Hitmaker Brad Paisley is 3-for-3 as 'Mud on the Tires' is certified Platinum!
NASHVILLE, TN. (Arista Nashville) - Award-winning Arista Nashville hitmaker Brad Paisley has become one of the most acclaimed country artists of the past five years, and staffers at Paisley's label surprised him last week with a special gathering toasting the Platinum certification of his latest album, ...
| Royal Wade Kimes breaks festival records
NASHVILLE, TN (Wonderment Records) - On July 17,2004, Royal Wade Kimes performed before a record attendance at the annual Peach Festival in Stratford, OK. The festival drew people from surrounding states and from as far away as Gulf Port, MS. Festival organizers estimated the attendance to be between ...
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Terri Clark's 'Greatest Hits' hits stores today
NASHVILLE, TN. (Mercury Nashville) - After 10 years, countless request sets at Tootsies Orchid Lounge and almost a million miles along the way, Terri Clark arrives at a major milestone today: the release of Greatest Hits 1994-2004. And in classic Terri Clark fashion, the 4-time and reigning Canadian ...
| Brooks & Dunn build a stage on Camp Pendelton's Beach for troop appreciation
SAN DIEGO, CA. (Arista) - When 4-time Entertainers of the Year Brooks & Dunn decide to tell the Marines how much they appreciate the sacrifice they're making in the name of freedom, you can figure they'll do it in the biggest way possible. So this Monday, Aug 2, a crew will break sand on the beach at ...
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Boys like... Terri Clark!
NASHVILLE, TN. (Mercury Nashville) - When Terri Clark burst on the charts with "Better Things To Do," it seemed like the boys lined up for their chance to take the dark haired beauty... ON TOUR! Not only did George Strait - who eventually gave the firestorm performer her first major tour - come calling, ...
| Sawyer Brown's Mark Miller knows how to put out a little energy up there on that stage
NASHVILLE, TN. (Swayer Brown Fans Website) - But no one thought this high-intensity, can't-stop-moving stage reality was capable of blowing the power at the six-figure attendance Country Thunder Festival in Twin Lakes, Iowa. Figuring, though, isn't reality - and when Miller was shredding the stage and ...
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Pat Green is going to release new single 'Lucky Ones' due October
NASHVILLE, TN. (Universal Records) - Ripping a page from the Pete Townsend playbook, Texas songwriter/entertainer Pat Green did a first: smashing his acoustic guitar and throwing the pieces to the crowd at the close of his set. Having made one trip down the extended runway into the capacity crowd at ...
| Ricky Van Shelton: Proves 'Show Must Go On' in spite of injury
NASHVILLE, TN. (Sony) - The old show business axiom 'the show must go' took on a new meaning this weekend for Ricky Van Shelton. In Hiawassee, Georgia for an appearance at the Georgia Mountain Fair, Ricky had fans on their feet for a flawless show on a perfect afternoon of country music. Getting set ...
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Toby Keith set to release new single 'Stays In Mexico' from singer's upcoming 'Greatest Hits' package
NASHVILLE, TN.(DreamWorks Records) - DreamWorks superstar Toby Keith's hot streak continues with the release of his new single, "Stays in Mexico," a hard-rocking uptempo track written by the singer-songwriter culled from Toby's upcoming "Greatest Hits" CD package. The new single impacts radio July 26, ...
| Natalie Maines has baby boy
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Dixie Chicks Official Website) - The Dixie Chicks have added another baby to their brood! Lead singer Natalie Maines has given birth to a baby boy, her second son with actor-husband Adrian Pasdar, the group's website announced. Beckett Finn Pasdar was born on July 14. He weighed 3.34kg. ...
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Mark Chesnutt goes Honky Tonkin' in Nashville
NASHVILLE, TN (Vivaton Records) — Vivaton Recording artist Mark Chesnutt came off the road last week to visit with music industry execs and friends in Nashville (where Mark calls his second home) and he received a grand Music City welcome. As part of Mark's social calendar, the label hosted an ...
| Eileen Carey is singing her heart out
LOS ANGELS (Rolleycstr Records) - Eileen Carey (Rolleycstr Music) is back in the studio. She is currently recording her upcoming single, "Hearts of Time," from her new, yet-to-be-titled album, at the renowned Nashville Tracks (www.nashvilletracks.com) studio in Silver Lake, California. Carey tapped ...
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Australian Adam Harvey joins Open Road Records (Canada)
NASHVILLE, TN. (Open Road Records) - Open Road Recordings is pleased to announce Australian Country Music star Adam Harvey has joined the label for the Canadian release of Workin' Overtime, September 14, 2004. Adam Harvey has been thrilling country fans for years is his homeland Australia. After two ...
| Trisha Yearwood & Ronnie Dunn collaborates
NASHVILLE, TN. (Brooks & Dunn Fans Website) - Everybody pretty much agrees that Ronnie Dunn is one of country music's most transcendent vocal firebrands. And over the past several years, his signature stomp and burn chops have done everything from witnessing about the lessons-learned-only -to-be-recognized-later-in-life ...
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Nashville songwriters Vaughan Daniel and Pete Strawn contribute to newly released Osama Bin Laden parody album
LOS ANGELES (www.goodnightkiss.com) - Nashville songwriters, Vaughan Daniel and Pete Strawn (a.k.a. "Hayshaker"), have their original song "I'm Turning In My Turban" included on Goodnight Kiss Music's recently released Osama Bin Laden parody cd "Tall Tales Of Osama Bin Laden". This parody musical work ...
| The Wilkinsons release 'Little Girl'
NASHVILLE, TN. (www.wilkinsonsonline.com) - With their first album, Nothing But Love, they established themselves as an act with a firm grip on both the sound and direction of what their music was all about. Listening to their first single, "26 Cents", it's easy to see why the group, and the self penned ...
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Gretchen Wilson double platinum and 'Here For The Party' album tops two million
NASHVILLE, TN. (Sony Music Nashville) - Gretchen Wilson knew the party thrown by Sony Music in the Rotunda of the Country Music Hall of Fame yesterday was in celebration of her debut album Here For The Party surpassing the one million sales mark. What she didn't know was on Tuesday of this week, that ...
| Superstar Alan Jackson unveils new album 'What I Do' releasing September 7
NASHVILLE, TN. (Arista Nashville Rrecords) - Grammy-winning Arista Nashville superstar Alan Jackson does what he does with the easy grace and standard-setting style that's sold more than 43 million albums, and now Jackson is back with What I Do, his 14th career album, set for release September 7. With ...
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Mark Holt and Kimberlee Holt tully appear in American Cowboy magazine
NASHVILLE, TN. (American Cowboy magazine) - Country music artists Mark Holt and Kimberlee Holt Tully appear in the July/August 2004 issue of American Cowboy one of the largest western lifestyle magazines in the world. The article discusses western music's comeback as a popular sub-genre of country music. ...
| Rustie Blue teams up with 'Whispering' Bill Anderson
NASHVILLE, TN. (www.rustieblue.com) - If an artist is going to sing a duet, why not aim for the best, that's what Rustie Blue (Center Stage Productions) has done. Her new single, "Chip Chip," was not only co-written by "Whispering" Bill Anderson (writer of current hit, "Whiskey Lullaby"), he is also ...
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