Fritsch Puts His Stamp On Texas Chart - Inks Deal With Select-O-Hits Houston, TX (Diamond Music Group) - Diamond Music Group's Todd Fritsch puts his stamp on the Texas Music Chart as his "Small Town Radio" makes a strong move this week, jumping nine slots to take the No 15 spot. In addition, the ink is dry on a national distribution agreement with Memphis-based Select-O- ...
| Craig Morgan To Appear On NBC's Special Military Episode Of 'Three Wishes' NASHVILLE, TN. (Broken Bow Records) – Broken Bow Records country star CRAIG MORGAN will appear in NBC's special military episode of 'Three Wishes' scheduled to air on Friday, October 28 (9-10 p.m. ET/8-9 p.m. Central) where they will give away homes – and more – to Marines returning ...
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Country Music Hall Of Fame To Honor Ray Price With Exhibit NASHVILLE, TN (The Country Music Hall of Fame) – The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum will pay tribute to American music architect Ray Price with an exhibit, tentatively titled Ray Price: The Cherokee Cowboy, opening in the Museum's East Gallery in August 2006 and running through June 2007. ...
| Hot Apple Pie To Perform Nathional Anthem for NFL Fans on Sunday, October 30 Nashville, TN (Hot Apple Pie Official Website)- The NFL's Cincinnati Bengals have invited country music's hottest new band, Hot Apple Pie to perform the National Anthem at their home game on Sunday, October 30th when they'll take on the Kansas City Chiefs. Hot Apple Pie is turning up the heat with ...
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Michael Lee Austin Puts the 'Country' Back into Country Music with New Album 'Labor Pains' Raleigh, NC (Luck Media & Marketing/ Michael Lee Austin Official Website) - Just a few years ago, Michael Lee Austin was singing country cover songs in bar bands across his adopted home state of North Carolina, dreaming of what it would take to become famous country artist himself. The answer: Lots ...
| MCA'S Trisha Yearwood Celebrates Eleventh Gold Certification With Jasper County NASHVILLE, Tenn., (MCA) - Just a little over a month after the release of her current album Jasper County, Trisha Yearwood is celebrating her 11th Gold Certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Following a whirlwind of television performances, print and radio press, ...
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Jeff Bates' Inspires Fans To Form Operation Circle Of Love NASHVILLE, TN (Jeff Bates Official Website) – Jeff Bates' music inspired members of his People On A Mission fan club to attend his concert at the county fair in Dunbar, Pennsylvania last year. It was that fateful concert that brought these fans together with Staff Sergeant Al Stenzel, Jr. (Al ...
| Sarah Hart To Appear At Benefit Concert For Hurricane Nashville, TN. (www.sarahhartmusic.com) - Two-time Unity Award winner and SpiritandSong.com recording artist Sarah Hart will be performing as part of a hurricane relief benefit concert to raise money for victims of this summer's storms. The free concert will be held at St. Matthew Church (535 Sneed ...
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Lee Greenwood In Whasington, DC To Appear On Tony Tony Show & Voice Of America Nashville, TN (Media Blitz) - Grammy award winner Lee Greenwood, known by millions of fans worldwide for his gold and multi platinum albums, as well as his anthem God Bless The USA, which serves as the standard of modern patriotic music will embark on a national media tour supporting Products for Good's ...
| Gary Allan Debuts At No 1 On The Billboard Top Country Albums Chart With Almost 100,000 Copies NASHVILLE, Tenn., (By Regina Stuve/ MCA Nashville) - Country Superstar Gary Allan debuts at No 1 on the Billboard Country Album Chart. Marking the best selling first week in the history of his career, TOUGH ALL OVER on MCA Nashville, sold 99,662 units its first week in stores. With first day sales ...
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Martina McBride Releases 8th Studio Album Nashville, TN. (Martina McBride Official Website) - With the release of Timeless, the reigning CMA Female Vocalist of the Year and CMA nominee Martina McBride will be setting her alarm clock all week for a series of early morning appearances. Launch day began at 6:00 AM with over four hours of country ...
| Lorrie Morgan to Headline 2006 Commodity Classic Evening of Entertainment ST. LOUIS, (Commodity Classic) - Commodity Classic, the combined convention and trade show of the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) and the American Soybean Association (ASA), has announced country star Lorrie Morgan will be the headline act for the Evening of Entertainment at the 2006 Commodity ...
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Paulette Carlson Promotes New Album! LAS VEGAS (Highway 101 Fans Website) - Paulette Carlson, founding member and former lead singer of Highway 101, is back on the road promoting her newest release It's About Time. In honor of Veteran¹s Day and her first single off the album, "Thank You Vets," Paulette will make a special appearance ...
| Diamond Rio & Arby's Raise Over $135,000 At Third Annual Arby's Charity Tour Nashville Nashville, TN. (Arby's Foundation PR) - The third annual Arby's Charity Tour Nashville hosted by Diamond Rio proved another major success, earning over $135,000 on behalf of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee and the Arby's Foundation. This year's festivities kicked off with a NASCAR 25 Lap ...
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ASCAP Honors Country Music's Top Songwriters at the Ryman; Kenny Chesney Receives ASCAP Voice of Music Award NASHVILLE, TN. (ASCAP) - The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) honored the world's finest songwriters of the most performed country songs of 2004 at the Mother Church of Country Music tonight. Over a thousand of Nashville's most celebrated artists and songwriters, as well ...
| Dollywood National Music and Harvest Celebration October 17 - 24 NASHVILLE, TN. (www.dollywood.com) - Dollywood's National Music & Harvest Celebration continues with free concerts by The McKameys, Bobby Osborne & The Rocky Top Express, John Anderson, the Chuck Wagon Gang, Ryan Holladay, the Peasall Sisters, Confederate Railroad, Jedd Hughes, and Wildfire. Ryan Holladay ...
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Phil Vassar Opens NASCAR Event With National Anthem Performance NASHVILLE, TN. (Arista Nashville) - This weekend, country music singer-songwriter Phil Vassar will open NASCAR's UAW GM Quality 500 by singing the National Anthem. The event will be nationally televised live on NBC from the Lowe's Motor Speedway in Charlotte, NC. The broadcast starts at 7:00PM on Saturday, ...
| More Star Power Added To 2005 CMA Awards NASHVILLE, TN. (CMA) – 'Country Music's Biggest Night™' continues to grow with the announcement today that Martina McBride, Sugarland and Gretchen Wilson will perform on 'The 39th Annual CMA Awards,' which airs live Tuesday, Nov. 15 (8:00-11:00 PM/ET) on the CBS Television Network from ...
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Rascal Flatts Feels Like Today Certified Triple Platinum Nashville, TN (Lyric Street Records) - Rascal Flatts' third album on Lyric Street Records, Feels Like Today, has been certified Triple Platinum (sales over three million) by the RIAA. Rascal Flatts is the only country group to have a triple platinum-plus certification this year. Feels Like Today was ...
| Sara Evans' Real Fine Place Debuts At No 1 With Career High Sales Nashville, TN. (RCA) - With the release of Sara Evans' highly anticipated album, Real Fine Place, the RCA recording artist not only took the No 1 spot on the Billboard Country Album Chart and No 3 spot on the Top 200 Album Chart, Evans also had the highest scanning debut of her career. Real Fine Place ...
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