C2C Country to Country 2014 is excited to announce 28 up and coming acts to appear at the London 2-day festival at The O2 where tickets for the main concerts are almost completely sold out with less than two months to go. Fans will get a rare chance to discover new artists who will be …
Four-time GRAMMY Award winner Steve Wariner will go on tour again this April, to promote his new album. IT AIN’T ALL BAD. His process for putting together the concert’s set-lists will be much different this year as he asks his fans to help choose the songs that he will perform on tour. “I’m always hearing …
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At a ceremony last week held at the U.S. State Department in Washington, D.C., Bob Taylor, President of Taylor Guitars, was presented with the Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE) to honour the company’s transformative work in the ebony trade and in the lives of its many employees at its ebony mill, Crelicam, in Cameroon. This …
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Darius Rucker has just received a Grammy Award for Best Country Solo Performance for his number one hit Wagon Wheel, featuring Lady Antebellum. This is Rucker’s third career Grammy, but first time winning this award. The good times continue as tickets for the second leg of his 2014 True Believers Tour go on sale. He …
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Pete Seeger, champion of folk music as a catalyst for change, has died in New York age 94. According to his grandson he passed away at a New York hospital after a short illness. Seeger rose to fame as member of The Weavers, formed in 1948. He continued to perform in his own right for …
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Since 1995, the annual Kicker Country Stampede has been offering the best of country music’s live acts to fans in Kansas. Held on the last full weekend in June, the four day festival offers mulitple stages, interactive exhibits, a saloon for the adults, camping at Tuttle Creek State Park and great food and drink. This …
Three months ago, American icon Kenny Rogers was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. And now he has picked up another career achievement, but this time it’s in recognition of his other talent and passion—photography. Rogers received an honorary master of photography degree from Professional Photographers of America (PPA) at its annual conference, …
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Billboard.com released its highly sought after list of “Top 10 Country Artists to Watch in 2014†and selected Minneapolis rising talent GB Leighton among its honorees. Leighton, managed by Average Joe’s Rusty Harmon (Hootie & the Blowfish, the LACS and Jason Michael Carroll), is praised for his originality by journalist Chuck Dauphin who describes his …
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Iconic singer, songwriter, musician, actress, philanthropist, and 2014 Grammy nominee, DOLLY PARTON, is set to kick off her “Blue Smoke World Tour†this Friday, January 24, in Rancho Mirage, California. In addition this past Friday, Parton announced shows in Tamworth and Cairns being added to the Australian leg of the tour, both shows are already …
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Lucinda Williams will headline the 4th annual Americana Spring Celebration, to be held March 21-22, 2014 at Blackberry Farm, a world-class luxury resort breathtakingly situated in the Great Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee. This year’s musical experience will feature Americana icon Williams along with songstress and SiriusXM “Apron Strings†host Elizabeth Cook playing before the …
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