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Country star Cole Swindell will be attending the CMA Awards with veteran Sgt. Joseph James and his wife, Jarin. Through a partnership with Operation FINALLY HOME, JCPenney recently provided the military family with a brand new, fully furnished home. During tonight’s telecast, Cole will be featured in two commercials that promote the project that provides military families with mortgage-free homes.
Country star Cole Swindell will be attending the CMA Awards with veteran Sgt. Joseph James and his wife, Jarin. Through a partnership with Operation FINALLY HOME, JCPenney recently provided the military family with a brand new, fully furnished home. During tonight’s telecast, Cole will be featured in two commercials that promote the project that provides military families with mortgage-free homes.
Country Music’s Biggest Night™ keeps getting bigger! “The 49th Annual CMA Awards” will be full of can’t-miss moments, including a hotly anticipated collaboration between three-time nominee Chris Stapleton and special guest award winning musician and actor Justin Timberlake that was announced this morning on ABC’s “Good Morning America.”
CMA “Male Vocalist of the Year” nominee Dierks Bentley celebrated the 10th Anniversary of his Annual Miles & Music For Kids last night with a record breaking total of $636,479 raised for Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, marking the event’s biggest donation and almost $4 million raised for the cause to date. Kicking off CMA Awards week in full swing, thousands of bikers rode into downtown Nashville where Bentley was joined by an all-star concert lineup including Florida Georgia Line, Thomas Rhett, Cole Swindell, The Cadillac Three, Canaan Smith, Brooke Eden and emcee Storme Warren at the post-ride sold-out event held at Ascend Amphitheater.
Drake White Performing At Bloomington, Il.'s Us Cellular Coliseum on Friday Oct. 3
Credit: Jensen Sutta
“Freestyle Fridays” featuring Drake White and The Big Fire have shown a different side of the Dot Records recording artist with stripped versions of often never-before-heard cuts from the artist Rolling Stone called “Bonnie Raitt’s secret twin brother.” The weekly performances have debuted directly to the fans on his Facebook page, @DrakeWhite. But on Friday, October 30, he took “stripping it down” to a new level after performing at Us Cellular Coliseum in Bloomington, Illinois on his last stop of an 11-show run with Little Big Town on the Painkiller Tour. During the group’s hit, “Pontoon,” White and band literally stripped down into swimming trunks despite the thermometer reading in the 40s outside and danced along the back of the stage much to Little Big Town’s surprise.
The Off The Record Runway featured lines by eight designers: Ani&Ari, Gucci, Kaufman Franco, Johnathan Kayne, MINXX by Margaret Roberts, Amanda Valentine, John Varvatos and Tribe Kelley
Photo Credit: Rick Diamond / Getty Images
About Off The Record:
The inaugural Off The Record event on Sunday, Nov. 1 combined fashion and music to kick off CMA Awards week in Nashville, featuring performances by some of Nashville’s top new and established artists. An array of silent auction items were on display in designated estate rooms, as well as featured art pieces by Nashville’s Ray Stephenson, all benefitting Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee. Featured items in the silent auction included jewelry from Shelly Brown, art, luxury luggage, autographed memorabilia and more. The event featured top-of-the-line production by Premier Global Production and creative directed by Go West Creative. Models from all over the Untied States were flown in to hit the runway in a night of high fashion including designs from John Varvatos, Gucci, Tribe Kelley, Johnathan Kayne and Kaufman Franco to name a few. Event concept and execution spearheaded by award-winning Nashville-based Neste Event Marketing’s Gil Cunningham. This event serves as the flagship event for Neste’s new event division, EntertainmentBuy. Continue Reading →
Just for the fun of it, here are my CMA Awards predictions. Don’t forget to watch on Wednesday at 7pm central on ABC to see how accurate I am!
On Wednesday, October 28th, pop singer Lara Johnston performed a full band showcase at ACME Feed & Seed in Nashville.
Dubbed by Country Weekly as “One to Watch,” rising country crooner, Dean Alexander, releases his haunting new single “Pretty Little Cemetery,” which is out of the casket just in time for the Halloween holiday. The single can be streamed on Spotify here, and can be purchased on iTunes here. Listen to the track on SoundCloud here.
Brenda Lee and Charlie Daniels Photo credit: Moments by Moser
It may have been country music legend Charlie Daniels’ birthday party, but all of the presents were addressed to military veterans and their families. A total of 290 guests gave an invaluable gift to those who have served our country through the purchase of a table at Charlie Daniels’ birthday bash on October 27 at The Palm restaurant in downtown Nashville, which raised funds for (501)(c) non-profit The Journey Home Project.
