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About HaleighT

HaleighT grew up in rural Sallisaw, Oklahoma, completely immersed in the country music lifestyle. She works with CMNB as our field assignment journalist, gathering concert reviews and exclusive interviews from every artist she can. When she's not out on the road, she's in our web studio filming "Takin' a Break With HaleighT" a short weekly opinion and news segment that launched in 2011.

Craig Morgan Makes Donation To Middle School

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Craig Morgan Makes An Instrument Donation To A Local Middle School. Craig Morgan took a break from his busy schedule readying for the launch of his new album to visit a local school earlier this week. While at Dickson Middle School, an hour west of Nashville, Morgan donated 15 Dean acoustic guitars to the music program and talked with Mr. Elston’s 8th grade class about the importance of music. He also gave the class a brief guitar lesson and together they wrote a quick song! “Music has always been such an important part of my life. I’m happy to give back so that others can share in that experience.” -Morgan Morgan’s latest album, This Ole Boy, will hit stores next Tuesday, February 28th. The current single is in the 20s on the country charts.

Criag Campbell At Daytona 500

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Criag Campbell To Headline At The Pre-Race Concert At Daytona 500! Craig Campbell will have a day at the races as he will be the headlining act at the pre-race concert of the Daytona 500. The Daytona International Speedway will host the concert in the Midway Fan Zone prior to the start of the race Sunday, February 26. Campbell will take the Coca-Cola stage at 10:45 a.m. for a FREE 90 minute set, the race starts at 1 p.m.. Be listening for his current single, “When I Get It,” on your local radio stations and watch him perform it Sunday if you make it to the race!

Johnny Cash Museum In Nashville

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Johnny Cash Gets His Very Own Museum In Nashville! I am very excited to say that there will be a Johnny Cash museum opening this summer in Nashville, TN! This is something that I’m sure that many, many fans have been waiting for! I can’t wait for it to open and I can’t wait for everyone across the country to make the trip to pay honor to the late, great man in black! Here is a short video with some more details!

Canaan Smith We Got Us Music Video

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Here Is The Video For Canaan Smith’s “We Got Us!” For those of you who haven’t heard of Canaan Smith, let us introduce you! “We Got Us” is his very first single and it was released to country radio back in January. At first glance, some to the core country fans might say this guy is not “country.” He doesn’t have on boots and he wears scarves, well I say take a listen to some of his stuff before you make your decision. This first single has some killer fiddle and the actual story that the lyrics tell is a country song if I’ve ever heard one. He was named one of the top 12 artists to watch in 2012 by Country Weekly so I’m interested to see what we will be seeing… Here is the video, take a look!

Bucky Covington Joins Help The Good Guys

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Bucky Covington Has Joined Forces With Charitable Organization ‘Help The Good Guys.’ Bucky Covington has teamed up with ‘Help The Good Guys,’ an organization that honors and supports our country’s injured fire fighters, police officers and their families. Together they will work to raise awareness and funds for more than 130,000 fire fighters and law enforcement officers who experience a financial crisis due to work related injuries each year. “Help The Good Guys’ perform an amazing service for our police officers and fire fighters across the country and I’m honored to join them in their efforts. It’s rewarding for me to recognize these hard-working men and women and help bring some financial relief to these families in their time of need.” -Bucky Covington In addition to raising awareness for the cause, Bucky recently lent his talents to fundraising events in Birmingham, AL and Detroit, MI to support injured heroes in their local community. Coming up in April, Bucky will host a motorcycle ride and concert in Chattanooga, TN to benefit injured fire fighters and police officers in the city. Bucky signed a record deal with Entertainment One Music Group/Nashville in 2011 and will be releasing a new album this year, his first new music in 5 years.

HaleighT’s Song Suggestions

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Here Are Some Ear Worms That I CAN’T Get Out Of My Head! Alright, so a couple of weeks ago I told y’all about some songs that have been in my head and won’t get out…well here is a list of a few more! Now they are not in any particular order (except maybe Springsteen, it is my fav!). They aren’t all brand new either, you might have heard of them before. But if you haven’t, then look them up! Hope you enjoy! Don’t hesitate to tell me if you like this playlist or not…or if you have any suggestions on what might need to be added to this list! 1. Springsteen – Eric Church 2. Saturday Night – Wade Bowen 3. Always A Reason – Dirt Drifters 4. Better Than I Use To Be – Tim McGraw 5. So You Don’t Have To Love Me Anymore – Alan Jackson 6. Rose Colored Glasses – LeAnn Rimes (Lady & Gentlemen) 7. Nobody’s Fool – Miranda Lambert 8. Comin’ Around – Josh Thompson 9. Boys From The South – Pistol Annies 10. Hey – Blake Shelton

