Nashville-based singer and songwriter Brandy Clark is gearing up for an exciting 2015, starting off the year with two GRAMMY Award nominations for Best New Artist and Country Album of the Year for her critically acclaimed debut 12 Stories. CBS will air the 57th Annual GRAMMY Awards live from Los Angeles’ Staples Center on February 8, 2015. Clark has also announced that she will perform on ABC’s Good Morning America and NBC’s Late Night with Seth Meyers on January 12.
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Brandy Clark Welcomes 2015 with Two GRAMMY Award Nominations and Upcoming Television Appearances
Arista Nashville Duo The Swon Brothers Perform on Huckabee’s Last Show
Arista Nashville duo, Zach and Colton, The Swon Brothers, performed their latest single “Pray For You,” on Fox’s HUCKABEE, which aired on January 3rd. Host Mike Huckabee also performed with the duo during the show. To everyone’s surprise, the former Governor of Arkansas announced that this show would be his last, making his jam session with The Swon Brothers the series’ musical swan song.
Kenny Rogers Joins First Edition Band Mates in Special Program Saturday, Jan. 17
WHAT: Panel Discussion: The First Edition Drops In
During the late 1960s and early 1970s, Kenny Rogers made hit recordings, appeared on TV shows, and undertook successful tours as a member of the First Edition. In the process, Rogers laid the groundwork for his later solo stardom. In this free-ranging conversation, First Edition members Kenny Rogers, Mike Settle, Terry Williams, Mary Miller, and Gene Lorenzo will discuss the group’s impressive career, which included hits such as “Just Dropped In (to See What Condition my Condition Was In)”; “Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town”; Settle’s original song “But You Know I Love You”; and “Ruben James.” Presented in support of the exhibit Kenny Rogers: Through the Years.
TIM McGRAW KICKS OFF 2015 ON TOP OF THE COUNTRY RADIO CHARTS WITH HIS LONGEST-RUNNING #1 HIT IN 10 YEARS
While 2015 may have just begun, Superstar TIM MCGRAW and Big Machine Records are continuing the celebration by scoring the #1 song in the nation with “Shotgun Rider” on both the Billboard Country and Mediabase charts. McGraw logs a four-week run at #1 on Mediabase, with a three-week stint at the pinnacle on both Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and Billboard Country Airplay. Written by Marv Green, Hillary Lindsey and Troy Verges, “Shotgun Rider” signifies McGraw’s 36th career chart-topper and remains the current best-selling song on the iTunes Country Singles chart with over 500,000 copies sold to date. The fete marks McGraw’s 27th #1 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart, which is the most of any artist in the chart’s 25–year history.
PHOTO: Tyler Farr performance at the NFL Wild Card Game (January 3rd – Arizona Cardinals vs. Carolina Panthers)
$499 Regular Rate for CRS 2015 Ends Jan. 12
Monday, Jan. 12 is the deadline to purchase $499 regular rate registrations for Country Radio Seminar 2015. The on-site rate will take effect on Jan. 13, increasing registrations to $599 per person.
Maddie & Tae “FLY” With New Single
Only the third female duo since the inception to Billboard’s Country Singles Chart – the first 71 years ago – MADDIE & TAE have been embracing impossible dreams since leaving Ada, Oklahoma and Sugar Land, Texas in the name of writing and singing their own songs. You could joke it’s hard to be young, pretty and talented, but when you’re starting, that doesn’t always make the way easier… or your confidence impenetrable.
Country Stars React to Passing of Little Jimmy Dickens
The country music industry is in mourning following the death of the iconic and beloved Little Jimmy Dickens. Dickens passed away yesterday at the age of 94.
Dolly Parton Reacts to the Passing of Little Jimmy Dickens
I often perform one of Little Jimmy’s best known songs “I’m Little But I’m Loud.” I’ve always related to him and loved him as a person, as a friend, and as an entertainer. He will always be loved and remembered.” — Dolly Parton
ERIC CHURCH CLOSES 2014 WITH UNIVERSAL ACCLAIM, TOP SALES FOR THE OUTSIDERS
Few solo artists have experienced the kind of all-around acclaim Eric Church received in 2014 for his “game-changing” and “daringly beautiful” album The Outsiders.
