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Darius Rucker Will Host The ‘ACM Lifting Lives’ Celebrity Golf Classic In Las Vegas Next Month

By on March 12, 2013 in In The Press

Darius Rucker

Darius Rucker is set to host the ACM Lifting Lives Celebrity Golf Classic for the second consecutive year as one of the events leading up to this year’s ACM Awards. The event will take place April 6th at TPC Las Vegas and will benefit ACM Lifting Lives’ Diane Holcomb Emergency Relief Fund, which provides immediate relief to those in need in the music industry.

To say Darius is an avid golfer is an understatement — he loves the sport, and not just for the athleticism. “I love being outside. I get outside so little, really, if you look at the whole thing,” says Darius. “It’s me against the course. I love that.”

Darius Rucker Enlists Special Guests For His ‘Wagon Wheel’ Video

The 48th Annual ACM Awards will air live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena April 7th on CBS.

The South Carolina native is currently making his way up the country charts with his latest single, “Wagon Wheel,” which is from his upcoming album, True Believers.

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Live Nation Labs Presents Colt Ford Live At SXSW At Skype’s Mobile Lounge Saturday, March 16

By on March 12, 2013 in In The Press

Colt Ford, SXSW

Average Joes Entertainment recording artist Colt Ford will be featured at SXSW live on stage at Skype’s Mobile Lounge at the Live Nation House located at The Belmont, W. 6th & Lavaca, Austin, Texas on Saturday, March 16, at 11:40 pm CT.

Credited for being at the forefront of a new genre-blending movement in country music, the stop in Austin follows a month-long sold-out tour opening for Eric Church in Canada.  “I’m really excited to have the opportunity to perform at Skype’s Mobile Lounge by Live Nation at SXSW,” states Ford. “I feel right at home amongst my fellow independent artists and couldn’t be more honored to be part of Live Nation Labs’ event.”

This year at SXSW, Skype and Live Nation are creating a one-of-a kind technology-driven music experience.  Skype’s Mobile Lounge will feature some of the top up-and-coming artists in the world and will give fans the ability to experience the future of the convergence of music and technology.  Fans will use Skype technology in new ways such as opportunities to chat with artists, access to the shows and more.  One way fans will be able to get a taste of this in the days leading up to Skype’s Mobile Lounge at SXSW is through Live Nation’s original web series, “The Road to SXSW 2013,” which will feature Colt Ford and other artists video-chatting via Skype with Live Nation’s Music Editor, Breesays.

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Lady Antebellum To Kick Off ‘Fan Fair X’ during CMA Music Festival

By on March 11, 2013 in In The Press

Fan Fair XThis year’s CMA Music Festival will feature the new AT&T U-verse® Fan Fair X (FFX), complete with autograph signings, concerts, lifestyle exhibits, marketplace, live broadcasts, demonstrations and more in the new Music City Center. CMA Music Festival will be held June 6-9 in Nashville.

Lady Antebellum will kick off the week with “Lady A Day at FFX.” The trio group will cut the ribbon when the doors officially open to the FFX on June 6. From the new Fan Fair X, Lady Antebellum will perform, sign autographs in their custom “backstage” booth @ClubLabellum, answer questions from fans in an interview segment called “CMA Close Up,” and is launching their PING PONG & SONGS event to include the thousands of fans in town for the Festival. Fanscan also register at FFX for a private meet and greet with the group at LP Field on Friday, June 7.

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Taylor Swift Is RIAA’s Top-Selling Digital Singles Artist

By on March 11, 2013 in In The Press

Set to Premier “22” Video This Wednesday, March 13!

Taylor Swift

The Recording Industry of America has named seven-time GRAMMY winner Taylor Swift their top-selling Digital Singles Artist, according to statistics released last week. With 39.5 million singles sales certified to date by the RIAA, Taylor is at #1 on their Top Artists list.

Taylor holds the record for the biggest digital sales week ever for a song by a woman, and for the second-largest song sales week overall. She has had singles top both the country and pop radio charts around the globe, and has thus far scored 13 #1 singles across multiple radio formats.

Taylor will release the music video for “22,” the third pop single from her 5 million plus-selling album RED, this Wednesday, March 13th. ABC’s “Good Morning America” will air an exclusive 30-second preview of the video, along with a brief intro from Taylor, on Wednesday morning’s broadcast, and the full video will premiere on www.abcnews.com and http://gma.yahoo.com/ at 8:30 a.m. ET. Big Machine Records will release the video to all outlets at 11:30 a.m. ET on the 13th.

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Little Big Town Scores Second Consecutive Number-One Single This Week

By on March 11, 2013 in In The Press

Little Big Town, Tornado

Little Big Town scored their second consecutive number-one single with “Tornado,” which tops this Mediabase country chart this week. This number-one follows up their first chart-topper, “Pontoon,” which scored a two-week number-one last fall.

