Country Thunder USA Announces GAC Partnership
Florence, AZ. (Top40 Charts/ Country Thunder USA) - Country Thunder USA is proud to announce the partnership with GAC (Great American Country). GAC has agreed to participate in and promote both the Florence, AZ four-day festival April 1 - 4th and the Twin Lakes, WI festival mid-July. Top names making ...
| Bo Bice To Participate In CMT Camp Nashville Country Music's First Multi-artist Fantasy Camp
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ CMT Camp Nashville) - During a press conference held at the Gibson Showroom in Nashville, Tennessee, CMT's Top 20 Countdown host Lance Smith revealed a rare opportunity for one hundred country music fans to live out their fantasy of being a country music star. CMT Camp ...
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The Oak Ridge Boys To Participate In 2009 SXSW Music Conference & Festival March 19
Austin, TX. (Top40 Charts/ Spring Hill Records) - The South by Southwest (SXSW) Music Conference and Festival, scheduled to take place Wednesday, March 18 - 22, 2009 in Austin, Texas is excited to announce the participation of the Oak Ridge Boys in the 2009 Music Conference and Festival. Through decades ...
| Tracy Lawrence Introduces 'Up To Him'
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Rocky Comfort Records) - With 17 No. 1's, more than 30 charted singles on the Billboard Hot Country Chart, 10 studio albums, five specialty records and more than eight million albums sold, platinum-selling country star Tracy Lawrence is poised to write the next chapter ...
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Zac Brown Band's 'Chicken Fried' Sells Over One Million Copies!
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - Zac Brown Band's debut single "Chicken Fried" has sold over 1,000,000 copies to date and this week received its official RIAA Gold certification for surpassing 500,000 sales. "['Chicken Fried' is] a bouncy, insanely catchy front-porch jam that feels as ...
| Cracker Barrel To Offer Exclusive Dolly Parton CD
LEBANON, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Cracker Barrel Old Country Store) - She's an international star, a prolific songwriter, and a beloved philanthropist, but Dolly Parton is also just an old-fashioned Tennessee girl, and that's why Cracker Barrel Old Country Store is pleased and proud to be the exclusive source ...
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National Guard Taps The Roys To Perform At Atlanta Motor Speedway In March
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ TRG Motorsports) - Nashville recording duo, The Roys, recently returned from a busy week at Daytona National Speedway, where they kicked off the NASCAR season with TRG Motorsports, their partners in the Racing with The Roys series. The series, developed by The Roys and ...
| Female Folk Supergroup Sometymes Why Release 'Your Heart Is A Glorious Machine' On Signature Sounds!
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Signature Sounds Records) - Three beguiling female musicians Aoife O'Donovan, Kristin Andreassen, and Ruth Ungar Merenda, together known as Sometymes Why, will release their sophomore record Your Heart is a Glorious Machine on the venerated Signature Sounds Recording label. ...
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Mike Farris SHOUT! LIVE Captures Soulful Rocker's Inspiring Performances
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Columbia Records) - Soul-stirring rocker Mike Farris releases Mike Farris SHOUT! LIVE, a collection of live recordings from the Sunday Night Shout series at the legendary Station Inn in Nashville. Featuring the McCrary Sisters and the Roseland Rhythm Revue, Mike Farris ...
| Eilen Jewell Releases Third Record Sea Of Tears On April 21, 2009
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Signature Sounds Records) - Like a throwback to the music performed in a whiskey-soaked dance hall, the third record from Boston songwriter Eilen Jewell, Sea of Tears, is an honest narrative of a woman journeying in and out of love. Set for release on April 21, 2009, through ...
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GEORGE STRAIT - ACM ARTIST OF THE DECADE All Star Concert to Be Taped Monday, April 6, 2009 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas
ENCINO, Calif. (Top40 Charts/ Academy of Country Music) - Tickets are available now for the all star country concert television taping of GEORGE STRAIT - ACM ARTIST OF THE DECADE from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Monday, April 6th, 2009 to air at a later date on the CBS Television Network. ...
| Amy Speace To Perform Wildflower Records' 10th Anniversary At Joe's Pub
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Wildflower Records) - Wildflower Records celebrates 10 years of working with an incredible roster of artists, including Americana Rock singer-songwriter Amy Speace who will be performing songs from her upcoming album "The Killer In Me". Amy will be joined her label mates ...
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Beaumont Bash Set For October 2009
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Beaumont Boys Bash) - Country music stars and Southeast Texans Tracy Byrd, Zona Jones, and Mark Chesnutt will be home in October for a three-day-long series of charity events called the Beaumont Boys Bash. Byrd explained, "By postponing the Bash from April to our new dates ...
| Verizon And Keith Urban Team Up For The Verizon VIP Tour To Give Fans A Special 'No Frills' Performance
BASKING RIDGE, N.J. (Top40 Charts/ Verizon Wireless) - Keith Urban fans are walking on air in anticipation of the March 31 release of "Defying Gravity," the two-time GRAMMY award-winner's new album, which has already spawned Urban's 18th top 5 hit "Sweet Thing." Urban is teaming with Verizon to give ...
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Marcel Offers Optimism In Our Hard Economic Times
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Red Stripe Planes Records) - Releases digital single 'Believin'' from his much anticipated sophomore album on Red Stripe Planes Records. In a time when people's hope and dreams are clashing with the state of our economic times and the everyday struggles to make ends meet, ...
| Country Band Brokedown Cadillac To Be Featured In Walt Disney Pictures 'Race To Witch Mountain'
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Walt Disney Records) - Modern Country group BROKEDOWN CADILLAC-fronted by CORRI ENGLISH and RANDY DUNHAM-will make their national debut March 13 when the new Walt Disney Pictures film Race To Witch Mountain hits theaters. The band-whose upbeat country rock blend is highlighted ...
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Native Alternative Folk Rock Artist Atsiaktonkie Releases First Solo Album After Departing From His Former Band December Wind
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Atsiaktonkie Official Website) - Hailing from the Akwesasne (Mohawk) Territory, Singer-Songwriter Atsiaktonkie (ah-jeeak-doon-gee-ay) releases his first solo project since departing ways with Native Alternative Folk Rock Band December Wind in 2006. On his new 14-track CD, ...
| Taylor Swift Sets Historic Top 40 Radio Milestone For Country Artist
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Big Machine Records) - Big Machine country singing sensation Taylor Swift, who recently achieved the rare milestone of spending 8 weeks atop the Billboard 200 top albums chart (only 5 other albums have done so since 2000) for her smash sophomore album Fearless, is now rewriting ...
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Jason Aldean's 'She's Country' Tops 10 Million MySpace Streams
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Broken Bow Records) - Platinum-selling country rocker Jason Aldean's latest attitude-laden hit "She's Country" passed the 10 million mark on Myspace this week, making it the most streamed country song of any solo artist on the current Top 40 chart. Miranda Lambert's "More ...
| Rodney Atkins' Follow Up To His Chart Topping And Platinum-selling CD To Hit Stores March 31st
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Curb Records) - With four number one singles under his belt, and a perfectly snug ball cap on his head, country star Rodney Atkins' made quite the mark on the country world with the release of his CD, If You're Going Through Hell. On March 31st, Atkins' highly anticipated ...
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