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Miranda Lambert’s Pistol Annies

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Miranda Lambert’s New All Girl Trio: Pistol Annies. Miranda Lambert spoke openly earlier this month about her venture: an all girl trio! The Pistol Annies features Angaleena Presley and Ashley Monroe, and they will have their debut performance on CBS, Friday April 22nd on ACM’s Girls’ Night Out television special. Not to fret Miranda fans, she will not be abandoning her solo career, but will simply be adding to it! Miranda is fulfilling the desire to work with an all girl group while channeling some excess creative energy! “They’re both artists on their own and they’re great friends of mine. We’ve just been writing songs like crazy, and I always wanted to do a girl project. It’s not your typical girl trio. We definitely have an edge. [laughs] We sing a lot about housewives.” Miranda Lambert Be sure to check out Girls’ Night Out, and keep you’re ears open for more news about Lambert’s Pistol Annies!

ACM’s Girls’ Night Out on CBS

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Top Female Country Artists to Preform on ACM Girls’ Night Out! Top female country artists give a not to be missed show on CBS Friday, April 22nd at 9 PM ET/PT, 7 Central! ACM’s Girls’ Night Out: Superstar Women of Country will feature Jennifer Nettles, Miranda Lambert, Reba McEntire, Martina McBride, Carrie Underwood and The Judds. The ladies will be joined by special guests that will take this show above and beyond. Ronnie Dunn will join Jennifer Nettles, the soon to be married Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert will share the stage, Rascal Flatts rocks with Reba, Little Big Town and Martina McBride collaborate, Vince Gill and Carrie Underwood light up the stage, and the rock legend John Fogerty will join The Judds. Miranda Lambert will also introduce her upcoming female group Pistol Annie. Each woman will be honored for an achievement from their career. An additional honoree will be the great Loretta Lynn recognizing her 50-year career. Be sure to tune in, this is something you won’t want to miss!

Jeff Bridges Signs Record Deal

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Jeff Bridges Signs with Blue Note Records. Oscar winning actor and talented musician Jeff Bridges has signed with EMI’s Blue Note Records with a new album due out this summer. Bridges has been all over the map talent wise for years, but you probably would recognize him from his most recent films, Crazy Heart, in which he played a downtrodden country singer and True Grit in which he is featured as a tough time-worn U.S. Marshall in the days of the old west. He will be collaborating on his new album with T-Bone Burnett with whom he has been working for many years. “It’s a relationship that’s really inflamed my music.” Bridges says of his partnership with Burnett Indeed, the two worked on the soundtrack for Crazy Heart together and Burnett won an Oscar for “Best Original Song” for “The Weary Kind“. Bridges was recently featured on a documentary series produced by PBS, American Masters. You can click here to check out Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides here.

Sugarland Added to CMA Fest Line-up

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Sugarland Added to 2011 CMA Fest Nightly Concert Line-up! Sugarland added to the nightly concert line-up for the 2011 CMA Music Festival June 9th-12th. Sugarland will be performing Friday night, June 10th. Single day admission tickets are available for fans only interested in seeing Sugarland! Also performing that night are Sheryl Crow, Lady Antebellum, Martina McBride, Ashton Shepherd and Keith Urban. Sugarland is not the only new addition! Kelly Clarkson will be performing, “Don’t You Wanna Stay” with Jason Aldean Thursday night, June 9th. Also, Alan Jackson will be performing with Zac Brown Band on their hit collaboration “As She’s Walking Away“.

Gwyneth Paltrow Covers Adele on Glee

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Gwyneth Performs Music By Adele on Glee Gwyneth Paltrow, who is for the moment being considered a country music star, will be guest starring once again on Glee. Gwyneth is quickly becoming a regular on the popular musical show, and this week will performing Adele‘s “Turning Tables“. The episode airs Tuesday, April 19th 8/7c on FOX, so be sure to tune in.

Brantley Gilbert’s New Single

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Brantley Gilbert Debuts New Single. As promised earlier this year, Brantley Gilbert‘s debut single, “Country Must Be Country Wide“, will be hitting airwaves Monday, April 25th. Brantley signed with Valory Music Co. earlier this year, and the debut single is the first off what promises to be a great album due out later this year. You can catch a sneak peak of Country Must Be Country Wide by clicking here. Gilbert maintains an incredibly faithful fan base, and if you’re not a part of it…yet…you can check out the video below to see what has so many people so excited about this artist! [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFhaWuR9PIQ#at=87]

The Voice Sneak Peak with Blake Shelton

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Blake Shelton and Other The Voice Judges In Sneak Peak! The Voice airs on NBC Tuesday, April 26th and we’ve dug up a sneak peak featuring details about the show from the judges including Blake Shelton! This show promises to be different from other musical competition shows, and it looks like they have the goods to back up such a bold statement. Check it out now! [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5O5ydR9bVNY]

Lady Antebellum Backstage at ACM Awards

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Lady Antebellum’s Interview Backstage at the 2011 ACM Awards. Lady Antebellum cleaned up at this year’s ACM Awards having won 3 awards for Vocal Group of the Year and Album of the Year as both artist and producer. In all the excitement, they took the time to chat for a few minutes about the making of the album, their success, what’s next and what they would be doing if it they didn’t have music! You can check out the interview now!

Craig Morgan Headlines First NRA Country Jam

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Craig Morgan to Headline Debut of First Annual NRA Country Jam. Craig Morgan, whom you may know for his sassy farmer championing tune “International Harvester“, is a former service member and a continuing supporter of the U.S. Military. Thus he has been chosen as the headliner for NRA’s First Annual Country Jam at Stage AE in Pittsburgh, PA Friday, April 29th. Fellow Black River Entertainment Label mates Sarah Darling and Due West will be opening the show. A portion of the proceeds from ticket sales will go the Folds of Honor Foundation, a non-profit which provides post-secondary educational scholarships for children and spouses of U.S. military service members killed or disabled during service and has provided $9.8 million in scholarships since 2007. To find out more about the country jam click here.

David Nail’s “Let It Rain” Video

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David Nail’s “Let It Rain” Video Strikes A Nerve. Singer/songwriter David Nail is talented to be sure. He manages to encompass the bittersweetness of broken relationships and lost loves in an honest and relatable way that avoids being cliche through songs like “Red Light“, “Clouds” and “Missouri” featured on his first album, I’m About To Come Alive. His latest single, “Let It Rain” seems to follow the same vein. In true country form, “Let It Rain” is all about cheating. The interesting thing, though, is it is told from the sorrowful perspective of the remorse-filled cheater. The song truly feels honest, and is just as relatable as David’s earlier songs. However, the video for “Let It Rain” puts an entirely different spin on the song. Quite frankly, it robs the lyrics of their honesty creating a shady, decidedly un-country vibe. From the opening shot of “the mistress”/”mistake”/”one-night stand” showering in the hotel bathroom to the sleek, and modern style of the hotel in which the video is set, the entire setting presents an image contrary to the remorse in the lyrics and Nail’s voice. It is difficult to believe the message of the lyrics or to feel anything beyond disdain when we’re seeing the aftermath of the affair which caused a wife pain and ended a marriage. Another, startling aspect of the video is the distance between the two characters in the video. They are never seen to interact at all, which just adds to the assumption that the affair was of little meaning. This creates even less sympathy, and causes a disconnect between the listener and the song. Overall, the video on some levels ruins the song and leaves me feeling unsettled, and unsympathetic. You can watch the video now, and let me know what you think. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvxAiLqF7C0]