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Trace Adkins New Album To Feature Special Guests

By on March 27, 2013 in In The Press

Colbie Caillat, Harlem Gospel Choir And Exile All Make Appearances On Adkins’ 11th Studio Album “Love Will…” Set For May 14 Release

Trace Adkins, Love Will

Trace Adkins’ 11th studio album, Love Will… is set for May 14, 2013 release on Show Dog-Universal Music. The album about the world’s greatest emotion will feature two-time Grammy Award winning singer/songwriter, Colbie Caillat, the esteemed Harlem Gospel Choir and Rock/Country veterans, Exile. Fans can pre-order Love Will… via online retailers on April 2nd. All who pre-order on iTunes will immediately receive an instant download of “Watch The World End” featuring Colbie Caillat.

Each week through album release, fans can hear a new song at www.TraceAdkins.com. New this week, fans can stream “Watch The World End” featuring Colbie Caillat. The song speaks of the undying commitment between two people who wouldn’t be anywhere else, under any circumstances.

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Kenny Chesney Launches Blue Chair Bay Rum

By on March 27, 2013 in In The Press

Premium White, Coconut and Coconut Spiced Are Benchmarks For New Co.

Kenny Chesney, Blue Chair Bay Rum

When Kenny Chesney decided it was time to find the rum he’d always wanted to drink, he didn’t approach the various distillers who’d offered him lucrative deals to lend his name and likeness to a brand created for him. No, the man who oversees every aspect of giant stadium productions and listens to a myriad of songs beyond what he writes for his albums, decided he wanted to do it himself.

So with a handful of dedicated professionals, Chesney began thinking, then researching, then seeing if it was possible. For a young man who didn’t dream of rocking football stadiums, but for whom the University of Tennessee’s Neyland Stadium was holy ground, the impossible never seemed to be something you can’t do if you apply yourself.

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Blake Shelton Releases “Based On A True Story…”

By on March 27, 2013 in In The Press

Blake Shelton, Based On A True Story

Blake Shelton released his new album Based On A True Story… yesterday! USA Today and US Weekly give the new album 3 1/2 out of 4 stars! (FOCUS gave it 4 out of 4) Be sure to go pick up Based On A True Story…!

Download the album on iTunes here: http://smarturl.it/basedonatruestory

Based On A True Story… Track Listing
1. Boys ‘Round Here
2. Sure Be Cool If You Did
3. Do You Remember
4. Small Town Big Time
5. Country On The Radio
6. My Eyes
7. Doin’ What She Likes
8. I Still Got A Finger
9. Mine Would Be You
10. Lay Low
11. Ten Times Crazier
12. Grandaddy’s Gun

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Lady Antebellum Reveal Details About Upcoming Album “Golden”

By on March 26, 2013 in In The Press

Lady Antebellum, Golden

For seven-time GRAMMY winning trio Lady Antebellum, their upcoming fourth Capitol Records Nashville release GOLDEN out May 7 was figuratively – and literally – born on the move.

The harmony-based trio and its sizeable fan base bonded heavily during the band’s headlining Own The Night World Tour – an over-sized road trip, if there ever was one. The shows themselves were inspirational. But so was the time offstage. Lady A made a point of experimenting and creating with its road band as the one-nighters and the miles of travel piled up. That behind-the-scenes interaction inspired much of the music on GOLDEN, an instantly infectious project in which Lady A discovered new edges for its already-successful foundation.

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George Strait Set To Release ‘Love Is Everything’ May 14th

By on March 26, 2013 in In The Press

George StraightGeorge Strait is set to release his highly anticipated 40th studio album, Love Is Everything, on May 14th on longtime label home MCA Nashville. The King of Country music rejoined veteran producer Tony Brown to co-produce the album, which features 13 new tracks, including the Top 15 and climbing current single “Give It All We Got Tonight.” Love Is Everything includes four songs written or co-written by Strait, who penned many alongside his son Bubba Strait and legendary songwriter Dean Dillon. Love Is Everything will be available in stores and at all digital retailers.

