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The Band Perry performs as part of CMA Music Festival.
Photo credit: Courtney Davidson
Summer’s hottest artists will perform on “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” airing Tuesday, Aug. 5 (8:00-11:00 PM/ET) on the ABC Television Network and hosted for the second year by reigning CMA Vocal Group of the Year Little Big Town. Continue Reading →
The 2014 CMA Music Festival contributed a record-setting $39.3 million in direct visitor spending to the local community according to numbers released by the Nashville Convention and Visitors Corp. (NCVC). Continue Reading →
FOX News Channel’s (FNC) FOX & Friends All-American Summer Concert Series presents the popular country music singer Scotty McCreery on Friday, July 11th at 8AM/ET. The winner of the tenth season ofAmerican Idol, McCreery is known for hit songs such as: “See You Tonight” and “I Love You This Big.” McCreery will discuss his summer tour, his latest album, “See You Tonight” and will perform some of his greatest numbers.
After releasing his first independent single to Music Row and Grassroots stations earlier this summer, Country Star Bucky Covington is excited to announce his partnering with F3 Entertainment for management representation, and Buddy Lee Attractions for exclusive booking representation. As his single “BUZZIN” climbs the Music Row charts, Covington feels that the addition of F3 and Buddy Lee Attractions completes the perfect team to continue the momentum for his recently launched career as an independent artist. Continue Reading →
Photo credit: Ram Country / Stephanie Cabral
During a recent trip to Los Angeles, Natalie Stovall and The Drive stopped by the Yahoo Music studios to perform their debut single “Baby Come On With It” and sit down for an exclusive interview. The segment debuted today and can be found HERE. Continue Reading →
Country music stars Chuck Wicks and Tracy Lawrence will join Craig Morgan onstage next week as he hosts his 8th annual charity event, benefiting the Dickson County Craig Morgan Foundation. Continue Reading →
Flocks of Riser Birds began descending on Nashville this week to help announce country music star Dierks Bentley’s ninth annual “Miles & Music for Kids” celebrity motorcycle ride and all-star concert scheduled for Sun., Sept. 28 in Nashville, TN. Randy Houser, Kip Moore, Jon Pardi and Chris Young have been tapped as the first artists to take part in the event, which has raised over $2.5 million to date for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals across the country. Presale tickets are available beginning July 9 on www.dierks.com and general public tickets go on sale this Fri., July 11 at 10:00A CT. Continue Reading →
Country music sensation, Katie Armiger, performs her touching single, “Safe,” and interviews with Katie Couric on “Katie” Wednesday, July 9. Check your local listing for air times or visit, http://katiecouric.com/station-finder/ Continue Reading →
Luke Bryan performing during one of the LP Nightly Shows.
Nicki D. and I were all OVER downtown Nashville covering events the weeks of CMA Music Festival and CMT Music Awards! We covered everything from the City of Hope Celebrity Softball to The Band Perry fan club party.
Check out ALL of the fun video highlights from our week below!
Set your DVRs! CMA Music Festival “Country’s Night To Rock” airs on Tuesday, August 5th at 7pm-10pm central!
Mercury recording artist Jennifer Nettles and Slate Creek’s Brandy Clark have been out on Nettles’ That Girl Tour since early February and, in what has become one of the highlights of the show, the women pair up for a chilling version of “His Hands.” A live recording of the moving performance is available now on iTunes. Continue Reading →
