ACAs Air Tonight, New Performers Added : MusicRow – Nashvilles Music Industry Publication – News, Songs From Music City
December 5th, 2011
Toby Keith and Chris Young have been added to the performance lineup for the American Country Awards, airing live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas Tonight (Monday, Dec. 5) 8-10 PM/ET on Fox. Keith will perform his current single and viral sensation “Red Solo Cup,” while Young will perform his recent No. 1 hit “Voices.” Young is currently nominated for Breakthrough Artist of the Year, Single of the Year, and Male Single of the Year both for “Voices”.
Jason Aldean and Zac Brown Band lead the nominations with eight apiece, followed by Thompson Square with seven. Taylor Swift and The Band Perry are next with six nominations each. Voting for most categories wrapped on Nov. 11, except for Artist of the Year, which closed on Friday, Dec. 2.
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How Nashville Recording Artists Did in the Grammy Nominations
December 1st, 2011
The Grammy’s are of course weighted heavily toward pop, but Nashville does sneak in here and there, and last night’s nominations show on CBS was no exception. Nashville artists appearing on the show were Sugarland, Jason Aldean, who scored multiple noms in Country, and The Band Perry, nominated for the all-genre Best New Artist award.
Nashville’s Kings of Leon were nominated for Best Rock Album, “Come Around Sundown.” And one pop nom that might have gone little noticed as a Nashville connection was Best Pop Duo/Group Performance nomination of ”Dearest” – The Black Keys. The BKs have been recording in Nashville lately.
Country Nominations were: Read the rest of this entry »
Google Gospel? Hardly. Check Out This Songwriting Search Result!
October 20th, 2011
For you who believe everything you find with a Google search is the gospel truth, check out what we found when we clicked on one of their links which said it was supposed to lead to an article on songwriters and Jason Aldean.
“Congratulations! You found a link we goofed up on, and as a result youre here, on the article-not-found page. That said, if you happened to be looking for our photo gallery of the Denver Broncos Cheerleaders at the unveiling of this years calendar, youre in luck.
“So, yeah, sorry, we could not find the Denver Post article you’re looking for. There are a couple possible reasons for this: Read the rest of this entry »
Taylor Swift, Blake Shelton, Brad Paisley Performing at CMA Awards | Billboard.com
September 20th, 2011
With Country’s biggest night, the CMA Awards, fast approaching the news is getting hot and heavy about the way things are shaping up.
All five country music stars nominated for Entertainer of the Year at the 2011 CMA Awards will perform at the November ceremony, the Country Music Association announced on Tuesday Sept. 20.
Taylor Swift, Jason Aldean, Blake Shelton, Keith Urban and Brad Paisley will all take the stage before one is crowned Entertainer of the Year, the CMA’s top prize. Paisley, who will co-host the event with Carrie Underwood, is the reigning Entertainer of the Year winner, taking home the 2010 trophy after five straight losses. Swift was named Entertainer of the Year the previous year.
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CMA Awards Nominations Announced
September 6th, 2011
CMA nominee announcements show some surprises and usual suspects, but of course, the main thing we’re rooting for is Brad Paisley for Album of the Year with his “This Is Country Music” release. We admit we’re biased because our publishing partner ParMusic Group has a cut on it. It’s a neat song called “Toothbrush,” written by ParMusic Writer Danny Simpson.
Topping the list of final nominees for The 45th Annual CMA Awards are Jason Aldean, Brad Paisley, Blake Shelton, and Taylor Swift with five nods each. Right on their heels are The Band Perry and Zac Brown Band, who each received four nominations as a group while individual members Kimberly Perry of The Band Perry, Coy Bowles and Zac Brown of Zac Brown Band each earned a solo nod as a songwriter.
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