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Montgomery Gentry And NRA Country

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Montgomery Gentry Is Announced As The November “This Is NRA Country” Artist Of The Month! NRA Country celebrates country music’s love of family, support of U.S. military and appreciation for the great outdoors. November’s artist of the month is the award winning duo, Montgomery Gentry. With each month and each artist, NRA fans get some exclusive deals and this time is no different. This time fans will get a behind the scenes look at the making and launch of their new album Rebels On The Run. Fans can also register to win a prize pack including an autographed CD, photo, and limited edition Hatch Show Print from their Grand Ole Opry induction. Here is the link, you can register now through December 16. “Montgomery Gentry and NRA Country see eye-to-eye on many of the same issues, and we’re honored they chose us for their artist of the month.” -Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry The duo is thrilled to join forces with NRA Country! Listen up for their current single, “Where I Come From“, on local radio stations now!

Sugarland Perform 2011 “CMA Country Christmas”

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Sugarland Joins Line-up of Performers for 2011 “CMA Country Christmas. Not only will Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland be hosting the 2011 “CMA Country Christmas“, but she, and the other half of the Sugarland duo, Kristian Bush, are also joining the line-up of performers for the holiday special! They are set to perform the Christmas classic, “Silent Night“. Other performers include Lauren Alaina, Amy Grant, Faith Hill, Martina McBride, Kellie Pickler, Little Big Town, Scotty McCreery, Rascal Flatts, Darius Rucker, Brad Paisley, Keith Urban, and Vince Gill. The Christmas special will air on ABC on Thursday, December 1st at 9pm ET.

The Band Perry Gets In Holiday Spirit With ABC

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The Band Perry Celebrates The Holiday With An Original Song for ABC. The Band Perry is gaining more and more traction and visibility everyday, and after receiving three wins at the 2011 CMA Awards, it seems they are becoming unstoppable. To add to the growing list of accomplishments, the group recently announced they have penned an original holiday-themed song specifically for ABCFamily. This is in addition to the contribution the group has already made to Justin Bieber’s holiday album. So, clearly, The Band Perry is in the holiday spirit! The song is featured as part of ABCFamily‘s “25 Days of Christmas” holiday campaign, and the group has recorded an music video to accompany the track. A sixty second teaser of the video will be aired on November 20th during ABCFamily’s “Holiday In Handcuffs“. Presumably, it will be available to fans after this point. Tell us, are you a fan of The Band Perry? What do you think about their whopping 3 CMA wins?

Cross Canadian Ragweed’s Box of Weed

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Cross Canadian Ragweed Release Box Set, Box of Weed! Red dirt pioneers and Texas rockers, Cross Canadian Ragweed, have announced the release of their first ever box set humorously titled, Box of Weed. The band celebrated their 15th anniversary in 2010, and shortly after announced they would be taking a break with no definite intentions of getting back together. This box set, which features five CDs (Cross Canadian Ragweed (also known as the ‘purple’ album), Soul Gravy, Garage, Mission California and Happiness And All The Other Things) and a DVD of the group’s live performance at Tulsa’s Cain’s Ballroom (Back To Tulsa: Live And Loud At Cain’s Ballroom) will offer a little something to those fans who were sorry to see them disband. The box set is available as of Tuesday, November 15th.

The Waylon Fund Fights Diabetes

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Namesake Fund of Waylon Jennings Wages Battle Against Diabetes. In 2002, country music legend Waylon Jennings, passed away at the age of 64 due to complications of diabetes. Now his wife and son, Jessi Colter and Shooter Jennings, are teaming up with Phoenix-based Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) on a charitable initiative to help further research and bring an end to the struggle with diabetes. “I am honored to put Waylon’s name behind TGen’s diabetes research efforts. I have met the researchers and am confident that donations in Waylon’s memory are an investment that will lead to better ways of preventing and detecting the disease.”-Jessi Colter The Waylon Fund is intended to support state-of-the-art research into the genetic and genomic origins of diabetes. The goal of this research is to produce more effective treatments and improve the quality of life of diabetes patients. The TGen foundation is thankful to Jessi and Shooter for allowing the name of their beloved husband and father for use through the foundations initiative. “TGen is extremely grateful to the family of Waylon Jennings, who have so generously allowed his name to be the inspirational centerpiece of this promising new research effort.”-TGen Foundation President Michael Bassoff. Within the country music industry, support is already being given to The Waylon Foundation. Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI), Ernest Tubb Record Shops, and Music News Nashville have already joined forces with the cause. You can also get involved! To learn more about The Waylon Fund click here.

