Category Archives: Miranda Lambert

Miranda Lambert was born November 10, 1983, in Lindale, TX, a small town about 80 miles east of Dallas, the daughter of country guitar player and songwriter Rick Lambert (her mother, Bev, ran a detective agency). Growing up in a house dedicated to country music, she began entering country talent contests when she was 16, and appeared as part of the Johnny High Country music Review in Arlington, TX.

Lambert learned to play guitar and immediately began writing her own songs, continuing to enter talent contests (one led to her appearing in a potato chip ad and a part in the 2001 teen comedy Slap Her She’s French). At 17 (while still in high school) she formed the Texas Pride lineup and began gigging professionally, and later in 2001, with financial help from her father, she put forth an independent CD, Miranda Lambert, that showcased her songs, two of which, “Texas Pride” and “Somebody Else,” actually entered the Texas material charts.

In 2003 she finished first in the Texas auditions for the Nashville Star tv show, moving to Nashville to appear on it, eventually finishing third in the competition, which led to a recording contract with Sony. Still only 21 years old, her first major-label single, “Me and Charlie Talking,” was issued in 2004, and the consequent album, Kerosene, for which Lambert wrote or co-wrote ten of the 11 tracks, appeared in 2005 on Epic Records, came by Crazy Ex-Girlfriend in 2007. Revolution was put forth in 2009.

Miranda Lambert On The Cover Of Self Magazine

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Miranda Lambert Graces The Cover Of Self Magazine! Miranda Lambert is on the cover of the June edition of Self Magazine! The country singer tells about her fitness and health routine and admits that she is no size 0. She tells the magazine that she is happiest with herself when she is a “toned, not flabby size 8!” Lambert who has been known to call herself a “beer drinkin’, hell raisin’, deer killin’, chicken fried steak eatin’ chick” tells the magazine that she won’t give up the things she loves to be stick-thin. Be sure and get your copy of the magazine and read all about our East Texas superstar!

Miranda Lambert and Eric Church at Illinois State Fair

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Eric Church and Miranda Lambert In The Illinois State Fair Line-Up! You can’t get more country than a state fair, so it makes sense that Miranda Lambert and Eric Church have been added to the Illinois State Fair line-up for this summer! The fair runs for 10 days total from Thursday, August 9th to Sunday, August 19th in Springfield, IL, and event organizers are clearly trying to get in as much country music as they can! Lambert will be performing on August 18th at 7:30pm along with the Pistol Annies! There is a TBA for an artist to join the trio that will be announced later on. Eric Church will be performing on August 10th at 7:30pm, and will be joined by Aaron Lewis. Brantley Gilbert also made the line-up, and will be joined on stage by Charlie Daniels! Their performance takes place on August 14th at 7:30pm. Tickets go on sale May 12th. So, mark your calendars, and go here for all the country music ticket info you need!

Miranda Lambert On Conversations From The Road

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Miranda Lambert Featured On GAC’s “Conversations From The Road.” Miranda Lambert was the main focus on last night’s episode of Conversations From The Road. Nan Kelley hosts the GAC show and gives viewers a VIP pass at the going-ons behind the scenes. Lambert talks about life on the road and what goes into making her On Fire tour successful. Tour-mates Chris Young and Jerrod Niemann also sit down with Nan and share their thoughts on being responsible for capturing the ticket-holders attention and setting their energy “on fire” at each show. The episode premiered last night, but will be replaying multiple times this weekend. Check your local listings to see the day and times to catch it on GAC. Below is a sneak peak of the episode, ENJOY!

Pistol Annies Hunger Games Track, “Run Daddy Run”

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Listen to Pistol Annies’ Tune Featured on Hunger Games Soundtrack! Miranda Lambert is among the artists featured on the soundtrack of upcoming teen fiction sensation turned film, The Hunger Games! Lambert along with Pistol Annies bandmates Ashley Monroe and Angaleena Presley sing the mournful (well, considering the context of the film, most of the songs on this album are mournful…) and haunting “Run Daddy Run“. As usual their harmony is absolutely perfect! You can get a sneak peak at the trio’s track below! The album is currently available for pre-order and is “expected” (that’s iTunes’ phrasing) to release on March 20th. As you probably already know, fellow country crooners Taylor Swift and The Civil Wars are also featured on the soundtrack with single “Safe and Sound“. Haven’t seen the video yet (or need to see it again?), click here. Miranda Lambert featuring Pistol Annies, “Run Daddy Run“. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYhvKabzUZ4]

Miranda Lambert and LeAnn Rimes Collaborate!

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Miranda Lambert and LeAnn Rimes Hash Out Collaboration Plans Via Twitter. Why should I get on Twitter, you ask? Because if you are on Twitter then you can to be privy to great conversations between stars like Miranda Lambert and LeAnn Rimes! On Thursday, March 15th the two country all-stars tweeted back and forth and eventually came up with the (brilliant!) idea of teaming up to co-write a song together! Here Is The Complete Twitter Convo: Miranda @leannrimes always tweets stuff that makes me think. Who runs the world….GULZ! ( girls in a dramatic British accent)!:) LeAnn @Miranda_Lambert love it! Thx mamma 🙂 thinkin is good, unless our hair catches fire from over thinking. Miranda “@leannrimes: @Miranda_Lambert love it! Thx mamma 🙂 thinkin is good, unless our hair catches fire from over thinking.” i do like fire tho:) LeAnn @Miranda_Lambert hope you’re having fun on tour. Stay safe out there! Girls and fire….song in there somewhere! Miranda “@leannrimes: @Miranda_Lambert hope you’re having fun on tour. Girls and fire….song in there somewhere!” I smell a co-write! TX girls!:) LeAnn @Miranda_Lambert Dang straight. My new album is called “Spitfire” as in “You make me want to spit fire” so, I see us GURLZZZZ starting some heat….together soon. Let’s make it happen. xoxo Hello, yes! This really needs to happen, and what I want to know is what we can do to make sure that it does! Do you hear us, Miranda and LeAnn? Your fans need this!

