Eagles Win First Grammy In 29 Years
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Eagles Recording Company) - The Eagles have won their first Grammy Award in 29 years for their single "How Long" for 'Best Country Song Vocal Performance By A Duo Or Group' at the 50th annual Grammy Awards for 2008 held in Los Angeles yesterday. This is the fifth Grammy presented ...
| Blue Highway Releases Through The Window Of A Train This Week
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Rounder/ UMGD) - One of the most influential groups in contemporary bluegrass, Blue Highway fuses tradition with progress to create their own unique and timeless style. The band's February 12, 2008 Rounder Records release, Through The Window Of A Train, reveals not only ...
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Blake Shelton Records Opening For NASACAR - Daytona 300
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Blake Shelton Official Website) - Multi-platinum selling Blake Shelton recently rejoined his choir from NBC's Clash of the Choirs, Team Shelton, and recorded 'Home' as the signature song for ESPN's return to NASCAR for the 2008 season. Shelton and the choir will open the ...
| BANDIT RECORDS SIGNS ANOTHER 'VOICE' IN COUNTRY MUSIC
NASHVILLE, TN. (Top40 Charts/ MCN Media and Marketing/ Bandit Records) - Bandit Records executives Evelyn Shriver and Susan Nadler are pleased to introduce its newest country radio release, 'Shortcut Home,' recorded by real estate developer and entertainment entrepreneur Ronnie Gilley. Under the Bandit ...
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DigitalRodeo Helps Kick Off Trisha Yearwood's Newest Single With Promotion
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Big Machine Records) - The online country music community DigitalRodeo.com and Trisha Yearwood have teamed up to offer multiple fans a chance to win a once in a lifetime experience. Ten winners will be selected to receive an iPhone and Trisha Yearwood's latest CD, Heaven, ...
| CMA Announces Emmylou Harris, Tom T. Hall, Statler Brothers & Ernest 'Pop' Stoneman As Newest Members Of Country Music Hall Of Fame
NASHVILLE, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Country Music Association) - The Country Music Association announced today that Emmylou Harris, Tom T. Hall, The Statler Brothers and the late Country Music pioneer Ernest "Pop" Stoneman will become the newest members of the coveted Country Music Hall of Fame. Harris ...
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Loretta Lynn, John Michael Montgomery & John Conlee Added To Stellar Line-Up For The Kentucky Hall Of Fame Ceremony February 21, 2008
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Kentucky Music Hall of Fame and Museum) - This year's Kentucky Hall of Fame induction ceremony will take place on Thursday, February 21, 2008 in Lexington, Kentucky. The 2008 inductees are Dwight Yoakam, Florence Henderson, Crystal Gayle, Les McCann and Norro Wilson. ...
| Riders In The Sky To Be Honored By Society For American Music
San Antonio, TX. (Top40 Charts/ Society for American Music) - Riders In The Sky will be awarded an honorary membership by the Society for American Music in San Antonio during a performance with the San Antonio Symphony on Friday, February 29, 2008 during its annual conference. For thirty years, Riders ...
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Award-Winning Music Artist Tim McGraw Launches Mobile Site
BARCELONA, Spain (Top40 Charts/ dotMobi) - Mobile World Congress - dotMobi, the consortium behind .mobi - the only Internet address created specifically for mobile phones - today announced that award-winning country music artist Tim McGraw has launched a mobile Internet site: mcgraw2go.mobi. mcgraw2go.mobi ...
| 'Honoring The Fathers' Tracks Born From Monroe's Gems & Diamonds In the Rough
NASHVILLE, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Skaggs Family Records) - 'Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass: Tribute to 1946 and '47,' from 12-time Grammy winner Ricky Skaggs and the ace pickers of Kentucky Thunder, is a mix of Bluegrass classics and diamonds in the rough. The album, out March 25 on Skaggs Family Records, ...
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Ira Dean Changes Career Directions
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Webster & Associates Public Relations) - Ira Dean, one of the founding members of the award-winning group Trick Pony, has decided to leave the group. "I had the best time of my life with Trick Pony," says Ira Dean. "Keith, Heidi, and I traveled the country making the music ...
| Carrie Underwood's 'Some Hearts' Hits 7 Million, Becoming the Best-Selling Solo Female Country Debut in RIAA History!
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Arista Records) - Multi - award - winning chart-topper Carrie Underwood has broken a string of records with the blockbuster success of her 19 Recordings/Arista Records/Arista Nashville debut, Some Hearts, and now Carrie's ACM Album of the Year has been certified 7x-Platinum, ...
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Taylor Swift To Appear On Ellen Degeneres' 2008 Grammy Show Monday
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Big Machine Records) - Best New Artist GRAMMY nominee Taylor Swift will be the lead guest on The Ellen DeGeneres Show's special GRAMMY episode on Monday, February 11th. Check local listings for stations and times. This will be Taylor's second visit to the Ellen show in ...
| People Magazine Features Katie Armiger's 'Let Him Go' As A Must Have Download
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Cold River Records) - On the heels of releasing her second single 'Make Me Believe' to radio, newcomer Katie Armiger is featured in People Magazine's Country Special issue, on newsstands now. The Country Special issue, which will be on newsstands until March 10th, features ...
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Billy Chernoff To Release 'My Sweet Love's Arms'
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Billy Chernoff Official Website) - BILLY CHERNOFF is set to release his new single, "My Sweet Love's Arms"! The fiddle-driven two-stepper that tells a beautiful love story built on a foundation of unending devotion. "My Sweet Love's Arms" is the follow-up single to "Through ...
| FOURTH & GOAL CLASSIC SET TO SCORE WITH TRACY LAWRENCE, TRACY BYRD & PAT GREEN
NASHVILLE, TN. (Top40 Charts/ MCN Media and Marketing) - John Hannah Entertainment, in conjunction with Harrah's Entertainment, is proud to announce the inaugural Fourth & Goal Classic'a two-day charity event for the benefit of Fourth and Goal, an independent national non-profit public benefit corporation ...
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Riders In The Sky to be Honored by Society for American Music
NASHVILLE, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Lotos Nile Media) - Riders In The Sky will be awarded an honorary membership by the Society for American Music in San Antonio during a performance with the San Antonio Symphony on Friday, February 29, 2008 during its annual conference.For thirty years, Riders In The Sky ...
| Rascal Flatts Join the Rubik's Revolution
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Techno Source) - Techno Source, the leader in electronic toys and games, announces today a partnership with Rascal Flatts granting the group the exclusive right to host the Rubik's Revolution Light Speed online game on their Fan site https://www.rascalflatts.com. Rascal Flatts ...
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HANK WILLIAMS JR., LYNYRD SKYNYRD & ZZ-TOP TO PERFORM AT 1st BAMJAM
ENTERPRISE, AL. (Top40 Charts/ Music City News Media & Marketing) - Apropos to the Alabama State motto, 'Where America Finds Its Voice,' Enterprise, Alabama will host the first annual BamaJam Music & Arts Festival scheduled to take place, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, June 5 - 7, 2008 at Boy Scout ...
| COMEDY CENTRAL is High on Willie Nelson! Network to Roast American Icon
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ COMEDY CENTRAL Corporate Communications) - COMEDY CENTRAL is firing up one big joint Roast and 75th birthday celebration for music legend Willie Nelson. Nelson is sure to take a hit and then some during this star-studded event which will tape in Los Angeles on Thursday, ...
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