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RCA Nashville’s Chris Young made his third trip to The Ellen DeGeneres Show to perform the Billboard Top Country Airplay chart three-week #1 single and title track from his newly released album, I’m Comin’ Over. Young celebrated the milestone seventh chart-topper with a performance on the popular daytime show yesterday, and the clip has earned over 1.4 million views in under 24 hours on the show’s Facebook page. Stream the performance here and download the album here.
Lavendine celebrates the holiday season with their single, Love for Christmas. This seasonal song was penned and produced by the duo that consists of twin sisters, Jacy and Jana Ayers, and showcases their warm vocals and intertwined harmonies. The single, mixed by Ed Seay (Blake Shelton, Alabama), is available on all digital platforms.
Season three winner CASSADEE POPE boldly returned to The Voice last night (12/8) to perform her new single “I Am Invincible.” Watch her once again conquer the stage here. Tailing the live broadcast on NBC, her “self-empowerment anthem” (Billboard) had already ascended to #12 on the iTunes Top Country Songs chart.
The CMA Foundation announces a $75,000 grant to W.O. Smith School in Nashville Tuesday night at the school's winter recital. (front, l-r) W.O. Smith students Jean Carlo Arias Neda, age 10; Whitney Thai, age 8; and Gabriel Barreda, age 11. (back, l-r) Tiffany Kerns, CMA Community Outreach Manager; Ron Samuels, CMA Foundation Board Chairman; Sarah Trahern, CMA Chief Executive Officer; Jonah Rabinowitz, W.O. Smith School Executive Director.
Photo Credit: Kayla Schoen / CMA
The CMA Foundation is donating $75,000 to benefit music education programs for low-income students at the W.O. Smith Nashville Community Music School – a 50 percent increase over 2014 and the fourth year the Foundation has supported the School.
Nashville powerhouse group The SteelDrivers received a GRAMMY nomination for Best Bluegrass Album for The Muscle Shoals Recordings, marking four career nods for the group. The critically-acclaimed album, released June 16 on Rounder Records, debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Bluegrass Chart and achieved the highest first-week sales in the band’s history.
The multi-talented star of ABC’s “Nashville” Chris Carmack is gearing up for the independent release of his debut EP, PIECES OF YOU (Unbridled and Blue), this Friday (12/11). Leading up to the launch, fans can get an exclusive first listen of the five-track project online at Entertainment Weekly beginning 12/7, which hails, “Carmack picks blues music in the vein of Continuum-John Mayer with screaming electric guitar riffs and jazz melodies.” PIECES OF YOU is also available for pre-order at digital retailers. In celebration of the release, Carmack will perform at the Grand Ole Opry this Friday (12/11) at the historic Ryman Auditorium.
Big Loud Records’ Chris Lane is getting his “Fix” as the most added song at Country radio nationwide yesterday (12/7). The highly buzzed about vocalist has found his niche within the genre and rightly so, notches an impressive 73 first week stations on board for his hot debut single “Fix,” breaking the record for the most single week adds from a debut male artist in Country Aircheck history.
Photo credit: Joseph Llanes
Country music entertainer, military veteran, award-winning TV host and philanthropist, Craig Morgan, has partnered with LINE-X as a spokesman and authentic representative of the brand’s adventurous, outdoor action lifestyle. As a global leader in high performance protective coatings and truck accessories, LINE-X selected the Black River Entertainment recording artist and “When I’m Gone” singer for a long-term partnership to help tell the real-life stories of LINE-X’s use for powerful protection – from military, automotive, industrial, nautical and countless other applications.
Grammy-winning® music superstar and best-selling cookbook author Trisha Yearwood is celebrating 2016 with new episodes of the Emmy-winning® series Trisha’s Southern Kitchen, premiering Saturday, January 2nd at 10:30am ET/PT. With a trip to the Country Music Hall of Fame and down-home dinner with Reba McEntire, a Graceland visit honoring Elvis Presley with Banana Pancake Sandwiches and a Habitat for Humanity build, season seven is jam-packed with delicious food, beloved family and friends and special moments in the kitchen and on the road. The thirteen-episode season also features Trisha’s lighter take on favorite Southern dishes, game-day party food and a nostalgic “Barbie Q” with Trisha’s sister Beth.
Grammy-winning® music superstar and best-selling cookbook author Trisha Yearwood is celebrating 2016 with new episodes of the Emmy-winning® series Trisha’s Southern Kitchen, premiering Saturday, January 2nd at 10:30am ET/PT. With a trip to the Country Music Hall of Fame and down-home dinner with Reba McEntire, a Graceland visit honoring Elvis Presley with Banana Pancake Sandwiches and a Habitat for Humanity build, season seven is jam-packed with delicious food, beloved family and friends and special moments in the kitchen and on the road. The thirteen-episode season also features Trisha’s lighter take on favorite Southern dishes, game-day party food and a nostalgic “Barbie Q” with Trisha’s sister Beth.
