previews are scheduled to launch as follows:
Song, “Speak Now”
- October 4th: 12:01 a.m. - Preview and interview available on Comcast on Demand and XfinityTv.com. Clip and interview featured on E! News that evening.
- October 5th:12:01 a.m. - “Speak Now” available for purchase at iTunes.com
Song, “Back To December”
- October 11th: 12:01 a.m. - Preview and interview available on Comcast on Demand and XfinityTv.com. Clip and interview featured on E! News that evening.
- October 12th: 12:01 a.m. - “Back To December” available for purchase at iTunes.com
Song, “Mean”
- October 18th: 12:01 a.m. - Preview and interview available on Comcast on Demand and XfinityTv.com. Clip and interview featured on E! News that evening.
- October 19th: 12:01 a.m. - “Mean” available for purchase at iTunes.com
And finally, it will be nice to see Travis Tritt in another movie roll. He is currently on location in Georgia playing the role of Eddie Waters in the Christian-based story about two brothers who lead two different lives in the 1950’s. Alan Jackson was also considered for the part. Fishers of Men will be released in January 2011.
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Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Forefathers Pick The Hits
Gettin’ ready for the 4th of July? Feeling patriotic? Check out this promotional ad for one of the most popular records that is playing on The Country Station. Can you guess who it is? 
Normally, we don’t re-post the gazillions of promotional ads that come across our desk, but this is one is too funny to resist. Kudos to our friends at Lyric Street Records for their creativity with the campaign: “Our Forefathers agree, ‘A Father’s Love’ is a hit.” Did you guess that that’s Bucky Covington hanging out with the founders of our country?
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, we are getting very excited about the free show from Clay Walker, Sunday night as part of the city’s 4th of July festivities. (We should start a campaign to get Bucky next year – as long as he’ll wear the robe! LOL. It’s going to be one of those days. Can you tell?) Tune in today for the chance to win a copy of Clay’s latest CD, She Won’t Be Lonely Long, and don’t miss the chance to hear from Clay on the air tomorrow. Sunday afternoon, for those that can’t make the concert, and for those who will be on their way to the concert, don’t miss the 4th of July special, hosted by Clay Walker, airing on The Country Station.
News From Around The Country
Rascal Flatts member Jay DeMarcus and his wife, CMT Personality, Allison DeMarcus are anticipating the birth of their first child in January of 2011. Joe Don Rooney and his wife, Tiffany Fallon, are expecting their second child in September. Looks like the Wives Flatts have something to commiserate about other than their husbands being on the road all the time. Well, not all the time…… Travis Tritt is planning to launch his own record label to release his next album. Travis will handle the creative side of the label, but he is seeking financial partners. Travis’ most recent album, The Storm, was released on Category 5 Records in 2007, but he sued the label later that year for alleging breach of contract and fraud. …. And finally, big note for Josh Thompson, who performed his first sold-out show as a headlining act in Minneapolis this past weekend. The audience didn’t leave until Josh came back for an encore, where he told the crowd he was going to try a brand-new song he had written just two weeks ago. By the end of the song, the crowd was singing along to the chorus. Josh is currently touring with Brad Paisley on the H20 World Tour.
Normally, we don’t re-post the gazillions of promotional ads that come across our desk, but this is one is too funny to resist. Kudos to our friends at Lyric Street Records for their creativity with the campaign: “Our Forefathers agree, ‘A Father’s Love’ is a hit.” Did you guess that that’s Bucky Covington hanging out with the founders of our country?Meanwhile, back at the ranch, we are getting very excited about the free show from Clay Walker, Sunday night as part of the city’s 4th of July festivities. (We should start a campaign to get Bucky next year – as long as he’ll wear the robe! LOL. It’s going to be one of those days. Can you tell?) Tune in today for the chance to win a copy of Clay’s latest CD, She Won’t Be Lonely Long, and don’t miss the chance to hear from Clay on the air tomorrow. Sunday afternoon, for those that can’t make the concert, and for those who will be on their way to the concert, don’t miss the 4th of July special, hosted by Clay Walker, airing on The Country Station.
News From Around The Country
Rascal Flatts member Jay DeMarcus and his wife, CMT Personality, Allison DeMarcus are anticipating the birth of their first child in January of 2011. Joe Don Rooney and his wife, Tiffany Fallon, are expecting their second child in September. Looks like the Wives Flatts have something to commiserate about other than their husbands being on the road all the time. Well, not all the time…… Travis Tritt is planning to launch his own record label to release his next album. Travis will handle the creative side of the label, but he is seeking financial partners. Travis’ most recent album, The Storm, was released on Category 5 Records in 2007, but he sued the label later that year for alleging breach of contract and fraud. …. And finally, big note for Josh Thompson, who performed his first sold-out show as a headlining act in Minneapolis this past weekend. The audience didn’t leave until Josh came back for an encore, where he told the crowd he was going to try a brand-new song he had written just two weeks ago. By the end of the song, the crowd was singing along to the chorus. Josh is currently touring with Brad Paisley on the H20 World Tour.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Heavy metal....
Tuesday is always a big day for CD's. You'll see in the sidebar that Mark Chesnutt's new album is out today, as well as a patriotic country CD for your 4th of July barbecuing pleasure. In addition to that, we're hearing about some pretty big sales numbers for existing albums. Troubadour from George Strait is now certified by the Recording Industry Association of America as Gold for sales better than 500,000. Still Feels Good from Rascal Flatts has now pushed over the 2,000,000 mark to reach double-Platinum status.Unstoppable Taylor Swift owns the Billboard Country Albums Chart for the 20th week with her self-titled debut CD. That puts Taylor in good company with Carrie Underwood and the Dixie Chicks, each of whom has kept an album at number one for 20 weeks. And speaking of heavy metal, Taylor is now triple-Platinum. The RIAA has certified that Taylor Swift has scanned an impressive three million copies. And the numbers just keep adding up for Taylor. She’s now had 50,ooo,ooo streams on her My Space page, she’s gotten a Gold Mastertone for selling half-a-million “Our Song” ring tones, and “Our Song” has received a BDS Spin Award to acknowledge the song having been played on the radio more than 200,000 times.
In other news, Lee Ann Womack's next album, Call Me Crazy, is supposed to feature guest appearances by George Strait and Keith Urban. LeAnn Rimes has designed her own My Little Pony for charity. It will be auctioned off for charity this fall alongside other celebrity-designed Ponies. Carrie Underwood has lost her reign as PETA's Sexiest Vegetarian to pop singer Leona Lewis. And finally, Travis Tritt and Marty Stuart have announced plans to tour together for the first time since the No Hats Tour back in the early '90's.
And the last thing for today is the addition of the New Faces on the left sidebar. You've heard them on The Country Station, now you can see what the newer artists look like! Just click the picture links to learn more about the artists. Enjoy!
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