Lady Antebellum’s hit Need You Now as featured on the Fox TV series Glee. In a special post-superbowl episode of the hit musical show Glee, Rachel and Puck perform Lady Antebellum‘s chart-topper “Need You Now“. The episode airs tomorrow right after the game! [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSh9I1qxA4o]
Red Dirt music is getting a whole lot rowdier this spring! Local promoter Chris “Julio” Allred has come up with the perfect combination of Rock, Country and local Jamgrass bands to create one hell of a party at the Rockin Red Dirt Revival concert series. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PX4TvaodSgQ] The Rockin’ Red Dirt Revival is a 14 week series starting Feb 26, then every other Saturday night til May 21 at various venues spanning OKC to Fayetteville, AR. Concerts will take the best Rock and Red Dirt bands from TX/OK, and pair them with the crazy popular Jamgrass bands in the region. Plus, add in an acoustic singer/songwriter on a side stage playing during band changeovers. This is seriously some pilgrimage-style festival stuff happening in small venue settings so DO NOT MISS IT! For more details, visit our feature article on the Red Dirt Revival.
Oklahoma City man Chris “Julio” Allred is pulling out all the stops to bring a foot-stompin’ good time back to Red Dirt country! The Rockin’ Red Dirt Revival is a 14 week series starting Feb 26, then every other Saturday night til May 21 at various venues spanning OKC to Fayetteville, AR. Concerts will take the best Rock and Red Dirt bands from TX/OK, and pair them with the crazy popular Jamgrass bands in the region. Plus, add in an acoustic singer/songwriter on a side stage playing during band changeovers. Red Dirt Revival Dates and Line-ups Feb 26. Benjamin Del Shreve Chad Sullins and the Last Call Coalition Jason Stringfellow Band Mr. Gib Stones Mar 12. the Whistle Pigs Charliehorse Exit 174 Corey Carter (formerly of Fade to Fall) Mar 26. Willie Stradlin Red Eye Gravy Jason Strode Band Joe Mack Other bands included in RDR are Adam Lopez and the Lo Tops, 2 Steps Back, Zach Williams and the Reformation, Tyrannosaurus Chicken, Brandon Clark Band, Mountain Sprout and more. There will also be a coordinating Songwriter class/workshop at the Fayetteville Public Library on late afternoons the day before each show. At least 1 artist that we’ve booked in will conduct a freebie workshop on song writing, teaching writing methods, inspiration harnessing, music and lyric development, and sharing their experiences in writing their own material and their lives in the music industry. Impromptu concerts are expected to break out at any time. There will also be a “Well Drinks for Mental Wellness” campaign going on throughout the concert series, so keep your ears open for all the different bars and restaurants participating in this innovative awareness campaign for mental health issues. Advance tickets can be snagged for $10 at www.honkthetonk.com starting on Feb. 3.
With half the country covered in a thick blanket of snow, here’s ten ways the CMNB crew has been killing time! It’s Day 3 of what has been affectionately nicknamed “Snowpocalypse 2011” and the staff at CMNB is starting to run out of ideas on how to kill time in the frozen tundra. Here’s what we’ve tried so far… We’ve resurrected the Myspace account that started it all, only to find that Myspace is no longer useful in any way. Instead it is overwhelmingly covered with advertisements, pop-ups, and is desperately just trying to keep up with facebook. We have taken up leather crafts, creating necklaces, bracelets, wallets and keychains. Of course then I started having flashbacks of a childhood summer camp/child labor experience so we had to put that away. We baked. Then we ate. Then we slothed on the couch watching Steven Tyler on American Idol until our brains went numb. Then the scale told me I shouldn’t do that anymore. We video-gamed out on Little Big Planet 2, Red Dead Redemption and CoD Black Ops. Of course I’m not in any way coordinated with a video game controller so it was a lot of me dying right away and everyone laughing. We played in the snow… for about 5 minutes before our fingers turned blue and we ran back inside. I learned to use the brand new sewing machine that’s been in my closet since Christmas of 2010. I learned that it costs $1 to bribe a child to trudge through the snow to the mailbox, and $2 to have them take out the trash. Me sitting on the warm dry couch while they perform these tasks is priceless of course. We took bets on which cars were most likely to slide out of control on the highway running parallel to our property. The winner was a Toyota Camry for those keeping track. We wrote songs about being snowed in, about the wonder of PAM cooking spray on a satellite dish, about the hot Arizona sun, and about our hound being an all-terrain-animal. And finally, we gave up on entertaining ourselves, and Netflixed every John Wayne film in their library. Now we are halfway through Day 3 and out of ideas… what are YOU doing to battle cabin fever?
