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NRA Country Artist Of The Month

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Trace Adkins Announced As NRA Country January Artist Of The Month! January’s NRA Country Artist of the Month is Trace Adkins! The month-long promotion gives fans the opportunity to check out a never before seen, behind the scenes look at a recent photo shoot on his personal farm near Nashville. The exclusive video can be seen here! In addition to the video, fans can register to win a NRA Country prize pack, including a hat and t-shirt of choice! Click HERE from now through the end of January to register to win! “I grew up in the Sportsman’s Paradise – Louisiana, so I guess it isn’t a surprise that the great outdoors has always been a big part of my life. All my favorite memories involve the outdoors – whether it was playing outside as a kid, playing football in college, goofing around with my kids, or going hunting. I support NRA Country because they share my love of the outdoors and my wish to safeguard America’s hunting heritage. I am Trace Adkins and I am NRA Country.” Fans can also catch Trace at the 2nd Annual NRA Country Jam on April 13th, during the NRA Annual Meeting in St. Louis. Tickets will be on sale soon, just visit NRACountry.com for more information. For those of you wanting to see Trace in concert and do your part to help charities at the same time you are in luck! Great tickets and VIP Charity Packages are available exclusively at NRACountry.com to benefit NRA Country Cares, working to help charities supporting our military, American farmers, firearm safety and other important causes. Click HERE for more information!

Chicago Bluegrass and Blues Festival 2012

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Details on the 2012 Festival Showcasing Bluegrass and Blues! The Chicago Bluegrass and Blues Festival is in its fourth year, and for the 2012 round of performances they are going to need more than just one weekend. Festival organizers have expanded the festivities to include an additional weekend in January. There will be a line-up of amazing performances on Saturday, January 21st and a second line-up of equally amazing performances on Saturday, January 28th. You can find details on both line-ups below! Tickets for the 21st run between $39.50 and $59.50. Tickets for the 28th are going for $35-$45. Saturday, January 21st, 2012 “Big Mon Jam” feat. the Del McCoury Band & David Grisman The Bluegrass Ball feat. The Travelin’ McCourys, Bill Nershi of String Cheese Incident, and Jeff Austin of Yonder Mountain String Band Additional Full Sets Include Del McCoury Band David Grisman Quintet Joe Purdy The Giving Tree Band Henhouse Prowlers Majors Junction Saturday, January 28th, 2012 Drive-By Truckers Dawes Joe Pug Van Ghost Bailiff Jaik Willis The Shams Band Great Divide Jon Drake & The Shakes Ben Ripani Music Co. Go Long Mule The Future Laureates Band Called Catch Michele McGuire Paper Thick Walls

Yonder Mountain String Band Cabin Fever Tour

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Details On Neo-Bluegrass Group, Yonder Mountain String Band, 2012 Tour! Yonder Mountain String Band will be kicking off 2012 with their Cabin Fever Tour! The neo-bluegrass group will be hitting spots from the Gulf to Appalachia to the Midwest between February and March. So, chances are they are coming somewhere close to you! For a complete list of tour dates, see below! Beyond tackling their Cabin Fever Tour YMSB is also finishing up an album to release later this year! Their current album, The Show is currently available. Yonder Mountain String Band 2012 Cabin Fever Tour Dates 12.27.2011: Boulder, CO @ Boulder Theater 12.28.2011: Boulder, CO @ Boulder Theater 12.29.2011: Boulder, CO @ Boulder Theater 12.30.2011: Boulder, CO @ Boulder Theater 12.31.2011: Boulder, CO @ Boulder Theater – SOLD OUT 2.08.2012: Fayetteville, AR @ George’s Majestic 2.09.2012: Baton Rouge, LA @ Varsity Theatre 2.10.2012: Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works 2.11.2012: Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle 2.12.2012: Birmingham, AL @ Workplay Theatre Soundstage 2.15.2012: Pensacola, FL @ Vinyl Music Hall 2.16.2012: Orlando, FL @ Beacham Theatre 2.17.2012: Fort Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution 2.18.2012: St. Petersburg, FL @ Jannus Live 2.19.2012: Jacksonville, FL @ Freebird Cafe 2.22.2012: Charleston, SC @ Music Farm 2.23.2012: Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel 2.24.2012: Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel 2.25.2012: Knoxville, TN @ Tennessee Theater 2.26.2012: Charlottesville, VA @ Jefferson Theatre 2.29.2012: Lexington, KY @ Buster’s 3.01.2012: Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall 3.02.2012: Covington, KY @ Madison Theatre 3.03.2012: Madison, WI @ Orpheum Theatre 3.04.2012: Urbana, IL @ Canopy Club 3.24.2012: Live Oak, FL @ Suwannee Springfest Haven’t met YMSB? Check out this video of their live performance on Craig Ferguson to see just how awesome they are! [youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8WQRB2C1gI]

Sarah Darling Sings At The Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl

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Sarah Darling To Have A Busy Two Days! Sarah Darling has been chosen to sing “God Bless America” at the opening of the 2011 Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl. The college football game will be played by North Carolina’s Wake Forest and Mississippi State University and is expected to bring over 70,000 fans to Nashville’s LP Field today, December 30th! Tomorrow, Saturday December 31st, New Year’s Eve Darling will headline the 4th Annual New Year’s Eve Beach Ball Drop at Pier Parkin Panama City Beach, FL. She will take the stage at 10:45pm being the final performer of the night. The 800 pound glowing beach ball will slowly descend until the clock strikes 12! This event is free to the public and for more information click here!

