Country Music Hall of Fame Hosts Songwriting Legend Jerry Foster
August 29th, 2011
Songwriters take note: a legend is demonstrating how it’s done.
Acclaimed songwriter Jerry Foster will take a seat at the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum on Sat., Sept. 10 as the latest subject of the Poets and Prophets: Legendary Country Songwriters series. Along with Bill Rice, the acclaimed duo wrote songs for some of country music’s biggest stars of the 1960s and ’70s, including Mickey Gilley “Here Comes the Hurt Again”, Jerry Lee Lewis “Would You Take Another Chance on Me”, Johnny Paycheck “Someone to Give My Love To”, Charley Pride “The Day the World Stood Still” and Conway Twitty “Ain’t She Something Else”. The duo is one of the most honored songwriting teams in history, and both were inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1994.
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Nashville’s Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Plans $75M Expansion
August 1st, 2011
The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum announced Thursday a $75 million expansion project that will more than double the museum’s 140,000 square feet space to 350,000 square feet.
The project will triple the existing exhibit space and add additional archival storage, an 800-seat theater and a new educational center that includes a children’s gallery, classrooms and a recording studio.
When complete, the expanded museum will be integrated into a downtown campus with the Music City Center and the Omni Hotel.
Nominations Announced for the 46th Annual Academy of Country Music® Awards
February 1st, 2011
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Nominations were announced today for the 46th ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS, a star-studded event produced for television by dick clark productions broadcast LIVE from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 3, 2011 at 8:00 PM live ET/delayed PT on the CBS Television Network.
Nominees were announced at a press conference this morning at the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum in Nashville. Country superstars Miranda Lambert and Ronnie Dunn read the nominations live during CBS’s The Early Show broadcast. As previously announced, Blake Shelton will join forces with country music star Reba to host the 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards.
Miranda Lambert led with seven nominations, including Top Female Vocalist and her first ever nomination for Entertainer of the Year.
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Brad Paisley, Lady Antebellum Lead GAC’s Flood Relief Effort | GAC News & Notes
May 17th, 2010
The stars came out in a big way, as did a number of companies and the American people when GAC presented Music City Keep On Playin’ — A Benefit For Flood Relief.
Brad Paisley, Keith Urban, Lady Antebellum and Dierks Bentley were among the artists who delivered nearly 20 songs during Sunday’s three-hour live special from Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. The event raised more than $1.7 million as of midnight CT and counting. Read the rest of this entry »