Jeremy McComb is COLD
Friday, February 27th, 2009Actually, he is one HOT new country star! Want to know more about the guy who sings “Cold” and who opened for Darryl Worley at the Tim & Willy welcome back party at Grahams in February? Read here
Archive for February, 2009
YOU can vote in the Academy of Country Music Awards New artist categories
Friday, February 27th, 2009For the first time this year, the Top New Categories will be decided by fan voting at www.GACTV.com. Voting closes on Thursday, march 5th. Then the winners of each of the 3-categories (Male, Female & Duo/Group) will vie for Top New Artist, which will be announced on the ACM Awards show, Sunday, April 5th from Las Vegas.
Top New Duo/Group: The Lost Trailers, Eli Young Band, Zac Brown Band
Top New Female Vocalist: Sarah Buxton, Julianne Hough, Ashton Shepherd
Top New Male Vocalist: Jake Owen, Jamey Johnson, James Otto
Want Faith Hill’s I-pod?
Thursday, February 19th, 2009Faith Hill has put her i-pod up for auction to benefit Music Rising, a group dedicated to rebuilding the musical culture of the Gulf Coast in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. There are 19 songs on Faith’s i-pod, including her husband’s “Live Like You Were Dying”, “She’s My Kind of Rain”, U2, Coldplay, and Beyonce! How do you know it’s Faith’s I-pod? It’s got her name on it! Check it out here www.musicrising.org
Rodney Atkins new CD, in stores March 31st “It’s America”
Wednesday, February 18th, 2009The title track and first single was performed for former President George W. Bush on his return home to Texas. Of his newest project, Rodney says, “I try to sing songs with an honest view of ourselves, of myself, of the struggle, of the laughter,” he says. “It’s about being human.”
George Strait is a Dallas Cowboy Fan
Wednesday, February 18th, 2009
George Strait will headline the grand opening of the new Dallas Cowboys football stadium on June 6. “I grew up in South Texas and have always been a Dallas Cowboys fan,” says the recent Grammy winner who will share the bill that day with Reba McEntire, Blake Shelton and Julianne Hough.The $1.1 billion facility has seating for 80,000 and can expand to accommodate 100,000. Besides being the home of the Cowboys, it will host the annual AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic, the 2011 Super Bowl, the 2010 NBA All-Star Game and the 2014 NCAA men’s basketball Final Four. The stadium has the world’s largest HD quality video board, an expansive retractable roof, and the world’s largest retractable end zone doors.Before Strait heads to Dallas, he will be honored on April 6 with the Academy of Country Music’s Artist of the Decade award in Las Vegas. The 19-time ACM winner also received four nominations for this year’s show.