More than 10 years after his death, Johnny Cash has debuted on top of the country albums chart with the Columbia/Legacy release Out Among The Stars. The collection features 12 previously unreleased songs recorded more than 30 years ago and discovered by his son John Carter Cash. Stars sold almost 54,000 copies according to Nielsen SoundScan figures, and landed at No. 3 in the all-genre chart.
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Blake Shelton and The Voice co-star Shakira will perform “Medicine” on the 49th Annual ACM Awards Sunday (4/6). The pair recorded the song for her new self-titled album. They’ll join previously announced performers Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Brett Eldredge, Hunter Hayes, Miranda Lambert, Toby Keith, Justin Moore, Kip Moore, George Strait, Keith Urban, The Band Perry, Florida Georgia Line and Lady Antebellum with Stevie Nicks. The show will be broadcast live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on CBS-TV. More here.
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Arista’s Brad Paisley hones his acting chops with a guest appearance on ABC-TV‘s The Crazy Ones Thursday (4/3). He’ll appear alongside Josh Groban, who returns to the show as Danny Chase in an episode called “Danny Chase Hates Brad Paisley.” Get a peek here.
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LEBANON, Tenn. (AP) – It’s a trap that who listens to Bob Dylan music can fall into: trying to mimic the phrasing and style of the legendary singer. So, when Charlie Daniels set out to do an album featuring covers of 10 Dylan songs, he had one request of his producer: don’t let him start trying to “do” Dylan. He says while Dylan has had a big effect on his music, he wanted his takes on those songs to sound like him, not like someone pretending to be Dylan. Daniels says Dylan has been an influence and mentor – he played as a studio musician on Dylan’s landmark album “Nashville Skyline” in 1969. He released his own album the following year.
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The 49th Annual ACM Awards April 6 will have no shortage of notable moments. The Band Perry will open the telecast with a performance of “Chainsaw”; Miranda Lambert and George Strait will deliver a tribute medley to honor Merle Haggard’s 50 years in music; Garth Brooks will present Haggard with the Academy’s Crystal Milestone Award; Hunter Hayes will perform “Invisible” as part of ConAgra Foods’ Child Hunger Ends Here campaign; and Florida Georgia Line and Luke Bryan will deliver “This Is How We Roll” accented by action sports stars and BMX riders Nitro Circus. The latter happens via live remote from the 4th Annual ACM Fan Jam at the Mandalay Bay Events Center.
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The Academy of Country Music Awards Show airs Sunday, April 6 starting at 7 pm central time on CBS.
You can still vote for Entertainer of the Year and New Artist of the Year: http://www.cbs.com/shows/academy_of_country_music/vote
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This year’s Kicker Country Stampede features more entertainment than ever before! In addition to huge acts like Luke Bryan & Eric Church there will be action packed freestyle motocross exhibitions, a carnival, multiple stages and much more! Call 800-795-8091 or visit www.countrystampede.com.
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An All-Star Salute To The Troops will be co-hosted by NCIS: Los Angeles stars LL Cool J and Chris O’Donnell, and feature performances from Dierks Bentley, Lee Brice, Luke Bryan, Hunter Hayes, Toby Keith, Tim McGraw, Kellie Pickler and Keith Urban. They join previously announced performers Merle Haggard, George Strait, Carrie Underwood, Florida Georgia Line, Lady Antebellum and The Band Perry. The show will be taped April 7 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and broadcast May 20 on CBS-TV. Proceeds benefit ACM Lifting Lives. More here.
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LONDON (AP) – The Band Perry consider themselves lucky that they’re family and get to experience the world together. Sometimes they even bring their parents on tour with them — and sometimes they wish their parents were with them. Singer Kimberly Perry says you’d think that with her brothers in their 20s and she herself now 30 they would have grown up, but they haven’t. She says she made a panicky phone call to their mother a few weeks ago because Reid and Neil were having “a brotherly debate” five minutes before going on stage. She says she needed Mom to talk them off the ledge and they figured out a way for both brothers to win.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Miranda Lambert feels clothing should be practical – though not in the way most of us might think. She jokes that she leans toward clothes “things that can also be used as a weapon.” So she likes to have items dotted with studs or things that, as she put it, “might could also hurt someone with if you needed to.” Lambert has opened a pair of stores that feature clothes that appeal to her and, she hopes, to others. She says her fashion isn’t “some kind of supermodel-looking style” – but country style. For instance, Lambert says while she doesn’t have loads of shoes like some women do, she has to spread her boot collection among her homes “so it doesn’t look so bad.”
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ACM New Artist nominees Brett Eldredge, Justin Moore and Kip Moore have been added to the list of performers for the 49th Annual ACM Awards April 6 in Las Vegas. They join the telecast via live remote from the 4th Annual ACM Fan Jam, which takes place during and after the ACM awards at the Mandalay Bay Events Center. Previously announced Fan Jam performers include Luke Bryan and Florida Georgia Line. Eric Church, Toby Keith, Stevie Nicks, Jason Aldean, Miranda Lambert, George Strait, Keith Urban and The Band Perry will also perform during the telecast. More here.
