2009 October

• Second Harvest Nashville gig raises $5K

  Rodney Atkins, Heidi Newfield, Luke Bryan, Joey + Rory and others turned out Tuesday night for the 5th Annual Stars for Second Harvest concert at the Ryman Auditorium, raising $45,000 for the Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee by…

  2 Oct 09 / Category: Artists / Everything Country / Music

   

• Toby Keith scores number one song

  Toby Keith took over the top of the Billboard country song chart for the week of Oct. 10 with American Ride. Last week’s number one, Small Town USA by Justin Moore, fell to second. On the album chart, Taylor Swift’s…

  2 Oct 09 / Category: Artists / Everything Country / Music

   

• Underwood’s Cowboy Casanova makes its mark

  Carrie Underwood has the number 1 country digital single as Cowboy Casanova had first-week sales of 110,236 copies. Underwood remains the only solo country artist this year to debut a digital single above the 100,000 mark – a feat she’s…

  2 Oct 09 / Category: Artists / Everything Country / Music

   

• All I Ask for Anymore Is More Trace Adkins Videos Like This

  You have to wait three minutes. That’s when the people in the new Trace Adkins video start smiling, and I start crying.

  I don’t know if it’s his rich baritone or the lyrics coming…

  2 Oct 09 / Category: Shows

   

• LeAnn Rimes Building Playground Near Nashville

  I love that even with all the personal turmoil LeAnn Rimes has been through, she is still so good at putting others first. She’s still very much a part of the Shows

   

• Joe Diffie Gets Back to Bluegrass at IBMA

  Joe Diffie said he was as nervous as a cat during his official IBMA (International Bluegrass Music Association) showcase on Wednesday night (Sept. 30) in Nashville. However, there’s no real reason to be concerned…

  2 Oct 09 / Category: Shows

   

• Know a Guy Who Likes "Chick Drinks"?

  Is there room in country music for a metrosexual cowboy? Hell, yeah. As long as he knows his chick drinks. In this fun little novelty honky-tonk tune, singer Shows

   

• Glee Shines With Carrie Underwood Song

  I have this very passionate love/hate relationship with the new Fox show, Glee. Some days, I am furious that they have to punctuate every scene with some kind of R-rated sexual reference. And other…

  2 Oct 09 / Category: Shows

   

• "Life’s a Dance" Marks Its 17th Anniversary

  This week marks the 17th anniversary of John Michael Montgomery’s debut single, “Life’s a Dance,” and it made me stop and think of all the memories I’ve had with his music. I…

  2 Oct 09 / Category: Shows

   

• Twitter Tweets about Country Music as of October 2, 2009

  NetteRae: Just have to say Miranda_Lambert is a rockin country girl…love the new music!

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  2 Oct 09 / Category: Buzz!