Ronnie Dunn confirms a solo performance for the 2011 ACM Awards. Ronnie Dunn admits the butterflies have got a hold of his stomach as he prepares to perform his new single “Bleed Red” on the 2011 ACM Awards. The awards will broadcast live from the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 3rd, and air on CBS. Ronnie will also be performing a full concert in Vegas the night before the awards.
Zac Brown welcomes the birth of his fourth daughter! Zac Brown is a proud pappa again as his fourth daughter Joni was brought into the world on Wednesday. Joni joins her sisters Justice, Lucy, and Georgia to give pappa Zac a house overflowing with beautiful young women! Congratulations!
Carrie Underwood makes her silver screen debut in this summer’s Soul Surfer. Carrie Underwood is ready to inspire in this heartwarming film, Soul Surfer, which premieres in theaters April 8th. The film is a true story about Hamilton, who lost her arm in a shark attack and courageously overcame all odds to become a champion again. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxKWhRsEiOU]
The nominations for the 2011 ACM Awards were just announced, and we’ve got your list! Miranda Lambert and Ronnie Dunn stopped by CBS this morning to share with the world the 2011 ACM Award nominations: VOCAL EVENT OF THE YEAR [Award to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company] (Off Camera Award) * ’As She’s Walking Away’ – Zac Brown Band Featuring Alan Jackson (Southern Ground / Roar / Bigger Picture / Atlantic) Produced by: Zac Brown, Keith Stegall * ‘Blue Sky’ – Emily West Featuring Keith Urban (Capitol Records Nashville) Produced by: Mark Bright * ’Coal Miner’s Daughter’ – Loretta Lynn, Sheryl Crow and Miranda Lambert (Columbia Nashville) Produced by: John Carter Cash, Patsy Lynn Russell * ’Cold Beer’ – Colt Ford Featuring Jamey Johnson (Average Joes) Produced by: Shannon Houchins, Adrian Young * ’Good to Be Me’ – Uncle Kracker Featuring Kid Rock (Top Dog/ Atlantic / Bigger Picture) Produced by: Kid Rock VIDEO OF THE YEAR [Award to Producer(s)/Director(s)/Artist(s)] *(Off Camera Award) * ‘Hillbilly Bone’ – Blake Shelton Featuring Trace Adkins Producer: Randy Brewer Director: Roman White * ’Only Prettier’ – Miranda Lambert Producer: Trent Hardville Director: Trey Fanjoy * ’Stuck Like Glue’ – Sugarland Producer: Tony McGarry Director: Declan Whitebloom * ‘The Boys of Fall’ – Kenny Chesney Producer: Don Lepore Director: Shaun Silva * ’The House That Built Me’ – Miranda Lambert Producer: Trent Hardville Director: Trey Fanjoy SONG OF THE YEAR [Award to Composer(s)/Publisher(s)/Artist(s)] * ‘A Little More Country Than That’ – Easton Corbin Composers: Rory Lee Feek, Don Poythress, Wynn Varble Publishers: A Sling And A Prayer Music (ASCAP), Chrysalis One Music (ASCAP), Don Poythress Songs (ASCAP), Precious Flour Music (BMI), Universal Music-MGB Songs (ASCAP), Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (BMI) * ‘As She’s Walking Away’ – Zac Brown Band Featuring Alan Jackson Composers: Zac Brown, Wyatt Durrette Publishers: Angelika Music (BMI), Weimerhound Publishing (BMI) * ‘If I Die Young’ – The Band Perry Composer: Kimberly Perry Publishers: Pearlfeather Publishing (BMI), Rio Bravo Music, Inc. (BMI) * ’Love Like Crazy’ – Lee Brice Composers: Tim James, Doug Johnson Publishers: Mike Curb Music (BMI), Sweet Radical Music (BMI), T-Bird’s Music (BMI), Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (BMI) * ‘The House That