Look For Dan Hicks And The Hot Licks On Tour This Fall New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Vintage Guitar Magazine) - Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks have created a Christmas album set for release October 12. Crazy For Christmas is classic Hot Licks, full of the same dry wit and musical brilliance that has defined Dan Hicks' music for the past four decades and established ...
| Media Alert: Justin Foutz Interviewed On Actors Echat Sept. 30 Nashville, TN (Top40 Charts/ Doug Deutsch Publicity Services) - Justin Foutz is a 26-year-old singer, songwriter and guitar player born in Indianapolis, Indiana. At age 10, Justin picked up a Kay guitar and began to learn his favorite song, Richie Valens' "La Bamba". Natural talent and persistence paid ...
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Jesse And Noah Bellamy Announce Three New Winners Of 'First Call After Last Call' Dedication Contest Nashville, TN (Top40 Charts/ Luna Chica Records) - Jesse and Noah Bellamy have announced Carla Ramey from Cleveland, Ga., Laura Stout from Naples, Fla., and Don McGeehan from Alpharetta, Ga. as the most recent dedication winners of the "First Call After Last Call" dedication contest that the duo has ...
| Carrie Underwood Biography Releases This Week NASHVILLE, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Greenwood Publishing) - 'Carrie Underwood: A Biography' will be released this week by Greenwood Publishing, an imprint of ABC/Clio. Written by Nashville author Vernell Hackett, the book follows the singer from her hometown in Oklahoma to the stages of the most prestigious ...
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Health Net Federal Services Partners With Nashville Recording Artist, Barry Michael, To Promote The Behavioral Health Of Military Families Sacramento, CA (Top40 Charts/ Health Net Federal Services) - Health Net Federal Services, LLC, part of the Government Contracts segment of Health Net, Inc. (NYSE:HNT), today announced its partnership with Nashville recording artist, Barry Michael. Michael's hit song, 'Heroes and Angels', written specifically ...
| Country Comes Home: Country's Biggest Stars Raise The Curtain, Raise The Roof As The Grand Ole Opry Returns To The Opry House Nashville, TN (Top40 Charts/ Grand Ole Opry) - The Grand Ole Opry raised the curtain on its historic first show back at the Grand Ole Opry House tonight to reveal the silhouettes of nine-year Opry member Brad Paisley and 61-year Opry veteran Jimmy Dickens center stage on the renowned circle of wood ...
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Paisley, Skaggs, Stuart, Urban, Wariner Set To Jam At Opry Reopening Tonight Nashville, TN (Top40 Charts/ Great American Country TV) - The Grand Ole Opry is set to return to its historic home - the Grand Ole Opry House - for the first time since being displaced as a result of May's historic Nashville flood, and Great American Country (GAC) will broadcast the event live in "Country ...
| Ricky Skaggs To Jam With Brad Paisley And Keith Urban At Grand Ole Opry Reopening Tonight New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - Ricky Skaggs, whose new inspirational album 'Mosaic' (Skaggs Family Records) has been garnering rave reviews, is performing at the Grand Ole Opry's reopening tonight. Skaggs will be part of a guitar jam that will close the show, joined on stage by Brad ...
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Oak Ridge Boy 'Joe Bonsall' Releases New Book Nashville, TN (Top40 Charts/ Webster PR) - Many people know Joe Bonsall as the high voice in the legendary country music group The Oak Ridge Boys, but he is also a notable author, with eight published books-including a new book released in September. From My Perspective is a collection of commentaries ...
| Uab's Alys Stephens Center Presents Rosanne Cash BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Top40 Charts/ UAB Media Relations) - UAB's Alys Stephens Center will present Rosanne Cash as she performs songs from her latest album, "The List," at 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 22, 2010, in UAB's Alys Stephens Center, 1200 10th Ave. South. Tickets are $60, $50, $40; $20 student tickets. Call ...
