Everything Country

• September 6, 2010

  

  Jason Aldean: Room to Grow

  Jason Aldean is becoming one of Music Row’s top contenders with a string of hit songs and sold-out concerts, but he often flies under the radar. And while Jason admits that’s often frustrating,…

  1 Sep 10 / Category: Artists / Everything Country / Music

   

• Adkins leads country song chart

  Trace Adkins topped the Billboard Country Album chart for the week ending Sept. 4. He took over the top with Cowboy’s Back in Town from Lady Antebellum’s Need You Now by selling 50,000 units, also good for the fifth best…

  27 Aug 10 / Category: Artists / Everything Country / Music

   

• Bluegrasser James King hospitalized

  Bluegrass singer James King is hospitalized with a blood clot. King is in the Danville, Va. Regional Medical Center for blood clots in his lungs and leg, according to an email sent by his band. “I am sorry to inform…

  27 Aug 10 / Category: Artists / Everything Country / Music

   

• Gill plays free Florida gig

  It is now safe to listen to Vince Gill. Gill will headline a free outdoor “Back to the Beach” concert Saturday, Sept. 25, from the beaches of South Walton along Florida’s Northwest Gulf Coast. Fans are invited to bring their…

  27 Aug 10 / Category: Artists / Everything Country / Music

   

• Musicians Hall goes on the road

  The Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville will take the show on the road to exhibit to the Big E Fair in West Springfield, Mass. in September. September 17 to October 3, 2010. The fair – Sept. 17…

  27 Aug 10 / Category: Artists / Everything Country / Music

   

• McCurdy releases digital EP

  TV actress Jennette McCurdy released her first country music release, “Not That Far Away,” a digtal EP available as of Aug. 17 through iTunes. Playing the sassy Sam Puckett on the Nickelodeon TV series iCarly, McCurdy is also a singer/songwriter…

  27 Aug 10 / Category: Artists / Everything Country / Music

   

• Paisley, Underwood host CMAs

  Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood will co-host the Country Music Association awards in November, it was announced Thursday. This will be the third straight year that the two are hosting the awards, which will be held Nov. 10 at Bridgestone…

  27 Aug 10 / Category: Artists / Everything Country / Music

   

• Shania Twain heating up again?

  The musical career of Shania Twain apparently is heating up again. On Wednesday, one of the key players in the country music scene, Universal Music Nashville Senior Vice President for Media, Artist Relations & Creative Services Jason Owen said he…

  27 Aug 10 / Category: Artists / Everything Country / Music

   

• Skaggs leads Inspirational Awards with four nominations

  Ricky Skaggs led with four nominations for the 16th annual Inspirational Country Music Awards Show, it was announced Thursday. Carrie Underwood and Trace Adkins were among those nominated. The awards honor those performing Christian and inspirational country music. Underwood was…

  27 Aug 10 / Category: Artists / Everything Country / Music

   

• Zac Brown becoming a father again

  Zac Brown and his wife Shelly are expecting their fourth child, according to People.com. The Zac Brown Band singer will welcome another baby girl early next year, his rep told PEOPLE Moms & Babies. The couple’s fourth daughter will join…

  27 Aug 10 / Category: Artists / Everything Country / Music