Built Me’ – Miranda Lambert Composers: Tom Douglas, Allen Shamblin Publishers: Built On Rock (ASCAP), Sony/ATV Tree Publishing (BMI), Tomdouglasmusic (BMI) SINGLE RECORD OF THE YEAR [Award to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company] * ‘A Little More Country Than That’ – Easton Corbin (Mercury) Produced by: Carson Chamberlain * ‘As She’s Walking Away’ – Zac Brown Band Featuring Alan Jackson (Southern Ground / Roar / Bigger Picture / Atlantic) Produced by: Zac Brown, Keith Stegall * ‘If I Die Young’ – The Band Perry (Republic Nashville) Produced by: Paul Worley * ’Love Like Crazy’ – Lee Brice (Curb Records) Produced by: Lee Brice, Doug Johnson * ‘The Boys of Fall’ – Kenny Chesney (BNA) Produced by: Buddy Cannon, Kenny Chesney * ’The House That Built Me’ – Miranda Lambert (Columbia Nashville) Produced by: Frank Liddell, Mike Wrucke ALBUM OF THE YEAR [Award to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company] Continue reading ACM Award Nomees for 2011
Here’s your chance to win a copy of Rock Band Country Track Pack, Volume 2 for Xbox 360! Country Music News Blog has your chance to win a copy of the Rock Band Country Track Pack Volume 2 for Xbox! We’ve taken this round of songs for a test run here at the headquarters and I have to say we had a hell of a time with it. I personally had a blast being able to sing some of the more current hits from artists like Lady Antebellum and George Strait while Ump managed to do alright for a guitarist when trying to keep up with the drums in Dierks Bentley’s “Sideways”. I’m not sure the neighbors will be too happy with our skills, but the ability to do harmonizing vocals was a really cool feature. All in all, I love the track pack, and can’t wait for a volume 3! Text ROCKME to 22828 and be entered to win your copy today! Rock Band Country Track Pack 2 Setlist: * Billy Currington – “That’s How Country Boys Roll” * Chely Wright – “Single White Female” * Darius Rucker – “Alright” * Darryl Worley – “Awful Beautiful Life” * Dierks Bentley – “Sideways” * Dwight Yoakam – “Intentional Heartache” * Gary Allan – “Man of Me” * George Strait – “Twang” * Jason Aldean – “Crazy Town” * Johnny Cash – “Ring of Fire” * Justin Moore – “Backwoods” * Keith Urban – “Kiss a Girl” * Lady Antebellum – “Perfect Day” * Laura Bell Bundy – “Giddy On Up” * Luke Bryan – “Rain Is a Good Thing” * Merle Haggard – “Mama Tried” * Rascal Flatts – “Summer Nights” * Reba McEntire – “The Night The Lights Went Out in Georgia” * Shania Twain – “Party for Two (With Billy Currington)” * Sugarland – “Settlin’” * Trace Adkins – “Ride” Prize provided by Harmonix. Entries must be received by Sunday Feb 6th. Winners will not be eligible for another prize drawing until 90days after this one. 5 Winners will be drawn Monday Feb 7th and each will be notified individually. Can’t wait to win it? Buy Rock Band Country Track Pack Volume 2 on Amazon today!
Our friends at MudStomp Records put together this fantastic video introducing the Ben Miller Band. If ever a region had a soundtrack, Ben Miller Band has provided the perfect one for the Ozark hills! Self-described as Ozark Stomp, the Ben Miller Band brings energy, action, and innovation to every single performance. Get to know the band and their charismatic sound in this cool introduction video, courtesy of MudStomp Records! [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGaq5d7LAyw] You can catch The Ben Miller Band at this year’s SXSW Music Festival!
