Jason Isbell led the list for the 15th annual Americana Music Association awards nominations with three on Wednesday. Chris Stapleton, Lucinda Williams, Margo Price and Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats garnered two nominations apiece. The nominations were announced in Washington at an event hosted by The Milk Carton Kids …
Read More »Three Country CD’s Chart In Top 10
Three country discs are on the Billboard top 10 led by Keith Urban’s “Ripcord.” Urban debuted in fourth with 106,000 units (93,000 in pure album sales). He did slightly better than 2013’s “Fuse,” which debuted at number 1 with 98,000 copies sold. Cole Swindell’s “You Should Be Here” debuted in …
Read More »Chris Stapleton Continues to Remain In The Top 10
Chris Stapleton will have the only country CD in the Billboard top 10 when the charts are out on Tuesday. “Traveller” went from ninth to eighth, selling 31,000 units, down 3 percent. Drake had the top selling CD in the U.S. with “Views.” He scored 1.04 million equivalent album units …
Read More »Chris Stapleton To Perform At Lollapalooza
Chris Stapleton has been tapped to play this year’s Lollapalooza. He’ll take the stage at Chicago’s Grant Park on July 30th. Chis is among the handful of country stars who’ve scored invitations to play the festival. Eric Church played in back in 2013, and Dierks Bentley performed the festival in 2008. At the time, Dierks was …
Read More »Chris Stapleton Sings At The Ryman…Heavenly?
It’s been said that the Ryman Auditorium is a place of musical experiences…and fans experienced some “heavenly” musical experiences Thursday night when Chris Stapleton performed to a sold out crowd. With his wife, Morgane Stapleton singing backup and his producer Dave Cobb on guitar in the band, the crowd was …
Read More »ACM Announces Songwriter Nominations
Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Chris Stapleton has earned two extra nominations from the Academy of Country Music Awards, making him the leading nominee with seven mentions. The ACM announced on Thursday the nominees for the song of the year and songwriter categories. Stapleton, who had five nominations in previously announced categories, added …
Read More »What An Afternoon at the Ryman Auditorium for 2016 Country Radio Seminar Artists!
A private showcase at the Ryman Auditorium during the 2016 Country Radio Seminar on Tuesday afternoon (Feb. 9) was a banner event for Universal Music Group Nashville. An elite group of artists performed…with stellar performances and highlighting the tremendous talent found within the city limits of Nashville. “CRS is an …
Read More »Is Producer Dave Cobb Taking RCA Studio A To The Top In Nashville?
A 50 year Old studio on Music Row developed by country legend Chet Atkins…a studio where Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, and Waylon Jennings all recorded songs…was set to be demolished. But music enthusiasts stepped in at the last minute and saved the building…in lieu of luxury condominiums. So now Producer Dave …
Read More »51st ACM Award Nominations – Coming April 3, 2016
Be in the Know!! The 51st ACM Award Nominations – Coming April 3, 2016 are listed below! The ACM Awards nominations were announced Feb. 1st. Any surprises? Definitely one name missing….Blake Shelton… but he seems to be taking it all in stride …. ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR • Jason Aldean …
Read More »Chris Stapleton To Join Luke Bryan Tour For Two Dates
Chris Stapleton will be joining the country superstar Luke Bryan at two of his summer concerts this year. Bryan revealed on Twitter on Thursday night that the rising country star will be playing with him at his shows in Dallas, Texas, and Boston, Mass. The Dallas concert is scheduled for …
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