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Hank Williams Jr Supports Country Music Hall of Fame

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Hank Jr. Raises Funds for Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. On December 6th in Nashville, TN at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, Hank Williams Jr. concluded a four year exhibition, Family Tradition: The Williams Family Legacy, with a sold-out concert. The exhibit originally opened in March 2008, and was scheduled to close in December 2009. However, it was met with overwhelming popularity becoming the most acclaimed exhibition in the museum’s history. So, organizers extended the close date by two whole years. Williams’ concert included a solo acoustic performance of his own hits like “A Country Boy Can Survive,” “Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound” and “The Blues Man”, music from his upcoming album, and classic from his father and personal favorites like Cash and Jennings. The concert raised a substantial sum, precisely $75,000 that would be donated to the Hall of Fame and Museum. Additionally, Williams announced that many of the artifacts that were a part of the exhibit would be donated to the museum archives. Special guests included members of his own family, wife, Mary Jane, daughters Hilary and Holly and son Sam, as well as Jessi Colter, her son Shooter Jennings and Jamey Johnson.

2012 Wisconsin Country Thunder Festival

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2012 Wisconsin Country Thunder Line-Up Announced. The initial line-up for the 20th annual Wisconsin Country Thunder in Twin Lakes, WI has been announced, and you can check out who is slotted to perform so far below! The camping and concert festival will take place Thursday, July 19th through Sunday, July 22nd, and so far, it is looking like this is going to be one awesome weekend. Headliners include, Jason Aldean, Toby Keith, Blake Shelton and Big & Rich with additional performances by Luke Bryan, Hunter Hayes, Brantley Gilbert, Steve Holy, Wade Bowen, The Farm, and Neal McCoy. Tickets are available for four day passes or individual days, and concert goers can camp onsite or stay off site and just purchase a ticket to gain entrance to the festival grounds. Whether you’re a camper or just want to check out the music, you are bound to have one heck of a time! Stay tuned for more details as they are released! Current Announced Line-Up Thursday, July 19th 5:30-6:30pm The Farm 9:00-10:30pm Big & Rich Friday, July 20th 4:00-5:00pm Wade Bowen 5:30-6:30pm Steve Holy 7:00-8:30pm Luke Bryan 9:00-10:30pm Jason Aldean Saturday, July 21st 9:00-10:30pm Blake Shelton Sunday, July 22nd 4:00-5:00pm Hunter Hayes 5:30-6:30pm Neal McCoy 7:00-8:00pm Brantley Gilbert 8:30-10:00pm Toby Keith

Top Country Artists of 2011

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Billboard Releases List of 2011 Country Music Chart Toppers! Billboard has released a year end summary of the 2011 country music chart toppers, and you can find the complete list below. After all the awards she has won this award season and the success of her Speak Now world tour, its not really surprising to see Taylor Swift at the top of the list. Happily, while they may have disappointed on their nomination to actual award win ratio, Zac Brown Band are sitting at number 4 on the list which proves that award or no award, they are one successful group! Newlyweds Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert both claim spots in the top 15 which follows the winning trend both have been on all year long. The only person I am surprised to see on this list is Scotty McCreery since he has only technically been a country artist for about 5 months. However, the rankings are based on album sales, airplay, track download sales, touring revenue, ringtone sales, etc. So, if the numbers back him up, I guess that’s all there is to it. Are you surprised to see any of these folks on this list? Is anyone missing? Let us know, and comment below. Billboard’s Top Country Artists Chart 1-Taylor Swift, Big Machine 2-Jason Aldean, Broken Bow 3-Lady Antebellum, Capitol Nashville 4-Zac Brown Band, Southern Ground/Roar/Bigger Picture/Atlantic 5-Blake Shelton, Warner Bros. 6-The Band Perry, Republic Nashville 7-Rascal Flatts, Big Machine 8-Kenny Chesney, BNA 9-Brad Paisley, Arista Nashville 10-Luke Bryan, Capitol Nashville 11-Keith Urban, Capitol Nashville 12-Miranda Lambert, RCA 13-Sugarland, Mercury 14-Eric Church, EMI Nashville 15-Scotty McCreery, 19/Interscope/Mercury

Rascal Flatts Host Opry Year End Special

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Rascal Flatts Will Host Opry Year End Radio Special. Rascal Flatts will be hosting the 2011 Grand Ole Opry radio special, America’s Opry Weekend Year-End Special. It will be available to country radio both Christmas and New Year’s weekends, and will recap all of the hits and high points of 2011 in country music. They will be spinning all of these hits as well as live recordings from the Opry. Some of the songs you can expect to hear include “Honey Bee,” Blake Shelton; “The House That Built Me,” Miranda Lambert; “This Is Country Music,” Brad Paisley; “Am I The Only One,” Dierks Bentley; “Tomorrow,” Chris Young; “Mama’s Song,” Carrie Underwood; “If I Die Young,” The Band Perry; “Just A Kiss,” Lady Antebellum; “Barefoot Blue Jean Night,” Jake Owen; and the hosts own “Why Wait”. You can catch this special edition of the weekly syndicated radio show by tuning into 650 WSM-AM, through Sirius XM Satellite radio or at opry.com. So, why not include Rascal Flatts in your holiday festivities and check out the brightest moments of country music from 2011?

