NASHVILLE – CMA and the CMA Foundation unveiled its new “Music Education Matters†campaign today during CMA Music Festival and announced that superstar Keith Urban will be the first national ambassador for the program, which provides musical instruments and teaching support to programs serving inner-city youth. “Music is not only powerful, it’s magical,†said Urban. […]
Purbeck Valley Folk Festival is overjoyed to announce that its final headline act for 2015 is Hot Rize. This is bluegrass royalty! Hot Rize represents a far-reaching set of talents including national radio host (Forster), Grammy-winning Americana icon (Tim O’Brien), bluegrass’ foremost teacher (Pete Wernick) and bluegrass’ most-awarded guitarist (Bryan Sutton). Its longevity spans more
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The Americana Music Association and the GRAMMY Museum are continuing their successful partnership to produce a series of programming in Los Angeles as a part of the museum’s educational mission. These programs are moderated by VP of the GRAMMY Foundation and MusiCares, Scott Goldman, and produced by GRAMMY Museum Director of Public Programming and Artist
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Sidmouth FolkWeek returns for eight days of summer, seaside festival fun from July 31 – August 7, in its idyllic setting amongst East Devon’s red cliffs. This year the festival has an ear to the past, and an eye on the future! Building on the success of last year’s Diamond Anniversary celebrations, the quality bar
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Taylor Swift has been ranked number 64 on the Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women list. At 25 the singer is the youngest woman to be put on the list. Swift is known for her truthful songs and dedication to her fans. Swift was one of four artists to have a platinum album in 2014 with
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Kip Moore has been generating speculation recently with cryptic tweets that are leaving fans confused and excited. Moore has been tweeting things such as ‘Get Ready// 1 Day’ amd what appear to be letters which so far are ES, LD and what appears to be WI. This has led fans on Twitter to speculate that
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CMA Fest (June 11-14) is one of the biggest events in the country music calendar and tickets have been sold out for months. But fans have been given an extra treat with Carrie Underwood being announced as a special guest on the Saturday (June 13). Underwood will be appearing alongside acts such as Jason Aldean,
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The Americana Music Association has announced its nominations for the 2015 Americana Honours & Awards, during a press conference held at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s Ford Theater and streamed live via Music City Roots. 2014 Americana Music Award for Duo/Group of the Year winners the Milk Carton Kids hosted the event
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The International Songwriting Competition (ISC) has announced its 2014 winners selected from over 18,000 entries. Country artists and songwriters Bonnie Pine, Dean Dillon (pictured), and Casey Beathard have earned a First Place; The Morrison Brothers have taken Second Place; and Nikki Boon and Ryan Nelson of the band Haven Drive have garnered Third Place wins
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Two CMA International Awards recipients were recently presented their trophies in Nashville and London. The 2014 recipient of the CMA International Country Broadcaster Award, Ricky Ross, received his trophy today from CMA Board Chairman Frank Bumstead, CMA Board President John Esposito, CMA Board President-elect Sally Williams, Chairman of the CMA Awards and Recognition Committee Jon
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