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Fan voting is open for Entertainer and New Artist of the Year for the 49th Annual ACM Awards. Voting for New Artist will close when the show starts April 6, and voting for Entertainer will close during the third hour of the broadcast. Winners will be announced on the live show on CBS-TV. Vote here.
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NASHVILLE – Legendary musician Charlie Daniels and Lipscomb University are partnering to raise awareness and fund for veterans education with an all-star line-up of artists at the fifth annual Copperweld Charlie Daniels’ Scholarship for Heroes event.This show, produced by David Corlew & Associates, will include performances by Daniels along with Clint Black, Kellie Pickler, The Grascals, the U.S. Navy Band Sea Chanters and the American Hitmen along with other special guests who will be part of the program set for Tuesday, March 25 at 7 p.m. in Lipscomb University’s Allen Arena.
The event will be able to be viewed live across the country as it is streamed at
FREE tickets are made available through the generosity of the event sponsors.
“It’s an honor to be part of something special like the Charlie Daniels’ Scholarship for Heroes event,” said Black, a popular Country music artist for more than three decades. “As if it weren’t enough that Charlie Daniels asked me to sing-our troops occupy a very special place in our history. We have to do our utmost to make sure the part we play in their history is worthy of their sacrifice and commitment. This event is playing a fantastic role, making higher education a reality for returning veterans. I’m thrilled to be a part of this special evening.”
Daniels launched the event in March 2010 to create a greater awareness of the national Veterans Yellow Ribbon education program and to raise funds for veterans to attend Lipscomb University. Lipscomb’s Yellow Ribbon Enhancement Program offers eligible Post-9/11 GI Bill veterans and their family members an undergraduate degree tuition-free or a graduate degree either tuition-free or at a greatly reduced tuition rate.
Members of the military and their families are invited as guests of the event’s corporate sponsors. Attendees will have an opportunity to make a donation at the event. Proceeds from the event benefit the Charlie Daniels’ Scholarship for Heroes Fund benefitting veteran students at Lipscomb University.
“Our veterans know that freedom isn’t free, but we think their education should be. At Lipscomb we have a very unique opportunity to help open doors for our veterans through higher education,” said Jim Humphrey, associate dean of campus life and director of veterans services at Lipscomb. “We appreciate Charlie Daniels and his organization as well as those artists who have joined us for this event the past five years. The awareness and funds that they raise for our program are impacting the lives of our veterans and their families in significant ways.”
Daniels will be joined by some of music’s hottest artists. Clint Black, has had 22 singles hit number one on the Billboard country charts. Black River Entertainment artist and “Dancing with the Stars” champion Kellie Pickler released her fourth album, The Woman I Am, last year. Grammy-nominated group, The Grascals, have become one of the most acclaimed bands on today’s bluegrass scene for their innovative mingling of bluegrass and country music. The Navy Band Sea Chanters is the United States Navy’s official chorus. The American Hitmen, Marines and brothers Dan and Tim Cord, formed in the midst of battle in Fallujah, Iraq, and have recently been featured on “America’s Got Talent.” Today, the band also includes former Marine Dan Jarmon, bass guitar, and drummer Phil Snyder.
Event sponsors and donors include Copperweld, Humana, Grand Avenue, Twice Daily, Clear Channel, Shofner Vision Center, Lipscomb, Glover Group Entertainment.
About Lipscomb University’s Veteran Services Program
For veterans who qualify for 100 percent of the Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits Lipscomb University has committed to allocate the necessary funds to allow them to earn a tuition-free undergraduate degree through the Yellow Ribbon Enhancement Program. The university also offers qualifying student veterans a variety of graduate degrees tuition-free or at a greatly reduced tuition rate.
Lipscomb University officials believe strongly in helping open doors for student veterans through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Since its inception in fall 2009, Lipscomb’s Yellow Ribbon Program has graduated 104 student veterans. Students have performed well academically with 71 percent of currently enrolled student veterans maintaining a minimum 3.0 GPA, with 13 percent of those maintaining a perfect 4.0 GPA. This semester, more than 200 student veterans are enrolled at Lipscomb University.
For more information about Lipscomb University’s Yellow Ribbon Enhancement Program, call 615.966.5176 or visit veterans.lipscomb.edu.
About the federal Yellow Ribbon Program
In 2009, the Post-9/11 GI Bill was established as an education benefit program for individuals who served on active duty after Sept. 11, 2001. It is administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. Based on a veteran’s length of service, he or she may be eligible to receive the cost of tuition and fees, not to exceed the most expensive in-state institution of higher education.
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