Carrie Underwood Leads CMT Noms

Carrie Underwood is the leading nominee for the 2012 CMT Music Awards, scoring nods in five categories. Miranda Lambert earned four nominations—two for her solo work and two as a member of first-time nominees Pistol Annies. Jason Aldean, Lady Antebellum, Rascal Flatts, Blake Shelton, Taylor Swift, The Civil Wars and Thompson Square secured three nominations each. The candidates were announced this morning (4/23) [...]

Brantley Gilbert’s Album Goes Gold

Brantley Gilbert’s first album on The Valory Music Co., HALFWAY TO HEAVEN, has been certified Gold by the RIAA for sales exceeding 500,000. Released just last September, the album debuted at #2 on the Billboard Country Albums Chart and produced the Gold-certified, #1 smash, “Country Must Be Country Wide.” “Man, to have ‘Heaven’ go Gold [...]

Taylor Swift In Talks To Play Joni Mitchell

 So we hear that Taylor Swift is in talks to portray singer Joni Mitchell in a new movie. She’s reportedly close to signing on for an adaptation of Sheila Weller’s book Girls Like Us, a biography of Mitchell, Carole King and Carly Simon. Alison Pill, who has previously starred in Midnight in Paris, Scott Pilgrim [...]

Pepsi Becomes Headlining Sponsor for BamaJam

BamaJam recently announced a partnership with Pepsi for its 2012 festival, scheduled for June 14-16 in Enterprise, Alabama. Pepsi, which owns Quaker, Tropicana, Gatorade, Frito-Lay and Pepsi-Cola, will be promoting the event beginning in May. Dual headline stages at BamaJam 2012 will feature artists including Tim McGraw, Zac Brown Band, Alan Jackson, Eric Church, Willie Nelson, Kid Rock, Sheryl Crow, NEEDTOBREATHE, Casey James, [...]

Josh Turner ALBUM NEWS

With four No. 1 smash hits in “All Over Me,” “Your Man,” “Would You Go With Me,” and “Why Don’t We Just Dance,” and over 5 million albums sold since his critically-acclaimed debut Long Black Train, UMG Nashville’s Josh Turner is slated to release his fifth studio album, Punching Bag, to stores nationwide on Tuesday, [...]

Pistol Annies Support Record Store Day

Miranda Lambert, Ashley Monroe and Angaleena Presley, a.k.a. the Pistol Annies, will commemorate Record Store Day with the vinyl release of their critically acclaimed album, Hell On Heels. The vinyl version will be released on Record Store Day which is Saturday, April 21. The CD and digital album was released in August of last year [...]

VIDEO PREMIERE: Kenny Chesney & Tim McGraw “Feel Like a Rock Star”

Here’s Kenny Chesney & Tim McGraw‘s deut “Feel Like a Rock Star” directed by Shaun Silva. “Feel Like a Rock Star” is the lead single from Chesney’s forthcoming Welcome to the Fish Bowl album.

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