Sugarland Every Girl Like Me…In a Taxi

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Sugarland Performs Acoustic Version of Every Girl Like Me In London Taxi. Sugarland is definitely not your average country duo, and its always fun to see what hijinks these two are getting up two. They have recently released a video of an acoustic version of “Every Girl Like Me” that, here’s the fun part, they taped while riding around in a London taxi cab last February. It’s definitely an interesting idea, and way cheaper than what an average music video would cost, so maybe these two are onto something! Check out the video, and let us know what you think. Watch the Video Here [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aMNOPa44kc]

Lauren Alaina AOL Music Sessions

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Lauren Alaina Featured Performance and Interview Featured on AOL Music Sessions. Last week, Lauren Alaina announced that she will have the opportunity to tour with Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan on Aldean’s 2012 My Kinda Party tour. That’s just one in a long line of recent successes for Alaina. She debuted her first album, Wildflower, this fall, recently was among a select group of country artists to perform for President Obama, and now a tour announcement for 2012! This is a huge leap for a girl America had not even heard of less than a year ago! In all this craziness, Lauren took a few minutes to sit down with Aol Music Sessions to perform tracks off her album as well as chat a little bit about her quick rise to stardom and how its impacting her life. You can watch the videos below! Watch Lauren’s Performances Here Check Out Lauren’s Interview

Alan Jackson Here In The Real World

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Today Is The Aniversary Of The Release Of Alan Jackson’s First Hit “Here In The Real World.” Twenty-two years ago today, Alan Jackson released his first hit “Here In The Real World!” This is such a great song and a perfect display of Jackson’s talents. He is a major part of the country music world and has a major part of my heart! I grew up listening to his classics “Little Bitty“, “Wanted“, “Midnight In Montgomery“, “Don’t Rock The Jukebox” and many more including this one! I’m sure I speak for everyone when I saw I can’t wait to see what he will have in store for us in the next 22!

Blake Shelton’s Dad – The Details

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It was an emotional night for Blake Shelton as he accepted his ACA for Music Video of the Year, and performed a slightly choked up version of “God Gave Me You” last night. In his acceptance speech Blake dedicated the award to his father Ricky who he said had been having a hard time the last few weeks. For those of us sending our well-wishes, here’s what we’re up against. Blake Shelton’s spokeswoman, Tree Paine, told CNN the singer’s father had been taken to a hospital with pneumonia that evening. After the show, Shelton immediately flew home to Oklahoma to be with his family. “Thanks to every one of y’all who took time to vote for me for the ACAs,” he tweeted as he left the venue. “And for all the thoughts and prayers for dad! He’s happy about it!” Blake, you know our hearts are with you, and I’m sure your daddy will knock that pneumonia right in the rear, cause that’s what these Oklahoma men do! Cheers! ~WC~

Bucky Covington New Single I Wanna Be That Feeling

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Bucky Covington Releases His New Single “I Wanna Be That Feeling.” After signing a record deal with Entertainment One Music Group earlier this fall, Bucky Covington is releasing his first single “I Wanna Be That Feeling.” Written by Jimmy Yeary and Ben Hayslip, the single is a tempo love track and is Covington’s first release in two years. The song has been made available for download here and wherever digital music is sold, before it hits radio. Covington recently filmed the music video for the song in Nashville’s abandoned Tennessee State Prison. Be looking for that in the new year. Right now the singer is busy in the studio recording and writing new songs for his sophomore album due out in 2012!

Lauren Alaina On Tour With Jason Aldean

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Lauren Alaina Has Been Invited To Join Jason Aldean And Luke Bryan On The 2012 My Kinda Party Arena Tour! Lauren Alaina has been offered a spot on her very first official country tour with fellow Georgia natives Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan. Aldean’s 2012 “My Kinda Party” Arena Tour will start January 20 in Greenville, SC and ends March 24 in East Rutherford, NJ. “I am so excited to be a part of the Jason Aldean tour with Luke Bryan! I am a huge fan of both of them. I mean – if I wasn’t part of the line up, I would want to be in the front row! I am honored that my first major country tour will allow me to share the stage with two fellow Georgia artists. That is definitely my kind of party!” -Alaina The 17-year-old will be supporting her debut album Wildflower and current single “Georgia Peaches” which is in the Top 40 on the country singles chart and rising!