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Country superstars Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood will be returning to host Country Music’s Biggest Night™ in 2016. “The 50th Annual CMA Awards” airs live from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville Wednesday, Nov. 2 (8:00-11:00 PM/ET) on the ABC Television Network. Continue Reading →
Music superstar Blake Shelton will headline the 12th annual Stars for Second Harvest benefit on Tuesday, June 7 at Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium. The 2016 event is presented by O’Charley’s and hosted by Craig Wisemam, acclaimed songwriter and founder of Big Loud Records and Big Loud Shirt.
The Academy of Country Music® announced today ten-time ACM Award-winning group, Lady Antebellum will host the 10TH ANNUAL ACM HONORS™, an evening dedicated to celebrating the special honorees and off-camera category winners from the 51st Academy of Country Music Awards. For the first time ever, ACM Honors will be produced for television by dick clark productions and broadcast at a later date on the CBS Television Network. The 10th Annual ACM Honors will be held on Tuesday, August 30, 2016 at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN. ACM Honors performers and airdate for the primetime special will be announced in the coming weeks.
Honorees include Special Awards recipients Glen Campbell, Crystal Gayle, Eddie Rabbitt (awarded posthumously), Tanya Tucker, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Jeff Walker (awarded posthumously), Jimmy Webb, Little Big Town and The Statler Brothers. Studio Recording Awards recipients include Jim ‘Moose’ Brown, Dave Cobb, Shannon Forrest, Paul Franklin, Justin Niebank, Danny Rader, Michael Rhodes and Derek Wells. In addition, Ross Copperman will be honored as Songwriter of the Year.
For more information on specific awards, please visit www.acmcountry.com. Ticket on-sale information to be announced soon! For more information on the ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC and the ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS, please visit www.acmcountry.com. For information on ACM LIFTING LIVES, please visit www.acmliftinglives.org.
About Lady Antebellum
The seven-time GRAMMY award-winning group Lady Antebellum has secured nine chart-topping hits while earning six PLATINUM singles and selling over 11 million albums worldwide. The trio has earned “Vocal Group of the Year” honors from both the ACM Awards and CMA Awards three years in a row. It’s their universal appeal that continues to resonate across the globe, and fans in North America can next catch the multi-Platinum trio on their 2016 Summer Tour beginning May 27 in Baton Rouge, LA. For a full list of upcoming tour dates visit www.ladyantebellum.com.
About ACM Honors
ACM Honors™ is an evening dedicated to recognizing the special honorees and off-camera category winners from the Academy of Country Music Awards, including the Special Awards, Studio Recording Awards and Songwriter of the Year Award winners. The 10th Annual ACM Honors takes place Tuesday, August 30, 2016 at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville and – for the first time ever – will be produced for television by dick clark productions to be broadcast at a later date (to be announced) on the CBS Television Network. Allen Shapiro, Mike Mahan, R.A. Clark, Barry Adelman and Mark Bracco are executive producers. For more information, visit www.ACMcountry.com. – See more by clicking HERE.
Here’s both members of TOWNE’s stories:
Jon Decious (1/2 of duo TOWNE)
A few years back, my granddaddy died unexpectedly. He was the first, and for the longest time, the only father-figure I really had in my life. This was also the first time someone very close to me had passed away. Continue Reading →
I can’t ever remember a time in my life that music didn’t mean something incredibly powerful to me.
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Universal Music Group Nashville names Bobby Young Vice President, Promotion for Capitol Records Nashville. With Capitol Records Nashville for five years as Director of Southeast Regional Promotion, Bobby has been instrumental to the label’s consecutive awards for country label of the year from Billboard and Country Aircheck. The Capitol Records Nashville roster includes Dierks Bentley, Luke Bryan, Mickey Guyton, Lady Antebellum, Little Big Town, Jon Pardi, Darius Rucker and Keith Urban.
Universal Music Group Nashville names Bobby Young Vice President, Promotion for Capitol Records Nashville. With Capitol Records Nashville for five years as Director of Southeast Regional Promotion, Bobby has been instrumental to the label’s consecutive awards for country label of the year from Billboard and Country Aircheck. The Capitol Records Nashville roster includes Dierks Bentley, Luke Bryan, Mickey Guyton, Lady Antebellum, Little Big Town, Jon Pardi, Darius Rucker and Keith Urban.
Caught up with Little Big Town and Cheap Trick on the red carpet at the Music Biz 2016 awards where they were both being honored. Here are their thoughts about the healing and hope that can be found in music.
Watch the video below, and be sure to check out Tom Petersson (Cheap Trick’s bassist & co-founding member) and his wife’s foundation for more musical healing at: www.rockyourvoice.com. He talks about it briefly at the end of this short video.
Have you got your own story to share about how music may have inspired you, comforted, or healed you during a difficult time in your life? We’d love to hear about it, and possibly post it right here on the site for others to see! Just email your story to: patrice@focusonthe615.com. Be sure to include where you’re from and what you do for a living.
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The highly anticipated new album from RCA recording artist Jake Owen entitled American Love will be released on July 29, 2016. Today, Jake announced the release date and revealed the title and album cover for his fifth studio album via Facebook Live.
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With his electrifying sound and contagious confidence on full display, Nick Fradiani premieres a sultry new music video for “Get You Home” today across VEVO, the world’s leading all-premium music video and entertainment platform. Watch Now: http://smarturl.it/GetYouHomeVEVO.
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