"Whiskey Lullaby" Video to be Taped
Arista Nashville hitmaker Brad Paisley and Grammy-winner Alison Krauss bring their acclaimed hit duet, "Whiskey Lullaby," to the small screen with a music video being filmed this Sunday and Monday in Nashville, TN. Actor/director and former child star Rick Schroder (NYPD Blue) will direct. Paisley and Krauss recently performed the track together on CBS' broadcast of The 39th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on May 26.
Ailment Pulls Loretta Lynn Off The Road
According to Loretta Lynn's website, the singer has been ordered by doctors to cancel her next month's tour dates. She's suffering from a back ailment, and has had to cancel nine dates from her June tour schedule. More...
Willie Nelson To Make Special Appearance With Pat Green Sunday Night At CMA Music Festival
A Texas legend and a favored son will combine forces during CMA Music Festival/Fan Fair®. Multi-Platinum, Country icon Willie Nelson will make a special, guest appearance with fellow, critically acclaimed Texan Pat Green on Sunday night at The Coliseum during "Country Music's Biggest Party(tm)."
"These collaborations are a cornerstone of what we are hoping to accomplish with CMA Music Festival," said CMA Executive Director Ed Benson. "Our goal is to present one-of-a-kind moments and memories that will last a lifetime for our attendees. This is certainly going to be one of them." More...
Ray Price Receives ‘Pioneer Award’ From The Academy Of Country Music On CBS Telecast
During his long and distinguished career, Ray Price has accomplished the remarkable feat of re-inventing hard-core honky-tonk and also gaining success with lushly arranged love ballads in rhinestone suits or tuxedos, he has maintained an independence characteristic of great innovators in all artistic fields. And that is the simple reason the Academy of Country Music has honored Country Music Hall of Fame member Ray Price with the distinguished Pioneer “Cliffie” Award. Past recipients of the Pioneer “Cliffie” Award are: Johnny Cash, Tammy Wynette, Hank Williams, Buck Owens, Loretta Lynn, Willie Nelson, George Jones, Minnie Pearl, Merle Haggard, Charlie Daniels among others.
As a boy, Ray divided his time between his father's farm and his mother's home in Dallas, where she moved after she and her husband divorced. After serving in the U. S. Marines during World War II, Ray planned to become a veterinarian and attended North Texas Agricultural College. More...
Mutual Admiration Society Tour Announced
"The Mutual Admiration Society," featuring Glen Phillips, Sara Watkins, Sean Watkins and Chris Thile (Nickel Creek), added Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones as a special guest on electric bass, and will feature drummer Pete Thomas (Elvis Costello & The Attractions). The tour will launch on July 27 in Seattle, and conclude in Washington, D.C. on August 19.
Mutual Admiration Society, the album that Phillips and Nickel Creek recorded with producer Ethan Johns, is to be released on Sugar Hill Records on July 13, 2004. The record features songs written and sung by Phillips, with accompaniment and other vocals from the Grammy-winning band. More...
Jeff Bates "Dives" Into CMA Music Festival (& Beyond)
RCA Records' Jeff Bates can't be accused of not jumping right into things. The singer and songwriter who received an 'A' from Entertainment Weekly for his debut album, Rainbow Man, is gearing up for a jam-packed CMA Music Festival this week. In addition to immersing himself in all the activities this week, Jeff caps off the following week with an exciting, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity when he jumps out of a perfectly good airplane to skydive with the U.S. Army's Golden Knights Parachute Team. Other daring souls include Diamond Rio's Jimmy Olander, Crook and Chase's Lorianne Crook, and Craig Morgan for the special dive June 16 at the Smyrna, Tennessee Airfield. The dive is part of the Army's "Tandem Orientation Program," in which community figures get to experience what it's like to be part of the Army by tandem diving with the parachute team. More...
Chesney Recovers from Vocal Strain
After canceling Sunday's show in Wichita Falls, Texas, due to acute vocal strain, Kenny Chesney has been held up in a hotel room in Phoenix, where his doctor from Knoxville has been attending.
"It's me and a humidifier and lots of sleep and water. That's about it," e-mailed Chesney. "I'm not allowed to talk. {Tour manager David] Farmer's hid my cell phone, and they've got me doing steroids and an inhaler of moisturizers.”