While touring on the west coast, MCA Nashville’s Josh Turner took time to join former pro football player Mike Pawlawski on a wild hog hunt for Outdoor Channel’s “Gridiron Outdoors.”
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Jake Clayton’s “What Not To Do” Video Premieres Today On The Heartland Network
Jake Clayton’s new music video, “What Not To Do,” premieres Friday, December 11 on The Heartland Network at 11 p.m. Central. The clip and its companion “behind-the-scenes” video will air multiple times over the next week; check local listings for broadcast times. “It’s a song that tells the stories of three separate people, their actions and the resulting consequences,” explains the talented artist and multi-instrumentalist. “We wanted a gritty video – and we got it.” Clayton co-produced the clip with Rob Daniels for Please & Thank You Motion Pictures; Dylan White directed.
CHRIS YOUNG PERFORMS MULTI-WEEK #1 “I’M COMIN’ OVER” ON “THE ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW”
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.
Songstress Sisters Share Their Love For Christmas
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.
CASSADEE POPE REMAINS “INVINCIBLE” ON THE VOICE
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.
CMA FOUNDATION MAKES HOLIDAYS SHINE FOR NASHVILLE MUSIC STUDENTS
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.
THE STEELDRIVERS’ THE MUSCLE SHOALS RECORDINGS EARNS A GRAMMY NOMINATION FOR BEST BLUEGRASS ALBUM
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.
FIRST LISTEN OF CHRIS CARMACK’S DEBUT EP, PIECES OF YOU, EXCLUSIVELY ON ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY (EW.COM) NOW
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.
CHRIS LANE GETS HIS “FIX” AS THE MOST ADDED AT COUNTRY RADIO THIS WEEK
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.
COUNTRY MUSIC STAR CRAIG MORGAN PARTNERS WITH LINE-X AS A SYMBOL OF THE BRAND’S ‘INDESTRUCTIBLE’ LIFESTYLE
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.