The video, which stars actor Jonathan Schaech (That Thing You Do), is a favorite of the fans, but not necessarily the fam. “It’s scary, and I will have to say compared to ‘Pontoon’ – our children loved watching the ‘Pontoon’ video,” says LBT’s Karen Fairchild. “This one, the fans seem to love, but our kiddies don’t like to watch this one that much.” The “Tornado” clip is nominated for the ACM Video of the Year, and the band scored three other nominations including Vocal Group of the Year, Album of the Year and Single of the Year for “Pontoon.”

Little Big Town are headed to London to perform at the O2 Arena in London this week, but they’re set to continue their Tornado Tour when they return.

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Lady Antebellum’s Hillary Scott Is Expecting A Baby Girl!

By on March 11, 2013 in In The Press

Hillary Scott BabyLady Antebellum’s Hillary Scott apparently confirmed with Us Weekly that she and husband Chris Tyrell are expecting a baby girl. She recently said she loves sharing the news of her pregnancy with family, friends and fans, and just can’t keep any good news to herself. “We were very comfortable with everyone sharing in our joy very, very early, and so we have faith that this baby’s gonna be healthy and beautiful and perfect, and so let’s just kind of let everybody in on our excitement,” said Hillary Scott. “We’re gonna find out what it is, and it won’t be a secret. I’m not good at keeping secrets!”

Lady A’s “Downtown” is headed uptown on the country charts. It’s the first release from their upcoming album, Golden, which is scheduled for release on May 7th.

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Renowned Voice Coach Renee Grant-Williams Announces Her Upcoming Vocal Master Class

By on March 9, 2013 in In The Press

Renee Grant WilliamsNashville-based renowned vocal coach Renee Grant-Williams, who has worked with celebrities like Martina McBride, Tim McGraw, Miley Cyrus and Linda Ronstadt is presenting an action-packed one day seminar to singers of all styles, skills and experience levels. After a 5 year hiatus Grant-Williams is bringing back her popular and highly successful Vocal Master Class.

This year’s class titled “Fearless Solutions For Singers” will be held on Saturday, April 13 at Soundcheck Rehearsal Studios in Nashville, TN. The cost is $299 and participants can register online at www.myvoicecoach.com or by calling 615-244-3280.

The Master Class is designed so that participants walk away with information that can be put to use immediately. The daytime portion of the class will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and will be devoted to exploring the same one-of-a-kind techniques that have helped make stars out of singers like Faith Hill, Jason Aldean, Dixie Chicks and many others. The day includes “This New Business Of Singing,” a panel discussion with top soon-to-be-announced industry executives. The discussion will focus on the ever-changing landscape of the music industry.

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Charlie Worsham To Be Featured On Warner Nashville’s “Live From Music Square” March 12

By on March 9, 2013 in In The Press

Charlie Worsham

Warner Music Nashville recording artist Charlie Worsham will be the third featured artist on WMN’s new monthly interactive live concert stream, “Live from Music Square,” via StageIt on Tuesday, March 12. During the free session he will perform his current hit single, “Could It Be,” in addition to other new tracks from his debut album due out this summer. Click here for a special message from Charlie about his upcoming performance.

The live concert starts at 8pm EST / 7pm CST and will be broadcast from Studio B on Music Row in Nashville and all tips will be donated to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The stream can be accessed at www.livefrommusicsquare.com.

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Brad Paisley Honored for 21st No. 1, “Southern Comfort Zone”

By on March 8, 2013 in In The Press
Brad Paisley, Southern Comfort Zone

Pictured (L-R): ASCAP’s Michael Martin; co-writers Kelley Lovelace, Brad Paisley & Sea Gayle Music’s Chris DuBois; ASCAP’s Mike Sistad

In the middle of a busy CRS Week, ASCAP caught up with Brad Paisley at the Nashville Convention Center to congratulate him on his 21st No. 1 as an artist and 18th as a songwriter, “Southern Comfort Zone.” Longtime Paisley co-writers Chris DuBois and Kelley Lovelace, as well as publishers Sea Gayle Music and EMI Music Publishing, were also congratulated at the whirlwind celebration, which took place before Paisley hit the stage at the Grand Ole Opry at CRS on Feb. 27. “Southern Comfort Zone” reached the top of the charts in February and is the first single from Paisley’s upcoming eighth studio album, Wheelhouse, set to be released on April 9.

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Tate Stevens Debut Album Set To Be Released April 23

By on March 8, 2013 in In The Press

Tate Stevens

FOX’s The X Factor Season 2 winner and Syco Music/RCA Nashville recording artist Tate Stevens has revealed the cover and track listing for his self-titled debut album set to be released on Tuesday, April 23.

“Since winning The X Factor, we’ve listened to hundreds of songs and set a ton of writing appointments with some of Nashville’s best songwriters,” says Stevens. “The outcome is a collection of eleven songs I’m really proud of, and I can’t wait to get this record out there!”

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