With the new album’s first single “Give It All We Got Tonight” quickly approaching Top 10 on the Country radio charts, the song is poised to become Strait’s 60th #1 single. Fans and fellow Country artists recently started campaigning for the “Sixty For Sixty” movement, which encourages local radio stations to make the song his 60th #1 single before his 61st birthday on May 18th. Their efforts are certainly paying off as “Give It All We Got Tonight” is the fastest certified Gold single of Strait’s incredible 32-year career.  Fans can tweet and Instagram their support with hashtag #60for60, as well as share posts on Facebook.

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Nikki Williams, “Glowing” World Premiere [Matt Williams Exclusive Interview]

By on March 25, 2013 in Artists to Watch, The Latest

Rising pop star’s video for her latest single premieres TODAY on VEVO

Since I have been relentlessly plugging Nikki Williams for a while now (for good reason), I was excited to catch up with her about her new video for the single  “Glowing” which premiers today on VEVO. She may live outside the 615 area code now, but she did move here from South Africa before finding her way to LA. Not only that, she cut her teeth writing country songs (“Like My Mother Does,” “Fly Again”), so we’re gonna count it!

The 24-year-old songstress also talks about the song itself as a departure from her online debut of “Kill, F***, Marry” and her first album… all while getting a foot massage and eating a chicken sandwich.

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Country Music Blog Rodeo: “Mainstream” Hasn’t Fallen In Love With Country Music… Just The Opposite

By on March 25, 2013 in Special Events, The Latest

Country Music Blog RodeoIf you listen to pop radio you’ve noticed country stars showing up on the playlists more and more. If you watch awards shows, country artists and country music categories are featured more and more. ABC’s Nashville is a huge television success. And country seems to be taking over singing reality competitions (Tate Stevens won The X Factor, and let us not forget Blake Shelton is The Voice’s reigning champ two seasons in a row… and by the way, Cassadee Pope, last season’s winner, has just signed with country label Big Machine). So why has “mainstream” fallen in love with country music?

It’s simple: “Mainstream” isn’t coming around to country. Country is going to it. Not in a conformist way, but a revolutionary way.

“What is country music, really?” is a topic debated ad nauseum, and I won’t touch it. I’m far from knowing where the exact line is that separates country music from not country music; however, there is certainly no need to hold the country music genre captive in a box anymore. Those boxes are obsolete.

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Interview With Danielle Peck | CRS 2013

By on March 22, 2013 in A Closer Look @, Artists to Watch, The Latest

Danielle Peck stops by to talk to us about her inspirational new single “Impossible Dreams,” the subsequent Country Weekly contest, and some beauty tips. She is also the newest artist slated to perform on the Music in Motion on the Ocean cruise!

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Interview with The FARM | CRS 2013

By on March 20, 2013 in A Closer Look @, Special Events

The FARM comes by to talk about partying at CRS, their newest single, and Australia. Krista even shows off some dance moves, and we contemplate changing the name of FOCUS on the 615.

Read more about all the great performances with exclusive behind the scenes coverage of CRS 2013 here!

Learn more about The FARM and their random acts of kindness at http://thefarmmusic.com

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George Strait, Garth Brooks To Honor Dick Clark at ACM Awards

By on March 20, 2013 in In The Press

48th Annual ACM AwardsGeorge Strait and Garth Brooks, the two most recent ACM Artist of the Decade Award recipients, will perform together for the first time in history to pay tribute to Dick Clark at the 48th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards. The performance will be broadcast live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on April 7 (8 p.m.-11:00 p.m., live ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network. The ACM Artist of the Decade Award will be renamed the ACM Dick Clark Artist of the Decade Award, in honor of the iconic figure and longtime producer of the Academy of Country Music Awards.

“Dick helped make country music accessible to a larger fan base and his efforts will not be forgotten,” said Strait. “Garth and I were so grateful when we each received the ACM Artist of the Decade Award, so it’s only fitting that we’ll be honoring him with this tribute performance at the ACMs.”

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