This Is NRA Country Volume 1 Album

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Some of country’s biggest stars have been brought together on the new album, This Is NRA Country! This Is NRA Country Volume 1 is available now exclusively through www.nracountry.com. The album is a unique project that features various artists including Trace Adkins, Justin Moore, Charlie Daniels, Hank Williams JR. and many more. Each track is one that speaks to the heart of what NRA Country is all about, including the support of the U.S. military, appreciation of the great outdoors and the love of family. Craig Morgan is the current “This Is NRA Country Artist of the Month” and is also featured on this album with “I’m Country.” This Is NRA Country Track Listing 1. This Is NRA Country – Justin Moore 2. A Country Boy Can Survive – Hank Williams Jr. 3. My Town – Montgomery Gentry 4. Cleaning This Gun – Rodney Atkins 5. More Of Us – Trace Adkins 6. I’m Country – Craig Morgan 7. In America – Charlie Daniels 8. Way Out Here – Josh Thompson 9. Shutting Detroit Down – John Rich 10. She Ain’t Right – Lee Brice 11. Opening Day – Rhett Akins & Dallas Davidson

Miranda Lambert On Law & Order: SVU

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Miranda Lambert Makes Her Acting Debut On Law & Order: SVU Tonight! Miranda Lambert is a huge fan of the hit show Law & Order: SVU. Some might be surprised to know that being a guest star on the NBC drama has been one of her longtime dreams! Well, tonight her dreams come true, as she does exactly that! The episode airs tonight at 10/9c on NBC! “Father’s Shadow” will portray Lambert as a young actress looking for her big break! Here is a sneak peak of what is to come tonight! Sneak Peek: Miranda Lambert on ‘Law & Order: SVU’

The Voice Recap Of The First Two Episodes

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With Only Two Episodes In Of The 2nd Season, We Have Already Heard Some Stars! So if you didn’t know (you must be under a rock), the season premier of The Voice was Sunday after the Super Bowl. For the second season we are taking a journey with coaches Blake Shelton, Christina Aguilera, Adam Levine and Cee Lo Green to find “the voice” that will take America by storm. It is obvious that everyone in the CMNB office is pulling for Team Blake, but any coach that gives us a country star will be just fine with us too! This year instead of teams of 8, the coaches will get to pick initial teams of 12! So far Team Christina has four of her spots taken with Chris Mann, Jesse Campbell, Lindsey Pavao and The Line (a duet). Team Adam has three spots filled with Angel Taylor, Kim Yarbrough and Tony Lucca. Cee Lo also has three team members, Angie Johnson, Jamar Rogers and Juliet Simms. Most importantly, Team Blake has three artists in the running! Gwen Sebastian, Jermaine Paul and RaeLynn have got to be excited to be on the funniest guys team right?! Next Monday, February 13, the “Blind Auditions” will continue! Don’t forget to tune into NBC at 8/7c to watch all of the comedy from the coaches and talent from the hopefuls unfold!

Trace Adkins To Headline NRA Country Jam

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Trace Adkins Will Be Headlining The 2nd Annual NRA Country Jam. Trace Adkins was last months “This Is NRA Country” artist of the month and will be headlining the 2nd annual NRA Country Jam! The event will take place April 13 at the Ferrara Theatre and is presented by Bushnell and Folds of Honor. This will all be happening steps away from the exhibit hall in America’s Center in St. Louis during the NRA annual meetings. The exhibit hall will be filled to capacity with over 500 exhibitors displaying every shooting and hunting related product and accessory imaginable. Over 70,000 NRA members are expected in St. Louis for three fun filled days that will be kicked off by Adkins and NRA Country Jam II. “I can’t wait to take the stage at NRA Country Jam 2. It’s going to be a great show,” says Adkins. “Folds of Honor is an important cause and I’m happy to help give back to those who give so much for our freedom.” Folds of Honor was founded by Iraq veteran, Major Dan Rooney. Folds of Honor provides post-secondary educational scholarships for children and spouses of U.S. military service members killed or disabled during service. Adkins, NRA Country and Bushnell have designated a portion of the proceeds from the NRA Country Jam to go to the Folds of Honor Foundation.