In celebration of #FlashbackFriday, promising new talent Carissa Leigh launches #CoversGoneCountry. In this exciting video series, Carissa will release covers each Friday of some of her favorite songs from all genres, with a country twist. To kick off the series, Carissa performs her version of the 1980’s smash hit “Don’t You (Forget About Me),”by Simple Minds.
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KELSEA BALLERINI RELEASES OFFICIAL ALBUM ART AND TRACK LISTING FOR THE FIRST TIME Debut Single “Love Me Like You Mean It” at Number 21 This Week
Black River Entertainment recording artist Kelsea Ballerini released the official album art and track listing for her 12-song debut album The First Time. Set for a May 19 release on Black River Entertainment, the lead single from the debut album nears the top 20 only inches away at #21 on the Billboard chart this week.
Fans are taking note of Kelsea’s debut single “Love Me Like You Mean It” at #19 on the Country Song Charts with 15,329 downloads this week. Furthering her name recognition, Variety announced yesterday that Kelsea Ballerini is among those presenting at the Radio Disney Music Awards, following her full schedule at the ACM awards, both coming up later this month.
Show Review: Kenny Chesney’s The Big Revival Tour
Kenny Chesney’s sold out opening night of The Big Revival Tour in Nashville this past Thursday at Bridgestone Arena was filled with hit after hit and special guest appearances.
Kenny Chesney’s BIG REVIVAL Hit Nashville Hard
Kenny Chesney – clad in a dark sleeveless Grace Potter and the Nocturnals t-shirt – hit Nashville like a house a-fire. From the opening of the New Orleans funeral drum corps/street preacher noir film until the last ringing note of Joe Walsh’s hard-charging “All Night Long,” the East Tennessean showed how much he missed the fans since he walked offstage after two sold-out nights at Foxboro’s Gillette Stadium in 2013.
Brandy Clark, CeCe Winans join Skyville Live’s stellar lineup on April 7
Multi-Grammy Award nominee Brandy Clark and one of the leading female vocalists in pop music CeCe Winans have been added as special guests on the next edition of Skyville Live streaming live from Nashville, Tennessee on Tuesday, April 7 at 8pm ET on SkyvilleLive.com.
“Girl Crush” From Little Big Town: It’s Not What You Think It Is
Currently, radio stations across the country are being forced to pull from rotation Little Big Town’s newest single “Girl Crush”. This is all due to some angry listeners misinterpreting the song and thinking it’s about lesbians. If it actually was, would that really be so bad? It’s 2015, after all. It’s not, though, so everybody just relax. What the song is really about is a jealous ex-girlfriend wanting to put herself in the place of the current girlfriend. She wants to live vicariously through eyes of the current and desperately wants what the current girlfriend has back. Think we’ve all been there wondering what your ex sees in this other person that they no longer see in you as your heart breaks wanting what you once had back.
Eric Church Amasses Record Crowd of 18,626 at Allstate Arena
Fleetwood Mac christened the building on March 14, 1980 and throughout its history Rosemont, Illinois’ now-dubbed Allstate Arena has housed some of the greatest names in entertainment. Everyone from The Allman Brothers to The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band to The Eagles and McCartney have fashioned the arena a touring mainstay in America’s heartland, but last night (March 20,2015), and nearly 35 years to the day since its opening, 7-time GRAMMY nominee Eric Church set the new bar for live concert attendance with 18,626 fervent fans assembled for his The Outsiders World Tour.
Darius Rucker Announces Sixth Annual “Darius And Friends” Benefit Concert For June 8, 2015
For the sixth year in a row, Platinum-selling country artist Darius Rucker will host his annual “Darius and Friends” benefit concert in Nashville, Tenn. on Monday, June 8 at the Wildhorse Saloon, benefiting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The event has received an overwhelming response in past years, with consistent sellouts and over $439,000 raised in total, and fans have come to look forward to kicking off CMA Fest with Rucker and his friends. Friends performing with Darius in past years have included Luke Bryan, Radney Foster, Randy Houser, Jamey Johnson, Charles Kelley (Lady Antebellum), Dustin Lynch, Justin Moore, Jerrod Niemann and Kenny Rogers, among others. The lineup for this year’s event will be announced in the coming weeks.
BUCKY COVINGTON APPEARS ON DAYTIME MEDICAL TALK SHOW THE DOCTORS WITH HIS DAUGHTER
(L to R) Kennedy Taylor Covington, Katherine Cook, Bucky Covington, Dr. Jen Ashton, Dr. Travis Stork
Photo Credit: The Doctors
Country Star and American Idol Finalist Bucky Covington appeared on an episode of the daytime medical talk show The Doctors on Friday February 27th, with his family to raise awareness about a cause that is very close to their hearts: the use of a heart medication to help with a rare form of birthmark requiring treatment. Bucky’s infant daughter Kennedy was diagnosed with Infantile Hemangiomas at 3 weeks old. After conferring with specialists, Bucky and fiancé Katherine decided that the best choice for their daughter would be to start a treatment process to reverse the advancing of the birthmark preventing permanent damage to the skin.
NRA COUNTRY TAPS JON PARDIAS FEATURED ARTIST FOR MARCH
Rising country star and outdoor enthusiast Jon Pardi has been chosen as NRA Country’s Featured Artist for March. The California native has received high praise for his debut album,Write You A Song, featuring hits “Up All Night” and “Missin’ You Crazy.” Pardi was hand-picked by country legend Alan Jackson to join him on his 25th anniversary Keepin’ It Country Tour this spring, hitting Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on April 11th, presented by NRA. In between touring with Alan Jackson and selling-out his own headlining shows, Pardi is writing and recording music for his upcoming sophomore album.
