Trace Adkins Sings National Anthem At Louisiana Tech University On Monday, September 6
Country star, Trace Adkins will return to his alma mater, Louisiana Tech University to perform the National Anthem at their 2004 season opener against the University of Nevada Wolf Pack on Monday, September 6. The game will be broadcast live on ESPN2 at 1:00 p.m. (Eastern)
Adkins, a Louisiana native, once played linebacker at Louisiana Tech while studying Petroleum Engineering. After knee injuries ended his hopes of a football career, he began working on oilrigs by day and singing in honky-tonks around the South at night. More...
Travis Tritt Releases Ninth Studio Album
Multi-platinum country singer, songwriter, performer and musician Travis Tritt releases the most uncompromising album of his career, and he's set up the 12-song project with an equally aggressive schedule of media appearances.
My Honky Tonk History, produced by Tritt and Billy Joe Walker, Jr., is the most explosive album of the acclaimed performer's career. Having spent his entire career defying those who would pigeonhole him, earning respect as an accomplished talent in genres ranging from bluegrass to soul, Tritt is confounding predictions again with his most singularly southern rock and country release yet, his ninth album and third for Columbia Records Nashville. More...
Musicians, Celebs Honor Billy Joe Shaver On 65th Birthday
Austin Show Gathered Kinky Friedman, Robert Duvall, Guy Clark, Todd Snider, Bruce Robison, Kelly Willis, Jack Ingram, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Joe Ely, Dale Watson and many more
Proceeds benefit the University of Texas M.D. Cancer Center. More...
Sweet Relief Musicians Fund Benefit
Coming on the heels of their highly successful tenth anniversary 'Badass Benefit' series in Los Angeles, renowned industry non-profit, Sweet Relief Musicians Fund, is teaming with Music for Charity Productions to present a Sweet Relief tenth anniversary event in Nashville, TN. The all-star concert series, scheduled for August 25, 26, 27, 28, is set to feature four distinct events including a mixer hosted by legendary music journalist Dave Marsh that will bring musicians, industry executives and community leaders together to discuss healthcare issues within the music community. Confirmed to perform are Sweet Relief founder Victoria Williams; Academy of Country Award winner Carolyn Dawn Johnson; smooth songster Josh Rouse; alt-country favorite Julie Miller in a rare solo performance; prolific top 40 hit-maker Jeffrey Steele; Honky-tonk veterans David Ball & Joy Lynn White; ace ax-man and Jimmy Buffet hit-songwriter Will Kimbrough (Steve Earle, Rodney Crowell Dualtone Records' song-man Jeff Black; former Jayhawks singer/songwriter Mark Olson; and Sony Nashville new-comer Christy Sutherland, who recently dropped her first single "Freedom." [link url=http://forums.about.com/ab-countrymusic/messages?msg=12776.1]More...[/link] [p] [b]Mark Chesnutt Answers the Call for Assistance in Florida[/b] [p] In a personal effort to offer some assistance to the residents of Florida who have suffered from the rampage of Hurricane Charley, Mark Chesnutt has immediately offered his talents to headline a concert for the benefit of the Red Cross & Salvation Army. The benefit concert event will be held the evening of Sunday, September 19, 2004 at The Ricochet in South Fort Myers and presented by radio station WCKT (Cat Country 100.1) in Ft. Myers, FL which is one of the areas hardiest hit by Charley’s 145-mph winds. [link url=http://forums.about.com/ab-countrymusic/messages?msg=12775.1]More...[/link] [p] [b]Anthony Michael James's New Video To Impact 25 Million Shoppers In Malls During September[/b] [p] Country recording artist Anthony Michael James's video, "Sweet Sarah," will be featured on the "In-House" closed-circuit television programming in 15 major-market malls operated by The Mills, Inc. throughout September. "Sweet Sarah" is the current single from James's debut CD, OLD FRIENDS, on V-Tone/Compendia. [link url=http://forums.about.com/ab-countrymusic/messages?msg=12774.1]More...[/link] [p] [b]Lidrock Debuting First Country Lidrock Cd At Blimpie Featuring Superstar Leann Rimes' New Song From Highly Anticipated Album, This Woman, Two Months Before Album Release Date[/b] [p] Beginning in August, BLIMPIE* restaurants across the U.S. will offer the first country music LidRock* on a full-size, enhanced CD-ROM with exclusive new music from two-time Grammy* - Award winning superstar LeAnn Rimes. BLIMPIE will provide fans with a sneak peek at LeAnn's new album This Woman due out in stores November 2nd. This will be LeAnn's twelfth album after debuting with Blue in 1996. She has sold more than 23 million albums to date and has 23 hit singles under her belt. "The LidRock at BLIMPIE offers a great new way for my fans to get a sample of my new CD before it hits stores," explains LeAnn. Consumers can catch an early glimpse of her new album, This Woman, with the purchase of a LidRock CD-ROM that includes the hot new single "Won't Be Lonely Long." [link url=http://forums.about.com/ab-countrymusic/messages?msg=12773.1]More...[/link] [p] _z_countrymusic_z_);