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Country Superstar Taylor Swift Enters Into Another Exclusive Partnership With Comcast For On Demand And Online World Premiere 'First Listen' Of New Album, Speak Now Philadelphia, PA (Top40 Charts/ Comcast) - Comcast announced today its second exclusive partnership with Taylor Swift, the global music sensation and multi-GRAMMY Award-winning artist, that will bring Comcast customers a world-premiere 30-second, first listen of four songs from Swift's new album Speak ...
| Taylor Swift Launches Speak Now Album Release With 3-week iTunes Countdown! NASHVILLE, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Big Machine Records) - Taylor Swift's highly-anticipated album, Speak Now, will be released worldwide on October 25th, and each week a new track from the Big Machine Records album will be available for purchase exclusively on the iTunes Store for the three weeks leading ...
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Kenny Chesney Talks Football & New CD On ESPN Monday 9/27 Nashville, TN (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - Kenny Chesney, whose new album 'Hemingway's Whiskey' (BNA Records) is out September 28th, will spend the entire day Monday, September 27th at ESPN's studios in Bristol, CT. He'll primarily be talking about football, the inspiration for his 'Boys of Fall' ...
| What Does Ricky Skaggs Have In Common With Roy Orbison, Elvis Presley, Tammy Wynette & Bob Dylan... New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - On 14-time GRAMMY-winner Ricky Skaggs' spiritual album 'Mosaic,' out now from Skaggs Family Records, Peter Frampton plays guitar on "My Cup Runneth Over," a moving statement of faith that, as Country Weekly said of the album 'blends musical integrity and ...
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Joe Nichols Hopes Things Shape Up Well As A '5th Grader' Nashville, TN (Top40 Charts/ Joe Nichols Official Website) - Tune in to watch Joe Nichols get schooled tonight on CMT - he'll be a contestant as part of this week's country music week of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (tomorrow's guest(s) is/are the group Trailer Choir). The singer's current single ...
| Nashville Embraces Australian Acts At 2010 Americana Music Festival And Conference Nashville, TN (Top40 Charts/ Aristo Media) - The 2010 Americana Music Festival and Conference welcomed its first-ever lineup of Australian acts to this year's event, garnering positive reviews from fans and industry attendees alike. This year's conference, held in mid-September, featured a number of ...
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Nashville Industry, Artists Turn Out For Tyler Reeve Showcase At Mercy Lounge Nashville, TN (Top40 Charts/ Aristo Media) - An attentive mix of Nashville executives and artists turned out Tuesday evening for rising Country singer Tyler Reeve and his industry showcase at the Mercy Lounge. Reeve, who is rapidly developing a reputation as one of the most industrious touring acts ...
| Robert Earl Keen With Randy Rogers Band And Reckless Kelly At Buckhead Theatre ATLANTA, GA. (Top40 Charts/ Buckhead Theatre) - Texas native Robert Earl Keen will perform at the re-opened Buckhead Theatre on Friday, November 5th at 8 p.m. A favorite among country music fans, Keen is known for his unusual balance between sensitive story-portraits and raucous ballroom fun - fun that ...
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Zac Brown Band Celebrates 'You Get What You Give' Release! New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - Zac Brown Band's 'You Get What You Give' hits stores today (Atlantic/ Southern Ground Artists, Inc.), and early feedback says the album is a "strong, solid" follow-up to the GRAMMY-winning Best New Artist's 2008 double platinum release 'The Foundation:' ...
| Jesse And Noah Bellamy Announce The First Two Winners Of 'first Call After Last Call' Dedication Contest; Fans Still Have Time To Participate In Contest Nashville, TN (Top40 Charts/ Luna Chica Records) - Jesse and Noah Bellamy announced Lindsay Ainge from Atlanta, Ga. and Renee Harrison from Auburndale, Fla. as the first two winners of their 'First Call After Last Call' dedication contest that the duo has been sponsoring in conjunction with the release ...
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