Brad Paisley Diary of a Player

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HaleighT Discusses Brad Paisley’s New Book and Other Country Authors! In episode 9 of “Takin’ a Break with HaleighT“, the spotlight is focused on those special artists who have stretched their talents beyond singin’ and performin’. HaleighT is talking about Brad Paisley, Jimmy Wayne and other country artists who have turned author! Watch this week’s episode below and tell us what you think! Are you into the idea of country artists writing more than songs or not? Watch Ep 9 of “Takin’ a Break with HaleighT” [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g81Y9R-okRc]

2011 CMA Awards Winners

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Complete List of Award Recipients for 45th Annual CMA Awards ! The 2011 45th Annual Country Music Association Awards have come and gone. It was a pretty great night overall. Maybe there was just a little too much sparkle (for example, several sequin blazers from a variety of male performers or Luke Bryan‘s rhinestone studded jeans…), but there were some really strong performances, two great hosts (Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood proved to be a great comedic team…again), and a really amazing tribute to Glen Campbell by Brad Paisley, Vince Gill and Keith Urban. My favorite part might be that both Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton won in their categories (Female and Male vocalist) for the second year in a row! It really has been a great year for them! If you didn’t have the chance to watch it with us live, you can find the complete list of the winners below (to see a complete list of all the nominees, click here). Check it out, and see if you agree with who walked away with a CMA Award this year! Let us know what you think, and comment below. Congratulations to all the winners, and to the nominees as well! 2011 45th Annual CMA Awards Winners Entertainer of the Year Taylor Swift Male Artist of the Year Blake Shelton Female Artist of the Year Miranda Lambert Vocal Duo of the Year Sugarland Vocal Group of the Year Lady Antebellum New Artist of the Year The Band Perry Album of the Year My Kinda Party, Jason Aldean Single of the Year “If I Die Young“, The Band Perry Song of the Year “If I Die Young“, The Band Perry Musical Event of the Year Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson “Don’t You Wanna Stay” Music Video of the Year “You and Tequila” Kenny Chesney featuring Grace Potter Musician of the Year Mac McAnally – Guitar

People’s Choice Awards Country Final Nominees

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Final Nominees for 2012 People’s Choice Awards Show Love for Country Artists! The final nominees for the 2012 People’s Choice Awards have been announced, and country music artists are well represented! This is a multi-genre, fan voted awards show, and country artists are in the running against each other and artists from other genres as well! Over 40 million people voted in the initial round of nominations, and voting on these final nominations will be open until Tuesday, December 6th. For a complete list of country nominees, see below! You can click here to vote, and make the country voice heard!! The People’s Choice Awards will broadcast live from the Nokia Theater in LA on Wednesday, January 11th at 9pm ET on CBS. Country Nominations for the 2012 People’s Choice Awards “Favorite Male Artist” Blake Shelton Bruno Mars Eminem Enrique Iglesias Justin Bieber “Favorite Female Artist” Taylor Swift Adele Beyonce Katy Perry Lady gaga “Favorite Album Of The Year” “Own The Night” Lady Antebellum “21” Adele “4” Beyonce “Born This Way” Lady Gaga “Femme Fatale” Britney Spears “Favorite Country Artist” Blake Shelton Keith Urban Lady Antebellum Rascal Flatts Taylor Swift “Favorite Tour Headliner” Taylor Swift Bon Jovi Katy Perry U2 Usher

Craig Morgan On Army Wives

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Craig Morgan Has Been Very Busy With The Women Of Army Wives and Rizzoli & Isles! Craig Morgan is no stranger to hard work, being a TV host of his own hunting show, a country music singer and family man, but lately he has kicked it up a notch! Late last week he visited the set of Lifetime’s hit series Army Wives. There he filmed a guest appearance for the show’s sixth season. The episode is set to air in early 2012. A 10-year Army veteran, Morgan also took to the football field in Nashville over the weekend to perform the national anthem. This was for the Tennessee Titans vs. Cincinnati Bengals game for the home team’s Veterans Day celebration. Not only that, Morgan joined Rizzoli & Isles (TNT) star Angie Harmon to shoot the music video for his latest single, “This Ole Boy.” Be looking for that in the coming weeks!

Craig Campbell New Song When I Get It

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Craig Campbell’s New Single “When I Get It” Released Today! Craig Campbell is excited to release his third single “When I Get It.” The follow up to “Family Man” and “Fish” is a tempo track with light hearted lyrics that describe the relatable financial struggles of the middle class. Produced by Keith Stegall, this song was written by Craig Campbell, Jason Matthews and Jim McCormick. “When I get it, you’ll get it and that’s all you’re getting today.” When I first listened to this song I couldn’t help but have a little smile, because the lyrics are so true. I’m sure this song will hit home to many and become a fan favorite in no time! Craig is an American Country Award nominee and you can vote for him daily at theacas.com. “When I Get It” delivers to country radio via PlayMPE today!