Miranda Lambert Announces New Album
July 9th, 2011
She is a country music superstar whose heart lies with Nashville, but Miranda Lambert waited until she was onstage in the heart of New York City, Central Park, performing live for the “Good Morning America Summer Concert Series” to announce the name and release date of her next album.
“I’ve been waiting so long to announce this,” Lambert said Friday on “GMA.” “My next record is called “Four, the Record” and it’s out 11/1/11.”
“Four” will be the fourth album for the singer who has been riding both a professional and personal high so far this year.
more via Country Superstar Miranda Lambert Announces New Album on ‘Good Morning America’ – ABC News.
Summer’s Top Country Music Albums and Festivals
May 24th, 2011
If you really love country music, here are two things you should do this Summer: Get Brad Paisley’s new album , “This Is Country Music,” and get to the CMA Music Festival in Nashville. With the album you get immersed in what the current world’s greatest exponent and practitioner of the country music art presents as his view of the genre. With the Festival you get immersed in real, live exposure to the major stars that make the music. Here’s what GAC, the country music network says about the CMA Festival and others:
What’s the greatest thing about summer? Well, that would be all day, multi-day country music marathons where you can see all your favorite artists in one place! Check out our list of the summer’s best festivals and fairs:
more via Summer’s Top Country Music Festivals and Fairs | GAC News & Notes.
“Rolling Stone” Declares Nashville “Best Music Scene”
April 19th, 2011
It’s like we’ve been saying all along: Nashville means great Country Music, but it’s not just Country. Now Rolling Stone Magazine takes note.
In its new Best of Rock issue, Rolling Stone lists Nashville as the nation’s Best Music Scene. The one-page spread covers Music City restaurants, bars, venues, shopping and record stores, with quotes from local rockers about their favorite hangs.
Kings of Leon’s Caleb Followill prefers Losers, and Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney can be found at the Station Inn or the 12 South Taproom.
Taylor Swift shares her love for yogurt parfait from Fido.
more via “Rolling Stone” Declares Nashville “Best Music Scene” : MusicRow.
An exclusive interview with Jace Everett
November 27th, 2010
How does it happen that a Nashville country music songwriter turns into an acclaimed TV/Film writer? An interview with writer Jace Everett explains.
Three short years ago Nashville-based singer-songwriter Jace Everett never could have dreamed of the twist of fate that would indoctrinate him into the folds of vampire culture and international musical fame. When Alan Ball, creator of the internationally acclaimed HBO series True Blood, happened upon the now legendary southern gothic song “Bad Things”…
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Country Music’s Taylor Swift Tops the Charts with a New Record Number of Top Ten Debuts
October 15th, 2010
Taylor Swift has entered the rarified air of top world acts like the Beatles, Mariah Carey and Janet Jackson with a record number of debuts on the top ten of Billboard’s Top 100 Chart. Her new single, “Speak Now” hitting the chart at number 8, earns her the record of the all-time greatest number of hits debuting in the top 10 during the chart’s entire 52-year history.
The top 8, and the number of times they’ve debuted in the top 10 are as follows: Read the rest of this entry »