ACM Awards 2012 Performers

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2012 ACM Awards Announce First Round of Performers. It’s just under a month until the 47th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards, and the first round of performances have been announced! I don’t think country music fans will be disappointed with who is on the list so far! The performances will include Miranda Lambert, Jason Aldean, Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw, Eric Church, Luke Bryan and Toby Keith. The ACM Awards will broadcast live out of Las Vegas on CBS at 8pm on Sunday, April 1st. Blake Shelton and Reba McEntire will host, and you can’t check out the complete set of nominations here. UPDATE 3/16/12: New Performers Announced! In addition to the round of performers listed above, it has been confirmed that the list now also includes: Blake Shelton, The Band Perry, Chris Young, Lady Antebellum and Rascal Flatts!

Miranda Lambert And Kelly Clarkson On The Voice

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Miranda Lambert And Kelly Clarkson Lend A Helping Hand To Team Blake! Last night was the first night of the “Battle Rounds” on NBC‘s hit show, The Voice! During this time the coaches of each team pair up two members to “battle” each other for one spot closer to the finale. Blake Shelton, CMNB’s favorite coach, got the help of two very talented female artists to mentor his team. Miranda Lambert, country super-star and wife of Shelton, and Kelly Clarkson, vocal powerhouse and friend of Shelton were the perfect artists to share some advice! This week Lambert helped hopefuls RaeLynn and Jordis, while Clarkson worked with Adley and Brian. Both of these successful, Texas women had encouraging and helpful word to share, but when it came to RaeLynn and “Free Fallin’” Lambert said, “It’s not about competing with someone, it’s about competing with yourself!” The wise words must have worked because the 17-year-old RaeLynn won the battle over Adley. The second battle for Team Blake didn’t go so smooth. During rehearsals, Jordis asked the question of what she could do to win, Shelton answered, “Whichever one of ya’ just flat-out-sings the other person will win.” Well….Christina Aguilera said that the performance was pitchy and Shelton agreed! He actually said “it sucked,” and I have to say he gave a pretty accurate description. The song was “Ironic” by Alanis Morissette (a mentor for Team Adam) and both Jordis and Brian seemed to have a little trouble with it. In the end Jordis won the fight and made it one round closer to the prize. The other mentors for the night were Alanis Morissette and Robin Thicke for Adam Levine’s team, Babyface and Ne-Yo for Cee Lo Green’s team and Lionel Richie and Jewel (another of my favorites) for Team Christina! Each coach had to eliminate one member from their team during the battle rounds, which means the competetion is slowly getting tougher! Keep watching The Voice on Mondays at 8/7c on NBC!

Miranda Lambert Over You Music Video

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Here Is The Official Music Video For Miranda Lambert’s Latest Single, “Over You!” The Lambert/Shelton families have dealt with a lot of loss over the last few months and it comes as a coincidence that “Over You” was released when it was. Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton co-wrote the emotional song, which is about the passing of Shelton’s older brother Richie. Shelton has said many times that he could have never recorded it himself because of the pain it would cause him to sing it on stage every night. The song is very powerful and every time I hear it, it strikes an emotional chord with me (that’s the thing about country lyrics, so many people can relate in their own way). The first time I saw the video I had full on goosebumps! From the back-story of the song to the cemetery setting…this is definitely a video you have to see! So here it is, grab some tissues and watch! “Over You” can be found on Lambert’s album Four The Record.

Chris Young Earns 5th #1 Single

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Chris Young Has Earned His 5th Consecutive #1 Single! Chris Young has had a great deal of deserving success in the recent months. He has been nominated for Male Vocalist of the year and Single Record of the year for his hit, “Tomorrow,” for the 47th annual Academy of Country Music Awards. Young has joined ACM Awards co-host and “The Voice” star Blake Shelton as one of only two solo artists to top Billboard’s Hot Country Song chart with their five most recent singles as “You” surges to the top this week. “I am ecstatic! I’ve been excited for each #1 and to have five in a row feels amazing.” -Young “You” was written by Young with Luke Laird, is the follow up to his #1 smash “Tomorrow” from his highly acclaimed third album NEON, which opened at #4 on the Billboard Top 200 in July of 2011. The song has racked up over 350,000 downloads. The singer/songwriter’s four previous chart toppers include “Tomorrow,” “Gettin’ You Home,” “Voices” and the title track to his 2009 gold certified sophomore album, The Man I Want To Be. Catch Young on tour with his labelmate, Miranda Lambert, on her On Fire tour!

Miranda Lambert Reschedules Shows Due To Death

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Miranda Lambert Has Rescheduled Shows Due To The Passing Of Her Father-In-Law. Miranda Lambert has rescheduled some shows because of the passing of her father-in-law, Dick Shelton. Mr. Shelton’s health had been an issue for the past year and he was hospitalized in early December with pneumonia. Lambert has changed the dates to three upcoming shows, Charlotte, NC (1/19), Lexington, KY (1/20) and Greensboro, NC (1/21). “Thank you to the fans for all the support and prayers. This is a really difficult time for our family and the most important thing is being together. Tell your loved ones you love them. See you next week.” -Miranda The “On Fire” tour will resume January 25, in Charlotte, NC. Rescheduled Dates: Charlotte, NC – January 25, 7:30 pm Greensboro, NC – February 19, 7:30 pm Lexington, KY – February 26, 7:30 pm