Country Star Chely Wright to Perform at SemperComm Gala
SPRINGFIELD, VA. (Top40 Charts/ SemperComm Foundation) - Country music star Chely Wright, of 'Single White Female' and 'The Bumper of My S.U.V.' fame, will perform live at the 2007 SemperComm Gala Thursday, May 10, in Arlington, VA. The Gala is the SemperComm Foundation's major annual fundraising event. ...
| GAC Goes Behind the Scenes With Country Music Superstar Kenny Chesney
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ GAC) - Country music superstar Kenny Chesney drew 1.3 million people to his 2006 concert tour, more than any other artist in pop, rock, rap or country music. Now, Great American Country (GAC) opens the door to let Kenny Chesney fans experience all the hard work and preparation ...
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Kenny Chesney's Most Attended Tour of 2006 Just Got Lit Up In A Whole NEW Way
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ BNA Entertainment) - Always one to push himself, it's no surprise back-to-back and reigning Academy of Country Music and two-time and reining Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year began programming the lights and working on the video for the screens for his ...
| Trace Adkins Releases 'I Wanna Feel Something'
Nashville, TN (Top40 Charts/ Liberty Records) - Trace Adkins is planning to release a new single to country radio Monday, April 16. "I Wanna Feel Something," a moving ballad that explores the need to overcome complacency, is the third release from Adkins' gold-certified DANGEROUS MAN album and is the ...
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Dolly Parton 'Jolene'
NASHVILLE, TN. (Top40 Charts/ RCA/ Legacy) - By the mid-70s, Parton had emerged from Porter Wagoner's shadow to redefine herself as a powerhouse solo artist. This 1974 release, her first solo LP to crack the top-10, includes the chart-topping title track, as well as the original version of Parton's ...
| New Christy Minstrels in May 9 San Francisco Concert
SONORA, CA. (Top40 Charts/ New Christy Minstrels website) - The ageless and legendary folk group The New Christy Minstrels will perform a benefit concert for the organization Restore Hetch Hetchy on May 9, 2007 at 7:30PM at San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts. Tickets for this one time show can be purchased ...
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Daniel Moore, Songwriter For Joe Cocker And Brooks & Dunn, Releases Solo CD
Colorado Springs, CO. (Top40 Charts/ DJM Records) - Songwriter Daniel Moore's compositions have been recorded by multitudes of top rock, pop, country, folk, R&B, jazz and blues artists including Joe Cocker, Brooks & Dunn, Three Dog Night, The Everly Brothers, Bonnie Raitt, Waylon Jennings, B.W. Stevenson, ...
| Folk Artist Thomas Earl Releases Masterful CD Golddust Magic
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ BMI) - Singer/songwriter and BMI recording artist Thomas Earl has just released his new CD Golddust Magic. The recording is already receiving rave reviews from all corners of the globe. Thomas clearly has influences drawn from country, folk and rock and roll greats Ray ...
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Carrie Underwood On Cosmopolitan Cover
NASHVILLE, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Arista Records) - Two-time Grammy winner and five times platinum selling country music artist Carrie Underwood will appear on her first-ever Cosmopolitan cover this May, issues hit news stands April 10. Underwood posed for the cover this past January in Nashville during ...
| Kelly Willis' 'Translated From Love' To Be Released On Rykodisc June 26, 2007
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Rykodisc) - Kelly Willis, named by NPR as "alternative country's golden goddess," returns after five years with the much-anticipated "Translated From Love." The album is the follow-up to the acclaimed "Easy" (2002), of which Rolling Stone said, "Kelly Willis' sweet, burnished ...
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Tim McGraw's 'Let It Go' Debuts At No 1
NASHVILLE, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Curb Records) - Tim McGraw's 2007 is stacking up to be a stellar year as new album LET IT GO debuts this week at No 1 on the Top 200 chart as well as No 1 on the Billboard Country Albums chart. It also debuts at No 1 in Canada . His current single 'Last Dollar' is No ...
| Gretchen Wilson Wraps 'Back To The Bars' Tour
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Sony Records) - The venues ranged from cozy lunches to large concerts; the crowds ranged from intimate and reverent to completely out of control. And when the dust settled on Gretchen Wilson's 10-city coast-to-coast 'Back to the Bars' tour, over $1.5 million was raised ...
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Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Partners With Josh Turner
LEBANON, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Cracker Barrel Old Country Store) - Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. ('Cracker Barrel') is honored to announce an official partnership with one of country music's fastest rising stars, Grammy and Academy of Country Music nominee Josh Turner. This partnership includes ...
| Rhonda Towns Set To Shine For Phoenix Suns
Chandler, AZ (Top40 Charts/ Dawn Records) - Rising country music star Rhonda Towns (Dawn Records) will be performing 'The Star Spangled Banner' to open the Phoenix Suns game at the US Airways Center in Phoenix, AZ on April 11, 2007 (7:00PM MST). In her first performance for an NBA team, more than 19,000 ...
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Skyla Spencer Reaching For The Stars
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Skyla Spencer Official Website) - Skyla Spencer has released "Reach for the Stars" as the new single from her You Said You'd Call Me cd. 'Reach for the Stars' can also be found on the 100th edition of Hotdisc. "'Reach for the Stars' tells an amazing story of dreams, courage, ...
| Halfway to Hazard - First Album Produced by Tim McGraw and Byron Gallimore - Lead Single 'Daisy' Shipped to Radio
NASHVILLE, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Mercury Record) - Mercury Records and StyleSonic Record s have just announced their joint venture with respect to new artist Halfway to Hazard. 'We are really excited to associate with Tim and Byron and their label on the Halfway to Hazard project,' said Luke Lewis, Chairman, ...
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Traditional Country Entertainer J. K. Coltrain to Host The Country Caravan
Princeton, TX. (Top40 Charts/ www.countrycaravan.com) - Traditional country great J. K. Coltrain will be heading up a tour featuring some of todays greatest old school country singers. There will be at least 2 bands and 7 artists including 2 traditional hall of famers performing each show. J. K. says: ...
| David Olney's 'One Tough Town' is One Kick-Ass Record
Nashville, TN (Top40 Charts/ Conqueroo) - Over his four-decade career, David Olney has built a reputation not as a kind-hearted troubadour but rather as a performing songwriter possessed of a sharp literary mind that cuts to the bone of the human condition. Whether the subject matter is heartbreak ...
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Jack Ingram Debuts At No 4 With 'This Is It'
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Big Machine Records) - Big Machine recording artist, Jack Ingram earns his highest debut as his breakthrough album, THIS IS IT, lands at No 4 on the Country Album Chart, with first week sales of 26,425 units, sliding in right behind multi-platinum artists Tim McGraw, Carrie ...
| George Canyon Wins 'Juno Award' For Country Recording of the Year
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Blue Leaf) - On Saturday night, Canadian country artist George Canyon took home his second Juno Award - the Canadian equivalent of a Grammy - for Country Recording of the Year. The award was given for his album Somebody Wrote Love, which was released in July 2006 through ...
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