One thing is for certain about country music: when it comes to giving back, everyone wants to get involved on some scale. Well stars and fans alike pulled through for Blake Shelton’s Healing in the Heartland benefit concert Wednesday (May 29) in wake of the Oklahoma tornadoes that occurred last month, and together, over $6 …
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Taylor Swift won in eight categories to dominate the 2013 Billboard Music Awards, held on May 19th in Las Vegas. In addition to a win as top artist, she was also named top female artist, top Billboard 200 artist, top digital songs artist and top country artist during the show. Swift’s RED also won the …
The seven-time GRAMMY winning trio Lady Antebellum scores their third consecutive debut this week atop Billboard’s all-genre Top 200 Chart with their fourth studio album GOLDEN, which sold more than 167,000 copies in its first week. “It’s been so fun to get feedback from our fans,†said Hillary Scott. “There are so many ways for …
With more than 40 artists confirmed, the Bud Light Stage at Bridgestone Arena Plaza will be rockin’ with back-to-back daily concerts during the 2013 CMA Music Festival, Thursday-Sunday, June 6-9, in downtown Nashville. Free and open to the public, the Bud Light Stage lineups kick-off on Thursday, June 6 at 10:30 AM/CT featuring crowd favourites …
Canada’s Dale Boyle won Second Place in the Americana category of the International Songwriting Competition. The ISC drew over 20,000 submissions from 119 countries and three winners were selected in each of the 22 categories. With the competition featuring a prestigious list of judges including Tom Waits, Jeff Beck, and Martina McBride, the New York …
There was a time when folk music was heard all across America and around the world, from coffee houses to concert halls, when a new generation of folk groups and singer-songwriters helped to change the sound of music forever. Now, THE FOLK YEARS brings listeners back to a time when songs were woven from the …
The Acoustic Festival Of Britain announces an added major attraction, the sensational 20yr. old Blues Boy, Dan Owen from Shrewsbury, will play on Saturday 1st June. A meteoric rise to international stardom for this young bluesman was seen live on the Andrew Marr show recently, on his return from America , where he was special …
Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell Wed May 8: Manchester, Bridgewater Hall Thu 9: London, Hammersmith Apollo Fri 10: Birmingham, Symphony Hall Sun 12: Belfast, Waterfront Wed 15: Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Thu 16: Gateshead, The Sage
On Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 March 2013, C2C: Country to Country will see a line up of some of the leading country music artists in the world on stage together, including Tim McGraw, Carrie Underwood, Darius Rucker, Vince Gill, Little Big Town, Brantley Gilbert, Kristian Bush and LeAnn Rimes The spirit of Nashville is …
Legendary Southern Rock guitarist Dan Toler died February 25 at his home in Sarasota Florida. Dan passed away after a long battle against (ALS) Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. He was celebrated in the late 1970s for his astonishing guitar work as a member of the Dickey Betts & Great Southern band. He was featured on the …