Country Music Top Topics 2011

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Top Posts Our Readers Loved The Most for 2011! #1 Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton From their wedding photos to wedding details to album releases, it is safe to say that Blake and Miranda topped the charts at number 1. Blake gained many fans for himself and country music in general when he showed the world his down-home, don’t give a crap attitude on the hit new show The Voice! Miranda joined a few girls to become the Pistol Annies. With the same attitude as her husband, these three took the world by storm with their outspoken lyrics and solid harmonies! #2 Award Shows We had the CMAs, the CMT Awards, the ACMs and the ACAs, not to mention other non-country based shows (Peoples Choice, Grammy, Teen Choice, Etc.) and each show gave us moments that we will remember for years to come! I would say that the recognition given to the artists that won was pretty spaced out. An artist might have done a great job at taking home the majority of the trophies at one particular show, but no one was the top dog at every show. That seems right on the money considering each award show has different ways of voting, whether its fan based or industry votes. Another thing that was interesting about the award shows this year was the number of surprise performances. Who would have ever thought we would see Ludacris (the rapper) at a country based award show?! #3 Summer Tours This year was no different than any other when it came to summer tours! One of the first things that comes to mind when dreaming about the next summer when I’m looking outside at 2 feet of snow on the ground is what shows I will be lucky enough to catch! This year two major summer tours were the return of Kenny Chesney’s Goin’ Coastal and Tim McGraw’s Emotional Traffic! Along with them there were other country superstars headlining all over the country and those fabulous festivals that included multiple artists that lasted almost a week! Shows are slowly beginning to be announced for Summer 2012, so everyone be sure to keep your eyes and ears open for your favorite artists coming to a stadium or bar near you!

Country Music 2011 Top Moments

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Hear CMNB’s 2011 Top Moments for Country Music! As a year end finale, this week’s episode of “Takin’ a Break with HaleighT” features a run down of what we think the top moments of country music were 2011! From new album releases, to amazing summer tours, to lawsuits and scandals to what we have to look forward for 2012, HaleighT covers the best and worst moments in the country music scene this year. Watch the video below and let us know if we missed anything! Comment below and tell us what your favorite moment of 2011 was, and we’ll see you next year. Check Out Country Music’s Top Moments for 2011 Here! [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature&v=q8Z8mgt0NV4]

Taylor Swift Safe & Sound

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Taylor Swift Teams with Civil Wars for Hunger Games Song “Safe & Sound”. Taylor Swift has teamed up with The Civil Wars to create a single titled “Safe & Sound” for the soundtrack for The Hunger Games. The film is based on the popular book trilogy and is set to release on March 23, 2012. The single hit the Top 10 upon its release on iTunes, and is clearly already being well-received by fans. You can check it out below. Interestingly, this song might be the most country song Swift has released. It has a melancholy quality that is appropriate for the themes of the film, and an Americana vibe no doubt brought in by The Civil Wars. It really is a beautiful song, and its great to see The Civil Wars on such a big project and to see Taylor reaching outside of her comfort zone. Listen and tell us what you think. Take a Listen to Taylor Swift and The Civil Wars “Safe & Sound“ [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFEDTtKaFzU]

Wynonna Judd Engaged

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Wynonna Judd Ends 2011 Engaged! Congrats are in order for Wynonna Judd! She and boyfriend, Cactus Moser got engaged over the Christmas holiday! The couple have been dating since 2009, and tour together as Wynonna and the Big Noise. This will be Wynonna’s third marriage and comes on the heels of a remarkable turn around by the iconic artist after going through some tumultuous life events including surviving a head-on collision. We most recently got to see Wynonna on the OWN network series The Judds with her mother, Naomi. The two released a compilation album this past Spring, I Will Stand By You: The Essential Collection, and Wynonna released her brand new single, “Love It Out Loud“. So, its been a busy year for this always on the go gal, and she’s ending it on what is definitely a positive note. Congrats Wynonna and Cactus, and best of luck in 2012!

Jason Aldean Thanks Fans

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Jason Aldean Sends A Special Thanks To Fans! Jason Aldean has quite a bit to be thankful for, and appropriately he is sending out a shout-out to all of his fans who have supported him throughout his year of success after success! From releasing multiple hit singles off of his 2010 “My Kinda Party” to a successful summer tour to multiple award wins, Aldean has been on fire all year long. We have really enjoyed watching his rise from the side lines, and are proud fans of this talented artist! Check out the video below, and see Jason’s thank you to you and all his fans! Best of luck, Jason in 2012!!! Watch the Special Thanks from Aldean! Jason Aldean on WhoSay

Country Christmas Songs – Top 5

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HaleighT Offers Her List of Top 5 Country Christmas Songs! HaleighT returns to the break room after a nice long hiatus, just in time to give ya’ll her Top 5 Country Christmas Songs! It was real hard to narrow it down to just five, but she managed to get it done! Check out the Christmas episode of “Takin’ a Break with HaleighT” below, and see who made the cut! You may agree, or you may not! Either way, we want to know what your favorites are! Be sure to comment below, and let us know what you think. In the mean time, be sure to have a happy, safe and fun-filled holiday! Check out HaleighT’s Top5 Christmas Tunes Here! [youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG0bH9RuKPg]